An apology. I deeply regret the distress & outrage sparked by my use of the US pronunciation "Aloominum" in an interview with, well, an American on BBC Radio 4 Today. I will be more steely in future

Paul Kirkpatrick’s story - living under a cloud and in fear after being infected with contaminated blood products - and how Northern Ireland and Wales lag behind England and Scotland for financial support for victims - my piece on 6pm News

Difficult to explain the poor standard of umpiring in the 1st Ashes test. #shouldhavegonetospecsavers

I’ve been a Labour voter all my adult life. Jeremy Corbyn is a clear and present danger to the United Kingdom. He lauds our enemies. He panders to separatists. His front bench is full of loonies. He is unfit to govern. Labour, please, please, please, get rid of him now.

Klopp out 😂

Who on earth gave permission for a huge section of Nash's beautiful Park Crescent #NW1 to be demolished?Unbelievable

I see the mighty Express are warning of the health dangers of an afternoon nap. A siesta doesn't seem to have afflicted the Spanish !

Brilliant from Private Eye Magazine

"I'm going to come down there and kill you." BHS chief exec Darren Topp account of Dominic Chappell:

What did Jose Mourinho shout at Dr Eva Carneiro? A linguist says there's no doubt about it. amp.twimg.com/v/817f92c9-083…

📺 Why won't there be a referendum exit poll? bbc.in/28M5tF8 via @daily_politics #EUref

I'm afraid the parliamentary petition calling for a 2nd referendum is only relevant when it reaches 17 million. #EUref2

Don't expect IOC to ban Russia from Rio today. Will wait until after CAS rules on an appeal by Russian athletes against IAAF ban on Thurs..

The Eagle has crash landed #LabourLeadership

Besieged citizens in #Aleppo make a DIY no-fly zone by burning tires. Yet again Syrians are left saving themselves.

New Richmond MP and hopeless Remoaner Sarah Olney gets CRUSHED by Julia Hartley-Brewer. Dragged off by cowardly PR handlers! talkradio.co.uk/news/new-richm…

#AA Gill has died. Good writer but i'm not sure about the scale of mourning in Wales, or Norfolk for that matter.

Confirmed - it IS Banksy who has been hard at work in Dover chipping away at Brexit

6 years ago today #MarieColvin was killed. Her final dispatch from Homs ended with an interview: “We feel so abandoned. They’ve given Bashar al-Assad the green light to kill us.” Same words coming from #Ghouta today. What shame.

And another thing. Some thoughts here cobbled together on Labour, the media and the trans issue. Hope they make sense.