Michael Cowan

Journalist

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

EXCL: Data obtained by Newsnight + analysed by BBC suggests NHS England adult gender clinics facing 10 year backlog of 1st appointments.
NHS Eng confirm they will begin a review into adult services in “coming weeks”.
Full story 22:30 @BBCNewsnight
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https://t.co/h0otD1Aw9H

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

Rioters have smashed a window in the side of the hotel in Tamworth and can be seen lighting an object and placing it into a ground floor corridor of the hotel - prompting cheers from the crowd

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

Projectiles being thrown at police protecting entrance to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Tamworth. One of ground floor windows already smashed.

It follows rioters earlier setting fire to a hotel also housing asylum seekers in Rotherham.

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

“Are you a Muslim?"
"Dont stand here if you are one"
rioters can be heard asking someone outside the burning library in Liverpool tonight

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

Violence continuing tonight in Liverpool - It appears rioters have just set fire to Spellow Library on County Road in North Liverpool

[Liam Thorp @LiamThorpECHO]

This evening the far-right tried to target a mosque in Liverpool but were completely outnumbered by ordinary local people who won’t let hate win

71-year-old Pat was leading the charge

https://t.co/A9Elsgjkbd

[Vaughn Sterling @vplus]

The WSJ newsroom after Emma Tucker announced Evan Gershkovich had been released

[Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86]

Immediately after the Southport attack, baseless rumours began spreading online.

The main source of rumours has been a report by an obscure US "news" website that falsely claims the suspect is an "asylum seeker" named "Ali Al-Shakati", who "arrived in the UK by boat last year".

[Rupert Myers @RupertMyers]

Donald Trump once donated to Kamala Harris’s campaign

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“It has been an honour and a blast… goodnight and good luck”

After 30 years of presenting #Newsnight, Kirsty Wark signs off for the final time

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“The Queen of Newsnight”

Kirsty Wark presents her final #Newsnight show after 30 years.

Journey back through three decades of her journalism at the heart of the biggest stories.

Watch @BBCTwo | @BBCNews | @BBCiPlayer - 10.30

Producer @Ellieljacobs
Pic Editor @Domlutier

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

BREAKING:

"Ladies & gentlemen President Putin"

President Biden just misspoke as he addressed the NATO summit confusing the two leaders - he tried to recover.

Reaction on BBC #Newsnight now!

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Europe facing 'wave of antisemitism', survey finds https://t.co/mpZtp27aIH

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

Election Night Rhapsody
It's a #Newsnight montage night from @adamlivingst0n3
22:30 BBC Two and iPlayer

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Senior Conservative MP WhatsApps with reaction to the exit poll:

‘ I had better stay off the record as my immediate response was f**k ‘

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

If exit poll correct you would have:

487 seats for centre/left wing parties
144 seats for centre/right wing parties
19 seats for other parties

#GeneralElection2024

[Nick Eardley @nickeardleybbc]

Exit poll - with caveats that results aren't in yet - suggests Labour majority of 170. Slightly short of Tony Blair majority of 179 in 1997.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

Looking back at how the 2024 general election campaign played out on #Newsnight

[Michael Cowan @mrmikecowan]

Polls project France’s far right National Rally party have won 34% of vote in first round - after high turnout.

One of its founders, Pierre Bousquet, was in the Nazi Waffen SS during WW2, another official was a collaborator in France's Vichy regime.

https://t.co/uPVCB7bFwP

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

“It’s a critical profession, and it's really sad seeing people having to drop out because they can't afford to come to work"

Nurse June Ramsey says that some student nurses and trained nurses have had to be supported by food banks due to the rising cost of living

#Newsnight

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

New revelations about the betting scandal: Newsnight’s been told up to 15 Conservative candidates and officials are being scrutinised: @vicderbyshire & @nicholaswatt explain: