Mark Hickson

@ArtFromTheShed The battery is the back up to the hardwired alarm. Pesky little sods. By all means DM me a photo of yours. There should be a release button on the cover and from there replacing the battery should be straightforward.

@HicksonMark There's one doing the same here ... but it's wired into the mains. I'll have to google a solution 🤔

To all the artists who post on here sometimes into the wilderness; try other platforms. In a very little amount of time (4 weeks) this painting that got 2 likes on here has got almost 600 elsewhere. Nobody has to 'like' everything but acknowledging effort and courage keeps creators going. This is our work. I don't create to sell but some do, and 'likes' give those creators an idea of what might bring an income stream in. Thanks for reading and to those who have consistently held me up @HicksonMark @thesecretbrief @sonyaphotoart

@thesecretbrief @donmcgowan It's yet more nonsense being pushed out on this platform 🙄

@donmcgowan There’s no erasing of Easter, never has been

Easter egg rage is in full bloom early this year. Probably climate change. My question to these 'Christians' that are so performatively outraged by a mass capitalism event: Are you not mortally embarrassed by putting this in the public domain? Seriously, it's pathetic.

@ArtFromTheShed Julia, My morning started early with chirping fire alarms, now waiting for the shops to open because I am one battery short to replace them all. Living the dream here 😁

@HicksonMark Good morning, Mark. How's you today? I'm wondering what to paint next 🤔

@DJ001968 @grahamwettone Just the very saddest of news. 😢

Very sad news in Kent today. One of the officers involved in an on duty RTC on route to an emergency didn't make it. So so sad. RIP

@StrongTea4me @RiicoBandzz Wouldn't trust a single word he says or his motives.

@HicksonMark @RiicoBandzz He’s awful. He started appearing on my timeline last year, it was obvious then he just loved the attention.

He's a meme generator

@StrongTea4me @RiicoBandzz Isn't he just 🙄

@RiicoBandzz He’s an agitator

@KatieMagnet Have a lovely time 👍

@HicksonMark 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yeah sister has flown in from Canada 🇨🇦 cant wait to pick her up from train station xx

@alliewillie38 Sun shining always lifts my spirits.

Is anyone else feeling miserable as fuck or is that crown mine…? 😏

@CarolinejGoode @Dogswithjobs41 42 for me. Quick as a flash ⚡️

@Dogswithjobs41 In a few days time it will be 45 years since I did the same thing. What an adventure 😊

@remmy_308 @BladeoftheS Thanks for calling this out for what it is 👏

@BladeoftheS Not mistakenly, in line with their training and tactics given the nature of the suspected threat. Better safe than sorry. I'm quite sure you would criticise the police had they not responded and it had been a geniune threat.

Armed police mistakenly surrounded a man in Salford after believing he was a suicide bomber who might attack a local Synagogue - according to Telegraph. He was just wearing a weighted vest in an outdoor gym.

@nickyjanehill Wow. Great photo 📸

90s

@AEthelswin Sentencing ⬇️ Source: Courts and Tribunals Judiciary share.google/Ucq0FRlq0HcHLV…

Would be a decent sentence if he had to do all of it 😠

@CarolinejGoode @BenGrahamUK I very much doubt this is the end of the matter. Seemingly going on for longer than I can remember.

@BenGrahamUK Nobody ever is.

The A303 Stonehenge tunnel has been scrapped after years of planning. £180 million. Gone. Not a single mile built. Not a single benefit delivered. Just taxpayer money burned. Who is actually held accountable for this?

@BettyBoochichi2 Supply and demand springs to mind.

Norfolk Constabulary is facing questions after it emerged a single officer had received £30,000 in overtime payments last year, with the force's total overtime bill topping £5.7m. The officer, who has not been identified, is one of 25 who were all paid more than £17,600 for working extra hours, on top of their salaries. Almost nine out of ten officers on the force received overtime payments, with an average of almost £3,000 going to each one. The figures have raised alarm, with critics saying extra hours are draining budgets, with crimes going unsolved and victims unheard. Darwin Friend, head of research at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Taxpayers across Norfolk will be deeply concerned by these extraordinary overtime costs.” "With police budgets already stretched, spending millions of pounds on overtime payments is simply unsustainable.” "Norfolk police need to ensure every penny of taxpayers' money is spent protecting the public and catching criminals." In total, the force made £5,012,402 in overtime payments to 1,714 officers - about nine out of ten of the total number - and £782,353 to 603 police staff. Of the top 25 overtime earners, 23 were male and two were female. The force say the spending is because of the hundreds of additional working hours clocked up policing large-scale weekly protests and counter protests that began last summer over the Brook Hotel in Bowthorpe being used to house migrants. Similar protests were also staged at the Park Hotel in Diss and in Great Yarmouth adding to the overtime bill. A Norfolk Constabulary spokeswoman said: “We recognise this is a significant overtime cost, and much of this was driven by the demands of policing a significant increase in the number of protests last summer.” “Overtime is often required to police protests or large events, otherwise staff would have to be removed from core policing duties which would diminish our ability to respond to emergency calls or undertake neighbourhood policing.” “Police regulations require that when rest days are cancelled at short notice, which is often the case when we are notified of protests at short notice, officers are compensated, and these national rules apply to all forces.” Nick Taylor, chair Reform in Norwich, who stood for councillor in Bowthorpe losing by one vote, said police were underfunded and criticised the “extra burden” placed on the force by migrants being housed in the county. He said: “Norfolk police is traditionally underfunded. People would be shocked just how few officers are on duty at any one time.” “We need extra officers but instead money is being spent on overtime for an issue caused by people who shouldn’t be here in the first place.” “The Brook Hotel has been an issue for four years with concerns among local people about who is there and associated criminality.” "Inevitably that adds costs to the taxpayer money that could be better spent.” At the height of the protests last summer, Norfolk Chief Constable Paul Sanford called for extra resources from the government, saying he could not "crackdown" on crime "if I've got dozens of police officers stood outside a hotel". Other demands on manpower also came from policing protests about the Gaza conflict and demonstrations on issues ranging from the Norwich Western Link road to animal rights and transgender rights. Police have said overtime can be the most cost-effective means of dealing with demands outside of day-to-day policing. Overtime is paid to the usual hourly rate between 7am and 7pm Monday to Friday and time a half between 7pm and 7am. Extra hours worked on Saturdays and Sundays are paid at time and a half, but on public holidays it is double time. Continued…

This needs to be understood. It could happen to any one of us.

@AWilsonmhealth @444blackcat I always used the term 'Active Supervision'. It's an extremely important part of the role.

@444blackcat I and some of my peers were, apparently, dinosaurs for strict monthly tray checks, adherence to standards, intrusive supervision, and here we are.

#Nottinghaminquiry A Police Sergeant didn't think looking at PNC and Niche was something he should do with a suspected stalking case He had to discover that as part of his CPD!!! FFS

@CarolinejGoode @FionaDavis8 It may not be the same petition. A quick search shows a petition was closed on 8 March 2026 as six months had passed since it's inception. I can't recall the number of signatures.

@FionaDavis8 How so? What do you mean?

The Petition was supressed.

@BriW74 He was absolutely superb in 'Between the Lines'.

Brilliant as DS Harry Naylor in 'Between the Lines'