NEW: Chair of the National Maternity Investigation tells ITV News Meridian she "remains committed" to publishing her final report in the Spring. Baroness Amos admits meeting the deadline will "take a lot of hard work" as she calls for more women to share their experiences.

NEW: Labour's Darren Paffey says the "deeply disturbing" disorder in Southampton was "whipped up" by people who had come from outside the city. The Southampton Itchen MP tells ITV News Meridian many of his constituents were "really frightened" by what they saw last night.

Clocking off for Christmas 🎄 After a whirlwind 6 months in Westminster, I’m ready for “a bottle of something creamy and a box of chocolates”. See you in 2025!

NEW: Lib Dem MP Layla Moran says South East Water "seems to have done the extraordinary thing of making Thames Water look good". The Oxford West & Abingdon MP says water firms should be run as "public benefit companies". 📺 'The Last Word' tonight on ITV1, ITVX & YouTube

Could the Conservatives lose control of Kent County Council next week? “Anything is possible”, Kemi Badenoch tells me on a visit to Sevenoaks. The party leader says “the public are still angry” with the Tories ahead of polling day on 1st May. #localelections

Hundreds of workers on the Isle of Wight are at risk of redundancy tonight. Danish manufacturer Vestas is ending production of offshore wind turbine blades, with the loss of 300 jobs. The Newport factory is in the constituency of Labour MP Richard Quigley.

NEW: Labour’s Darren Paffey defends the government's decision to replace 15 local councils in Hampshire with just five. The Southampton Itchen MP tells ITV News Meridian that the major shake-up will mean councils 'have enough scale' to deliver public services effectively.

Sussex PCC Katy Bourne welcomes government pledge to change police guidance to give stalking victims the right to know the identity of their stalker at the earliest opportunity.

EXC: Kemi Badenoch has denied that a local election slogan to 'lower taxes' meant council tax would actually go down. The Conservative Leader told ITV News Meridian: "Council tax goes up with inflation… We’re not saying people are going to have less [tax] than they paid before."

NEW: South East Water CEO David Hinton tells Parliament his phone call to Tunbridge Wells MP during December’s outage “wasn’t his finest moment”. Mike Martin alleges to EFRA Committee Mr Hinton asked him “how he could sleep at night after politicising the issue”.

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 22. Mai 1963 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Storax die Atombombe "Stones". Storax war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 62/63 insgesamt 47 Bomben im Testgebiet in #Nevada unterirdisch gezündet wurden.

The more you have in common, the more often you have a deal. To watch full video go here: https://youtu.be/c8yqS8kCjIk

Wash Your Weasel Wednesday

🩸 While creatures of the night roam, our lab never sleeps. Even on Halloween, we move faster than a vampire at dusk, delivering precise testing on whole blood, serum, plasma, and more so clinicians can make timely decisions for their patients. Happy Halloween! 🦇 👻 #Halloween2025 #LabLife #IDsky

Today in Tuapse, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery 🇺🇦💪 A major fire broke out in the storage tank area. A large number of UAVs were heading toward the city ☺️ Beautiful 🥰🥰🥰 #RussianUkrainianWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine #War #SupportUkraine #UkrainianDrone #Drone #Tuapse #OilRefinery #RussianOil

Why We Remember Love More Than Pain The brain stores emotional memories deeply. Love imprints warmth, connection and meaning that last longer than pain. 💫

The holidays can be a fun but stressful time — especially for our hearts. Rush cardiologist Arjun Mehta, MD, joins Fox News to describe the risk factors for holiday heart syndrome. Watch the full interview: https://rsh.md/4pdtbhv

PRIESTS ARE ALLERGIC TO FIRE #gamedev #indiegame

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Charles Barkley asks OG Anunoby what his real name is and the satellite delay turns it into a comedy routine

It’s #InternationalReducingCO2EmissionsDay—celebrate solutions that cut CO2 emissions & slow #ClimateChange 🌎 Watch this animation (exxonmobil.co/3YKiDMp) to learn about #CarbonCapture, & try this activity (bit.ly/SEG-Carbon-Capture-Activity) to learn how scientists find aquifers to store #CO2

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Guangzhou South Railway Station is the GOAT.

All too common - go Warriors 🏀 (via @obscure.postings)

U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) accidentally calls the White House "President Trump's regime" on Fox News.

Roger Howarth character us revealed to be matt Clark #YR

Thank you to Allison for supporting our campaign! My priorities are clear: *Ending the genocide in Palestine. *Lowering the cost of living on the Central Coast. *Guaranteeing healthcare, education, and housing. Primary is June 2nd. Ballots are out now!

Die Top 3 Minister (m/w/d) für eine Kabinettsumbildung: Gold 🥇 geht an #Kulturstaatsminister #WolframWeimer. Mehr Porzellan im Buchladen 📖 kann man nicht zerschlagen 💥 Silber 🥈 hat sich Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche redlich verdient. Dank ihrer Lobbyarbeit für die fossile ⬇️

Mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus). While their specialized hoofs have evolved for climbing, it’s still amazing how they can climb a shear mountainside so fast. #wildlife #biology #photo #nature

here you can hear the chainsaw you can also hear a big truck and you can see a tadpole that is using the PVC pipes that I put in the pond. #UrbanHabitat

I love @mehdirhasan.bsky.social I love how he holds people to account for their words, their bias and their lies!. He is so good at what he does!.

[ 🇦🇺 AUSTRALIE ] 🔸 Près de 90 drones se sont écrasés dans l’eau à Darling Harbour après des « problèmes techniques » lors du spectacle de drones “Star-Bound” du festival Vivid, entraînant l’annulation de la performance.

