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Ahhh @tojinomoto
JAMES MARTIN retweeted
I came upon him playing in Battersea… recorded for 6.5 mins and left him playing… wish I could have stayed to applaud. What a JOY!
I hope he’s pursuing and nurturing his talent professionally… if not, someone please…. PLEASE SHARE
JAMES MARTIN retweeted
Bangla Road in Patong, Phuket is famous for it's 'lively' nightlife.
This is how it looked around 1980.
JAMES MARTIN retweeted
Breaking: UAE says it's tackling an oil spill off the Umm Al Quwain coast, and that this is the cause of a strong fuel smell reported recently. Beaches and coastline in the area have been closed thenationalnews.com/news/uae…
JAMES MARTIN retweeted
I am cheering her on!
See my upcomng daily diary post about women in UAE politics.
thenationalnews.com/news/uae…
JAMES MARTIN retweeted
BREAKING | Barclays to cut 5,000 staff after increasing use of AI
The banking group said this is the equivalent of about 5% of all its employees
news.stv.tv/scotland/barclay…
During the ad breaks, I flicked over to Luv107.1 for a few moments and found Keegan soloing on The Morning Show. Nice to know he’s still around.
I also flicked over to Dubai92 for literally 5 minutes also. What’s going on there??? Where is Jono? And who’s with Nats? 🤷♂️
Surina has sounded really rough for the last few days……. 😜
Loving the “Hosie’s Headlines” jingle. Ludwig will be so jealous.
@Hosiemon
@SurinaRadio
JAMES MARTIN retweeted
Fresh in from Seattle last Thursday (15th Oct 2026), BA’s latest sub-fleet hull, G-ZBXA, sits in the engineering base at Heathrow before entering passenger service. She is BA’s first GE powered 787, and is a -10 with increased gross weights and therefore longer range.
❤️❤️❤️ All the very best to you, Mark.
A statement on yesterday…..
Everything I said in that interview was true. However, rest assured I’m doing my best to turn things round.
I have been in a mental health clinic for the last 10 weeks, finally discharging so I could attempt to play in Belfast
I owed that to my family, in particular my daughter to see me play for what could be the last time….. I also owed it to the fans who have supported me throughout my 21 years on tour
I also owed that to World Snooker who have been amazing from day on in all this, in particular Simon Brownell and Neil Tomkins who have remained in touch regularly, even Simon paying me a visit in the clinic itself
I’m not ok, but I’m ok in that itself. I’ve been much worse in the last few months than you saw yesterday. I literally didn’t see a future in anything…..
My daughter kept me going, the therapists, staff and all the other patients were amazing and helped me through some really dark days
I see the light now that I couldn’t see before but I do now. I also know it won’t happen overnight. I’m a work in progress!!! My fight and determination on the table has always been there for ones to see. I need to show those same fighting qualities off it now for a while
Please don’t detract anything from Jordan yesterday, he’s been aware of my struggles and that can’t have been easy to play in but he handled it with grace and skill as I knew he would. Im proud to call him a friend
I hope the rest of the event is a success and I will continue my treatments going forward and then see what’s ahead
Thank you to every single message I have received on here, instagram, Facebook, text messages and WhatsApp’s, I’ve seen them all but a bit overwhelmed to reply right now. Just know that they have helped me a lot but I’m not going anywhere just yet!!!! I have so much to live for and this is only the beginning of my new journey
Also, I was not made to do any interviews, I was simply given a choice and felt I owed it to everyone to speak. The media team at WST have been incredible through all this too
Thank you all x
