What’s the point of paying for twitter/x when it has removed blue tick verification, messed with visibility and feeds and is serving up bizarre adverts instead ? What is the incentive to be part of this anymore?

WORLD EXC: Nuclear heroes sue UK govt for missing medical records. The Mirror has uncovered a cache of 150 documents proving scientists conducted experiments on servicemen, civilians, and indigenous people at Cold War weapons tests. #bloodytruth mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…

Toaster has broken. Googles best new toaster. Second recommendation is £189 !!! Who pays £189 for a toaster ?!?

Anyone who fondly remembers the genius of this bit of BBC TV history and fancies watching it to remember Michael Gambon ... alas the iPlayer says no...

Fate is a wonderful thing. Cycle to the match and bump into uni best mate and BBC legend Dominic Casciani right outside the old Courier office where we spent days producing the student paper…30 years ago!

Dame Sue Carr today becomes, and will be known as, the LCJ of England and Wales. She will be the President of the Courts of England and Wales and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales. She is the 98th person to hold this office and the first woman.

Today history was made as Dame Sue Carr was sworn in as the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales. Here you can see the new sign outside Court 4.

Top prosecutor warns of enduring justice delays. Max Hill’s take on the backlogs as he steps down as DPP: bbc.co.uk/news/uk-672448…

Some chat this morning about the deterrence effect of the Rwanda plan and the drop in channel crossings in 2023 compared to 2022. The Home Office published some statistics that give a bit more insight into this. Excluding Albanians, channel crossings are UP 11% to the end of Sep.

A few years ago, Westminster magistrates court downgraded the press room from a large area (with a view) to a small, windowless room. We complained, but adjusted Now they are taking away our chairs. We are down to two, including one inexplicably bolted to the floor.

Claim you’re hungover.

Hello Legal/Academic Twitter/X: Does anyone have a list, or could point me in the direction of one, setting out all the Declarations of Incompatibility at the SC and what happened next? DMs open if preferred. Thanks !

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This is simply wrong from Rishi Sunak. As Charlie Taylor's report on HMP Lewes found, high-risk prisoners are being released early under the scheme. This included a prisoner who was deemed a risk specifically to children, with a history of stalking, domestic abuse and being

The law does not say this. It says that jail is the starting point *before the judge deducts for any mitigation and guilty plea*. But more importantly this was not a Crown Court sentence so Tom Tugendhat’s complaint cannot be acted on.