I went to test out ‘Gen Z’ Scrabble this week…

Every now and then, a classic returns to the charts.

Bonnie Tyler's 1983 hit Total Eclipse of the Heart has shot up the streaming charts after the eclipse in North America.

She gave her reaction to #R4Today .

Frankie has done amazing work for the CNJ, especially campaigning for people experiencing homelessness. Lucky to work with talented reporters like her.

Isabel, maybe wisely, isn't on Twitter (yet) but pick up a Trib tomorrow to see her debut stories. Some good stuff in there.

Newsroom news!
Frankie Lister-Fell Frankie Lister-Fell she/her has been appointed as the new assistant editor of the Camden New Journal and Isabel Loubser has begun work as a new reporter on the Islington Tribune.
Look out for their stories each week!

Will teachers go on strike over pay?

Daniel Kebede, the General Secretary of the National Education Union, tells #R4Today teachers 'really want to avoid the level of disruption' strikes have caused in the past, but the industry 'cannot continue in this direction of travel'.

Lord Ricketts, former national security adviser, tells #R4Today 'we've reached the point' for the UK to no longer sell arms or trade with Israel, after seven aid workers, including three British citizens, were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza.

despite all the Discourse, I think the most controversial thing about the new Jolene is that she says 'I raised that man.' What

Richard Taylor, the father of murdered Damilola Taylor, has died this week aged 75.

Actor John Boyega, who rarely discusses his childhood friendship with Damilola, tells @johnwilson14 on Last Word he remembers the 10-year-old as being 'flamboyant and charismatic'.

#R4Today

A Scottish court has found that teacher John Brownlee abused students at Edinburgh Academy during the 60s and 70s, including BBC presenter Nicky Campbell.

He tells #R4Today Brownlee was an 'extraordinarily brutal man' and other victims have PTSD from their experiences.

'I'm following the rules, I'm a stickler!'

Ed Gamble tells justin webb why he swapped a hot dog for a cucumber in ads across London's Tube network for his new stand-up shows. The original design fell foul of a Transport For London ban on advertising junk food.

#R4Today

chappell roan deserves to be so big like I need ppl to stop sleeping on her. beyond her ear-candy music, she’s also offering phenomenal vocals, a campy persona, interesting visuals, and clear concepts like come on!

'Racism against black women seems to be the last bastion of acceptability.'

Human rights lawyer Jacqueline McKenzie tells #R4Today she thinks the alleged racist comments made by Frank Hester were 'meant to diminish all black women' and Diane Abbott is facing 'double standards'.

This is so funny

'I'm sure that Keir Starmer will do the right thing.'

MP Diane Abbott tells SymeonBrown she thinks 'Starmer will do the right thing' and restore the Labour whip to her after alleged racist comments she received.

I'm supposed to be on holiday but.. William Hague has written an incredibly strong The Times and The Sunday Times column on the 'scene of utter devastation' in local news.

It's nice that he mentions us but more importantly, he's doing what Bernie Sanders did recently - properly sounding the alarm 🚨

Still getting used to this view every morning – thrilled to have joined BBC News (UK) as a journalist reporting on (mainly) UK news

Cunk on Women

I went to the landlord convention to find out how to fix the housing crisis

What's it like to *not* be Kate Moss?

Denise Ohnona, a former dock worker from Lancashire who bears a striking resemblance, was thrown into the spotlight this week when she appeared at Paris Fashion Week.

She tells @AmolRajan about her journey from docks to catwalk.

#R4Today

“Has your Budget come close to meeting the scale of the challenges this country faces?”

@AmolRajan lists a stagnant economy, creaking public services and a reliance on foreign labour.

Jeremy Hunt says he ‘believes it has’ and calls the characterisation ‘unworthy of the BBC’.