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5 days later: ORR is "aware of recent media reports" on Euston. The massive advertising LED has just been switched off (despite Network Rail claiming that the small departure boards installed on the concourse as part of a £1.5m upgrade helped with flow).
I spent a day at Euston so you don’t have to… unless you have to get to Brum, Manchester, Liverpool, Crewe, Preston, Wigan, Glasgow… Nat Rail says Euston is safe. Not what I saw. As @frankcottrell_b says, “It’s an accident waiting to happen.”
thetimes.com/article/771de43…
I spent a day at Euston so you don’t have to… unless you have to get to Brum, Manchester, Liverpool, Crewe, Preston, Wigan, Glasgow… Nat Rail says Euston is safe. Not what I saw. As @frankcottrell_b says, “It’s an accident waiting to happen.”
thetimes.com/article/771de43…
And follow rail engineer @GarethDennis who has paid a high price for giving his verdict on Euston… he said the station was unsafe and, after the alarming overcrowding I witnessed on Thursday, he’s plainly right. And should be allowed to say what he thinks.
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“Law on assisted dying needs to provide greater explanation than it does currently. “
Sir Max Hill joins two other DPPs @KenMacdonaldKC & @Keir_Starmer who believe British society and vulnerable people are not well served by the blanket ban and it should be reformed.
#R4Today
An addendum to the eduflap column… if your eldest leaves school and doesn’t change his Spotify email, then forgets the password, you need Oceans 11 style skills to sort it out…
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The younger brother of the Princess of Wales was so depressed he came close to killing himself. He tells Matt Rudd about his ‘waste of money’ education, family therapy and the help Prince William gave him thetimes.com/magazines/the-s…
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BREAKING NEWS:
England’s first ever citizens’ jury on assisted dying has overwhelmingly recommended law change.
Over seven in 10 (71.3%) of the jury members who took part voted for a change in the law.
dignityindying.org.uk/news/a…
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It's publication day!
My new book, THE LIE OF THE LAND, is out today.
Buy it here, or in any good bookshops! - lnkfi.re/dsHR7n
And check out this 'trailer' to whet your appetite:
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It's almost time! The Voltaire Lecture 2024 – 'Free and equal', with Daniel Chandler – takes place tonight at 19:30, livestreamed from @ConwayHall.
Book your tickets and join philosopher and author @dan_chandler. Live tweets to follow at 19:30.
humanists.uk/events/voltaire…
For fans of Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams (everyone), here’s what its young stars are up to six months after that India tour…
thetimes.com/article/31f9085…
Into the the third hour on Ticketmaster and looking at thousands of Oasis tickets on StubHub, starting at £800 up to £10k. It's just a payday for bastards.
My top 10 Olympic moments… and the simple* ranking system which shows Team GB won
* per capita, three points for gold, minimum 50 medals, France 14% penalty for home advantage, no countries beginning with A
thetimes.com/article/e9665cd…