There are TWICE the number of women’s and girls teams in England than there were 7 years ago….. my story for BBC England ft. Ella Toone bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

I was privileged an emotional attending one of these workshops. With other great people. Feel my voice heard. Now asking my other CEP family member to get our voices heard all together. Please share far and wide wide ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/…

I've been looking into hotspots for food insecurity - with significant help from Daniel Wainwright and Fran Pontin

Limbering up for an all nighter in Wokingham. Held by John Redwood since 1987. He stood down in May and the Liberal Democrats are hoping they can take it. I'll be broadcasting live with the results whenever they land.

Big 💪🏽 energy from Liberal Democrats & some long faces from the Conservatives in Wokingham. We're prob a good hour or two from a declaration though. #Elections2024

#wokingham won by @CliveJones4Wkm for Liberal Democrats after 37 years of Conservatives under John Redwood #Election2024

New petition from FosterSupport calls for foster carers to be included in the govt's new deal for workers - changing their employment status would be a massive shift. Could improve retention & potentially reduce demand for expensive residential places, but would cost ££ too

Anti-racism protest opposite Reform UK HQ in central london right now

Glad to have recorded this path properly. "Only" 29 years from application to confirmation! Emily Unia 's article on BBC News yesterday showed delays in processing applications is a national worry in the lead up to #PathExtinguishmentDay.

Over a decade ago, while based in Cumbria, I reported extensively on the hunt for somewhere to store the country's nuclear waste...more than ten years later, still we seem no nearer a decision #cumbria #nuclear #sellafield bbc.com/news/articles/…

The Government's annual homelessness stats show over 4,300 young #CareLeavers facing homelessness, an increase of 54% in the last five years. @Become1992 is calling for change. More details from me 👇🏽 with help from Miguel Roca and Jonathan Fagg

young care leavers continue to face much higher rates of homelessness than the general population- from me, ⁦Jonathan Fagg⁩ and ⁦Miguel Roca⁩. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Zoe was 16 when she entered the care system. She was moved five times and tells us it left with "this fear of owning too much stuff in case I need to move". Now 21, she doesn't have her own home, and is waiting for suitable social housing. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Is getting a DNA test too easy? Should the industry be better regulated? A woman who received flawed DNA test results identifying the wrong man as her unborn baby's father told me the mistake could've led to her losing custody of her child. Read more👇🏾 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Same Toronto lab - Viaguard Accu-Metrics - exposed by CBC News has victims in the UK x.com/jorgebarrera/s…

New podcast on the flawed DNA tests is coming soon from CBC- cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod… Read about a UK woman caught up in it 👇🏽

A survey of 10,000 teenagers in England and Wales suggests that nearly half of those who've been in a relationship have experienced violent or controlling behaviour. New research from Youth Endowment Fund - with Alison Freeman Lauren Woodhead Jonathan Fagg bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🧵 Shocking new research from Youth Endowment Fund shows the extent of our failure to support young people experiencing domestic abuse and sexual violent... 🔺 49% of teenagers in a relationship in the last year have experienced violent or controlling behaviour from their partner.