EXC: King’s College London has received over £1.5 million from a Sackler family-owned pharmaceutical company to research opioid overdose reversal drugs.

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✍️Phoebe Davis

EXCLUSIVE: The Conservatives have received an as-yet-undeclared £5 million sum from Frank Hester, the party donor embroiled in a race row, Tortoise understands.

✍️Cat Neilan

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Squad weak, limp defending for the penalty, ridiculous give-away third goal…but still so exciting when you think you can see the beginnings of something good at Swansea, even for 45 minutes

Thanks for putting all the work in! It's a great analysis of an attacking philosophy. I can see I'm not the only person here who'd love to read a separate thread on the defensive side of the Luke Williams game plan (pressing, set pieces, whatever).

Alone in the kitchen? Doing the washing up? Or walking the dog on Boxing Day. Download this and amaze everyone with your intimate knowledge of how Corbyn rose and fell again and a Starmer came to waiting for us in the sky. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/eig…

The Uk highest court have said that Rwanda is not safe for torture survivors. Yet we have a goverment who chooses to ignore this .

With Christmas coming, Rachel Wolf and I this week discuss the decline of religion, its continued influence on politics and policy, and how it shapes social attitudes. podfollow.com/1706062286/view

Boris Johnson will deal with questions about the 2nd Covid lockdown today. Was he too fixed on being the Mayor Of Jaws to do the right thing at the right time? For Tortoise I've made a podcast about the run-up to Lockdown 2. 43 days of chaos & dithering: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

When Matt Jukes compliments Jason Evans 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇪🇺 at the Swansea Law Society it highlights the incredible quality he provides in relation to Law reporting in Wales.

I wrote about why Martha’s Rule is necessary to keep patients safe for The BMJ

BREAKING

The health secretary Steve Barclay has just told the Commons he is exploring introducing Martha's Rule in the UK.

This is what Merope and paul laity have been calling for.

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We are calling for ‘Martha’s Rule’: the right to a second opinion if you or your family member is deteriorating on an NHS hospital ward, and you feel your concerns aren’t being addressed. Thanks to Polly Curtis bbc.co.uk/news/health-66…

Job alert! Come and work with a brilliant bunch of people Tortoise

New Work in Progress - The Sleep Artist: timwright.typepad.com/main/2023/08/t…

It took me til the 45th book in the Curiously Specific podcast series to crack up, but here it is. John Buchan’s hazy understanding of historic dates got me riled.

Still, we did manage to find some steps! Have a listen.

For the first time at an inquest, a jury has recognised the link between suicide and domestic abuse when it ruled Kellie Sutton’s death an unlawful killing - and opened a route to justice for other families - my latest for Tortoise, w/ Claudia Williams open.spotify.com/episode/0ZvFTH…

- K2 Integrity - this Corporate Intelligence Agency paid a spy to infiltrate anti #asbestos campaigners & me . Tortoise⁩ podcast ‘Into The Dirt ‘ sets out the tactics used . I believe these tactics should be seen as a crime . k2integrity.com

Delighted to get a thumbs up from a journalist I admire so much. Thank you for the kind words Virginia Heffernan Tortoise

Thank you Virginia Heffernan, that's really kind of you. We tried to hit a lot of marks in Into The Dirt, and K2 was certainly one of them. You're right, in a story that sometimes felt morally complex they're the uncomplicated piece.

Thank you Helena Merriman I can’t wait either…