Laura Phillips 💙
@LauraPh222
BBC costs under 48p a day, less than 2nd class stamp. c40 per cent govt cut to its public funding 2010-2024 causing great damage. Pls note I don’t work there.
Enough of hostile politicians, defunders+rival media organisations damaging @BBC, our national #publicservicebroadcaster a UK asset+achievement, respected worldwide. Pls lobby MPs Culture Sec @lisanandy at [email protected]+ @CommonsCMS chair @cj_dinenage for proper funding.
I’ve warned for some years now that the concerted attacks on the BBC would end in its destruction. Only a determined few want this to happen. The rest are unthinkingly caught up in the mud-slinging, or feel powerless. If you want the BBC to survive, now’s the time to speak up.
🇺🇲🏦💵 "When we're not in too much danger" But who isn't? Jerome Powell quickly removes hard hat on cue Pushed back hard against President Trump even on live TV Chair of #FederalReserve keen to show he's not going anywhere bbc.com/news/articles/… x.com/BloombergTV/st…
President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell argue over the cost of the Fed's renovation project during a tour of the construction site. Trump also says he'd like Powell to lower rates and that talks with the EU are going well bloom.bg/46YhDJC
🚨 NEW: The UK and Australia will tomorrow sign a 50-year AUKUS treaty that legally commits both countries to work together on building nuclear-powered submarines The Government says it’ll create 7,000 jobs and and bring in up to £20bn in exports politicsuk.com/new-aukus-trea…
Tough words from #Israel's PM but he & many in his gvt regularly express their complete opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state - ever. Plans to expand illegal settlements are also expressively designed to help prevent a future #Palestine.
We strongly condemn President Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state next to Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 massacre. Such a move rewards terror and risks creating another Iranian proxy, just as Gaza became. A Palestinian state in these conditions would be a…
As @nicholaswatt pointed out … Cabinet ministers already openly calling for UK recognition of Palestine in Commons this week - albeit in Health questions…
Thank you, Health Secretary @wesstreeting, for reaching out today and for your support for @WHO colleagues in #Gaza and our lifesaving work. We need Member States’ help to ensure we can access health facilities and deliver health aid.
PMs statement is here: Emergency call tomorrow x.com/keir_starmer/s…
The suffering and starvation unfolding in Gaza is unspeakable and indefensible.
“In the light of the commitments that you have taken, France will fully recognise Palestine as a State when I go to the United Nations General Assembly next September” French President Emmanuel Macron writes to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestine National Authority amid…
Fidèle à son engagement historique pour une paix juste et durable au Proche-Orient, j’ai décidé que la France reconnaîtra l’État de Palestine. J’en ferai l’annonce solennelle à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, au mois de septembre prochain.…
And who turned up the thermostat?
There were 33k asylum seekers in hotels at the last count, far fewer than 56k peak in Sep23. Main difference now is the political temperature.
France will recognise Palestinian state, Macron says bbc.in/4kZ8x2N
He's one of Britain's richest men. So why does Asif Aziz's property company keep leasing London gift shops to overseas students based in abandoned offices or flytipped car parks — before vanishing without paying millions of pounds in taxes? londoncentric.media/p/asf-aziz-lon…
Forget about what year it is. What century is it? nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/doc…
Judge-supervised drug treatment sentences known as Intensive Supervision Courts to be expanded bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
To the Proms live @BBCRadio3 and @BBCSounds for a night of tricks and treats from @BBCSO from 7.30. Our man at the scene… sets the scene.
“It’s just not good enough…they need to be quicker at taking it down.” FA chief Mark Bullingham tells me social media giants need to do more to tackle online racism after abuse of Jess Carter, & suggests boycott may be considered ⬇️
Hurrah… full 2100 page legal text of just signed UK-India trade deal just published.. including impact assessment… a lot to chew over… 🇬🇧 beverage & tobacco exports - forecast UP 180% Car exports - UP 310% long term Imports from 🇮🇳 of Textiles - UP 85% Footwear - UP 30%
One thing we can be certain of is that Pete Hegseth doesn't have access to the Epstein files or we'd have all seen them months ago
SCOOP: The Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said.
45 year old Vanessa Whyte is the 28th adult woman murdered in NI since 2020, the vast majority in their own home @WomensAidNI @ItaDungan Her children, 14 yr old James & 13 yr old Sara, murdered with her, are described as vibrant, lovely natured children who Vanessa lived for.
A mother and two children killed in a suspected triple murder and attempted suicide in County Fermanagh have been named locally as Vanessa Whyte and her son James and daughter Sara. bbc.in/4lKudAZ
We reveal the finest recordings of Bach's six orchestral masterpieces, his Brandenburg Concertos classical-music.com/features/recor…
“It looks as if there is insurmountable positions to be addressed” Oliver McTernan is the director of conflict resolution charity Forward Thinking and is in regular contact with both Hamas and Israeli officials. He tells @JonnyDymond what both sides are looking for.
British Podcast Awards 2025: Full list of nominees bbc.in/4o696uq