Tim Johns

Cool guys don’t look at explosions
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This Radio 2 listener sent us proof of their stress-inducing unread emails.
But then listener Claire from Edinburgh took the gold medal with a staggering 523,321 unread. Beat that!

Happy 60th birthday to Thunderbirds. Here you go. A PDF instruction manual of how to create your very own Tracy Island: www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic...

YouTube video by BBC The BBC Calls For Access To Gaza

A vital plea from the BBC, along with news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters, to allow journalistic access to Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...

MP says Stevenage 'paying the price' as LNER set to stop trains to and from London Stevenage MP Kevin Bonavia says residents are "paying the price" for LNER's new timetable which is set to stop passengers from Stevenage…

If you’re a uk politics/transport/urban policy person (you’re on Bluesky) then the winter timetable on east coast mainline will be such an interesting mess. The public in mid-sized towns slowly realising they’ve been sacrificed for faster London > Edinburgh trains. www.thecomet.net/news/2544425...

beautiful - and even better are the nation’s best donuts in the car park!

Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids

Loo scroll
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...

A Bournemouth Echo headline which reads: 'Emergency alert test to take place in Dorset and across the UK'

Love the effort to make it local

That’s the first time I can ever remember a guest getting a parking ticket live on air

A cat is stalking a pigeon on top of a fence

M8 GET OUTTA THERE

Might start a petition to make it illegal to tag @ everyone in Facebook groups.

Bit tricky with hooves

Butterfly on a finger

This dude landed on my hand and even hung around for a photo!

meanwhile people called Al are having to endure endless headlines about how they’re going to take everyone’s jobs, and how Al could change the course of society. Tough time to be called Al.

For radio journalists, the iPhone’s built-in call-recording facility (since iOS 18.1) is incredible.
Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after.
There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better

🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.

But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.

incredible and detailed report. Just awful.

Screenshot showing a price tag of £240.10

Chapter #1329 in expensive rail travel.
We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month.
Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc).
Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242.
Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.

Waiting to board a ferry and spotted this excellent passenger nearby

Strong vibes. Big muscles. Congrats!

I have a lot of followers in America. If that’s you - why?! Am I on some random list somewhere?

A cardboard birthday card with a hand-stitched image of a cat wearing a party hat, next to a balloon and a cake with candles.

My niece hand-stitched this birthday card for my daughter and it’s 👌👌👌
I think she should sell them!!

I’ve been in one all afternoon

I’m open to roast potato pictures in return, thanks.

this is wild (literally etc)

Someone’s getting great value for money from their delivery driver.

It never fails to bring me joy that one of London's top guitar repair/maintenance people is called Kevin, has a workshop on an upstairs floor, and so has called his business "Stairway to Kevin".

Kyle Clifford jailed: John Hunt's victim impact statement in full The racing commentator directs his victim statement to the man who murdered his wife and two daughters.

We took the decision today to voice up and read out, on Radio 2, every word of John Hunt's victim impact statement. At ten minutes precisely it must be the longest monologue we've ever broadcast. We did so with good reason - give it a read if you haven't: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nerd fact of the day: the ship and the tanker in the North Sea sea technically 'allided'. It's simpler to say it was a collision but some seafarers would say 'allision'.
It's a nautical term to indicate a moving ship striking a stationary object - such as another ship.