Will Tullis

Bulletin Reporter @itvnews

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"Whatever was going on, however frightening or volatile, he always managed to make you feel slightly better about it."

@vicderbyshire pays tribute to Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6 and #Newsnight regular, who has died aged 62.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

The death of Alex Younger is a terrible loss to this country, and to all who knew this truly remarkable person. He was a superb public servant, and one of the most courageous and thoroughly decent people I’ve ever met. His sangfroid and humour after his diagnosis was extraordinary, in the true sense. Heartfelt commiserations to his family

[SaintsExtra @SaintsExtra]

🚨🐯 Official: Middlesbrough become the first club to lose both the Championship play-off semi-final AND final. History makers.

[MHP Group @MHPGroup_]

Congratulations @TempletonKnight, @itvnews, for being named one of this year's #30ToWatch winners in the Science, Tech and Environment category.

Thanks to our category judges @madhumita29, AI Editor of the @FT and @tslavinm, Editor in Chief of @REvents_SustBiz.

https://t.co/sIPHoBtEGd

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Team suspected of spying on training sessions - EFL conducts an investigation within a week and kicks the team out of a competition immediately

115 financial charges - PL will get back to you on that in a few years

[Nick Harris @sportingintel]

I'm a Saints fan, and remain embarrassed & mortified that a Saints intern spied on Boro. Pointless. Self-defeating. Cringe. But today's "bombshell" utterly subverts the totally fake news narrative of sophisticated spyware tech, live feeds to HQ etc. It's a kid. With an iphone.

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

One in ten babies regularly fall asleep in front of a screen - that's according to a new study examining the impact devices have on the under 2s.

It also found growing evidence of links to language delays and behavioural difficulties. While the government issued fresh guidance last month stating infants should avoid screen use, experts say modern life can make that challenging.

@WiTullis reports.

[Hugo Bachega @hugobachega]

Israel carried out a “triple attack” on health workers in southern Lebanon, killing at least three paramedics.

One of them is Fadel Serhan. We spent days with him and his team earlier this month as they described how they worked in fear of being attacked.

Today, they were.

[Rachel Bradley @RachBradleyITV]

Brilliant to see our exclusive ITV’s Talking Politics interview with the PM in Bahrain make such an impact. It’s a newsy, interesting chat, with the PM at his most relaxed self. You can watch the full thing here or listen wherever you get your podcasts https://t.co/ej1mVtGcIo

[Tom Murray @T214Murray]

Here’s a stat for you

Including the league cup final Southampton have booked their 5th trip to Wembley since 2017

Top 6 aside no other team has played there more in cup competitions in that time

#Saintsfc

[Royal Television Society @RTS_media]

Well done @ITVNews’ @SarahCorkerNews, who wins Specialist Journalist of the Year for uncovering the DES drug scandal. “A dogged reporter,” said the jury, “who wouldn’t give up and pursued every angle in what became a mushrooming story” #RTSAwards

[Giorgi Revishvili @revishvilig]

There have been many defining moments in the course of the Russia–Ukraine war.

But I believe the true spark that ignited Ukraine’s heroic resistance was Zelenskyy’s decision not to flee Kyiv - to “ask for ammunition, not a ride,” to remain in the capital, and to speak directly to Ukrainians through daily video addresses that gave the nation hope.

Had he fled, the trajectory of the war would have been fundamentally different.

[Gabriel Pogrund @Gabriel_Pogrund]

The group that helped to get Sir Keir Starmer elected as Labour leader hired lobbyists to investigate the personal, political and religious background of a Sunday Times journalist behind an article about secret donations that funded its work.

Labour Together paid £36,000 to Apco, a US public affairs firm, to examine the “backgrounds and motivations” of reporters behind a story before the general election.

The aim was to discredit The Sunday Times’s reporting by falsely suggesting its journalists might be part of a Russian conspiracy or had relied on emails hacked by the Kremlin.

Apco produced a 58-page report including almost ten pages of deeply personal and false claims about Gabriel Pogrund, the Sunday Times Whitehall editor. He and Harry Yorke, the newspaper’s deputy political editor, were named as “persons of significant interest”.

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

I’ll freely admit I’m biased. Gabriel helped me with my first two books before his career went into the stratosphere. I laughably think of him as a protege even though he long since eclipsed my achievements. In my view he’s the best reporter on Fleet Street. He’s also a lovely and gentle man. But I’ll tell you what his politics and ideology are for free - they’re that lying, corrupt, cheating, toe rags in politics, business or the royal family deserve exposure. And no one does it better than him

[Nicholas Burns @RNicholasBurns]

The sentencing of Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison is a travesty. China should be universally condemned for this cruel and unjust action.

[Patterico @Patterico]

The fact that Jeff Bezos is not paying for this is astoundingly offensive.

[Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn]

I was in Washington DC when Peter Mandelson was appointed as ambassador. There was serious dismay in the British embassy about it - not specifically because of his Epstein links, but because everyone knew he was trouble and it always ends in tears with him. Plus, Karen Pierce was a brilliant ambassador who had a great relationship with Trump’s team, and wanted to extend. It was just awful judgement by Keir Starmer and his No10 from the very get go.

[Will Tullis @WiTullis]

Live in the @GMB studio for the first time today with @kategarraway - reporting on new laws that, the govt says, will crack down on social media posts by people smugglers advertising ways of getting to the UK. @itvnews

#news #uk

[Will Tullis @WiTullis]

Reporting for @GMB this morning on Trump’s “concept of a deal” with NATO on Greenland, as he appeared - for now - to back down on threats of tariffs on the UK and his demands that the US control the island. @GMB @itvnews

#trump #greenland #nato #davos