Watching and enjoying Traffic Cops on Channel 5. Some great policing in Derbyshire. Well done 👏👏👏

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

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Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts Deputy leader’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton Intelligence

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Oxford United: U's can invoke the spirit of 1986 in Championship survival bid BBC Final Score's Marc Webber believes Oxford United can repeat the spirit of their 1986 League Cup win to help them escape relegation from the Championship.

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John Le Carré's Legacy of Spies begins filming as further casting announced Adapted from The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and drawing on material from A Legacy of Spies, the series marks the first time either novel has been adapted for the small screen

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Trying to stop myself watching ‘Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy’, as it’s late and I’ve seen it before, but it’s simply brilliant!

Monty Don brilliant on #HIGNFY

Ian Hislop’s smile is something else, full of mischief and fun #HIGNFY

Scaling what works | Fabian Society Fabian Society

"The government must scale what works, fund what works, and, above all, trust communities."

To tackle health inequalities for black women, the government should support community-led models argue @mmasters21.bsky.social &
@evenor.bsky.social

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More than a fifth of UK’s ‘austerity children’ scarred by poverty, study says Researchers say hardship is a direct legacy of welfare benefit cuts imposed by Tory governments in recent years

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Watching in horror, but little surprise, BBC’s Panorama on the murderous activities of ICE in the US. America, once the champion of multiculturalism, has shamed itself.

Britain could adopt single market rules without MPs’ vote as part of UK-EU reset Exclusive: Ministers planning new legislation for alignment without full parliamentary scrutiny if in national interest

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Just started to write my memoirs about the travails of a working class boy from south London, en route to moderate success, dealing with class, education, politics, culture and injustice. It’s proving to be cathartic.

Just finished this book, which I found compelling and disturbing. Gary’s story paints a toxic picture of City traders

Plan for Exeter College's 'world-leading' computing centre filed The site sits close the A34 and Oxford Canal near Kidlington, just north of the city.

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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸

THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I'm cringing with embarrassment that an American president wrote this. Absolutely cringing.

This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.

A ‘masculinity crisis’ is brewing in UK schools, union says Misogynistic abuse of female staff is increasing, leaving teachers feeling ‘traumatised’ and ‘humiliated’

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The Rycroft Report: Building protective walls around UK democracy

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Bridge and his fellow agitators had returned to Oxford in defiance of Monday’s formal legal notice issued by Oxfordshire County Council requiring them to stop. Footage from the group’s Facebook livestream shows the local resident quietly slipping under the van while Bridge was distracted.

National Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge was arrested last night on Abingdon Road for public order offences. Bridge himself had called the police when an Oxford resident lay under his cherry-picker van. Mobile phone footage from local residents shows Bridge shouting “I’ve been arrested!”.

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If you didn’t see it coming, you weren’t paying attention. And he doesn’t have to do it formally to defy Congress, he can do it with actions that they can’t stop.

“We are poorer, we're weaker, and we're more isolated as a country after Brexit. We're not a nation renewed, we're a nation diminished. And that's why more people are thinking about the future of our relationship with Europe as we approach the 10th anniversary of the referendum."

Just returning home from lunch in London with my oldest and best friend, Geoff. We had a great catch up and, as always, he was kind, generous, thoughtful and supportive.

I am so lucky to have his friendship. Thank you, Geoff, for your unflinching loyalty. You are a ‘good bloke’!

Police chiefs failed to tackle racism due to lack of leadership, watchdog finds Review finds no ‘meaningful impact’ five years after race action plan launched, amid calls for government to step in

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