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NEW: Even within the TV culture of casual misogyny of the noughties, Naomi Harvey & her team still complained about Russell Brand's behaviour.
Nothing happened.
Sincere efforts have since been made to improve culture - but big power imbalances remain
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🚨 EXCL – Not a single submarine commander passed the legendary Perisher course last year
Fewer than 10 surface officers passed CQ2 for sea command
Now the Navy cd run out of captains as record low numbers passed ships “driving tests”
They need 35p/yr
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Wrote this for @thetimes on the gorgeous @LeadenhallMkt and plans to attract tourists to it at weekends. Features the remnants of what was once the biggest Roman basilica north of the Alps, now hidden in the basement of a shop selling empanadas
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This is low, even by the standards of the UK Football policing unit, casually linking the Taylor report post Hillsborough and football tragedies to changes in the law on drinking at matches
Drinking in view of the pitch didn’t cause deaths or injuries - policing failures did
Two years ago one of London's most dangerous gangsters threatened to shoot me. He briefly became an interesting and charming source. Today he was jailed for life for conspiracy to murder:
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Here is the worldwide range of scorpions. As you can see, they prefer warmer climes.
Where, then, do you suppose the northernmost population of wild scorpions lives? Before today I'd have said Italy or the southern tip of France.
I would have been very wrong indeed.
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Saw this tonight. Brilliant. Should get a West End transfer but get some tickets now just in case. I've read the book many times and rewatched the BBC series. This production is fantastic.
Alex Bhat in rehearsals for ‘Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky’ @swkplay
📷 Mitzi de Margary
Now open at Southwark Playhouse.
#TwentyThousandStreets #londontheatre #offwestend
This man, who police have previously described as a "risk to women", absconded in 2025, 2024, three times in 2023, and in 2021. The police have warned he "can be violent" and urged the public not to approach him". What is being done to keep the public safe?
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Further along the River Trishuli families are desperately moving their possessions as a landslide occuring close by increases fears their homes are about to collapse into to the raging water.
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Devastation in the town of Baireni with the River Trishuli roaring past as the Nepal authorities warn of further flood risk. Having been watching families desperately digging on the mud to rescue any possessions. The scale of this disaster is immense.
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Relatives studying list of survivors of Nepal flood outside Battar army barracks. Hundreds are spending a third day hoping for news of missing relatives.
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Terror as police order evacuation of town of Battar with flood bigger than Wednesday. Residents fleeing to high ground.
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Nepal government warning of flood bigger than Wednesday. Evacuation ordered. Terror and panic in rush for higher ground.
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Police and fire brigade evacuating Battar, saying another flood is on its way. Panic as residents head to higher ground.
The extraordinary scale of the Nepal floods rescue operation sees a helicopter arrive at the Battar army base every few minutes.
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Helicopters bringing survivors from the devastating Nepal floods into an army base in the town of Battar on the edge of the disaster area. Hundreds of desperate people looking for their family members.
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Delighted that @Chelsea_Citizen is shortlisted in prestigious Future of Media Awards by @pressgazette for Website of the Year (Regional/Local). Super news.
Running TCC solo is the hardest climb of my career, but also the most fun & fulfilling. #FOMA2026
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