US House of Representatives passes $61bn aid bill for Ukraine, paving way for country to receive much-needed weaponry bbc.in/3xL6yft

My new book, No Way Out, Part 3 of the Brexit saga, is published on Thursday. I've written about it for the Sunday Times. Here is a conversation with Matt Chorley. thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/polit…

BREAKING: U.S. House has approved a $61 billion Ukraine aid package as lawmakers race to deliver a fresh round of U.S. support to war-torn ally. apnews.com/article/ukrain…

Who did this? 😭

NEW: Scientists have developed a new tool called QR4 that accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke, particularly identifying high-risk patients that current prediction tools miss ⬇️
ox.ac.uk/news/2024-04-1…

Times weekend read:

Will Rishi Sunak call an early election?

Growing talk in Downing Street that he could go to polls in June or July amid concerns that tax cuts are failing to cut through, limiting the political advantage of an Autumn election

Waiting also increases the risk

Exclusive:

Tories are weighing up stamp duty cuts for the Autumn Statement in September

The Treasury has costed plans to increase the stamp duty threshold from £250,000 to £300,000

Move would mean half of all people pay no stamp duty. In most parts of country outside London

James VI 📖 now has a back cover too…

I’m just bowled over by the kind words there. 😊

routledge.com/James-VI-Brita…

Interviewed in The Times - dinosaurs, cricket, etc thetimes.co.uk/article/tom-ho…

36 MPs have quit or been suspended since the last election. Of those cases:

- Nine involved allegations of sexual misconduct
- Three involved criminal convictions
- One involved I’m a Celebrity
- And one involved a prime minister misleading Parliament

This week in #TheNewGermany 🎧: Declining economies and struggling democracies - sound familiar? Listen to Katja Hoyer & Oliver Moody as they discuss similarities in the rise of extremism between the Weimar Republic and 🇩🇪 today. Expert guest: Prof. Frank McDonough 👉t1p.de/k9l26

New Podcast
1641 Depositions Project - Lessons from a divided world
The Trinity College Dublin project has digitised & analysed witness statements made during the Irish rebellion.
Jane Ohlmeyer has been at the heart of the project and discusses what has been revealed.
worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/1641-d…

George Gordon, Lord Byron, died 200 years ago today. The current four-parter about him from The Rest Is History is BRILLIANT open.spotify.com/episode/6FYREg…

If you want to hear some of his poetry, here is some, from #PandemicPoems : soundcloud.com/user-115260978… and soundcloud.com/user-115260978…

#ThisTeam #AVFC #UTV

Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials bbc.in/4b0QZi5

Israeli missile hits Iran, US officials confirm, as blasts reported in Isfahan province bbc.in/3JpWsDf

ISRAELI STRIKES ON IRAN

- Explosions reported in Isfahan Province in Central Iran

- Near-simultaneous reports of blasts in Iraq and southern Syria

- US official confirms to ABC News that Israel carried out strike inside Iran

- Iranian state-linked media confirm explosion in

Aston Villa will face Olympiacos at Villa Park on the 2nd of May. 🇬🇷🏟️ #avfc

Villa the last English team standing in European competition for the first time since 1981-82.

Must say that Lille were unlucky over two legs. I doubt there's many better sides in the competition. #avfc