Not illegal. Not ‘changing in front of a man’. Just a worker being filmed by someone desperate to create outrage for content, the ONLY point this video makes is that retail workers have the patience of saints, give this bloke a pay rise @marksandspencer

In response to @Helen_Whately The continued demonization of the most vulnerable members of our society for political point scoring has to stop. On Sky News this morning you bumbled your way through an interview in which you described anxiety as a 'low level mental health condition' and said people suffering from it shouldn't qualify for PIP. I don't receive PIP, but I know a thing or two about anxiety, and there's nothing 'low level' about people who get PIP because of it. Mild anxiety isn't a qualifying condition for PIP. As a former senior RASSO detective I've seen rape survivors become so crippled with anxiety they can't leave their homes. Men and women whose entire lives were stolen from them because someone decided to violate their very essence. I buried my brother when he took his life because he couldn't cope with the anxiety that haunted his every waking hour. You were asked to clarify if all sufferers from anxiety would be denied PIP. After twice being told it's okay to say you didn't know, if you didn't, you said yes, anxiety 'on it's own' wouldn't be a qualifying condition. You further claimed that anxiety sufferers don't incur 'additional expenses' so therefore their condition doesn't meet the original purpose of PIP. You clearly don't understand the disease, and it IS a disease, if you believe that. Ironically, comments like those you so glibly threw out at the public this morning will serve only to worsen the condition of those sufferers who will, despite knowing there's no prospect of you ever being anything other than Shadow Secretary, now become ever more affected. MPs earn an obscene £98,599 a year. On top of that you receive staffing costs, office costs, travel costs and accommodation costs. The very least the public is entitled to expect from any 'duly elected' Member of Parliament is they understand they have a duty of care that, as a minimum, requires them to understand the subjects they're making policy decisions about. There are far too many politicians currently running with the narrative that people with a disability, whether it's physical or psychological, are a drain on our finances. Nobody chooses to be disabled, stop punching down on those who sadly are.

Think it’s officially the period in the ageing process where the noise of summer is irksome.

The boy just told me I sound like the chav’s at the back, with my music in the garden. Lads, I’m listening to @JamesBlunt

Will she regret a lil nap at 6.15pm 🤷‍♀️

Not @LidlGB discounting their points 🤣

Phew glad I can justify my Mutti tomatoes

Since Brexit we’ve been unable to sustain a PM for more than a couple of years. The circus is ungovernable. Not helped by a political media clique that, emboldened by social media, thinks its job is to start a ticking clock on a PM’s downfall the second they start. Grim.

As I predicted, people are incredibly pissed off that Starmer hasn’t fixed 14 years of Tory damage and destruction in less than 2 , and as a result have voted for the main architect of a key part of the destruction in the local elections, because he says he’s the only one who can truly fix Britain. I really despair. Yes, Starmer has fucked up in a few Key areas, but Farage is not the answer.

To the people of Tenerife, My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the @WHO, the @UN agency responsible for global public health. It is not common for me to write directly to the people of a single community, but today I feel it is not only appropriate, it is necessary. I want to speak to you directly, not through press releases or technical briefings, but as one human being to another, because you deserve that. I know you are worried. I know that when you hear the word “outbreak” and watch a ship sail toward your shores, memories surface that none of us have fully put to rest. The pain of 2020 is still real, and I do not dismiss it for a single moment. But I need you to hear me clearly: this is not another COVID-19. the current public health risk from #hantavirus remains low. My colleagues and I have said this unequivocally, and I will say it again to you now. The virus aboard the MV Hondius is the Andes strain of hantavirus. It is serious. Three people have lost their lives, and our hearts go out to their families. The risk to you, living your daily life in Tenerife, is low. This is the WHO’s assessment, and we do not make it lightly. Right now, there are no symptomatic passengers on board. A WHO expert is on that ship. Medical supplies are in place. Spain’s authorities have prepared a careful, step-by-step plan: passengers will be ferried ashore at the industrial port of Granadilla, far from residential areas, in sealed, guarded vehicles, through a completely cordoned-off corridor, and repatriated directly to their home countries. You will not encounter them. Your families will not encounter them. I also want to say something else, something that goes beyond the science. I personally thanked Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon for #Spain’s decision to receive this ship. I called it an act of solidarity and moral duty. Because that is what it is. I want you to know that the WHO’s request to Spain was not made arbitrarily. It was made in full accordance with the International Health Regulations, the legally binding framework that defines the rights and obligations of countries and the WHO when responding to public health events of international concern. Under those rules, the nearest port with sufficient medical capacity must be identified to ensure the safety and dignity of those on board. Tenerife met that standard. Spain honoured it. Nearly 150 people from 23 countries have been at sea for weeks, some of them grieving, all of them frightened, all of them longing for home. Tenerife has been chosen because it has the medical capacity, the infrastructure, and the humanity to help them reach safety. And because I believe that so deeply, I will be there myself. I intend to travel to Tenerife to observe this operation firsthand, to stand alongside the health workers, port staff, and officials who are making it happen, and to personally pay my respects to an island that has responded to a difficult situation with grace, solidarity, and compassion. Your humanity deserves to be witnessed, not just acknowledged from a distance. As I have said many times: viruses do not care about politics, and they do not respect borders. The best immunity any of us has is solidarity. Tenerife is demonstrating that solidarity today. The ship’s captain, Jan Dobrogowski, crew and the company operating the vessel have shown exemplary collaboration at this challenging time. On behalf of the World Health Organization, and on behalf of those passengers and their families around the world, I thank the people of Tenerife and everyone else involved. Please take care of yourselves and of each other. Trust in the preparations that have been made. And know that the WHO stands with you, and with every person on that ship, every step of the way. With respect, care, and gratitude, Tedros

The dog balls go over the fence. The dog is frantic taking us to the back door and fence. Nonna hides one in her sleeve then ‘finds’ it. Calm restored. Ball-stock depleting.

At what point do we stop pretending our newspapers are ‘news’ and start calling them what they are… Promotional pamphlets for the billionaires who own them and the agendas they’re selling.

I must thank @LidlGB for the change to the loyalty system. My local shop is a truly awful experience and now I can delete the app and never go back! Winner winner.

Hi everyone – thank you for bringing this to our attention. We'd like to confirm that this isn't one of our pets. We also wouldn’t recommend this type of carrier - they can be unstable, lack space and ventilation, and don’t allow cats to hide if they feel stressed. @GriftReport

How can it be cheaper to buy a new duvet than wash the one I have? 😡

£140 banked = 14 books read so far this year. They don’t even have picture stories. This was the 3rd in the series and I’ve ordered the 4th from the library - best thing I’ve done joining up.