The Kremlin’s opening bid/ expectations spelled out by a Putin outrider on R4 #today : • Replacement of the government in Kyiv • ‘Demilitarisation’

The new BBC advert : fighting “misinformation” and ending with Clive Myrie saying “this is *our* BBC” feels very much a response

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Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget theguardian.com/politics/2025/… Exc via Pippa Crerar

workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/606/

EXC. Reform UK candidate who said Hitler was ‘brilliant’, Assad was ‘gentle by nature’ & Putin’s force in Ukraine was legitimate .. is now overseeing Reform vetting theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Who is behind the red paint & graffiti attacks on houses across Britain ? theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

Journalists among more than 1,100 arrested in Turkey crackdown theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

At Labour’s local elections launch (chesterfield) “We’ve laid the ground for 3 interest rate cuts” says Keir Starmer (And possibly the only ones for a while now thanks to D Trump)

Starmer - at Labour's local election launch - accuses Reform UK of "fawning over Putin"

BREAKING: Russell Brand charged with rape

Russell Brand charged with Rape theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

Arise Sir Techno of Aberdeen’s Bohemia

So much better this way for Spurs that there's no distractions from winning the Europa League... . ..like, er, staying in the Premier League

Local & mayoral elections in Lincolnshire First ballot boxes arriving at Grimsby town hall (where a union flag & Ukrainian flag fly) UK #LocalElections2025