Paul Murphy

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@Feargal_Sharkey enjoying the oblique back catalogue reference here ;-)

Venture capitalists grab a 42% stake in Yorkshire Water. A good cash cow these days is hard to find. theguardian.com/business/2026/…

@krishgm @SimonMcDonaldUK Love Mr Wormauld's no-nonsense manner. He answers questions with honesty and confidence. Oh that there was more of this in political life.

That extraordinary warning from former Foreign Office chief @SimonMcDonaldUK about replacing Chris Wormald with Antonia Romeo as the top civil servant in the UK

A friend got in touch to thank the National Trust for providing quiet background to people’s lives via this story on R4 today. Sometimes I think that’s the main job. NT on the radio talking quietly about birds means less airtime for shout and spite. Win. independent.co.uk/climate-change…

I was asked to paint a pine marten for a special birthday Here's the result 🎨🖌️

@TheNewsAgents @maitlis @jonsopel @lewis_goodall Great discussion. But Goodall must surely be bound for The Tower.

"We breed this family to be our head of state and it screws them up time and time again. It is a litany of sadness and torment." Can King Charles make the "brutal" changes needed to make sure the Royals survive? @maitlis | @jonsopel | @lewis_goodall

@jonsopel The most damning Palace statement I can remember

As if this wasn’t jaw-dropper enough, the final par looks like a firm rebuke to the prince - sorry, Andrew Windsor - for not having said a word about that in his perfunctory statement of a couple of weeks ago.

@SeanM1997 Sean - Paul M BBC News - may I call you and pick your brain about Eastern?

Eastern Airways has issued a notice to appoint an administrator. This will impact jobs across the UK, but especially in Humberside, Aberdeen and Newquay The airline operated 4 scheduled routes (Aberdeen-Humberside/Teesside/Wick & Newquay-London Gatwick) & several charter flights

A day spent covering protests/counter protests in Newcastle for @bbcnews Enjoyed a welcome moment of levity when a bride emerged through the placards and crossed the police cordon. Nothing was stopping her big day. Many congratulations whoever you are.

'I'm all for green energy', says Reform mayor - full story ⬇️ bbc.in/4mAPv3v

Reform's Hull and East Yorks Mayor Luke Campbell defying his party's policy on green energy. "Who doesn't like cleaner air and green energy, I do and I'm all for that.....I've got a meeting next week with Siemens [Hull wind turbine factory] youtube.com/watch?v=O1RasS… @reformparty_uk

Sad to hear the #DuchessofKent has died. My first big scoop was revealing she had secretly been teaching for seven years at Wansbeck Primary School in #Hull She taught music and was known to the pupils as ‘Mrs Kent’. 🧵 1/

@andycomfort @Hulls107FM youtube.com/watch?v=Sdq4T3…

Your 5to4 song topic on @Hulls107FM today (2-4pm): Woman fined £100 after passenger complains her cat 'miaows too loudly' on train. Song ideas, please? shorturl.at/LerfM

@seandunderdale @peter_levy Banned Sean - there's a mug range on its way to help drive the message home

Wishing @peter_levy a very Happy 70th Birthday. 🎂 I’m very excited about giving him the bumps in the car park later (is that still a thing or has health & safety banned it, now?)

Well knock me down with a feather. Official confirmation from his own authority that Mayor Luke Campbell launched a new £1m community fund without doing the legally required paperwork beforehand.

@WriterHannahBT Wood pigeon on the chimney above but amplified within the house!

First bird of my day: a crow flying just above my head at first light within low, grey cloud. Another morning begins. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

"The survey found that 65% of Reform supporters and 83% of Conservative supporters back increased clean energy generation, despite recent party leadership moves to scale back climate commitments.'

@dannymoore_ni @NoFarmsNoFoods Best summer of my life at 14. Drove tractors, milked cows, saw calves born and piked bales (back when they would fit on a pike!). Formative years.

I've never met anyone who grew up working on the family farm who viewed it negatively... most see it as a formative experience.. best days of our lives.

A glimmer of hope for 1000 workers at Prax this evening? Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns claiming "there is allegedly an offer to purchase the whole site."