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This Burnham campaign video deserves a retweet (and many more). Take a look at the vast (shady) money and professional media operation behind Reform. It’s going to be an existential battle.Wherever you stand on the Labour leadership, this seat must be won.

The NUJ has warned that legally enforced recovery of FOI costs could pose a serious threat to media freedom and urged the Judicial Appointments Commission to reconsider its position. nuj.org.uk/resource/costs…

Why should audiences care about the BBC cuts? Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said: "It's our BBC; it's a public service broadcaster - the clue is in the name. It belongs to us. There should be proper, transparent scrutiny of discussions between the BBC and the government about future funding."

Barnie Choudhury, a former BBC journalist and British Journalism Award nominee, has been hit with charges of £14,270.70 by the appointments body for judges The charges have been made after Choudhury put a number of FoI requests to the Judicial Appointments Commission

The NUJ has condemned the BBC’s plans to cut around 2,000 jobs, urging the broadcaster to meaningfully engage workers and trade unions and reconsider its proposals. nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-s…

"Plans for more brutal job cuts are wrong, damaging and will cause uncertainty and distress for workers at the BBC," said Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary. "The BBC belongs to all of us and we need to fight for it." nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-s…

Oh joy, British Summer Time has arrived!

Shocking I v much fellow journos/ media give this story the coverage it deserves. @nottspolice have lost he plot (I’m being generous) . The #Calocane inquiry is exposing huge failings in #Notts #Police

Nottinghamshire Police tried to stop us reporting matters of public interest and when it didn't go the way they wanted it to, they reported us to our regulator. Thankfully, IPSO saw sense and threw their complaint out. For the Chief Constable to say now that this was a mistake is quite frankly pathetic. Instead of trying to protect their reputation, the force and Chief Constable should have been communicating properly with the people who really matter here - the families of the victims and the survivors of those horrific attacks. nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

5️⃣0️⃣ years ago today, Harold Wilson resigns as Prime Minister He wishes he had governed in easier times “These years of office spanned a period when Britain nationally and internationally had to face storms and challenges without parallel in our peacetime history’ A thread 👇🏼

@MannGeorgia @BBCRadio3 @Spectator_LIFE Stick with it @MannGeorgia Your tone, style & presentation is spot on. Don’t let the purists get away with their elitist, entitled. narrow mindset. Let the music play! @BBCRadio3

Morning All! I’m on my way back from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 so not on @bbcradio3 this morning. I wrote this for The Spectator ⁦@Spectator_LIFE⁩ Please read. I felt the need to respond to a certain line of criticism… spectator.com/article/stop-t…

Wisdom from Winston Churchill: “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that any one who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The Statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.”

The moment Francesca Hess- your actor daughter - turns newsgatherer for the Glasgow fire. @BBCScotlandNews #glasgow #blaze

The NUJ has responded to the BBC Charter consultation, calling for proper funding and worker representation on the BBC board. “This is an historic opportunity for the government to be bold and back the BBC and its workers," said Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary. nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-m…

Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary, said: “Announcing what amounts to major cuts is wrong and premature. The NUJ...urges the BBC to put its time and energy into attaining a sufficient and sustainable funding settlement [through Charter Renewal]." nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj-d…

The neglect of this much-loved architectural treasure in Nottingham’s historic Lace Market is scandalous: now there are early signs the historic Grade-II County Hall may be restored. At last! @MyNottingham