I received this at 15.24! ⁦Avanti West Coast⁩

2023 Donbas, Ukraine: we are on the frontline but wearing blue. More advanced body armour. I have a first aid kit fixed to it, a ready tourniquet below my chin, & eye protection. With producer Sofia Koczmar + Jon Hughes. Maybe my last war but who knows?

“Work can be really good for people when they’re going through cancer; it’s not about no work - or full on work – it’s about pacing it.”

Dame Laura Lee from Maggie’s cancer care charity reacts to King Charles resuming public engagements.
#Newsnight

At 6 - the ‘lockdown runner’ Rose Harvey who lost her job in the pandemic, turned to running and has just been chosen for the marathon Team GB at the Olympics.

Oh…..This has made me cry. Thank you. A display like this in my home city. Bloody hell. No words really.

I’m at PaisleyBookFest tomorrow and will definitely pop in and have another cry.. and maybe sign some! X

BBC Newsnight Lovely interview, lovely voice, Jordan Rakei. AI can’t beat that 😉
Kirsty Wark #Newsnight

“I do think it’s a threat…It’s scary to think people can re-encapsulate my voice”

Abbey Road Studio’s first Artist in Residence, Jordan Rakei discusses the dangers of AI and the value of grassroots venues for emerging talent

#Newsnight

Unforgettable memories. So great to revisit The Passion with old friends (and my drama teacher!) on Kristy Wark’s #TheReunion . You can listen again this Friday at 9am on BBC Radio 4 and on BBC Sounds

Join Kirsty Wark as she reunites mountaineers involved in the 1996 Mount Everest disaster for this Sunday's edition of the Reunion. Tune in at 10am, on BBC Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
#TheReunion #BBCRadio4

The Passion of Port Talbot, Kirsty Wark remembers the landmark theatre production with michael sheen 💙 Mercedes Kemp, Mydd Pharo, Sarah Hemsley-Cole, Di Botcher and Ken Tucker.

Join us at 10am on Sunday on BBC Radio 4 or BBC Sounds

Reposting as Bottom Exposed was on GOLD last night.

EXC - Fmr Chief Inspector of Prisons tells #Newsnight govt plans to build more jails “utterly bonkers”, saying even if they spend £4bn on new places, they can’t spend fast enough to keep pace with rising jail population - currently at 88,926 (full capacity Eng & Wales 88,890). 1/

As Ukraine enters into a 3rd year of war, how do people feel about enlisting to fight? Will they have enough troops for the coming months?📽️ for BBC Breaking News thanks to Sarah Dias & BBC Newsnight.

EXCL: Data obtained by Newsnight + analysed by BBC suggests NHS England adult gender clinics facing 10 year backlog of 1st appointments.
NHS Eng confirm they will begin a review into adult services in “coming weeks”.
Full story 22:30 BBC Newsnight
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#Newsnight tonight - we’re live in Doncaster with an audience - two days ahead of the budget, several months ahead of the election

Hope you can join us to see how your fellow voters are feeling

1030pm BBC Two BBC News (UK)

Yesterday former govt advisor on faith @colinbloom told #Newsnight Rishi Sunak was frightened to talk about Islamist extremism - that he needed to be firmer in his leadership on topic.

Now PM has stood outside no 10 & condemned extremism & urged police to take action ..

At least three million people died in the Bengal famine in British India during WW2. There is no memorial or even a plaque to them anywhere in the world. #ThreeMillion tells their story through extraordinary eyewitness accounts. Listen NOW @bbcsounds
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In response to racism rows going on in political world, he said overall it’s the divisive climate the situation is fostering that empowers the far right ..

Some personal news….

A survivor of a Rochdale grooming gang has told #Newsnight she was raped more than 100 times from the age of 12

‘Ruby’ was speaking for the first time since a review into what happened in Rochdale was published last month

Watch her interview 1030pm BBC2 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…