This story may be of Interest to followers of Lambeth politics. The police handling of the case appears to have been a shambles.

crawford-pippa.bsky.social@crawford-pippa.bsky.social · yesterday

Former Lambeth council boss Bayo Dosmunu acquitted on cocaine charge, Isleworth Crown Court cuttings.substack.com/p/former-lam...

Former Lambeth council boss Bayo Dosmunu acquitted on cocaine charge, Isleworth Crown Court cuttings.substack.com/p/former-lam...

Former Lambeth Council Boss Acquitted on Cocaine Charge

Monday 7th September 2026, Isleworth Crown Court

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None of my photos of the heatwave in London do justice to the smell, a sort of background reek of binbags, weed smoke, stagnant water, piss and sewage

Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press. Journalists asked to write anti regulation articles after the Grenfell fire. Anything not for sale to super rich and corporations - political parties, press, think-tanks ... Who checks corruption?

Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press

Exclusive: Guardian investigation of CT Group uncovers practice that appears to seek hidden influence over public opinion

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Amazing detail I just learned from a discussion of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ student diaries: he once gave up looking at the sky for Lent

Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel.

Who were the 9000 people calling 999 on the hottest day of the year? My feature in the Times, ft climate emergency and drunk punters passing out on river cruises

‘Worse than Covid’: inside busiest 999 shift in London heatwave

From passed-out revellers to pensioners wilting at home, emergency crews say the capital must change its habits as extreme weather intensifies

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The abject horror of realising that the Gisèle Pelicot case might be the tip of an iceberg. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

‘Truly international’ network of drug-facilitated rape uncovered by UK crime agency

NCA says offenders arrange to sexually assault and film victims via online networks with crimes often taking place in trusting relationships

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He could strangle a teenager on camera and they would say he “defied a long-held tradition of presidents not doing that”

@alfdubs.bsky.social remains one of the staunchest defendants of refugee rights. He is, as usual, absolutely correct here. I won't hold my breath, but Burnham should absolutely rip up Starmer and Mahmood's entire legacy of hostile immigration and asylum policies. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

Exclusive: Labour peer who fled Nazis as a child says Andy Burnham has chance to ‘correct mistakes’ on refugees

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Hello to another day spent guzzling water while surrounded by cooling fans. It's like being Gregor Samsa if he woke up to find himself transformed into a datacentre.

Back on the other site, years ago, there was a thread about the most pretentious thing people had ever overheard. Someone said they witnessed a guy at an ice cream van asking for 'two Magna'.

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

British politics. The best in the world.

Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...

UK heatwave live: Rare red weather warning issued as Britain braces for 40C heat

Britons have been warned to stay out of the sun and to avoid exercising between 11am and 3pm

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As a writer I can only aspire to create a single sentence this dense with implied horror

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Therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison

As we see the end of the Starmer years, I am reflecting on my favourite things about him. Personally, it was when he told a newspaper that he didn’t dream or have any internal thoughts

Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues.

Such good news. Human beings are capable of magical and wonderful things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine

A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.

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🚨🚨 Nigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Farage trying to block ‘Britcoin’ plans that could be costly for billionaire donor

Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrency

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It's incredibly frustrating that the BBC is cutting journalist roles in popular news programmes while paying massive salaries to celebrities in talent roles.

The European Union has accused China of training Russian troops, its most serious allegation yet over Beijing’s support for the war in Ukraine www.thetimes.com/world/asia/a...

EU accuses China of training Russian troops in drone warfare

Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief, said reports of military training given by Beijing had been ‘verified’ despite Chinese denials

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Is your child up at 9pm arguing about tram networks with the entire staff of the FT and some tedious Americans who are not familiar with the concept of a joke? This report make shock you.

David Higham@oldtrotter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Everything's a conspiracy

When you see the story about how the world now has its first trillionaire, and when you see the story about how laboratories in Congo have run out of supplies to test for Ebola, it is important to understand that in many ways these are the same story.

best exit for literally any situation is standing up abruptly, loudly declaring, "well, you know what they say!" and then immediately leaving

I'm still not over the incredible Peter Murrell list. *Multiple* salt and pepper mills!

Lorna@florilegia.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Nearly 4 grand on salt and pepper mills is bad enough, but imagine the sheer amount of cruet in this lad's house! 20 mills and a salt pig!

hey, hey - have a piece in the i today, looking at the intersection of grief and the housing crisis, and what happens to someone when they thought they'd never be able to buy, then were able to do so because of one of their parents died before their time: inews.co.uk/opinion/crue...

My interview with Alexander Browder for MT www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/06/05/i...

‘I Touched a Nerve’: British Teenager Banned From Russia Over Work on Crypto Sanctions Evasion - The Moscow Times

When 17-year-old Alexander Browder was scrolling the news in the back of his economics class this week, he was surprised to see his own name pop up.

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You come to me, on the day of my son's wedding, which I am not attending