Fiona ClarkeHackston

Work = audiovisual media and public policy. Play = big open spaces, the arts, foreign affairs, erratic bridge.

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

If anyone knows who this car belongs to, can you please tell them that littering is an anti-social, lazy and disgusting criminal offence? Reg: CV17 CWX
We have images of before and after they stopped in this layby and will be passing the evidence to Herefordshire Council to issue a fine.

[Fiona ClarkeHackston @HackstonFiona]

Same here in Surrey…

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Still no announcement on the date of the Budget

If triggered today, the earliest it could be is Wednesday October 14 - but that's the IMF and John Healey surely would want to be at that. So Wednesday October 21.

But if it isn't triggered today, Healey is on holiday next week. If he waits until his return, he could still trigger it for Wednesday October 21. They could do Wednesday October 28 - but that would be school half term 😡

When Ed Miliband thought he might be Chancellor, those advising him were arguing for an earlier Budget because they felt Rachel Reeves left a vacuum in 2024 and 2025.

But there's a LOT for the new administration to get its head around, and may just want to allow it to slip to November - since this Budget will do a lot to determine the success of the Burnham project, and presumably come alongside the 10 year plan which Burnham mentioned on the first day in office (though haven't heard about since)

What will be in it - listen to our Politics at `Sam and Anne's special on the economy and the Budget with @EdConwaySky - and of course @annemcelvoy - out on Monday

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

📢 OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE | SAVE WIMBLEDON PARK

Yesterday's Court of Appeal decision is a significant moment for our campaign. Permission to appeal has been granted, allowing these important legal questions about Wimbledon Park to be heard.

This is about more than one park.

It is about public green spaces, heritage, planning, accountability, and the right of communities to be heard.

Read the official campaign statement:

🔗 https://t.co/koPXFGBLs5

22,500+ people have already added their voice.

Now we need yours.

Please read it, share it, report on it, discuss it, and if you believe communities should have a meaningful voice in the future of public spaces, sign the petition.

✍️ https://t.co/nu8kEVuUV4

We invite journalists, environmental organisations, planning experts, heritage groups and community leaders to help bring this story to a wider audience.

#SaveWimbledonPark #WimbledonPark #GreenSpaces #Planning #CourtOfAppeal #Heritage #PublicInterest #CommunityPower #ProtectOurParks

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

Brilliant!!

[Very Brexit Problems @VeryBrexitProbs]

If people are going to start to argue about the Falkland Islands again, it’s worth knowing the timeline first.

Draw your own conclusions.

[Fiona ClarkeHackston @HackstonFiona]

Litterers need punishment. True Councils and #Highways Agency are failing but, as someone who litter picks a stretch of road regularly, the speed at which litter is replaced makes it clear that the task is too overwhelming not to be addressed at source.

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

It’s not an exaggeration to say that council services are collapsing in many parts of Britain. This scene is repeated in countless lay-bys. Half measures don’t work.

Litterers need serious punishment, and Councils can’t keep trotting out excuses for their evident failures.

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

22,568 people have already signed: local residents, tennis fans and people across the UK believe Wimbledon can grow without overdeveloping the former Wimbledon Park Golf Course.

If you haven't signed yet, now is the time.

✍️ Sign the petition.
🔁 Share it.
📢 Help us reach the next milestone

https://t.co/nu8kEVuUV4

Wishing @janniksin and @AlexZverev the very best for a fantastic final. May the best player win! 🎾@Wimbledon @AELTC
#Wimbledon #SaveWimbledonPark #ProtectTrees #ClimateAction #Tennis

[Paul Graham @paulg]

A Brown professor gave his students a take-home midterm exam. After suspecting many cheated using AI, he made the final in-person. The orange dots are the midterm scores and the gray dots are the final scores. Looks like all but 3 cheated on the midterm.

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

🧵👇 Thread continues below.

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

WHY NOT SPREAD THE LOAD?

Wimbledon Park is already under pressure.

Could more of the Championships' temporary facilities be managed elsewhere, instead of concentrating everything in one park?

Use your own land. Leave Wimbledon Park for everyone to enjoy.

#SaveWimbledonPark
#WimbledonPark
#Wimbledon
#ProtectOurParks
#GreenSpaces
#LondonParks
#KeepItGreen
#CommunityFirst
#NatureMatters
#SustainableLondon
#LoveWimbledon
#SW19
#Merton
#Wandsworth
#TheQueue

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

🎾🌳 What happens when local residents feel they're not being heard?

Watch this short film from the opening day of Wimbledon, where the message is simple: listen to the community. 👂

📺 https://t.co/Cqytm3a0lb

@Wimbledon @SaveWimbldnPark

#Wimbledon #Wimbledon2026 #SaveWimbledonPark #SW19 #Community #London #Tennis #ListenToResidents

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

Another year, another tennis season. 🎾💚

We love tennis. We simply want our voices to be heard regarding the proposed #AELTC expansion into Wimbledon Park. Local residents deserve to have a meaningful say in the future of their park.

Keep an eye out for our new banner campaign throughout the 2026 Championships. If you spot one, take a photo, Scan the Qr code to know more, tag us, and use #SaveWimbledonPark to help keep our message visible.

Every voice matters. Every photo helps. 🌳💚

@Wimbledon
@Merton_Council

#Wimbledon #TheChampionships #Wimbledon2026 #SaveWimbledonPark #WimbledonPark #AELTC #Tennis #London #SW19 #ProtectOurParks

[Fiona ClarkeHackston @HackstonFiona]

Congratulations!

[Boxoffice Pro @Boxoffice_FR]

Patrick von Sychowski (@patrickvons) rejoint Cine Group comme International Editor-in-Chief

👉 https://t.co/lcrF3Cg9hV

[Fiona ClarkeHackston @HackstonFiona]

@BylineTimesPod @BylineTimes @GoldbergRadio @WSAGraham Hmmm, not necessarily a good thing.

[Save Wimbledon Park @SaveWimbldnPark]

https://t.co/SiwVQpLPrF

[Michelle Beckett @MichelleBeckett]

My daughter was elected as a city councillor when she was 18, the youngest in the country at the time. (11 years ago)
She worked her butt off beforehand (and afterwards) to ensure she knew all there is to know about how local government works. She was brilliant and did some important work. She knew all this backwards before she got in the chamber.
This is outrageous incompetence. I wouldn’t dream of voting Reform, but this should give pause to anyone remotely considering it.

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

They really are negligent towards fulfilling their duties... @NationalHways are one of the most prolific fly-tippers in Britain. Another bloated, failing and unaccountable public sector quango. They need to be subjected to serious scrutiny. @willhumphries_ @RupertLowe10

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

British politics will reach a new reductio ad absurdum in the Makerfield by election:
Vote Labour to destroy the sitting Labour Prime Minister.
Support Labour PM Starmer but NOT voting Labour.
We are having a by-election not because there’s any demand or need in the national interest but entirely to suit the convenience of the byzantine politics of the ruling party and the political pygmies in whose interest it is run.
We are no longer a serious nation. No wonder the bond markets are squiffy.

[Clean Up Britain @cleanupbritain]

We've awarded Shropshire Council the 'accolade' of being the most littered and unkempt county in the Midlands. Scenes like this are common place. @TelfordWrekin - please do your job...
@BBCShropshire @ShropshireStar @shropshirelive