Just a quick note on how BBC News verifies deaths in order to report them
Yesterday I was assigned the death of online star Lil Tay
A statement on her Instagram page said she, along with her brother, had died
I contacted her management to double check it was true
EXC - FOI data obtained by #Newsnight shows dramatic increase in recorded mental health incidents by GB police forces. Reasons given by police chiefs - police increasingly seen as first resort for ppl with mental health problems & lack of community care https://t.co/6YutbzORny
My source tells me Liz Truss has made a mistake if she thinks her (outgoing) friend @KwasiKwarteng has no base in the parliamentary party. “People like Kwasi. He is friendly. He’s honest. Maybe a bit too honest. Maybe that’s his problem.”
A group of senior Tories have been holding discussions + have decided the following: the sacking of @KwasiKwarteng will prompt them to come out publicly next week + call on @trussliz to resign. My source: “These are serious people. The PM will find it difficult to survive.”