Alex & Books (@alexandbooks) This is Mohamed Aziz–the most photographed bookseller in the world. Aziz is in his late 70s and is the oldest bookseller in Morocco. He lost both of his parents at the tender age of 6. When he was ...

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TheMedievalist (@historymedieval) This Yorkshire village has a 1,000-year-old Viking door — and you've probably never heard of it. St Helen's Church in Stillingfleet, ten miles south of York, was built around 1145. But the ironwork d...

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UK Politics (@politicsintheuk) Fun fact that lying UK journalistic hacks won’t tell you because they hate Labour: Boris Johnson did not pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.

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UK Politics (@politicsintheuk) She was twice Conservative Home Secretary, in charge of immigration. We need a new definition of right-wing low level IQ. Her level is more than pure imbecility.

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SharonE (@nottinghambookworm) I rarely post on here (I’m a reader, not a writer, when it comes to Substack). But I had to share this. I saw this “redacted” cover in Waterstones and was instantly intrigued. When you turn it to the ...

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Reform UK 'looking into' Croydon candidate over 'research' paper that pushed Covid conspiracy theory Retired researcher David Booth is standing as one of Reform's two candidates in Kenley

Reform UK now says it is merely "looking into" Byline Times' revelations that one of its candidates authored a conspiracy theory article in a 9/11 Trutherb' journal.

It effectively claimed the COVID pandemic was a Pentagon-led scam. Bereaved families are furious.
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Emma Raducanu withdraws from Madrid Open Emma Raducanu's absence from the WTA Tour will be extended by at least two more weeks as she withdraws from the upcoming Madrid Open.

Working on her fitness is fine, but she needs to play tennis at some stage......... and maybe play at some point. Then again, she knows better than all the coaches she hired. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...

Evil Genius with Russell Kane - Lord Lucan - BBC Sounds Is the absent aristocrat a villain or a victim?

I produced B/W prints in the mid 1980's for people still searching for him. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great Yarmouth's Britannia Pier crowned as Pier of the Year 2026 It is praised for its recent £1.8m redevelopment, its warm welcome and family-friendly experience.

#ArtDeco
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The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

Well I never: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“If you invite more cars, you get more cars. If you make more streets better for cars you get more traffic...If you invite people to walk more and use public spaces more, you get more life in the city. You get what you invite.” - Jan Gehl

Amazing Aaronson assist for Okafor goal YouTube video by Leeds United Official

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Photo shows a heap of older style phones with the text “Planned obsolescence is now outlawed in France. It is a crime to intentionally reduce the lifespan of a product to force customers to replace it.”

Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310

😎 THREE GOALS. THREE POINTS. STUNNING.

Nice win again from #lufc.

Wolves (h) #LUTV #LUFC

Last night the US quietly lifted sanctions on Russian oil for another month - two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it wouldn’t happen.

Andrew Malkinson wrongfully served 17 years for rape. Now Paul Quinn has been convicted Malkinson had his rape conviction quashed in 2023 after fresh DNA analysis linked a new suspect to the offence.

One of many reasons why the Death Penalty should never return.

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UK transfers about 1 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine The United Kingdom has transferred 752 million pounds (about 1 billion dollars) in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Ukraine's Finance Ministry said April 15.

⚡️UK transfers about 1 billion dollars in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

The United Kingdom has transferred 752 million pounds (about 1 billion dollars) in frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, Ukraine's Finance Ministry said April 15.

From Leeds, living in Bolton..... massive language barriers: loooook instead of look, buzz instead of bus.

Charlie Chaplin was born on this day in 1889 (in London or possibly near Birmingham). He appeared at Leeds City Varieties in 1897, aged eight, as the youngest member of the Eight Lancashire Lads, a clog-dancing troupe. (Pic is teenage Chaplin in the play Sherlock Holmes).

Blue Hour at Bamburgh, 2024, photo by north-east photographer Sophie Henderson.

Moss Side, Manchester, 1964, photo by Sefton Samuels, L.S. Lowry's favourite photographer.

Israeli demolitions levelling towns in south Lebanon, satellite images show BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

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Could MattGPT face scrutiny under the UK’s ‘proceeds of crime’ law? The British right is awash with money from Orban thinktanks…which Hungary’s new PM says was stolen.

Brilliant deep dive into Orban’s vast UK network by @McCoolingtons
for @thenerve_news. 👏

Kemi Badenoch complaining about about our defence inadequacies is rather like a successful arsonist complaining that no-one is rebuilding the house...

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And he blocked the close-range shot afterwards