Sub Editor/journalist/press officer. Ex Reach and Salisbury Journal, @bathlive + @SomersetLive. Other past haunts: @myldn @Exepose @flickeringmyth. Views mine.
"When I asked the planning inspectorate for documents relating to cases involving Samuel Smith Old Brewery, they deemed my request impractical. Why? Because, they said, they held 13,000 such documents."
Today's @gdnlongread by @DrBlacklock https://t.co/juzLEREtnZ
Exclusive: New police figures show 77% of applications by sex offenders to be removed from the sex offenders register are successful - with some forces approving 100%. Now Laura Stewart, who was abused as a child, is campaigning for a change in the law. https://t.co/9deUauTIFX
Quite like this. Rowan Atkinson writes a piece on electric vehicles. PLOT TWIST: he turns out to be very knowledgeable, piece is sensible and balanced https://t.co/J4Gp7Y2CDS
How the @bankofengland and @hmtreasury came within a whisker of allowing Silicon Valley Bank's UK arm to implode.
My long read with the inside story of what insiders codenamed "Operation Cork" https://t.co/p5lzjb9E8S
After years of reading spy fiction and wondering where all the women were, I asked MI6 if I could speak to their top female spies about the realities of being a women in espionage. I met Kathy, Ada and Rebecca, and here is their story:
https://t.co/4rRADIkaWN
🔌POWER GRIDS🔌
Arguably the most important & underdiscussed issue in the pursuit for net zero.
The grid is creaking.
It cld trigger blackouts & even prevent net zero.
It’s a v big deal!
But let’s begin our story with something else. A bit of history. The first power station…
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This is the report on the controversies around Qatar being host of the World Cup that just played on @BBCOne as @GaryLineker begins @BBCSport's coverage of the tournament.
Planes, trains, automobiles... and everything else.
There's a lot of people out there who want to convince you hydrogen is the fuel of the future.
But how much of this is realistic? And how much is just hype?
I tried to get to the bottom of it
https://t.co/gw8DMs7fcq
@FlandersDan Hi @FlandersDan would you mind if we used your picture with credit for the Leicestershire Live news website? Any other info would be really helpful too as we try to update people with latest from the fire service. Hope you're ok