*Taps mic*

Thrilled to say I’m joining i newspaper as Chief Political Commentator in June.

It’s a brilliant paper - i readers want trusted reporting and analysis without an axe to grind. Can’t wait to get started.

American artists often seem shocked at how good British audiences are at group singing. This from Elbow’s concert in Manchester last night proves that school assemblies where kids sing together must never be abandoned

I hear that United Utilities has been telling residents at a community meeting in Cumbria today this was the result of a 'mobile phone mast' going down.
Doesn't seem ideal that critical infrastructure like a sewage works is so vulnerable...

🚨NEW:

Fujitsu staff working on the faulty IT software at the heart of the Post Office scandal were moved onto a secret UK military contract responsible for sharing classified information with the UK's foreign allies.

An i newspaper investigation:
inews.co.uk/news/post-offi…

Oh dear - first no invite to the Labour mayoral love-in… now Kemi Badenoch thinks Ben Houchen is in charge of “Tyne Tees”.

At a height of roughly 55m, Old Trafford Falls stands as England’s 4th tallest waterfall behind only Cauldron Snout (60m), Canonteign Falls (70m) and Cautley Spout (76m)

Heard about some horrific case studies for this story eg woman attacked while walking away from a car crash. Somehow the force tried to pursue her boyfriend for assaulting the dog as he tried to protect her.

The number of dog incidents are up almost 60pc since 2018.

Just wow, been photographing the #NorthernLights for over 10 years and never seen such an amazing display these at St Mary’s Lighthouse UK Our Whitley Bay #Auroraborealis #auroras PA Media #StormHour Dr. Tamitha Skov The Chronicle

Exclusive: Policing football matches in England last season cost taxpayers more than £30m.

Figures obtained by i sport for the first time reveal the true burden on the public purse of keeping people safe at stadiums.

Full story ⤵️ inews.co.uk/sport/football…

Agree - cynical political move or bold play to get more out of mayoral powers? We’ll see…

Dominic Cummings has given his first newspaper interview since leaving government to i newspaper.

Jordan Tyldesley reveals:
🗳️ his plans to smash the two-party system
🇷🇺 his view on how Putin sees the west
🔟 why 'the only MP who has real power is the PM'

Read: inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Natalie Elphicke, who has just been welcomed to the Labour Party by Sir Keir Starmer, cruelly and publicly tormented the victims of her sex offender ex-husband Charlie.

She claimed ***after his conviction*** that he had merely been punished for being 'attractive and attracted'

Excl: First evidence that Post Office lawyers were told about problems with Capture as early as 1996. Yet prosecutions continued. inews.co.uk/news/post-offi…

bravo to i newspaper for getting their teeth into the 'forensics in crisis' issues inews.co.uk/news/police-sh…

Police forces are shelving investigations in to crimes such as theft and burglary because the Home Office has vastly underestimated the cost of new rules on forensics, insiders have told i newspaper

🔴 Exclusive from Steve Robson

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Just awaiting the final confirmation now, but everyone here knows Kim McGuinness has won the race to be North East mayor.

Spoke to Jamie Driscoll, who says he has come a strong second and is already talking about running again for this job in 4 years' time.

Ben Houchen wins Stockton by nearly 10,000 votes

A result looks imminent in Tees Valley - Ben Houchen has already won in 4 of the 5 authorities.

Good start for Lord Houchen - he wins in Hartlepool.