Criminal Record season two review – Peter Capaldi is just devastating in this intense crime thriller Cush Jumbo is excellent in Apple’s unsettling tale of police corruption. But the former Time Lord, whose death-stare is turned up to 11, is this show’s heart

This is such great writing by Sarah Dempster www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

“I cannot sell my arbitrarily valued house for a price nobody is willing to pay because of capitalism”

"British retailers in need of an upgrade might start with investing in inviting shops, friendly staff and well-kept carpets."

Who would have guessed?

Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’ Lebanese health ministry says killing of 91 healthcare workers shows ‘total disregard’ for international law

War crimes.

91 healthcare workers killed in quadruple tap attack by IDF.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/

I want to see every train carriage & bus in the country plastered with this sign. Every wall. Every seat back. Hell, put it on the ceilings.

MoD has lost track of veterans on recall list, says defence adviser Exclusive: George Robertson calls on officials to identify the ‘fit and willing’ in UK’s 95,000-strong strategic reserve

All ex-service people have a pension. They can't be that hard to track down
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This is footage of an e-bike exploding at a home in Catford.

It's just one of 556 e-bike fires in the last three years in London.

The infernos are toxic, spread within seconds and are almost impossible to put out.

And they've killed half a dozen Londoners since 2023.

You didn't read what I wrote.

Shifting political position is not lying, it's how politics work. Purists on both Left and Right never get this. Lying is when you say one thing knowing it to be untrue (I give you Boris Johnson).

Trump to Nominate Doctor Who Has Publicly Supported Vaccines as C.D.C. Director

It shows how mad the US has become when it's news the next head of the nation's public health agency says vaccines work.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/h...

A photo of a tray with three sections empty. One has chopped carrot in it. The other has what can only be described as a posit of brown dog vomit and an insole liner of a sneaker (or a used panty liner from the mid 1700s). The kind of meal that would have you happily tossing yourself overboard.

NEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East.

This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family.

Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships.

Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

I find it hard to believe Starmer lied. It's not his style. But not asking the politically pertinent questions is far more credible and a pathetic defence on an issue as ticklish as Mandelson.

I don't understand why people leaving the EU for UK were affected like this. I thought entering was where the issue might lie.

Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost “The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

The dog and cat that were evacuated from the frontlines on a drone.

They flew 12 kilometers and are now safe with Ukrainian Defenders.

British Medical Association accused of hypocrisy as its own staff strike over pay Union rejected 4.9% pay rise for resident doctors, who are on six-day strike, but offered its own staff 2.75%

The hypocricy of the BMA is breathtaking - and Streeting nails it.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Vance Visits Hungary to Boost Orban Before Election

This shows in nutshell how disconnected the American right is from reality. Vance's visit will make no difference at best and, more likely, encourage more voters to dump Orban. Did they not learn from Carney's win in Canada?
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/w...

Earth and Moon from DSCOVR NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. This view shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth. Ian Regan processed this version of the image to account for the Moon's motion. NASA / NOAA / Ian Regan

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable.

Earth and Moon in one NASA photo.

ht @astrokatie.com

Donald Trump with his hand on the back of a costumed Easter bunny on the White House balcony

"would you like to be Secretary of War?"

A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
☀️🌍🚀🌕

A survey of hope.

National news organisations take note.

Netflix condannata a Roma: rincari nulli dal 2017 e rimborsi per milioni di utenti Il Tribunale di Roma accoglie il ricorso di Movimento Consumatori: vessatorie le clausole sugli aumenti di prezzo. Il colosso dovrà ridurre i canoni e restituire fino a 500 euro agli abbonati storici....

A court in Rome finds that all price increases applied by Netflix in Italy since 2017 are invalid and orders the company to return prices to 2017 levels and refund the difference in price to all current and former subscribers. Some could receive up to €500.

A replica of Thomas the Tank Engine being transported on a large flatbed truck. It’s strapped down in multiple places and the face portion is covered by a large black bag

Thomas gets taken to a black ops site

I'm amazed that any organisation that regards itself as remotely serious is even entertaining April Fools' "pranks" any more.

I wish I cd like this again.

I'll let you in on a secret. They never were funny.

He's this year's Musk. Living rent free in too many BlueSky brains.

Stopped watching Kuenssberg but foolishly switched on this morning. Her questioning remains puerile and repetitive. Time for my tablets.

To be precise, *party* political purposes. There is leeway over staff campaigning about specific healthcare issues such as their pay.