Greg Barradale

Premier League clubs land new deals with gambling sponsors despite looming ban 11 of the Premier League's 20 clubs will start the new season with a front-of-shirt gambling sponsor, and no club has abandoned betting firms.

NEW: Premier League clubs strike new gambling shirt sponsor deals in last year before voluntary ban

11 clubs have gambling firms on front of shirts for 25/26

It's led to the ban being called a "cynical ploy"

No Big Six team has a gambling sponsor

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they're not interacting with other kids, they're watching youtube

NEW: Islington Council has dropped its court bid to evict a food bank from a space it says is vital to operations

Islington Foodbank feeds 46k people in country's 4th highest child poverty area

Agreement now reached and food bank say future is secure

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Reform-run councils once known for green policies expected to scrap climate pledges Former Durham county council climate lead calls motion to rescind climate emergency declaration ‘reprehensible’

Reform-led Durham County Council is expected to rescind its climate emergency declaration tomorrow

In December the council won a national award for its work to cut emissions over the last 15 years www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Twelve months ago GMP revealed 'life saver' scheme.... it never happened A Greater Manchester MP has called for GMP to change its policy and the region's Deputy Mayor, Kate Green, is to demand an explanation from the force over its stance. Neal Keeling reports on a growing...

Manchester Evening News have picked up the story too - reporting a tough new approach to policing from GMP's chief constable

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Why do some UK police forces stop officer carrying this life-saving drug? Police offers have used naloxone more than 1,200 times to reverse opioid overdoses. But as drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out.

Earlier this month we reported just two police forces - Suffolk and Greater Manchester - refuse to allow frontline officers to carry naloxone, a drug which can reverse overdoses

It's kicked off a row. MPs are demanding change and answers.

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Manchester deputy mayor 'encourages' police to carry naloxone Just two police forces in the country refuse to give their officers naloxone. Big Issue reporting has sparked politicians to act

NEW: Greater Manchester Police 'encouraged' by dep mayor to carry naloxone after Big Issue reporting

It's also emerged a trial of naloxone publicly promised by GMP last year never happened - but the force hasn't explained why

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NEW: Government has chosen not to reduce time given to newly-recognised refugees before eviction from asylum hotels

Had been due to revert to 28 days after June, but 56 days extended till Christmas

But campaigners say it should be made permanent as 28 days drives homelessness

Another pointless football social media gripe: why do clubs themselves say “for an undisclosed fee”?

You’re the ones choosing not to disclose it! Just don’t say it.

@footballcliches.bsky.social

Pressure grows on police forces to equip officers with life-saving naloxone Exclusive: MP urges Manchester police bosses to give officers naloxone and deputy mayor is "carefully examining" the decision.

👮In Norfolk, police officers have used naloxone 16 times. That represents 16 opioid overdoses potentially reversed, possibly 16 lives saved.

🚓 Across the border in Suffolk, the police force refuses to give its officers naloxone

It's a life-or-death lottery

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✍️ Here's the letter from Tom Morrison MP: "I urge you to reconsider this position and align GMP's strategy with best practise, ensuring officers have access to every available means to save lives"

Last year, Andy Burnham, Green, and chief constable Stephen Watson all revealed a police and crime plan which committed to encourage GMP officers to carry naloxone.

A year on, officers are yet to be given the option. What's changed?

Pressure grows on police forces to equip officers with life-saving naloxone Exclusive: MP urges Manchester police bosses to give officers naloxone and deputy mayor is "carefully examining" the decision.

Calls for change are growing after @bigissue.com story

👀 GM dep mayor Kate Green "carefully reviewing" GMP's decision

👀 MP Tom Morrison writes to Green and GMP chief constable urging change

👀 Suffolk MP Peter Prinsley demands answers from Suffolk's PCC

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Pressure grows on police forces to equip officers with life-saving naloxone Exclusive: MP urges Manchester police bosses to give officers naloxone and deputy mayor is "carefully examining" the decision.

