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Antisemitic incident reports rise by a fifth in first half of 2026 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd69…
Senior ministers and aides set to work from No 10 North bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrj…
Whitehall officials offered move to No 10 North in Manchester bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9d8…
Who is @andyburnham?
That’s the question we pose on this edition of Newscast. Fun to join this discussion with @adamfleming @ChrisMasonBBC and @LCRMayor
Watch here 👇
youtu.be/PZy-VO6rQTU?si=A453…
Listen on @BBCSounds 👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nyjv…
Are survivors of the Southport attack being forgotten? | BBC News youtu.be/mTzazI31_3Q?si=Ah-A… via @YouTube
“Anonymity is not invisibility”
My interview with the children injured in the Southport knife attack and their parents some of whom say they’ve been denied support because officials didn’t know who they were. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j2…
It’s 10 years since barrister Pete Weatherby KC showed me his first draft of a statutory duty of candour - aka Hillsborough Law. This piece by Pete explains why he and other campaigners are so opposed to the government’s exemption proposals for Hillsborough Law. Worth a read.
MI5's false and misleading evidence given in the BBC/Beth case, Manchester Arena bombing, and Operation Kenova investigation epitomises why Hillsborough Law's Duty of Candour must apply to the intelligence services.
Read Pete Weatherby KC's op-ed below.
gcnchambers.co.uk/a-duty-of-…
On BBC Newscast today, to talk about antisemitism in the UK, with @bbclaurak and @bbcpaddy 👇
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
Judith Moritz retweeted
'I bought a baseball cap to hide my kippah': Jews observe first Shabbat after Golders Green attack bbc.in/3OATn9W
Judith Moritz retweeted
Spat at, threatened and kidnapped: British Jews tell of rising antisemitism bbc.in/4mYQxs5
Today - as every year on April 15th - my thoughts are with the many people I know whose lives changed forever on this day at Hillsborough in 1989. Those who lost loved ones. Those who survived. Those who have campaigned. Those who are no longer with us to share their legacy. YNWA
After 13 years, the @policeconduct #Hillsborough summary report will be published tomorrow. One former Director of the Investigation has told me he thinks the watchdog should publish its full findings now, instead. More here:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3e0…
Very proud of this project to uncover the current state of the adoption system. We found lies, blame & more than 1000 children sent back to care.
File on Four Investigates: Adoption - The Blame Game is on Radio 4 on Tuesday Dec 2, and BBC Sounds now.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002n0…
Eight years on. Thinking today of the 22 who were murdered at Manchester Arena, and the many others whose lives were changed forever on 22.5.17. 🐝❤️
The website for the public inquiry into the Southport attack went live this morning, and the Chair is inviting applications for Core Participant status:
southport.public-inquiry.uk
The Inquiry will be heard in two phases.
(1) circumstances surrounding the attack and the events leading up to it, including the perpetrator’s history.
(2) the wider issues of children and young people being drawn into extreme violence
