Merry Christmas everyone!
Resident Doctors (who often graduate with £100k+ worth of student loans) are the lowest paid workers in the hospital on Christmas Day.
Please retweet this to support doctors, and to ask @10DowningStreet to pay all NHS staff fairly.
#FullPayRestoration
Revealed: Thames Water diverted ‘cash for clean-ups’ to help pay bonuses ….and also paid tens of millions in dividends while cutting back on its spending promises to clean up our rivers https://t.co/324rbtgP7r
A group of Afghan female students confront the Taliban after being forced to leave their classrooms. One student tells the Taliban men in Pashto: “When a man studies, he educates himself. But when a woman studies, she educates an entire generation.”
It’s worse than just denying women an opportunity. If there are no female doctors women and girls can’t receive medical care under the Taliban.
This is femicide.
The FBI has warned of two fake videos circulating online aimed at casting doubt around the US presidential election.
These videos are v likely part of a wider Russian campaign @Shayan86 and I’ve been tracking for a long time 🧵 https://t.co/MKM1mWO8Gb
1123 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. The Taliban have also cracked down on women’s employment - including ordering all hair and beauty salons to close. Human Right’s Watch estimates this caused 60,000 women to lose their jobs. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
More than 128 journalists have been killed in the Gaza war, all but 5 Palestinian, says @pressfreedom - @BBC Gaza correspondent @Rushdibbc talked to me on The Media Show about some of those lost. Full interview The Media Show, Reporting From Inside Gaza @BBCiPlayer@BBCSounds
The Reunion is back for a new series on BBC Radio 4 and I am delighted to have produced episode one on behalf of Whistledown Productions. The Blair government's first 100 days - so many good stories - available from Sunday 18th August 10am https://t.co/0dBSoYvcX5