Oliver Astley

Digital content editor Reach Plc, news junkie, food, run, swim, cycle, francophone, bad pianist

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

@Imonanotherplan The English and Welsh criminal justice system is largely based on tea so this is an outrage 🫖

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

@JJ_brum Have you changed your hair?

[RegionalPressAwards @RegPressAwards]

Congratulations to @DerbyshireLive @DerbyshireTelegraph for being awarded winner of Campaign of the Year for ‘Save Our Rail Industry’ at the #RegionalPressAwards2025

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

Douglas Barrowman sold a possibly criminal, tax avoidance scheme using an Isle of Man company called Principal Contracts Ltd. The Isle of Man authorities say it failed to file accounts, paid unlawful dividends, & failed to pay £5m of Isle of Man VAT.

Guess what happened next?

[Ros Atkins @BBCRosAtkins]

Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. Produced by Catherine Karelli, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Jake Horton. Graphics by Jacqueline Galvin.

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

@LeighCurtis_DT Obvs hope the Rams win but had a soft spot for Leyton Orient since hearing this banging tune about 25 years ago https://t.co/zQfRFpKEHh

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Grand Theft Zwift where players cycle round cities with handlebar-mounted weaponry doing heists and stuff and fleeing police @RockstarGames @GoZwift collab made in heaven you’re welcome

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

@bkelly776 Before she was 17, US swimmer Katie Ledecky had an Olympic gold medal, four World Championship gold medals and two world records and she’s still unbeatable over 800m and 1500m now she’s 27 🏊‍♀️

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

A classic of the ‘Christmas is ruined’ genre… https://t.co/RsgDgvczuc

[Ellis Whitehouse @E_Whitehouse293]

25-year-old Victoria Thomas-Bowen has been given a suspended prison sentence today for assault by beating, for throwing a milkshake over Nigel Farage in Clacton.

Farage has claimed her being spared jail is "two-tier justice". It's not, as I'd like to highlight in a small 🧵

[Leigh Curtis @LeighCurtis_DT]

Kane Wilson's best game for the club tonight. He was an absolute menace in what was a foot-perfect performance from Warne's team and their best display of the season. Win takes them to 14th. Ratings. #DCFC #DCFCfans

https://t.co/SaTIX0BxDo

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

@dieworkwear It usually takes a couple of attempts to get it looking ok but I’m overly proud of learning how to tie a real bow tie rather than resorting to a clip-on one like a circus animal or common beast of the field…on the rare occasions I’m at posh events 🤵

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

We got three three nominations for live breaking news in the Regional Press Awards: Bristol racist riots, Clifton Suspension Bridge body parts and massive Plymouth bomb drama #regionalpressawards

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

This hypocrisy just stinks and the FA is an embarrassment https://t.co/os02O7iWPR

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

I tell you now and I’ll tell you firmly,
I don't ever want to go to Burnley.
What they do there don't concern me,
Why would anybody make the journey?

John Cooper Clarke

#dcfc #dcfcfans

[Leigh Curtis @LeighCurtis_DT]

Five changes for Derby tonight. Ward, Elder, Goudmijn, Adams and Brown all start. #DCFC #dcfcfans

https://t.co/887ZrXwoG2

[Birmingham Live @birmingham_live]

I compared £6 tubs of Celebrations, Quality Street, Roses and Heroes and found a big disappointment
https://t.co/JsPIVqFR6v

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

NO!!! DIG UPWARDS…DIG UPWARDS GREGG 🤦
Gregg Wallace fumes at MasterChef's star John Torode and wife Lisa in brutal dig https://t.co/t0tVFkbibm

[fleetstreetfox @fleetstreetfox]

"Scandal? What scandal? Oh, THESE blood tests we hid, the medical records we falsified, and the false claims to a judge that the main witness was dead?

"Yeah, that's not a scandal."

https://t.co/xqTqAmDGz8 #nukedblood

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

Hey @babbel since you updated the app it’s incredibly glitchy and doesn’t really work. Just hoping you’ve got someone working to iron out the bugs

[Oliver Astley @oastley]

. @stwater what a pain it is proving to pay my water bill when your site no longer recognises my credentials for some reason, it fails to send me an email so I can log back in to my account and your payment phone line is closed 💦 🤷‍♂️