The goldfinches have returned to my garden. I love their red 'jam faces' and the bright yellow on their wings.

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's 'The Watcher'... a Barn Owl on the Somerset Levels. 😍🦉
Thank you very much! 😊🐦

📢 My analysis today shows nearly 18,000 domestic abuse crimes are missing from police statistics - after police were instructed to count fewer crimes.

Administrative ease must never come before accurate recording of domestic abuse.

My statement: domesticabusecommissioner.uk/nearly-eightee…

Today, we’re publishing an open letter to leaders of all political parties ✍️

With support from @RobinJCMillar, @AdamHillsComedy, @JosieRones, Ade Adepitan and many more, we’re calling for disabled people to be prioritised at the next election 🧵 1/6

Today's news feels like an assault on disabled people.

We are in a cost-of-living crisis. Government looking to slash disabled people’s income by hitting personal independence payment (PIP) is a horrific proposal.

It's dangerous and risks leaving disabled people destitute.…

Clients #DanCarey and #RhiannonCanovilleOrd booked to read exciting new work for the Writers Studio Group Freedom Studios this week. Find out more about Dan and Rhiannon here northofwatford.com Rhiannon Canoville-O

🎭Writers Studio Group: Readings🎭
Come and see some new writing from @freedom_studios Writers Studio Group on April 20th & 27th at Kala Sangam 🙌
More Info through the link in our bio
#bradford #bradford 2025 #FreedomStudios #BradfordVoices #whatsoninbradford

I'm hiring -
Associate Trainer for Adele Bates Education

Job Description and how to apply here -
drive.google.com/file/d/1gW38lm…

Deadline 8th May
#WomenEd Being10%Braver 🦩 #LGBTed Anj Handa 🌱(she/her) #DisabilityEd

Anj Handa 🌱(she/her) There's still time to sign up to Wednesday's Governance session with Anj Handa 🌱(she/her)! Register via Eventbrite - bit.ly/48XjID8

Our next Governance training session is fast-approaching! On Wed, 20th March we'll be welcoming back Governance expert Anj Handa 🌱(she/her) to talk all thing human rights, equalities and governance.
➡️ bit.ly/48XjID8

BBC London are looking for powerful stories of #charities in London and how they are surviving in tough economic times and hearing some of the more uplifting stories of their successes.

Drop me a line if you want to hear more! Deadline is Tuesday.

#charitypr #charitycomms

Shannon Clegg is a designer-maker based in East London who molds dried pressed flowers into vessels #WomensArt

If a tax cut saves you £20 a month but:

- You can’t get the healthcare you need unless you go private
- Your rent was hiked by 20% because there’s not enough housing being built
- A short train journey costs more than an international flight

Are you really saving? #Budget2024

A decade after the introduction of Clare’s Law, it is seriously concerning to see such inconsistency.

Opportunities to protect victims are clearly being missed.

We need strong leadership to transform the police response to domestic abuse.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Arrests made after Leeds car crash leads to machete fight bbc.in/48NKyxb

We're happy to say that, following the threat of legal action, the NHS has agreed to re-publish the highly controversial contract with spy-tech firm Palantir.

We continue to pursue other actions to protect your private healthcare data from Palantir. goodlaw.social/hk43

At least three million people died in the Bengal famine in British India during WW2. There is no memorial or even a plaque to them anywhere in the world. #ThreeMillion tells their story through extraordinary eyewitness accounts. Listen NOW @bbcsounds
bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m…

Delighted A Very British Cult is nominated at the True Crime Awards for Outstanding Investigative Reporting 💥

I can’t say enough this is down to an amazing team & the bravery of those who wouldn’t let Lighthouse silence them despite the most brutal of efforts to do exactly that.

18 months ago, I got a call from Dawn saying her boyfriend was trying to escape a life coaching group...that was actually a cult.

It started the weirdest & most fascinating investigation of my career.

A Very British Cult is out now.

Watch BBC iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…