Katie Breathwick

The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood Go to The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts by Robert Thorogood.

In fact, if you want to pre-order the new Marlow Murder Club Book, there's a natty little Linktree you can click on to choose which online vendor to purchase it from. That way, you can have it thud onto your doorstep on the very day of publication.

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Yorkshire Water requires a lot more than a bit of improvement. It needs to be fiercely regulated so that consumers aren't expected to pay for being ripped off for 30 years as profits were extracted as casually as water was taken from our rivers and sewage pumped into them

Nigel Farage was everywhere in Caerphilly today.

He now appears to have vanished.

Good Morning from Global Britain.

AND they hire lots of humans. My elderly neighbor gave up on Sainsbury when they forced self-checkout. He goes to Lidl instead where prices are lower and there’s a person to talk to checking him out.

Worth keeping in mind that Aldi & Lidl top the supermarket pay tables. And as they expand to new locations it often causes recruitment problems/wage pressure for other low paying employers.

Relief for Reeves as UK inflation plateaus at 3.8 percent in September Crucially, the slowdown was the result of lower food prices.

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Wednesday started with a much-needed fillip, in the form of data suggesting inflation peaked below 4 percent in September.

“Only 5% of migration is from small boats, but it gets 95% of the headlines. It would be ludicrous to cut legal migration when we have 150,000 NHS vacancies."

Zack Polanski says politicians must stop fuelling fear and start telling the truth about immigration.

#Peston

For years when people found out what I did they would ask "are we doomed?"

I'd say, "Most likely...but...the coming rise of renewables, storage and EVs give us a chance."

It's a grim outlook for the climate but also a very exciting time to be working on climate solutions.

Okay, so we have a cover for the next Marlow Murder Club book! What do you think? While you're watching the vid, I'll be popping over to the sideboard to get myself just a small glass of whisky...

(Thank you, as ever, to @manpreeteditor.bsky.social & @teddyfromtheblock.bsky.social)

Podcast reco: The House at Number 48. How many stories like it will we never know because no one survived?

The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."

heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god

In today's least surprising news

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

Drivers in line for payouts if carmakers lose ‘dieselgate’ case High Court to hear class action lawsuit for 1.6m claimants

More skulduggery from the motor industry will,be revealed as claims of widespread and systematic cheating on emissions goes to court bit.ly/4hdI3ue

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Brits want Nigel Farage to step away from the Brexit shredder Polling commissioned by POLITICO shows wide public support for Labour’s EU reset.

🚨 Brits back EU agrifood deal, even Leave voters.

63% want smoother trade, safe food, and stable prices. Only 22% are against

But Farage and Badenoch want to rip it up to recreate a Brexit-style culture war over leaving ECHR, sabotaging the EU reset in the process.
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Comedian goes to Saudi Arabia - and beyond!

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

Ahhhh now I know why all the England flags were up! 👏👏#champions #rugby

Have been watching some old Michael Cockerell films (as is my wont) - and was really struck with Blair just eviscerating one of his own voters here; it's a reminder of both his supreme clarity as a communicator, but also how timid modern politicians are when faced with the concerns of the electorate

Him: Flash me a smile. You're
prettier when you smile.

I coyly part my lips to
reveal one perfect orange slice.

NEWS.
The State Pension is set to rise 4.7% next April

Climb every mountain

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

Abi Bunker from Woodland Trust - "the language of war against nature from government" is not helpful, receives a spontaneous round of applause from #WildSummitUK delegates. The government needs to work with the environmental sector. Nature and development are not at war.

I’d never heard of Charlie Kirk until my Gen Zers explained. No one should be assassinated for their views, no matter how appalling (and they were clearly appalling). But surely SURELY recent changes to “campus carry” laws in Utah is the v first thing to talk about?

"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress