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🚨 Iran fires Rachel Reeves at Israel in attempt to ruin its economy 🚨

@joncoupland Smeg fridge freezer.

Repairing something that has a Ducati part on it today. Any guesses?

@CENTCOM @ArmchairAdml Those two statements are not mutually exclusive. And I’m no fan of pro-Iranian propaganda….

🚫FALSE: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a U.S. F/A-18 fighter was struck over Chabahar using new advanced air defense systems. ✅TRUE: No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran.

Sounds a bit rubbish even for @JamesBlunt

So this is the sequencing: a) 11 September, Mandelson resigns b) 11 September - 13 October, No.10 start putting together strategy for dealing with Tory demand for messages between Mandelson/McSweeney c) 20 October, McSweeney reports phone stolen. All messages reportedly lost

This was published by Tim Shipman on 14 February. It details how in the period up to 13 October, 2025 Labour officials became worried a motion would be put to parliament demanding the release of Morgan McSweeney's messages to Peter Mandelson. On October 20 McSweeney reported his mobile had been stolen.

The Day After gave me nightmares as a kid. I watched again recently and it’s still terrifying.

FAIRFORD, ENGLAND - MARCH 21: A USAF Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber takes off on a sortie from RAF Fairford near the Cotswold village of Kempsford and the village church of St. Mary the Virgin on March 21, 2026 #IranWar #aviation #military #bombing #fairford #avgeeks

Here’s TRUCK 1 at LGA - LaGuardia on its side after being struck by the CRJ on runway 04. 🙏

6 players in the England squad and Howe just can’t get a tune out of them for some reason..

@SkySports_Keith And next from Eddie, Woltamende tried in goal because he’s a big lad……. huge advocate of what Howe has done for the club but this season has been a disaster and that’s not all down to last year’s fiasco with Isak.

Eddie Howe says “blame me” after derby defeat to Sunderland: 🗣️ “Very painful, painful for supporters. They're the ones I'm thinking of. Very little to use as an excuse. We expect to be criticised so I understand the reaction at the end. 🗣️ “I'm fully committed to the job. I'm disappointed with my delivery today and this week. Today was even tougher than Barcelona. 🗣️ “I absorb the blame — I won't be deflecting it to players until my last breath. It’s going to be a painful few days for me. 🗣️ “It’s not a head loss. Our technical delivery was off today. We missed our midfielders, so it left us unbalanced. We made the game too much like they wanted it. 🗣️ “We never want to go through a hostile reception from crowd. I understand the criticism.” #NUFC

@CraigHope_DM @NUFCgallowgate Just grow up. It’s football for gods sake.

Fighting outside of St James’ Park. One fan appeared in a bad way. CPR administered before being taken away. Not good 🙏🏻

John Smith's ft Peter Kay “Ave it!” 2002

People keep connecting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to Iran's Kharg island... a) the Marines aren't gonna seize Kharg, much more likely they seize Larak and/or Hormuz island b) re. Kharg the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division is in Kuwait together 1/2

@SkyNews @NickMartinSKY So has he asked for the USAF detachment that has been there for years to pack up and leave? This is all performative nonsense for a section of his vote.

Sir Keir Starmer has reassured the President of Cyprus that the UK won't allow RAF Akrotiri to be used by the U.S. for "collective self-defence" in the Middle East. Sky's @NickMartinSKY reports. trib.al/I7y9Jea 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Of extreme note - the busiest part of the UK armed forces the last weeks has been the bit that was ground down almost to dust - GBAD. Out of almost nowhere we’ve been knocking drones out of the sky left, right & centre. We recognised air defence in the 30s - time again to invest.

Nauseating

Helium: It's a vital cryo coolant for hospital MRI machines, but supplies of the rare gas are tied up with the LNG fuel market. Helium from radioactive decay gets trapped in gas wells and is cryo-distilled: No gas, no helium. This is only the tip of the petrochemical iceberg...

Although @elonmusk @Tesla you could have given me a full charge when I picked it up!

Picked this up today. Say what you want, but as a small relatively cheap car, it’s utterly brilliant.