Joe Rossiter

The owner of Britain's "first Reform pub" in a former Conservative club says he hopes Nigel Farage will be prime minister. "Starmer reads about 20,000 books before he makes a decision whereas Farage just gets on with it." ✍🏼 @Daily_Express express.co.uk/news/uk/205477…

EXC: More than a quarter of Police and Crime Commissioners have written to the Policing Minister calling for cannabis to be upgraded to a Class A substance. They said the harms of cannabis to society could be ‘worse than heroin’.

West Yorkshire’s mayor said she has been given “no guarantees” that £1bn of government funding will be given to a Leeds-Bradford tram, which would pass through Rachel Reeves’s constituency, in June’s Spending Review express.co.uk/news/uk/206237…

One week on… Incredible to be in Bilbao to see Tottenham win their first trophy in 17 years and contribute to @Daily_Express reporting from the Spurs fan park. Same again next year?

A man has been arrested after a woman, said by a neighbour to have been pregnant, died with her three children in a Brent house fire. ✍🏼 Mail on Sunday

EXC: An NHS hospital displayed posters outside the public canteen calling Reform UK "a danger to us all". The "shameless" posters were hung in a locked noticeboard at Homerton Hospital in Hackney. ✍🏼 @Daily_Express express.co.uk/news/uk/203862…

A disgruntled traveller predicted train delays to claim full refunds on all of his train tickets for a year, saving over £1,000 in the process. ✍🏼 @Daily_Express express.co.uk/news/uk/202854…

Musician ‘torn apart’ after 284-year-old violin stolen ✍️ Mail on Sunday @MailOnline

Spurs fans protest Daniel Levy’s ownership as the club sinks to 15th in the Premier League. Change for Tottenham printed 1,000 ‘Levy Out’ balloons for festive fixtures. ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews nwlondoner.co.uk/sport/27012025…

Colindale Station has reopened after six months of construction. It comes after ‘dangerous’ overcrowding on bus routes provided during the closure. ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews nwlondoner.co.uk/news/13012025-…

An American lottery player has won the 5th largest jackpot in US history, worth $1.22 billion. ✍🏼 Mail on Sunday @MailOnline

ULEZ revenue rose £70m, or 35%, in the first year after its expansion in August 2023. Ford Transit vans were most likely to be fined for non-payment of daily charges, while Enfield incurred the most PCNs of any borough. ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews nwlondoner.co.uk/news/13122024-…

UCL’s first generation scholar population was less than half the national average last year. 26% of UK undergraduate students had parents who did not receive higher education qualifications, compared to two thirds nationally. ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ nwlondoner.co.uk/news/05122024-…

Edgware residents have broken the Barnet record for the most objections to a planning proposal amid safety concerns raised by @LondonFire. Over 5,500 objected, more than doubling the previous highest total. ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews nwlondoner.co.uk/news/07112024-…

Eating just two handfuls of pistachios a day could boost vision in later life ✍🏼 Mail on Sunday @MailOnline

A First World War memorial has allegedly been stolen from a car park in North Finchley. Private John Henry Parr, its subject, is believed to have been the first British soldier to die during the War. ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews nwlondoner.co.uk/news/04112024-…

Passengers accuse @TfL of putting lives at risk as people forced to stand on the top deck of buses replacing the closed Colindale station ✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews nwlondoner.co.uk/news/20092024-…

Incredibly sad news, George was a huge inspiration not only to any @PalatinateUK journalist following in his footsteps, but also for his noble work raising awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer. By all accounts, a hugely kind, honourable and decent man too; a lasting legacy.