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The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

And another bites the dust?

The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.

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Lady Gaga 🤭🤍✨💫

Did this route years ago. I was with 2 guides from Plas y Brenin, and a small group who'd done 4 days of climbing and scrambling with me. Very unnerving.... But glad to have done it. Never again!!

Recently restored mural.
By local artist Bmike
(Brandan Odums)

I can't be bullied. I can't be bought. I've stood for the same principles for many decades.

"I can't be bought"

Says man who sells video birthday greetings for £70 a time.

For all those missing windy coast path walks...
#Gower #Wales

Stop Palantir taking over our public services! Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.

Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.

Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Heno / tonight
Caerdydd / Cardiff

A new homelessness law in Wales is being called 'world-leading'

The new homelessness law in Wales will help people get support earlier to prevent them losing their home in the first place.

James Van Der Beek Auctions Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues Memorabilia (Exclusive) James Van Der Beek is partnering with Propstore to auction memorabilia from "Dawson's Creek" and "Varisty Blues" as he faces the mounting costs of battling cancer.

James Van Der Beek spent the last year of his life fundraising for cancer treatment.

He auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.

Costars launched Cameos to raise money for his care.

A serious diagnosis in the US can financially destroy you.

Universal healthcare saves lives.

It's #buyastrangerabook day tomorrow.

A lovely & positive thing when people buy books for total strangers.

It's been a thing I've been doing every Wednesday since May 2018.

Hope you can join in.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

The late Queen seems to have known more about Andrew and Epstein than Starmer did about Mandelson and Epstein.
She gave £2 million toward a payment to one of Andrew's victims to try to make his crimes go away.
At what point does the country decide it's not right to build a massive statue to her?

Reform UK's Welsh leader 'not on the electoral register in December 2025' Martin Shipton Newly appointed Reform UK Wales leader Dan Thomas does not appear in the electoral register compiled in December 2025 that covers the part of Wales where he has his roots, we have been ...

This story just gets better and better -

nation.cymru/news/reform-...

Painting of a seascape with rocky shore and foamy sea

Coastal Foam, 2019
by US painter Erin Hanson #WomensArt

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit

Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A great egret stands in the water at sunrise. The water is reflecting the reddish/pink light of early morning.

"Serenity now!" - great egret

#birdoftheday #birds #serenity #heron #egret #nature #wildlife #protectnature #dawn #sunrise #photography #EastCoastKin

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Hey @thetimes.com what is ’racism’ - surely depicting the Obamas as monkeys is just old fashioned racism?

Two important things:
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself

The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

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Limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water to be considered under new plan Imposing legal limits on the levels of forever chemicals found in drinking water is among the proposals unveiled in the UK Government’s first-ever plan to confront the harmful toxins found widely acro...

Imposing legal limits on the levels of forever chemicals found in drinking water is among the proposals unveiled in the UK Government’s first-ever plan to confront the harmful toxins found widely across the environment

It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵

The Crown Estate in Wales explained.
It controls much of the Welsh seabed, including rights for offshore wind.
It is not devolved, so income from Welsh seabed leases goes to the UK Treasury.
This has sparked debate about control and accountability.
#WalesExplained

Volunteers wanted to live on Skomer Island and count puffins Successful applicants will spend several months helping conservation efforts on Skomer Island, off the Pembrokeshire coast.

A beautiful,remote island off the south west Wales coast could be your new home as long as you are happy to count puffin on Skomer Island off Pembrokeshire.Successful applicants will spend several months there over spring,summer or autumn as part of conservation efforts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May

Really fascinating read on the race for Wales in the run-up to the May elections by Bethan McKernan

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...