I am just going outside, I may be some time...

‘Tougher than jail’ community sentences could stop reoffending More than 75 per cent of offenders have complied with new community sentences, with mandatory drug and alcohol treatment

Impressive results from UK pilot of problem-solving courts - three quarters of offenders stuck to conditions and two thirds of random drug tests were negative www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Feeling slightly sorry for the poor sod who has to go back to work at @BBCOne next week and start working on the Christmas Day 2025 schedule.

#GavinAndStacey #gavinandstaceythefinale

Annual pilgrimage to the @oldvictheatre. A Christmas Carol is wonderful and this production works its magic every year. Not a dry eye in the house at the end.

Westminster seems to have hit Christmas party season with a bang tonight. Lots of big groups in Santa hats bouncing between pubs and restaurants all the way from Parliament Square to Victoria. All rather wonderful 🎄🤶🎅

what a goal for Leicester City and Daka

My speech at #OneNorth #Hull conference today;

"We can see the re-industrialisation happen in the #Humber and other key coastal hubs"

"We now have the opportunity to accelerate, totally decarbonise our energy system, electrify our economy and create 1000s of well paid jobs for our communities"

Fire in a wood burning stove on a cold winter’s night

Happy weekend

Ice cream wars and illegal gambling: How Westminster Bridge became lawless Plus: Have you visited the capital's least used railway station?

London Centric continues to smash it: open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

Sunset over the Isle of Capri from the town of Castellabate in Italy, south of Naples