EXC: Greater Manchester deputy mayor Kate Green "carefully examining" GM Police's refusal to give its officers naloxone - a drug which can reverse opioid overdoses

After Big Issue report, MP @tommorrisonmp.bsky.social has urged Green + GMP chief constable to change

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Fans let down by late Wireless festival line-up announcement With just days to go, some fans are scrambling to sell tickets after a

I'm sorry, three-day tickets for Wireless -- where Drake is headlining all three days -- are being sold for £475??

That's £100 more than Glastonbury and Reading lol. The curfew's half 10! It's three gigs in a park!

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The excuses don't wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone Those in charge of the police could easily give their officers the option to carry naloxone, writes Cranstoun's Meg Jones.

NEW: "The excuses don't wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone": Meg Jones of Cranstoun, who helped West Midlands become the first force in the UK to carry naloxone

Just two forces refuse to give it to officers: Suffolk and Greater Manchester

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Again, why is the BBC using a fake picture for this transfer announcement?

I know it’s comically low-stakes but it feels less than ideal for a publicly-funded news organisation

Arsenal even released 36 pics of Zubimendi’s signing - none of them with an undershirt! www.arsenal.com/news/36-top-...

Well aware how low-stakes this is

But

There are official unveiling pics! Kerkez has a beard! Pedro’s hair is different! You don’t need to be Fabrizio Romano you have the license fee!

Call me old-fashioned but I really don’t think the BBC should be using incredibly bait photoshopped pictures for transfer announcements

How does sharing fake pictures fit into the whole BBC Verify thing??

Here are 2 alerts sent out in Manchester on "extremely dangerous" pills containing nitazenes

Yet Greater Manchester Police told @bigissue.com deaths + discovery of nitazenes remain low “so the impact currently is low"

Experts say there's no clear evidence behind them not giving officers naloxone

Why do some UK police forces stop officer carrying this life-saving drug? Police offers have used naloxone more than 1,200 times to reverse opioid overdoses. But as drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out.

As drug deaths hit record levels and synthetic opioids kill hundreds, officers have used naloxone to potentially save over 1,000 lives. 20,000 police officers in the UK now carry it

So why are two police forces holding out against the government/police chiefs/IOPC?

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John McDonnell predicting Starmer could be gone within a year. Imagine reading this last July

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This is really important. Naloxone saves lives when carried by first responders, who are often police. There's no reason for officers not to carry a supply, especially as synthetic opioid deaths across the country continue to rise. It's an ongoing public health crisis.

The inside story of nitazenes and the drug deaths crisis rocking Britain A deadly new drug was linked to 21 deaths in Birmingham last summer but went under the radar. Big Issue uncovers the truth about nitazenes.

For anyone not familiar with nitazenes: they're synthetic opioids contaminating drugs like heroin, valium + oxycodone. People don't take them willingly, and a tiny amount can kill

They've been linked to 400 UK deaths since June 2023.

My @bigissue.com cover story: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Why do some UK police forces stop officer carrying this life-saving drug? Police offers have used naloxone more than 1,200 times to reverse opioid overdoses. But as drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out.

32 forces carry naloxone. 12 have agreed to pilot/full roll out. 20k police officers now carry

At the root of it is this: accidentally overdose on nitazenes in some parts of the country, and police officers might be able to save your life. Elsewhere? Bad luck

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Here are their explanations

GMP say deaths and nitazene discoveries remain low - but GM's drug alert panel has twice put out warnings about "extremely dangerous" pills

Meg Jones of @cranstoun.org said it was "disappointing to see two forces pushing back"

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Drug deaths are at record levels, and synthetic opioids like nitazenes only add to the danger. Police officers are often first on the scene - naloxone can reverse the effects of an overdose

Its carriage/use is voluntary. So why don't Suffolk and GM want their officers to be able to act like this? 👇

Why do some UK police forces stop officer carrying this life-saving drug? Police offers have used naloxone more than 1,200 times to reverse opioid overdoses. But as drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out.

NEW: Naloxone can help police officers stop opioid deaths. The Home Office, Police Federation, and police chiefs support giving it to officers. One force alone estimates it's saved 134 lives

Yet two forces - Suffolk and Greater Manchester - refuse. Why?

My report:

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So ready for a Reform-coded heatwave

I was actually a bit shocked when I started getting news alerts from the BBC about day-to-day royal engagements