Jen Bartram

Heathrow Airport closed all day after nearby fire causes power outage - live updates Flights are cancelled and diverted mid-air as Europe's busiest airport closes until midnight over a

You can identify how long you’ve been a journalist for by how visceral your reaction is to hearing the phrase “power outage” rather than “power cuts” used in articles or on TV and radio. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...

Throwing out old papers has reminded me of the good old days when we used to print the Internet

Monday night, watching Sunderland on the telly and attempting to embroider the tube map freehand. What a time to be alive.

7/7: The London Bombings - Series 1: Episode 2 Following the 7/7 attacks, politicians, survivors and police come to terms with the impact. The police frantically investigate, and the government urgently reassures the public.

Watched part 2 of this tonight. This harrowing documentary series takes you forensically through these horrific events of 7/7 and the subsequent police operation. I was lost for words at some of the complexity, challenges and heartbreaking humanity. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Ha, no such thing for the likes of me! This was a friend’s private work party - she works for a hedge fund 🤭

There’s some heavy snow on the way across the north of England this weekend - here’s a titbit of what you need to know - check out more detail at bbc.co.uk/weather

Chris MacCausland: “With opportunity and support, anything can happen.” #Strictly

Oh, Strictly has been such a joy tonight. #bbcstrictly

This is exactly what was forecast. Obviously the most severe impacts from this storm will continue to be in the red warning areas of Wales and SW England, but there are still Amber warnings in place elsewhere.

If you’re waking up in the North East to calm weather, no, the forecast wasn’t wrong. This is the centre of the low pressure passing. Winds will ramp up rapidly with driving rain by late morning / early afternoon - gusts 60mph+ and 70mph+ along the coast. #stormdarragh

A rare RED weather warning has been issued for parts of Wales and SW England as Storm Darragh is forecast to move in tonight. Please take heed - these are danger to life windspeeds weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.

To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

“Oh no my wife’s gonna kill me” etc…

He’s watching last night’s match on catch up and it’s just at the penalty…

Saturday night trivia: Oscar the Grouch used to be orange.

Totally fine, Nutmeg. Not a problem. You just lie there. I’ll hang up my BRAND NEW jacket as soon as you’ve finished on it.

The Met Office has now issued an AMBER warning for snow across parts of the North East and Cumbria. Latest suggestions are as much as 20-30cm of fresh snow over the highest ground, significant drifting in gale force winds.

Next you’ll be telling me the brickwork round the bath is fake…

The thing that feels nice about the shift to this app is that it feels like a fresh start, and I think everyone needs that. A gentle pause button from the outrage that algorithms keep feeding us and that are so addictive. Whether that’s possible to avoid on any platform, though, remains to be seen.

Weekly dose of Nutmeg #catsofbluesky

So good. I’d love to be in the audience tonight, it’s been great so far.

It’s Christmas baking time weekend in the Bartram household - amaretto mincemeat jarred and ready 🥧

Watching #bbcstrictly and Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys sounds amazing. He’s 70! What a banging medley too.

Happy Friday, all!

So is this where the cool kids are hanging out?

The nativity in figurines but they are all cats

me: we definitely don’t need any new Christmas decorations

internet: hold my beer

I’m not emotionally strong enough to watch Planet Earth 3. Octopus mothers dying, plastic islands, sea lions in fishing nets. Too much 😰

That’s a canny good cat 🐈

oh hai