#OnThisDay 50 years ago Tube driver 'Julius' Joseph Stephen was shot dead at West Ham by an IRA terrorist whose bomb prematurely detonated on his train. A plaque was unveiled in 2022 in the presence of his widow and son after a campaign by TfL colleagues https://t.co/SN9jT92WVR

Cheeks was a pretty rough club in Deptford in the late 70s/80s. You'd weigh up the alternatives before going there. Then, one night, Marvin Gaye turned up. MARVIN GAYE TURNED UP.

My first shift as guard was on a CO and my "sweat day" as a guard/motorman was on a CP. No latch on the master controller meant you had a right arm like Popeye after driving these.

“I’ve watched men bleed out in the Ardennes for a flag you’re not fit to hold, let alone wrap yourself in. You think bluster is bravery? I led men through hell. You couldn’t march through rain without whining about your hair. You dodged the draft, praised dictators, and called

🇳🇴 Norway took its oil wealth and built the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund — investing in pensions, healthcare, and the future. 🇬🇧 Britain sold ours off in the 1980s, handed control to private corporations, and spent the revenues on short-term tax cuts. 🔴 Today,

FOR THE SECOND TIME ❤️

The usual post Benidorm recovery trip to Kefalonia...

Perspective:

The real legacy of 'right to buy'. It seems that all of the chickens are coming home to roost at the same time as we survey the wreckage that is Britain today.

Elon Musk is now suspending accounts of opposition figures in Turkey for reporting on the massive protests against Erdoğan’s autocratic regime following the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor. “Free speech absolutist” my a$$

Over 300 people have been detained after demonstrations broke out around Turkey following the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul. The mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, is the main rival to Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Mayor of Istanbul has appeared in court on charges of corruption and terrorism, as protests continue in cities across Turkey against his arrest. Ekrem Imamoglu - who's a key opposition leader - denied the charges and said he and his colleagues were faced with "unimaginable

French senator perfectly describes the Trump situation.

Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole of its bus network. 🙌🏻

My family call it Old Lady Clubbing, but my giddy ‘nights out’ have lit up a dismal 2024 | Gaby Hinsliff

"Defending fire and rehire is defending the immoral." @RMTunion General Secretary Mick Lynch responds to the CBI's defence of fire and rehire practices.

1/57 Automate the Railway! It's been a while since I addressed this in some detail, so let's have a look, shall we? My sources are quoted but any errors are my own, for which I apologise in advance. Strap yourself in, it's a long'un! (Sorry) TL;DR starts on tweet 51/57.

After Afghanistan’s Men made it to the #T20WorldCup semi-finals, members of the former #Afghanistan Women’s Cricket team based in Aus have written to the @ICC asking for support in setting up a refugee team. They want this letter to be shared #bbccricket

Great weekend, November Soul Weekender next stop.

Right to Buy scheme must be scrapped to ease UK social housing crisis, says JLL