David Friend

Meanwhile the combined “right” vote of Reform and Conservative hits 51%. The combined “left” of Greens, Labour, Lib Dem is at 41%.

🆕 Post spring statement @moreincommonuk.bsky.social voting intention sees Labour fall to our lowest score for them at 21%. Tories at 26% lead Reform by 1.

🌳 CON 26% (+1)
➡️ REF UK 25% (+1)
🌹 LAB 21% (-3)
🔶 LIB DEM 13% (+1)
🌍 GREEN 7% (-3)
🟡 SNP 2% (-1)

N =2,081 | Dates: 28 - 31/3 | Change w 24/3

YouTube video by Times Radio I was arrested for sending Whatsapps complaining about my daughter's school | Times Radio exclusive

Extraordinary

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Max Boyce, Ivor the Engine, Neil Kinnock, Pobol y Cwm, Tom Jones, Gareth Bale, Fireman Sam…your boys took one hell of a beating!

#England #Wales

YouTube video by Times Radio Trump gets into irate screaming match with Zelensky in Oval Office

No words

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More than 600k of you are listening to Times Radio each week - thanks to each and every one of you.

Do tell your friends what they’re missing and get us over a cheeky million…

#TimesRadio #RAJAR #Radio

Keir Starmer: We’ll cut the weeds of regulation and let growth bloom Labour’s policies will unlock investment, slash red tape and usher in a ‘big build’ era, the prime minister writes

Keir Starmer: We’ll cut the weeds of regulation and let growth bloom

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Wimbledon school crash driver is arrested 18 months on Police restarted their investigation after concern from the bereaved families of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau

Wimbledon school crash driver is arrested 17 months on

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At the Jewish cemetery in Nice, the names of thousands, sent to Nazi camps, are listed outside.

Inside are two urns, one filled with ashes from those killed in the gas chambers. The other, with soap made from human fat.

It does us no good to forget.

#HolocaustMemorialDay #Holocaust

Off Air...with Jane and Fi: Uplifted by sexy dragons (with Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin) Happy Thursday! Jane and Fi ponder the genre of romantasy, the satisfaction of doing laundry and the word 'uncouth'. Plus, Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover, discusses her book 'The Girl ...

Listen here: pod.fo/e/2a2d3b

What happened to the Archbishop of Canterbury “rings with what happened to Christ...they are shouting crucify him, crucify him.”

Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin’s bold defence of Justin Welby speaking to Jane Garvey and @figlover.bsky.social on the Off Air podcast.

Axel Rudakubana should, like Moors murderer Ian Brady, have to be “confronted” by his crime, in a prison cell,“for the rest of his life.”

Defence Sec John Healey tells Times Radio why calls for the death sentence, from two Reform MPs, are wrong.

Keir Starmer will give a statement in Downing Street at 8.30am on the Southport stabbings.

It follows the announcement of a public inquiry into the murder of three young girls by teenager Axel Rudakubana.

Listen live on @listentotimesradio.bsky.social

#Southport

Meanwhile, in London…

YouTube video by The Times and The Sunday Times How I draw Donald Trump: The Times political cartoonist

How does the brilliant @mortenmorland.bsky.social take on the challenge of Donald Trump?

Here’s how…

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Jake Fahri, who served 14 years in jail for the murder of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, has been recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions, the Probation Service said

Award-winning actress Dame Joan Plowright has died at the age of 95, her family has said.

Strikes planned by workers on Avanti West Coast have been suspended for the next two Sundays to allow talks in a dispute over rest day working, the RMT union announced.

Politicians can’t expect cricket to clear up mess they left in Afghanistan Debate over whether England should boycott Champions Trophy match against Taliban-controlled country ignores the problems created by catastrophic withdrawal in 2021

Politicians can’t expect cricket to clear up mess they left in Afghanistan - @athersmike.bsky.social for @thetimes.com

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Mood…

There’s nothing about this story that isn’t absolutely horrific…

“Monster species of Sydney funnel-web spider found in Australia”

www.thetimes.com/article/734a...

The universities raising mental health budgets by up to 600% Our freedom of information request reveals big spending since the pandemic as financial pressure weighs on students and institutions alike

The universities raising mental health budgets by up to 600%

@kateemccann.bsky.social & @producerollie.bsky.social for @thetimes.com

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What better way to start the day than with Times Radio Breakfast…

Some people REALLY love Wallace and Gromit…

It’s staring them in the face. Why can’t they see it? Just give him the keys…

#MUFC #MUNNEW

Middle classes support VAT on private schools, says Labour Bridget Phillipson claims ‘pushy parents’ will demand more from the state sector after being priced out by rising fees

Middle classes support VAT on private schools, says Labour…

Comments section of @thetimes.com: “hold my pint…”

www.thetimes.com/article/c1e3...

Merry Christmas one and all…

What a wonderful book by @londonbessie.bsky.social - echoes of Garner, Cooper and Masefield but ultimately and brilliantly Liz Hyder.

And today’s the perfect day to get hold of it.

#WinterSolstice @pushkinpress-us.bsky.social

Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer Stéphane Babonneau speaks to @cathynewman.bsky.social on Times Radio.

He says in no way does Gisèle see herself as extraordinary…but so many others are:

Man who helped design breathalysers is banned for drink-driving Dr Richard Lacey, 70, said he had misjudged how much he had drunk during lunch after crashing on a roundabout near Talgarth, Powys

In this week’s “you couldn’t make it up section”…

‘Man who helped design breathalysers is banned for drink-driving’

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