Admit it. If some dude covered in makeup and hairspray sat next to you on a bench and told you windmills cause cancer, and that we had airports in 1775, and that he'd "aced" a cognitive test, you'd slowly get up and back away...

Sinéad O'Connor after she tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live as a protest against the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church. 9 years later John Paul II acknowledged the sexual abuse within the Church 🤷‍♀️

The Kimura Group have this morning sent me the following statement about Southend United echo-news.co.uk/sport/23667824…

Bit weird that Steve Laws Tweeted this when Rishi Sunak (born in Southampton) is PM, and not when Boris Johnson (born in New York) was PM.

Ending the benefit cap would lift 270,000 families out of poverty, and would repay for itself in the pressure taken off local services.

My only regret...is that I have boneitis.

Not too fussed about Olly Murs getting married but still quietly hopeful his firstborn son will be called 'Chris'

I have unspeakable happy memories of these. My mother... may remember various parts of the living room being broken. Halcyon summer.

This week's trip down Vicarage Road memory lane recalls a special fixture against the Hatters in honour of Luther Blissett OBE DL watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/23678739… #WatfordFC

Welcome to @wilesjourno, the latest recruit to the Echo (and Newsquest!) team. Follow her for all things #Essex

Haha go on dad!!

The kids met Sid, the therapy dog, today at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children while waiting for Fraser’s spinal x-ray. 😃🐕‍🦺🐾

A firm founded by Rishi Sunak’s father-in-law signed a billion-dollar deal with BP just two months before the PM opened up hundreds of new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. Pick the bones out of that.

Truly bonkers

I gotta be honest — even I am taken aback by how many people responded to this by saying that a teenage trans girl who is willing to testify in court that one of her male classmates threatened her with rape is either lying or deserved it.

📢Help Barnet Council become the London Borough of Culture in 2027. Share your ideas on how you would like to see Barnet transform #OurBarnetCanvas

Heartbreaking. RIP 💔 echo-news.co.uk/news/23724426.…

Looking for a Hartlepool fan to speak to ahead of the match this weekend please?

Congratulations to all of the students at Philip Morant collecting their results today. My report for The Gazette 👇 #alevels2023 #Colchester gazette-news.co.uk/news/23729205.…