Kirstie Allsopp Please, keep banging on about it. It needs saying. Too much risk aversion is as problematic as too little. Parents’ job isn’t merely to keep their children safe, it’s also to equip them for adult life.

As marijuana has become easier to obtain, it has also become harder to smoke, Malcolm Ferguson writes: “You don’t have to be a War on Drugs apologist to be worried about the consequences of unleashing so much super-high-potency weed into the world.” theatln.tc/Qx8iJ6IE

Today could have been Betty’s 86th Birthday.

Here’s an idea, all Private Landlords should have to provide their tenants with their mobile number, email & home address. Very simple, and would do so much more to help tenants than various bits & bobs of legislation which have done sod all.

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“It stains your brain” - a teenage boy says he couldn’t escape violence and misogyny on social media. An ex-insider tells me why. For BBC Panorama, I’ve been investigating algorithms’ impact on kids. Can We Live Without Our Phones? BBC One 8PM & iPlayer. bbc.com/news/articles/…

I learned how to parent like the Dutch, relaxed parents means happy teens A quarter of 15-year-olds in the UK are unhappy, compared to seven per cent in the Netherlands. 🖋️ By Genevieve Roberts trib.al/UTazrN3

Why is the CEO of Lloyds of London on BBC Radio 4 Today repeatedly saying “In a riskier world” what does he mean by that, where is the data that supports that? Insurance companies make huge profits out of making us scared, why was he allowed to get away with that bollocks?

This made me laugh so much, I’m so guilty as charged on this one. 😳😂😂😂

Oh My God! 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 “Joy to the World…..”

Not sure how this happened, having left the BBC myself 3 months ago, but it’s a terrible decision to let Kate go. Whether reporting with such clarity on Newsnight or producing the indispensable More or Less she is such an asset. Kate you will find another outlet for your talents

Dear M&S I’ve being told these are sold out already. Please reassure me that this is not the case. Thank you & Merry Christmas 🎄

Please share this as widely as you can 🙏

This brilliant and the equally brilliant responses prove that old Twitter is still alive & well in some parts, I have been in stitches 😂😂😂❤️

Thank you so much to those who RTed this, it occurs to me that we use social media to get the message out when someone is lost or missing but we don’t remember to say “it’s all fine they’re home safe & sound”, we should. 🙏 #Goodnewsmatters

Here are stills of a film of our daughter Pollyanna dancing in Paris, shown on Channel 4 tonight as its coverage of the Paralympics closed. 🩰❤️ Channel 4 Whisper

If your Scottish parents are taking your tiny son on a train to St Albans this morning lucky you, they are the sweetest, most engaged carers I’v ever seen on a train, I could watch & listen all day. ❤️

God I will miss Garry, when radio is a big part of your life you feel a huge attachment to the people who start & end your day. I always felt I knew a tiny bit about sport due to his amazing work.

The fundamental problem Reeves and Starmer have is that voters just don't want to be told they can't have all the stuff. Reminds me of this, which I wrote about Theresa May's legacy thetimes.com/comment/column…