Absolutely sterling work from Sam Dumitriu and the Britain Remade gang. Hokkaido's new shinkansen line was built for £50m per mile, with almost half of the line tunnelled. Phase one of Britain's HS2 is now forecast to cost... £396m per mile. samdumitriu.com/p/britains-inf…

Can you spare anything for little Calum’s trip to the US for life lengthening treatment ? #neuroblastoma #ChildhoodCancer #RaeOfSunshine justgiving.com/crowdfunding/o…

Ditchling Beacon impassable Sussex Traffic Watch #stormciaran

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A very rare opportunity - Senior Sports Photographer - UK #gettysport #photography jobs.lever.co/gettyimages/b2…

“The previous kills we’ve had have been from the North Korean news agency or the Iranian news agency.” The British Monarchy has now been added to that list.

We are thrilled to share that Getty Images has received top honors at this year’s Pictures of the Year International (POY) competition, with 11 staff photographers receiving awards across news and sports categories. This includes several accolades in the Sports Photographer of

Military reenactors pay their respects on Gold Beach at sunrise in Arromanches-les-Bains, France. June 6th is the 80th anniversary of the #D-Day landings which saw troops from allied countries join forces to launch audacious attacks on the beaches of Normandy. 📸: Christopher Furlong

We are thrilled to announce that Getty Images will serve as the Appointed Photographic Agency for the upcoming @EURO2024 tournament in Germany. Getty Images will deploy a team of over 50 photographers onsite to capture every angle of UEFA EURO 2024 in 10 cities across Germany,

This is so far the best G7 leader photo ...

- 9m kids attend UK state schools - if 5% of places are unfilled that = 450,000 vacancies - the *entire* private school cohort is just 554,316 pupils - IFS predicts 3-7% of private pupils will shift to state sector due to VAT (16k-39k)

Ok, I was wrong. THIS is my favourite chart about the last 14 years of British politics: ft.com/content/1cc501…

2pm. Monday September 2. @BBC5Live

This is the table display of Boris Johnson’s memoir at the Cheltenham Literature Festival tonight. Waterstones staff keep cleaning it up. But then festival goers keep doing it again! ⁦Cheltenham Festivals⁩

Very few people realise that the vast majority of hospice and palliative care is provided by charity - not by the NHS. I think this is a national scandal. Please RT if you do too 🙏

Labour racked up the wins this week. Lots of new initiatives to make the country fairer and greener in particular. (Though much of it didn’t make the papers.) What you might have missed:

People enjoy the waters as #BoxingDay open water #swims take place around the UK. 📷: Charlotte Coney + Jeff Mitchell + Hugh R Hastings + Rebecca Naden

Winston Churchill in the White House… Not wearing a suit because he is at war