As the proud granddaughter of one of the brave men who escaped Nazi occupied Poland to form the 1st Independent Polish Parachute Regiment and fight alongside the British Airborne, hear hear and thank you.
Spotted on
#KingsHeath
high street
#Birmingham
. Teenager rocking an
@bbcmtd
jumper. It’s a “vintage” piece from the 70’s she tells me. Lots of people had said it was “really cool” today.
Went to the gym, yes the actual gym with
@tom_watson
...to find out how he managed to lose a staggering 7st & kick his
#Type2diabetes
. Check out his advice here & see our full film (including weight lifting 🏋) on
#PoliticsLive
on BBC2 at 12:15. The things we do for you
@RobBurl
Getting type 2 diabetes changed
@Tom_Watson
's life - for the better
7 stone lighter, Labour's deputy leader has reversed the condition. How did he do it?
More:
#politicslive
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"It just feels like we're in a sort of turmoil."
In 2016 the city of Liverpool was an island of Remain in a sea of Leave. What about now?
#newsnight
|
#Brexit
|
@ElizabethGlinka
Talking to people in Oswestry today it seems clear many did want to deliver a message to the Conservative government & particularly the PM. One local telling me “We are Conservative by instinct, but we stick to the rules & the Christmas parties stuff, just really made us cross”
#Arnhem75
The Polish brigade under General Stanisaw Sosabowski landed at Driel south of the river. The Poles attempted to cross the river in rubber boats to come to the aid of the British. Only 200 managed the crossing under sustained German fire.
@PLinNATO
#MarketGarden
Political heroes: Corbyn on Mary Wollstonecraft. This is the first in a new series I've been working on for
@daily_politics
. Thanks to
@jeremycorbyn
for being our first guest. Next week we have
@WilliamJHague
on Pitt the Younger.
@SuzanneEvans1
.
@SuzanneEvans1
- there’s no metaphysics here - we spoke to multiple sources within the NI dairy industry. Real people who know their trade. The story came from them, the fact it irritates you doesn’t affect the veracity of it. Current ‘no deal’ plans leave NI farmers exposed.
@washyourmouth1
@esmewren
@maitlis
How do you define posh? I’m from Stafford and went to a comp. My grandfather was an immigrant. But, interesting you’ve decided who I am.
@Jagsfan1876otig
@BBCNewsnight
1/2 - not sure who said milk wld be rationed? As my report made clear 1/3 of all milk produced in NI is currently processed in ROI. If that market is no longer there - because tariffs & checks make it more expensive/difficult NI farmers have a glut of milk which keeps growing.
Breaking News: Leader of City of Wolverhampton Council, Ian Brookfield, announces that the council will ensure 16,000 Wolverhampton children don't go hungry this half term and will fund free school meals. More information to follow...
#localgov
#wolverhampton
NHS release regional vaccination figs for the first time. 447,329 doses so far administered in the NHS Midlands region which combines East and West Midlands.
@Jagsfan1876otig
@BBCNewsnight
2/2 because dairy cattle have to be milked. NI does not have the capacity to process this extra milk now, & whatever is planned in the future there is not a new market ready as of 31st Oct. Farming businesses are left exposed.
Launching his ‘Jobs Plan’ for the the West Mids today the mayor
@andy4wm
tells me the former
@JohnLewisRetail
site in Birmingham is unlikely to ever re-open as a department store. He says hotels, high end apartments and even indoor sports are on the table.
@bbcmtd
This cld be significant. Are other rural counties feeling the same? Remember the Conservatives just lost a 'safe seat' in North Shropshire in Dec (maj 20,000 over turned). 'Leveling-up' doesn't play so well with Con members/voters in trad Tory areas
@bbcmtd
#politicsmidlands
Conservative run Shropshire Council says it feels "overlooked, unrecognised, taken for granted and completely undervalued" - after it failed to get anything from the Government's long awaited levelling up project.
Here's the latest in our series of political heroes for
@daily_politics
-
@vincecable
on Roy Jenkins the Labour Home Secretary who liberalised laws on divorce, censorship, homosexuality & abortion, loved Europe & ultimately helped give birth to the LibDems
It doesn’t Adam. Have you actually read the article? The Uk exports 30-40% of its lamb. Of the lamb we export 92% goes to the EU. It says that v clearly in black and white.
"This is not a riot, it's not a mob. This is a collection of people, who are showing their heartfelt concern for the issue..."
Chris Packham, broadcaster and naturalist on the
#ExtinctionRebellion
protest against climate change. More tonight 22:30
#newsnight
|
@ChrisGPackham
A Lib Dem spokesperson North Shropshire said: "we're not just going to win, we're going to win comfortably. This is an amazing night for the Liberal Democrats and a disaster for Boris Johnson"
#PoliticsMidlands
#BBCPolitics
Moving to Tier 4
•Birmingham and Black Country (Dudley, Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton)
•Coventry
•Solihull
•Warwickshire
•Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
"They are not women"
@ElizabethGlinka
gets rare access to a group accused of bigotry and hate speech in their fight against plans to simplify gender change rules for trans people
🎥: Watch part two:
#politicslive
#GRA
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Breaking:
@StaffordshireCC
expects to go into Tier 2 this week. It follows sharp rises in the infection rate across the county. South Staffordshire now has the highest infection rate in the West Midlands region 369 cases per 100,000. More with
@bbcmtd
tomorrow
#politicsmidlands
The funeral of the late Birmingham MP Jack Dromey gets underway at St Margaret’s Church Westminster. Hundreds of mourners including politicians from across the political divide & former Prime Ministers have gathered.
@bbcmtd
11 people were arrested at an anti-lockdown protest in Birmingham yesterday. Should police get tougher with those who breach the Covid rules? Let us know your view using
#PoliticsMidlands
Today’s programme with
@ElizabethGlinka
starts at 10am on BBC1
A senior Conservative tells me whips are asking MPs to visit Southend West to help with the campaign despite it being an uncontested by-election, because the reaction on the doorstep is so dire they’re worried the vote will collapse.
@BBCPolitics
@CllrJoyGarner
@daily_politics
Hi Joy, the regional programmes are staying and actually being extended to 30mins, but Daily and Sunday Politics are coming to an end. Last DP is Tuesday. We're launching a new weekday programme called
#PoliticsLive
in Sept.
Health Secretary
@MattHancock
announces
#Herefordshire
going back to Tier 2 from Boxing Day. After a week in Tier 1 rates have begun rising “sharply”. Despite the speculation
#Birmingham
and the wider West Midlands are not placed into Tier 4.
@bbcmtd
Watch our exclusive intv with the leader of
@BhamCityCouncil
John Cotton on
#PoliticsMidlands
tomo. In his first TV sit-down since the authority announced it was effectively bankrupt, we’ll discuss when he knew, what it means for Brummies & if he has confidence in his team.
.
@VirginTrains
serious overcrowding on the 0830 from Birmingham New St to London Euston this morning. Lots of your customers forced to stand for the whole journey.
50 years on, what is the view of Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' Speech?
@BZephaniah
who grew in Birmingham, and young people from Wolverhampton talk about the message from the then Black Country MP
A longer version of this film will run on Thursday's
#bbcdp
@bbctwo
1200-1300