"Good Trouble or just Good Luck?"🤣🤣🤣 From t.me/Pravda_Geras... 🔥The Research Institute of Noble and Rare Metals and Diamonds in #Irkutsk is burning down beautifully ℹ️ #JSC_Irkiredmet ( #Irkutsk Research Institute of Noble and Rare Metals and Diamonds) is a leading industry center in #Russia.

Jeff's Glass Humorous Cow Protest Ad Recorded May 24, 1999 on KMWB/WB 23 in Minneapolis, MN #advertisement #Jeff'sGlass #autorepair #humor #protest #cows

Governor Ferguson, Washington State, January 26, 2026 #westcoast #pnw #washingtonstate #washington #news

In our fast-paced professional lives, we often put our wellness on the back burner. But what if "Slow Wellness" is actually the secret to sustained success? 🎧 Listen to Everything Lifestyle: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1ULR... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW5C...

🗣️ “Something clearly isn't working,”  🗣️ “To be honest, we probably have the most expensive electricity in the world,” - Daragh Cassidy, Bonkers.ie. #TonightVMTV

Well, he might, but he “will”? Don’t think so. Yes, he’s that stupid, that arrogant & that infantile. But he’d have to use multiple nukes, & in an area that is far too close to India, Russia & China for them to take it lying down. If someone uses nukes, bet it’s Israel.

Feeling lucky? Astronomer’s got those freebies waiting for your next run! 🪐 #raccoingame #coinpusher #arcadegames #roguelikes #raccoin

Grok Video 2026 - The Simpsons American Civil War 2026_03 #GrokVideo #TheSimpsons #AmericanCivilWar #Artist #Dream #AiArtist #AiVideo

New mom and mental health advocate, Mariah, uses FREE digital tools like BrightLife Kids + Soluna to support both her and her daughter’s mental health. Learn more about these resources & discover other helpful tools today: cybhi.chhs.ca.gov/resource-external #CYBHI

Why is the state's attorney not charging the ICE agent who attacked me with a felony? #RobHeld #ICE #broadview #useofforce #prosecuteICE #freespeech #firstamendment #migrawatch #chicagoiswatching #ICEDetention #ICEwatch #immigrantrights #abolishICE #veteransagainstICE #resist #arrestICE #donlemon

Inclusive transition needs leadership and action. Gil Quiniones (ComEd & WRI Polsky Energy Center Advisory Group) on why workforce readiness is critical for a clean energy future.

Samigo shared a lava shader made in Shader Graph, Amplify, and VFX Graph, combining flow maps, heat distortion, and particles to push the molten look further. 🌋 See more: www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/co... #unity3d #vfx #gamedev #indiedev

It’s hard to tease journalism but … I am publishing in a few days … just finalizing notes and organizing final touches on my most ambitious piece yet (while sick hahahaaaaaa)

New Track: Electric Coma

Monopolies & Wall Street hate local food. What they cannot buy out, they destroy -- which is one of the reasons we have lost many local businesses/farms. It's time to make food local again & rebuild local businesses. Sign if you agree >> www.claytontuckertx.com/farm_fresh_a...

From prescription meds to marijuana, arrests for driving while drugged are on the rise. But these cases are harder for police to prove. The NBC 10 I-Team reports Thursday on NBC 10 News starting at 4. https://turnto10.com/i-team

Sunny & warm weather greeted us in Colma as we stood up for our rights & the rights of our friends & neighbors. We will never back down! #Resist #RemoveTheRegime #NoKings #TeslaTakedown #EpsteinFiles #ICEOut #StopICE #AbolishICE #FreeAmerica #Colma #California #Indivisible @maddow.bsky.social

#AEWDynamite

Thank you to @casuperintendent.bsky.social Tony Thurmond for joining us at today’s Assembly Higher Education Committee to speak in support of our bill to study how the Pay It Forward, Pay It Back program could help California’s future students.

NASA’s moon base plans just got a huge update! 🌕🚀🧪 NASA has announced that their long term plan to build up a permanent presence near the lunar south pole is moving forward with three robotic landers!

📣 In just 3 weeks, the Media & Learning Conference 2026 brings us together to explore how media and technology are shaping the future of learning. 🗓️17-18 Jun 📍Leuven 👉 Discover the full programme and register here: buff.ly/HWq3igy #EdTech #DigitalLearning

No talk, just hugs.

For Trump, America 250 isn’t about America. It’s about him. And now that it’s hitting the skids the fact that we’ve survived for 250 years as a democracy will get no recognition at all. Donald Trump and his ego destroy everything they touch.

A customer at Club Foxy taught me these important gang symbols

The hardest part isn’t building fast - it’s deciding what not to build. Every decision compounds over time, especially when trust is part of the product. Speed creates momentum. Discipline is what sustains it. #Leadership #DigitalInfrastructure Join the movement: wsocial.eu

Tail shakers! Something I'm working on =3 Snippet with the lovely @shiuk.com 💛

NEW: Caroline Nokes says the scenes of violence last night were "horrific and wholly unacceptable". The Romsey & Southampton North MP tells ITV News Meridian she "sincerely hopes there won't be more disorder on the streets" of Hampshire.

Brilliant! Man uses stepladder to cross flooded street in Krasnodar 😂💡 A heavy downpour flooded Krasnodar streets, but on… 🔥 More viral clips & AI art: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RuViralEN TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coolvidzcool Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vidzcool/