The ICC are a bit late on to this, given England were releasing dressing room clips throughout the Oval test too: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Ben Stokes: ICC contacts ECB over retirement video announcement

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is contacted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) over Ben Stokes’ retirement announcement.

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David Hockney art. An artist may have passed on but the art remains for us to enter into.

Tim Maynard@timmaynard.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A print of this sits on my wall and I have spent many hours lost in it. A huge loss, though his paintings will continue to be a strength for so many.

George Monbiot and Richard Tice went to the same school, overlapping by 3 years. Different paths since then…

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just finished Any Questions, up against Richard Tice. I knew there would be plenty of BS on climate, but he spouted rubbish on *every* subject. Even claimed that the EU is not our biggest trading partner, but the US. In fact, we have 3x more trade with the EU. He believes whatever he wants to.

If ‘cleared’= having to pay the HMRC £40k then sure, she’s in the clear

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.

Leo Hickman@leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 7mo ago

Wow?! BBC News homepage has just significantly downgraded the placing of its "Climate" section on its menu bar Climate is now ranked last, lower than Tech. Earlier this month "Climate" was ranked above World, UK, US&Canada, Business and Tech

This exchange was hilarious to watch but Mail Online’s positioning here goes a long way to confirm its target audience, comparing Morgan to Jim, from the US Office, as opposed to Tim from the UK version

When Rob Key reviews Rob Key’s work it’ll be interesting to know what he thinks of Rob Key saying ‘There wasn’t any formal action taken’ over Wellington incident. And ‘we’ve had 4 years with none of these issues’.

The BBC is getting played here: if a contributor gets to flat out deny having his own words quoted to him on television (with the viewer not told the denial is untrue) then post about "dropping truth bombs". The mission to inform & counter misinformation is flailing if the editorial controls so weak

Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Konstantin Kisin has since posted on his own Youtube channel saying he 'dropped truth bombs on Question Time'. Clearly 'alternative truth' bombs. The video has had over 400k views and counting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AN1...

Statistics/data have a valuable role to play in cricket coverage, as long as it’s used in a way that adds to what’s happening on the pitch. This is utterly pointless and impenetrable

Really think Badenoch’s awful response will curtail her time in the job. If it’s Mel Stride doing the media round tomorrow, he should be played clips of the sneering, ‘are you happy with that?’

BBC’s both sides on Gregg Wallace is odd: a) respected leaders of disability charities say Wallace shouldn’t cite autism as reason for his behaviour; b) ‘many people on social media supportive’ of his post, and Danielle and Jake calling in to Nicky Campbell.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gregg Wallace faces backlash over autism defence

The TV presenter was criticised after he appeared to link claims of misconduct to his autism diagnosis.

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This has Boris Johnson ‘I could have been back in Downing Street by Friday’ vibes to it tbh..

The Athletic | Football@theathleticfc.bsky.social · last yr.

Cristiano Ronaldo says he will almost certainly not play at this summer’s Club World Cup, despite receiving multiple offers to do so. More from @lukebosher.bsky.social

(Reform came third…) #winning

Recent Times i/view by @athersmike.bsky.social with Flintoff was an incredible article, capturing his kindness, humour and intelligence. @marcaspland.bsky.social photo great too. #cricket

Harry Brook was very impressive when unveiled as England white ball captain this week. Clear in what he expects from the team, and answered with composure. A challenging job, and a lot is asked of him across all formats, but he looks a leader. #cricket #whiteball

The ‘sidearm’ comes in 3 models, the ‘pro’, ‘club’ and ‘elite’, all upwards of £32. Yet it’s hard to look past it being your typical thrower for dogs, available online for under a tenner… #cricket #dogs #grahamgooch @thecricketer.com

A story of two wicketkeepers… and hope vs realism?

‘And we’ll be hearing from voices who think it is right for the US to take control of Greenland later in the programme’. Great ‘both sides’ from Nick Robinson on BBC Today this am, I feel both informed and educated…