Introducing my substack, Behind the Wire, with my take on Reform UK vs Nottingham Post (and democracy). Behind the Wire is about fighting for journalism, and journalists, in the face of the many dire threats and pressures the industry is under today. open.substack.com/pub/frombehind…

I attended a full Nottinghamshire County Council meeting this morning, as a show of solidarity with NottinghamshireLive - also representing the NUJ of which I'm the Nottingham chair - over the the Reform group's ban on its councillors speaking to the paper 1/4 (nottinghampost.com/news/news-opin…)

Olusoga, great shout

Very sorry to hear this, but what a phenomenal body of work. I listen to an episode most days on my walk and I love the way he just plunges straight in - ‘Hello: the Highland Clearances were a notorious episode in British history…’ - so as not to waste a second of the show…

In Our Time couldn't happen without Melvyn and the brilliant production team, but the show's secret sauce is the academics who anchor every episode - almost all from UK universities. An amazing testament to a sector which successive governments seem determined to destroy

One man had to wait 20 minutes for lifesaving care when there was not a nearby defibrillator chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/mp…

"As soon as people uncover it, and the establishment are questioned, they circle the wagons of injustice and discredit everybody other than themselves to try to protect the establishment." Ian Lavery chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

Reform is not simply UKIP remade: under 1 in 5 Reform voters backed UKIP or the Brexit Party in the past. Many are former Tory voters but some are also traditional Labour backers or don’t normally vote.

Same with housing

Blyth and Whitley Bay represented in an England starting XI is class, to be fair. (& a couple of Sunderland lads make this an old-fashioned north-east powered squad!) Lovely throwback.

Genuinely dangerous to give this fella a platform. (The vaccine denier, that is.)

Great North Run: LIVE updates as runners take on half-marathon chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

Following Farage’s announcement that he plans to make “serious cuts to the welfare budgets” if he wins the next election, I’ve seen this claim being repeated from last year’s headlines again. So let’s take a look at the the reality rather than the weaponised version 🧵 1/20

Really like this from one of my The Chronicle bosses - Great North Run day is such a class one. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/news-opin…

Next up at the #NatOppSummit is our Academic Co-Director Prof David Taylor-Robinson of University of Liverpool about the widening inequalities in children’s health #ChildrenFirst

Anyone who agreed to mass regional media mergers around the year 2000 - this is where you have led us.

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Colleagues paid tribute to the "big friendly giant" staff member chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…

The NUJ has produced guidance to support journalists with reporting on assisted dying legislation - as voted for by members at #DM2025. This includes advice around language, framing, and representation to promote sensitive and accurate coverage. nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-s…

Seemed very odd to me at the time that the NHS was turning down applications to open new pharmacies in areas where there was an obvious shortage. Very good news for Heaton and Kenton that those decisions have now been overturned. chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-eas…