Albion defender Kyle Bartley has today announced his retirement from professional football – bringing to an end a 16-year playing career. Wishing you all the best in your retirement, Barts. 💙🤍

#wba If Heggem goes as well we’ve lost all five centre backs that started a league game last year - Bartley, Ajayi, McNair, Holgate. Only Caleb Taylor left, and he only played that cup defeat.

The Afghan interim government has intensified its restrictions on women by cracking down on home based beauty salons, following last year’s nationwide ban on commercial salons. Many women had turned to working privately from their homes to survive economically now, even that

David Lammy gave the Syrian govt £100m to help them to build their new regime just a few months ago.

Dr Helen Ingram What the…

The abandonment of social values and common sense by the state has now become completely exhausting. What does the state recommend you do? Call the police and wait 40 minutes inside a tube carriage? dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Interesting. £1 not a lot, but precedent set

I wrote this piece for The Sunday Times on how Europe’s explosives production is miles behind Russia. Russia produces 5mn shells per yr, rest of Europe only 1mn combined. Half of EUs TNT production is then sold to USA. Why Europe needs this 24-hour TNT factory deep inside a

Important on Europe’s ability to produce its own explosives for artillery shells, grenades, land mines.

Why Europe needs this 24-hour TNT factory deep inside a forest thetimes.com/article/b29df7…

The Islamist jihadi regime in Syria burnt the sacred Druze shrine of Prophet David in Al-Majdal village, Sweida. A vile act of hatred and desecration. But of course, the regime’s problem isn’t with our religion or our community… right? #Sweida

Whenever you leave London and come back, the greyness and graffiti hits you like a gut punch.

Each of these Trump Ukraine talks with shows how weak UK & Europe really is. We’ve been talking to ourselves for so long we’ve missed the fact no-one globally gives a shit what we think anymore. Bigger boys have the ball, and we’re just hoping, praying it comes back to us.

Beautiful pub - unique decorative features. A travesty it cannot run successfully as a business in this economy.

The German nurse Sonja Nientiet traveled down to Somalia to volunteer for the Red Cross. She was kidnapped in 2018 by Islamists. A video was released a few months ago in which she is pleading for her life. 7 years…

On GBNews shortly and all morning about to go through the days big stories…

Good Sunday Morning from GB News. Who's having smiles on the #BankHolidayWeekend?! How about Emma Woolf & Andy Jones did! They'd joined TRIC Awards #BreakfastwithCameronandAnne along with Aidan Magee with sport. Tune in! 🟣𝕍𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕒 𝔾𝕒𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕪👑🐝 🐝 GBN Updates #GBNews

Angela Rayner buys third home during housing crisis. It’s bad optics, but plenty of Conservative ministers own more. Me on GBNews earlier:

Me on GBNews: Home Office have seen record asylum arrivals and recently lost records of 17k failed asylum seekers….now civil servants get £15k bonuses!

It should never be considered a sign of protest to raise your national flag in your own country. No great society in history ever thrived without having a confident national identity & collective, shared values. Always love seeing any of our national flags. 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