Rose Marie

[David Challen @David_Challen]

Senior Met officer, Supt Jamie Gordon, has been charged with attempted rape and sexual assault while off duty, with allegations dating to Dec 2023.

Gordon was arrested in Jan 2024 and suspended.

He was bailed and will appear in court tomorrow.
➡️ https://t.co/0lTllFaWRE

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Amazon and Walmart are the largest US companies by both revenue and number of employees.

But 87% of jobs for Amazon and 91% for Walmart pay less than $20/hr.

Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is worth $229B and the Walton family is worth roughly $270B.

See the problem here?

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Please read our @thetimes letter about what dying is typically like.

It would be so easy to fear from the examples cited in the assisted dying debate that horrific death is the norm.

It isn't - really. Between us we have >300 yrs of combined experience treating dying people.

[Vikki @TetchyBitch]

@David_Challen I was the girl working in the pub and also city centre bars. Here's the thing, we didn't enjoy the 'bantz', we didn't think they were hilarious and we certainly didn't appreciate the attempts at groping but we smiled and laughed because that's how you got tips rather than a P45.

[Daniela Nadj @DanielaNadj]

Greg Wallace's comments about middle class women are not only misogynist, but they're also silly because that is the demographic that probably used to watch his shows. He hasn't thought this through at all.

[National Literacy Trust @Literacy_Trust]

Access to books can transform a child’s life through opening doors to learning and brighter futures. But thousands of primary schools need urgent investment to improve their library provision.

If your school agrees, write to your MP and let them know! ⤵️ https://t.co/hF0nBBIFTz

[SaferSpace @SaferSpace_io]

A cry out for training on ‘Ask For Angela’ in Merseyside 97% of women aged 18-24 and 80% of all women said they had been sexually harassed in public spaces in the UK, similarly 53% of women experience sexual harassment in a pub, club or bar #sexualharassment https://t.co/GrJGlMmBeD

[National Literacy Trust @Literacy_Trust]

Right now, 1 in 7 state primary schools don't have a library.

Last week, 40 parliamentarians came to our #LibrariesForPrimaries drop-in with @PenguinUKBooks, beloved children's authors and pupil librarians to hear why every child has a right to read.

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Girls in Afghanistan are not allowed to attend school simply because they were born female. The Taliban’s ban on girls’ education has now lasted for 1,172 days, keeping 1.4 million teenage girls out of school. #LetHerLearn

[Habib Khan @HabibKhanT]

Female students at a medical school in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province weep as a man announces that they are no longer allowed to continue their studies. The Taliban’s new order bans women from medical education, closing the last remaining institutions where women can learn.

[LBC @LBC]

'I don't think the BBC should be airing these programmes... It shows a bit of disrespect.'

Labour peer @HarrietHarman tells @AndrewMarr9 the BBC are 'misjudging' the situation if they think Gregg Wallace's 'phoney apology' is enough for him to continue presenting MasterChef.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

When I had a mobile phone snatched by a biker, I gave the police precise GPS details of its two UK locations, including Google maps pictures of front doors. The police refused to go to the addresses or investigate.

This was maddening. The officers said they were not allowed to act on GPS locational data - and also that there are so many street crimes that they can’t cope. But they did want to visit me to take a pointless statement and offer me victim support, when what I actually wanted was my phone back. It is now in Algeria.

The police are significantly under-resourced but there is also an issue about how the existing resources are being deployed.

The Home Secretary says she will give the police the power to act on location data. But it is unclear when this will happen, and why the police can’t even now simply go to a property and knock on a door as a warning to the thieves that they are being watched. And as for the failure to use cctv images, don’t get me started.

Of course thefts and crimes such as the one I experienced are trivial compared to many that go unsolved. Which is why what is reported below will resonate widely.

PS I am not being funny but I thought the most counter-intuitive aspect of the Louise Haigh case is that a decade ago the police took an interest in where her phone might be

[Angela Rayner @AngelaRayner]

Delighted to see Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Foreign Minister Albares in Seville.

On employment rights and housing, we discussed our shared plans to deliver change for working people in the UK and Spain.

[Rose Marie @amsammells]

Beautiful!

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Stunning 2,000 year-old Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl looking like a Starry Night! 💫

Tranlucent dark blue glass with opaque white spirals. From Canosa di Puglia. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany 📷 by me https://t.co/LPg5k0pc7U

#Archaeology

[Women's Aid @womensaid]

Too many women are forced to remain silent about their abuse as they are afraid they won’t be believed. It's up to all of us to educate our children to help bring an end to a toxic culture of disbelief, a culture that isolates survivors and silences their voices.

[Yorkshire Wolds Weather @WeatherWolds]

Frozen Fields. -1°C and blue skies. Redwing.

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

The Suffragette line

📍 Gospel Oak to Barking Riverside

This line celebrates the women who fought for gender equality in the early 20th century. Barking was home to Annie Huggett, the longest-surviving Suffragette.

[Yorkshire Wolds Weather @WeatherWolds]

Mist In The Valley. -1°C at Dawn. Mistle Thrush.

[Jade Botterill MP @JadeBotterill]

For too long, the decline of high streets has been treated as inevitable. I refuse to accept this.

By bringing businesses, residents, and local government together to transform our town centres, we are ensuring they remain at the heart of our community.

https://t.co/d8khaQ6unS