Writer and reader. 'Hypercorrectness gone mad' - @guardianstyle. 'Borderline illiterate' - angry newspaper reader.
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They're just flying by to check Jarvis brought his Relish.
A real #Glastonbury moment ✈️
The Red Arrows flew over the festival during Pulp's song Common People.
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I’ve been sitting on this news for a while. I love being an author but I feel it’s time for a change. So…I’ve decided to become a film star! It’s something I’ve wanted to do since being a little girl and I’m so excited for my new venture! I hope you all enjoy my new film 🙏
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We are live at the count at Harrogate Convention Centre. This article is free to read. 🔓 buff.ly/3RRnPe8
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High turn-out just after the school run in Harrogate this morning.
How has it been at your polling station?
#GeneralElection2024
33%Busier than usual
16%Quieter than usual
30%About the same as usual
21%Haven't voted yet
43 votes • Final results Vicky Carr retweeted
At their peak there were around 3000 sure start centres - a one stop shop for under 5s and parents - more than a thousand were closed in post 2020 austerity - others folded into other services. Now we have long term @TheIFS research that they paid for themselves
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We’re excited to report that we are moving into a new home! buff.ly/4a0oTDt
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Vice Media Group is “eliminating several hundred positions” and halting publication on its website.
Chief executive Bruce Dixon wrote in a memo that it was “no longer cost-effective for us to distribute our digital content the way we have done previously"
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So as we are down £7k that we expected to be in our account this week….please buy a book 📕 we only need to sell 812. Easy 😭😭😭
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I'll admit that this is a much more respectful commemoration of the armistice than hundreds of thousands of people peacefully gathering to demand a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Bloody hell. This is excellent, but made my throat hurt 🥺🖤
This video from @NorwichCityFC is the best bit of Mental Health Awareness I’ve ever seen… watch until the end.
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Extraordinary story from @DavidParsley50 @theipaper - The government bought a £1.5m house on the HS2 line less than 24 hours before Rishi Sunak cancelled it inews.co.uk/news/government-…
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Hey girl are you the North of England, because I want to promise you the greatest rail you’ve ever had and then immediately disappoint you.
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Police closed some of the town's busiest roads for several hours last night. buff.ly/450wIWl
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The company behind one of Harrogate’s largest business events is set to be wound up after appointing liquidators this week. buff.ly/3YiNGxu
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So I’m going to try and summarise why the ticket office closures are a problem for disabled people. Since Covid, there’s been a major push not to use cash. So of course the money going to a ticket office is going to be less.
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She delayed her retirement in order to keep working during the covid pandemic.
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Sharon Canavar is raising funds after Harrogate businessman David Simister suffered a life-changing stroke in early March. buff.ly/3riwMTe
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Bob Frendt made his final trip to eastern Europe earlier this month and
is now hoping to help in another way
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Cyril Appoh, 12, disappeared yesterday morning. buff.ly/44fsTwA