Sophie Barnes

Cardiff Uni alum in the capital, previously overseas. Regular traveller & work alum of @kopafrica @camphuckins @bbcgen2016. Oh and I dance a little... ✨

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

🦍One of Sir David Attenborough's most memorable moments? This encounter with a group of playful mountain gorillas in Rwanda in 1979.

Happy 100th birthday Sir David! ��

🎧 https://t.co/KQKcBnyF3P

[Human Owned by Cat 😺 @Petswithaura]

We all need this kind of peace ✌️ in our lives 💝.

[Yvette Cooper @YvetteCooperMP]

Events in the Strait of Hormuz remind us that we’re in a new era of geoeconomics, where economic security must be at the top of our foreign policy agenda.

My words in @TheEconomist ⬇️

https://t.co/mJtTk1n2uq

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

[NASA @NASA]

Artemis II astronauts have traveled 252,756 miles from Earth, flown around the Moon, and observed the lunar surface like never before. Now, they’re coming home. 🌎

Watch the crew splash down on Friday, April 10, around 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11). https://t.co/Ccsk5Z3HFS

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

This is the heart-warming moment a Bloodnut lemur enjoys his morning sun ritual.

Lemur's commonly sunbathe in the mornings to regulate their body temperatures.

🎧 Protecting Lemurs: https://t.co/xzkHrlA65P

[Alexander Stubb @alexstubb]

No ice-hockey rinks available, so a nice morning run in Hyde Park with Prime minister @MarkJCarney, Diana and Suzanne.

[BBC World Service @bbcworldservice]

A drone flying over a forest in Estonia last weekend captured footage of a bear who had just woken from hibernation.

🎧 More on the science of shutting down https://t.co/AYNOv2mTRd

[Human Owned by Cat 😺 @Petswithaura]

Punch-kun, when you actually see him, he's about a size smaller than the other baby monkeys and has a darker color. He was running around energetically and playing, and sometimes he'd lean against the adult monkeys while cautiously watching his surroundings. I didn't feel sorry for him; instead, I thought he seemed tough and resilient. But seeing him like this, you can't help but want to root for him.

2026. 3.11

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Remember Punch, the baby monkey who melted hearts around the world?

He went viral on the internet and became a tourist attraction because of his sad story.

He was rejected by his mum and pushed away by other monkeys so he clung to his toy orangutan instead.

But he’s growing up pretty fast, integrating better in the zoo and he might even be ready to give up his comfort plushie.

[Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5]

Approximately 1/3 of my feed is now about Punch the monkey and I'm great with that

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

An abandoned baby monkey who broke millions of hearts online, after being spotted hugging an orangutan stuffed toy given to him as a substitute for his mother, has finally found comfort among his own kind.

Matt Lovatt from Monkey World spoke to #BBCBreakfast about Punch, a young Japanese macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan

https://t.co/Fy5AXDlpMG

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

Our Chief Mouser, feline diplomat and former @Battersea_ resident, Palmerston @DiploMog, has sadly passed away at his retirement post in Bermuda.

Farewell Palmerston, with love and thanks from all your FCDO friends.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)

[SHANE REACTION @imshanereaction]

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Met Office have upgraded Storm Claudia to a critical weather event with TRAITOROUS WINDS AND SEVERE THREAT TO FRINGES. Stay safe everyone.

[sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ @superTV247]

Oh this is iconic #CelebrityTraitors

[Sophie Barnes @Barnesee27]

Waiting on the pan over an hour after landing for a bus to turn up… @Gatwick_Airport what have you been doing for the last 4.5hrs we’ve been in the air

[Hamish Falconer MP @HFalconerMP]

Speaking to @BBCBreakfast today, I set out exactly why we have recognised the State of Palestine. ⬇️

[Hamish Falconer MP @HFalconerMP]

Pleased that the first children from Gaza under the government’s medical evacuation programme have arrived in the UK for treatment in NHS hospitals.

They have suffered an appalling ordeal and I’m grateful to our partners for their support in this operation.