This is a great bit of reporting - these jail sentences are really extreme. Now we know that neither the public nor the experts back them.

Breakdancing is making its debut at the Olympics this year It'll be held in a converted public square, Place de la Concorde Best known as...the place where Marie Antoinette was executed Something to think about while you're enjoying the headspins

Obama waiting a week to make sure Kamala has it in the bag:

The House of Lords doing discourse about my intros 👍 It warms the heart to think a peer of the realm has, in getting this anecdote, read me moaning about my broken shoes

Staying put arrangements have given a new gen of #CEP a safety net. 💛 Today, new research has proved this scheme may have stopped over 1,700 care leavers from falling into homelessness!! 🙌 ✍️ Greg Barradale 📊 The Policy Institute Centre for Homelessness Impact Become bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

When Duncan turned 18, his foster parents were happy for him to stay, but social services threatened him with the police if he didn't leave. Within a week he was on his own, living in temporary accommodation But Staying Put agreements can change that story. Here's how

🌊Could London clean up the Thames like Paris (nearly) cleaned the Seine? Experts say the Thames Tideway mega-sewer could get close, but that climate change could make all our endeavours futile A story inspired by my single favourite earthly possession: bigissue.com/news/environme…

Ominous from Otter, this

Yet more evidence of football's ever-closer relationship with cryptocurrency

Amid tough times for small festivals, EndOfTheRoadFestival is a beacon of hope Plus the complete lack of phone signal helped me rediscover the lost art of making (and keeping) a rendezvous Here’s my @bigissueuk verdict (featuring I D L E S, cmat and more) bigissue.com/culture/music/…

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“Nobody knows who is going to be alive for justice - maybe not my mother, maybe not my me," said Maria Jafari, who lost her father in the Grenfell fire The inquiry's report was placed on scales as bereaved families waited. It weighs 10kg, but they say it hasn't brought justice

🗣️ "I came to the UK seeking safety & spent 7 long years living in limbo waiting for my asylum case to be decided. I know only too well the huge cost this has on people’s health. You can’t access vital services; you can’t recover & you can’t move on with your life.” Nadine Tunasi 👇

A total of 19 asylum seekers have waited 10 or more years for a decision, our figures also revealed