Several hundred cyclists on the Black Unity Ride making their way from Parliament Square, London, towards Brixton now.

‘The rugby D’Oliveira’: In 1957, apartheid South Africa imposed restrictions on Welsh rugby league legend Billy Boston playing for a touring Great Britain side because he was black. Boston chose to withdraw from the tour.

A nice lady shared her solar eclipse glasses with her whole street in Angel, London. A Deliveroo rider also stopped briefly to borrow the pair.

‘HAVE YOU SUFFERED A HATE CRIME? WE CAN HELP YOU…’: Seen in the Valencia FC dressing room on a stadium tour, encouraging players to report hate crimes as part of La Liga’s policy to tackle ‘racism, homophobia, bullying or hate speech’. Interested to know how many have used it.

Coventry fans singing ‘Southampton’s a shit hole, I wanna go home’ is beyond irony #Saintsfc

Scotland, under Craig Brown, qualified for the 1998 France World Cup, beating Latvia 2–0 at Celtic Park in October 1997. Kevin Gallacher and Gordon Durie with the goals – @Guardian match report

A month from today, #SaintsFC travel to Charlton — managed, of course, by Nathan Jones 🥳

Happy birthday to Dame Julie Andrews, 90 today! In 1948, at the age of 13, she was already on her way to becoming a star, as reported in The Guardian.

Ah, Jay Robinson, he reminds me of a young Tyler Dibling. #saintsfc #ITFC

Score a goal Jay Robinson 🎵 #SaintsFC

Clubs in Portugal - this was at #SCBraga - paid tribute yesterday to Porto born Jorge Costa, 53, who suffered a fatal cardiac arrest recently. The former Porto captain and Portugal national also played for a host of league clubs, including London team #Charlton

I was in a pub on Essex Rd, Islington, and someone asked if I worked at the Guardian, and if I knew Duncan Campbell. She told me her uncle was wrongly convicted but his sentence was quashed thanks to Duncan’s dogged reporting on the miscarriage of justice. theguardian.com/media/2025/m…

Heavy hailstone shower in London this afternoon. #weather

The Observer gets noisily ‘banged out’ by Guardian colleagues as both newspapers part ways after 32 years

#Saintsfc on 12 points, as things stand

High praise for #Saintsfc fans from @Guardian_Sport today for turning up to every home game, despite just one Premier League win at St Mary's this season. ps. The stat in the first two lines below is startling.

Waking up to lots of overnight snow in Andorra – perfect for a day’s skiing/snowboarding at Encamp ski station, Grandvalira