This is Greece’s agricultural breadbasket, and one of the few flat areas in the country. No living memory exists of anything even remotely similar happening in the past. People being rescued by helicopter from their rooftops #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction

A wise person once said that you will experience climate change through a series of increasingly wild videos, until you are the one taking the video.

👀 on HS2 from The Times letters page thetimes.co.uk/article/490f8e…

This really is a huge story - should be front page of every newspaper tomorrow: Nearly all schools - already severely financially stretched - will lose thousands, many tens of thousands and some over £100k from their expected budgets next year *because DfE added them up wrong*

Exit poll, Poland: OPPOSITION LIKELY TO FORM NEW GOVERNMENT PiS 36,8% - 200 seats PO 31,6% - 163 Trzecia Droga 13% - 55 Lewica 8,6% - 30 Konfederacja 6,2% - 12 (via TVN24, Ipsos)

“Since Covid the courts have been moving very fast to catch up” says James Heappey MP. However because of a lack of judges, court staff and advocates, we are still dealing in the Crown Court, with less cases each month than arise. And we told you. And we told you again.

I spoke to UEFA Sustainability chief Michele Uva as BBC finds its expansion of club football, with 177 more games from next season, could see approx 2 BILLION air miles flown annually, equating to release of nearly 1/2 MILLION tonnes of greenhouse gas ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

1/ International law lacks enforcement because major powers negotiating it did not want mechanisms that could kinetically prevent, curtail or punish the pursuit of their ends, even if the means involved breach the letter or spirit of the law. They still don't.

Tory claim is that corruption was justified because we needed PPE. I spoke to a PPE supplier on Sunday who’s been supplying the NHS for years. He said existing suppliers were ready but were ignored by the gov. This is a story of corruption AND incompetence

Just your average game of football in Kharkiv.

Currently: - Only 1/3 of the world's rainforests remain intact - Wildlife populations have plunged by an insane 69% since 1970 - The biomass of domestic cattle outweighs all warm-blooded animals - Most coral reefs may not survive the next 20 years. WHERE IS THE COVERAGE?

Record backlogs in the criminal courts. Victims waiting five years for a trial. Prisons overflowing. Police officers told to stop arresting suspects. Chronic defunding causing record shortages of courts, judges, lawyers, police & prosecutors. Judge Rishi Sunak on his record.

In total now the Conservatives are saying they'll raise £6 billion a year from cutting tax avoidance. So they are acknowledging they've left tens of billions on the table over the last 14 years while cutting public services. Or they're making it up. Has to be one or the other

This is simply outstanding by Barney Ronay: theguardian.com/football/artic…

So Robert Jenrick, who said recently that the UK should stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Ukraine, has just accepted £25,000 from a firm controlled by an oligarch who has been sanctioned by the country bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/rob…

What an incredible cover page

Richard Tice in 2018 on George Soros' donation to UK groups: "He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?" Tice in 2024 ahead of Elon Musk's donation to Reform UK: "If Mr Musk can legally donate... We'd be delighted."

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls