The Taliban has ruled that women can’t show their faces in public. They can’t speak or sing (have their voices heard) in public. The erasure of Afghan women and girls is happening in real time, and it seems like nobody is willing to step up to stop it.

Thank you to a brave woman. My brother went to see Pauleen in the hospital; she is the last living woman who sheltered children who fled or were rescued from Ireland's notorious industrial schools. More than 50 years ago, she took him in to her tenement room and disguised 1/3

I hope more global celebrities and leaders speak out against the Taliban’s draconian law that bans women from showing their faces and speaking publicly. The lives of 20 million women are at risk as they endure a harsh regime of gender apartheid.

This is how a school excludes children with Special Educational Needs

Dr Weir asked hospital to measure lactate. Dr Strain told staff it was not measurable in NHS hospital labs. #MaeveInquest

On the same day, they killed a woman, Fatima, for refusing to wear the clothes they decreed. He was the faamous man; she was the unknown woman - both victims of ISIS. More in my book 'I Brought The War With Me', published next month. penguin.co.uk/books/459046/i…

This is Fiona. My bestest friend of FORTY FIVE YEARS. We met at primary school in Newcastle when we were both 7yo. She is, without a doubt, the greatest thing to ever have happened in my life. We've never had a fall out. Not once. Fiona has been there for me through thick and

For Afghan women to follow: Parasto Hakim is a must. She has been running underground schools for girls and shared important commentary on the crisis of gender apartheid in Afghanistan:

Grimes says in the slammer "for waving an England flag outside a mosque" conveniently leaving out the guilty plea for "with plans to set it on fire" . Other accounts also misrepresenting the offence and sentence

Lancs Live: 'The Long Covid rates for every area of Lancashire revealed as North-South divide emerges' One in seven patients in some parts of Lancashire have Long Covid, with striking rate inequalities across the country. lancs.live/news/lancashir…

Cutting my London hedge used to leave me with choking throat and stinging eyes from the pollution particles trapped in it. Thanks to #ULEZ it’s fine now. I needed to wipe the washing line before pegging out. I don’t need to now. #War on drivers??? Nonsense.

The Taliban's Minister of Education says that girls' schools are likely to remain closed permanently. After the initial ban, there was hope they might reopen, but that hope is now gone. They lied. The Taliban haven’t changed and remain the same fanatics they were.

Kerry Kennedy: I am disgusted by my brother’s obscene embrace of Donald Trump. And I completely disavow and dissociate myself from Robert Kennedy Jr. and his flagrant efforts to desecrate my father's memory.

“It seems like each new infection could potentially be a new situation for the virus to potentially down-regulate the immune system & create a better environment for the reactivation of other dormant pathogens,” says Amy Proal, PhD bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Barbara Knox at Manchester Pride. Wow, what a moment

Speaking shortly on BBC World Service about the new restrictions on Afghan women announced by the Taliban.

It’s vital the patient voice is at the heart of all #LongCovid research. Thank you to the LOCOMOTIONstudy PAG for making sure that voice is heard! 🙏 If you’re planning/conducting #LongCovid research, book a slot with our Research Involvement Consultancy: longcovid.org/research/resea…

Isabel, out of a million punters 0.0038% have been arrested. 20% of Reform MPs have actually been to prison.

It's always hard telling our stories but Oonagh Cousins and I are v. grateful to Sophie Long & BBC Breakfast for the segment today - sharing our stories + #ThereForME campaign. + Expert interviews with Binita Kane and Dr Weir. We just hope Wes Streeting MP Andrew Gwynne MP were watching!

“#LongCovid has pushed around one million Americans out of the labor force, economists estimate. More than 5% of adults in the U.S. have #LongCovid… About 3.6 million people reported significantly modifying their activities because of the illness”