Former police officer ran county lines drug ring ‘worth hundreds of thousands of pounds’ Gary Parkinson, who served with Greater Manchester police for 15 years, was jailed for conspiracy to supply class A narcotics to small towns in Devon. @thejohnsimpson reports bit.ly/4vcCouw

Grenfell handprints wrecked despite government promise to families, @thejohnsimpson uncovers Campaigners’ hopes that stairwell wall had been saved for memorial are dashed after news that it has been destroyed bit.ly/4sbk3we

Tears for a clown – but Philippe Gaulier leaves the stage in good humour At an unconventional wake in Paris, ex-pupils tell tales of the entertainer who taught them with brutal and hilarious wit – and bought their secrets with champagne, @thejohnsimpson bit.ly/3MoAKVD

‘There are specific things that I wish had gone differently, of course, but I will always want to do what is right’ @thejohnsimpson met with Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers - who has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week. If you want to hear more from Zoe, watch her full interview on our YouTube channel: bit.ly/4bR3zUU

‘What I have experienced pales in comparison with what Palestinian prisoners go through’ Palestine Action protester Zoe Rogers has no regrets after spending 18 months on remand in jail before being freed last week, writes @thejohnsimpson bit.ly/3O13B2B

The relatives of those killed fighting alongside US troops in Afghanistan have reacted with fury to the US president‘s claim that British soldiers stayed ‘off the frontlines’. ✍️ @thejohnsimpson and @itsjamestapper bit.ly/4pWTyJa

Qesser Zuhrah has now stopped her hunger strike, lawyers for the prisoners have confirmed

This Brazilian soccer player invites the stadium cleaners to celebrate with him after winning the Copa do Brasil

'London may be safer than at any time in the past half century, comfortably beating other major cities' ✍️ Read @thejohnsimpson and Becky Pinnington's analysis of "lawless London" bit.ly/4oF2Zge

More than 400 demonstrators were arrested in London on Saturday, while tensions ran high at a Manchester vigil for the victims of Thursday’s attack, read more as @thejohnsimpson reports: bit.ly/4nBzkUL

'I would rather take some risk to do a good job than have to live with the thought of not doing it because I’ve done that before and it’s not great' @thejohnsimpson meets firefighter Tom Ludley, who responded to the synagogue terror attack eight years after failures at Manchester arena bit.ly/4nAkpKH

RT @joshbakerstory: International Journalists must be let into Gaza to work alongside Palestinian reporters. A few weeks ago, I was asked t…

‘Bitcoin is the free speech of money’: fears grow over far right’s embrace of crypto Hard-to trace digital transactions could lead to hostile states or criminal organisations secretly making political donations and threatening democracy. @CatNeilan | @thejohnsimpson bit.ly/4gJfvZ9

🇬🇧 Musk Marches On London ▫Prepare for revolution now, Elon Musk tells London rally as police come under attack ▫@thejohnsimpson @itsjamestapper ▫is.gd/bWZQ1t #frontpagestoday #UK @ObserverUK 🇬🇧

US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK far right Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage that blocked the street. ✍️ @thejohnsimpson bit.ly/465a9nw

RT @SayeedaWarsi: Born in Turkey, raised in Palestine, a “foreigner” who never visited our shores and who died for his belief in the one Go…

🇬🇧 The Sound Of Silence ▫As hundreds committed the offence of putting ink to cardboard, police moved in ▫Nurses, doctors, retired people and architects among 466 protesters arrested as terrorism suspects ▫@thejohnsimpson ▫is.gd/zINwPC #frontpagestoday #UK @ObserverUK 🇬🇧

The Sultan - the polo-playing drugs kingpin who rubbed shoulders with Britain's elite, including the royals... Great story

RT @Channel4News: The latest net migration figure, showing the number of people coming to the UK and leaving, is estimated to have halved i…

And who is involved in this awful initiative? David Beasley, the publicity-craving former head of the UN's World Food Programme and best mate of Trump.