Nicole

The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris

What a month.
- Passed my qualification
- Got new job
- Met new boyfriend
- got decent rebate from HMRC

Had a bad few years so fingers crossed this is the change!

Happy as a pig in shit

lol

One of the best integration memories I have is my ex boyfriend’s Vietnamese family who fled during the war. The kids named Quan, Tuan, Thang, Richard, Maggie, William, Elizabeth. Guess which ones were born in UK and named after royals, political figures

🙏 🙏 🇯🇲 🇯🇲

The "something for nothing" myth How should we value people's contribution to the country?

"There is no universe in which Sam Ashworth-Hayes – or any of Britain’s array of overpaid columnists, commentators and ideological wonks – is more valuable to this country than a care worker"

I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...

Incredible amount of China-panic over at the other place, apparently they might be trying to influence the UK away from democracy.

Funnily enough not mentioned is the other superpower whose leaders have explicitly stated their intentions in that direction.

#welcomehome
🤞🏻

I used to live in Handsworth with my Vietnamese boyfriends family while I was studying my masters. Best pork spring rolls and Pho ever! If that’s not integration I don’t know what is?!

FUCK OFF BOB

She specifically used the UAE as an example. In the UAE there are no income taxes

And lower paid workers are provided housing as part of their employment package

They never seem to mention when mentioning the UAE that there are no taxes for immigrants so obviously no welfare state. If they want this model they need to allow immigrants to work in uk paying zero tax (except VAT and council tax which we have on UAE)

Yes

Gosh how the Israeli representative spoke to Kamali on Sky News. I’m disgusted

Just not sure, really not sure, that I'd follow Kemi Badenoch as an example of the USA as a country that is protecting human rights without being in the ECHR.

Gawd Badenoch is awful, awful

In the long term, this does slightly dilute the 'moral' need for a referendum on rejoining the EU. But I suspect the Right has given up on the long term.

'In the video, an officer can be heard ushering members of the public away from the scene, saying: “If you’re not involved, move back, get away... he has a bomb, go away”.'

But the cop didn't go away. He stayed. Despite the possibility that there was a suicide bomb.

Richard Tice has made up a fake quote from the PM to claim he incited violence against his political opponents.

It was not sufficiently challenged in the Sky News interview that he did not say it, because the interviewer didn't have the text.

Ofcom should rule

uk.news.yahoo.com/no-keir-star...

To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

Unfortunately yes. Just checked in on my Jewish family. No shock whatsoever - which is a sad state of affairs

You can fuck off too.

Same with Brexit forcing business to invest billions on new import procedures and then waiving them over and over

Business has paid a lot to support decarbonisation and sustainability. Invested tens of billions. Most of it under Tory-led governments. And now the party is saying it was all a waste, and pointless? Just not serious people.

Ughhh I wondered how he got there.

I’m sorry that you feel my racism is racist

Thanks for letting us know, Kemz.

Me too!