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David Oliver

@mancunianmedic.bsky.social
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NHS Acute Hosp Dr 37 y. GER/GIM. Ex DH Nat Clin Dir. Lapsed Academic. Policy Think Tanker. Ex BGS/RCP Pres/VP Med Journalism. Byline: @BMJ_latest. Columns: health press newspapers. @mjauk Manc-in-South. MCFC. Craic, Schlock, Sharing, Learning, Friends

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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 7h
“Students go to the pub” is hardly news, yet here we are.
thecourier.co.uk
What six stylish St Andrews students wore to new Wetherspoons
There were styles inspired by the Duke of Windsor and a student's grandfather, plus vintage and Harvard-inspired looks.
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 6h
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theguardian.com
Not since 9/11 has the UK faced such a security crisis – and threat to our liberal principles | Gaby Hinsliff
The combination of Iranian, Russian and Chinese aggression is deeply worrying: just how much more concerned about security should the country be?, asks Guardian columnist Gaby hinsliff
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KS_1968 @karenroberts.bsky.social · 12h
www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Artificial tongue helps doctor speak clearly
The prosthetic is believed to be the first bespoke artificial tongue fitted by the NHS.
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 11h
A bull shark swam through this evening’s sunset rainbow parrotfish chill out sesh 🐂🦈🌈🦜🐟🪸🌇 #rainbowparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #bullshark #sharksofcoralcity #coralcitycamera
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 9h
View from the kitchen window of a Maryhill tenement, Glasgow, 1970, photo by Nick Hedges.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 12h
Dad is FUMMIN after his daughter does a good turn at school but is punished for breaking the ’No phones’ rule.
kentonline.co.uk
‘She was just trying to help’: Dad defends daughter suspended for having phone
A father has challenged his daughter’s ten day suspension after her phone fell from her blazer as she helped a pupil having a seizure.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18h
Bar Scene, Spennymoor, County Durham, painting by Norman Cornish, 1919-2014 (Durham County Council).
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18h
Manchester, 1961, photo by Shirley Baker.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 16h
Oldiewonk vs ParkingBastard™️ no. 17,375,099: Ends pretty much as you’d expect.
pressandjournal.co.uk
Inverness driver furious after debt collectors chase fine she didn't know she owed from city centre car park
Martha Barnes, 77, was fined £170 after overstaying at the Strothers Lane car park, which could have been reduced to £60 if she had been told she owed it.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 15h
The Further Adventures of Sir Bob Russell, High Steward of Colchester: Sir Bob is very much in favour of opening a barrier at the football ground which is stopping people from getting to the football ground. Why people would want to watch Colchester United is another matter.
gazette-news.co.uk
Colchester United barrier lift proposed for NEXT WEEK'S full council meeting
A motion will be proposed at a full council meeting, next week, to introduce a six-game trial to lift the barrier following Colchester United home matches.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 15h
So much going on here, but our takeaway is the advice from locals that Newark just smells of poo.
newarkadvertiser.co.uk
Mother says she will move away from Newark due to ‘psychologically distressing’ smell of rotten eggs
A disappointed resident claims she is being “pushed out” of her home due to a lack of action over “strong, intense and nauseating smells”.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 15h
“Got any Dibnahs? Sorted!”
yorkmix.com
Woman selling drugs at steam traction rally hit victim with a chair, say witnesses
 
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 15h
Peaky Blinders cap. That is all. www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2661702...
Second homes tax sent for scrutiny after councillors demand more evidence

Man with a dog. He is wearing a peaky blinders cap.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 13h
Things which are not like climbing Ben Nevis while doing jazz hands: This admittedly shoddy pavement repair.
worcesternews.co.uk
'It’s like climbing Ben Nevis on the way to the park' - Residents slam 1ft high bump
Locals on Park Avenue in Claines, Worcester, joked that their daily walks now feel like climbing Ben Nevis.
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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 16h
Its publication day for my winter murder mystery, DEATH ON HOLLY ISLAND (Century) Behold this gorgeous video, and find it at @waterstones.bsky.social,Tesco, and all good indies. Available on Kindle, in paperback and on audio, read by the brilliant Alison O'Donnell (Tosh in Shetland!) Enjoy...❄️🗡️📚🎄❤️
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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 16h
Also as its publication day for Death on Holly Island and I'm fundamentally benign, if anyone has questions about novel writing/publishing, ask away!
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The BMJ @bmj.com · 16h
#BMJInvestigation finds that NHS labs are failing to share data that are vital for the diagnosis and care of rare diseases. Experts and families say this could be prolonging uncertainty and delaying treatment
bmj.com
Rare diseases: NHS labs fail to share data vital for diagnosis and care, BMJ finds
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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 17h
Is meaningful progress on waiting lists happening? Our new analysis projects that if recent referral and removal trends continue and there are no future changes in policy, 92% of waits will be within 34.9 weeks by July 2029, almost twice the 18-week standard. Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/4B0JntV
Line graph showing actual and projected maximum waiting times for patient journeys from 2024 to 2029, with the 18-week waiting time target indicated. The target will not be met if projections based on current growth continue.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 15h
🔴 NEW Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
bylinetimes.com
Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 14h
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’ The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Jason Arday and the Story Behind the Story of the Times’ ‘Impossible Data’
The newspaper of record failed to distinguish between corrections and retractions in the work of the late Cambridge University academic, fuelling the media firestorm that engulfed him.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 19h
Latest approval ratings for party leaders. I thought populists were meant to be popular..?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 18h
Zia is right - Robert Jenrick should never again be allowed anywhere near power.
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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 18h
I thought Throuple was a quaint village in Suffolk Bunty and I visited on a weekend break back in 2021. This Great British Bake Off programme has become a viper’s nest of filth and pornography.😡
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 20h
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on Conservative conference: struggling to break out of the comfort zone | Editorial
Editorial: Kemi Badenoch’s personal brand is not strong enough to revive a party that so thoroughly lost the trust of the British people
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 20h
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theguardian.com
The Guardian view on the US midterms: the cost of living is on the ballot, but this is about democracy too | Editorial
Editorial: Donald Trump’s unpopularity and the economic struggles of voters have boosted Democrats. But with less than a month to go, there is no complacency
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Badenoch made the best of it – but the Tories still have a mountain to climb before any hope of No 10 | Henry Hill
Conference announcements on inheritance tax and childcare boosted the party’s mood, but the task is still holding off Reform, rather than any realistic bid for power, says the political editor of the ...
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The Greens may yet win in Holborn and St Pancras – but what happened to the party set to ‘replace’ Labour? | Andy Beckett
On the eve of the byelection, Polanski’s pledge is to keep the government ‘in check’. It may not be enough to stop a drift back to the political margins, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I've been told the "freelance pie advisor" is a famous chef who wrote a book about pies. I did not know. I also learned that he models for a friend's clothing store, Anglo Italian in London.
Calum Franklin wearing a navy double-breasted overcoat with a gray single-breasted suit, a light blue shirt, and a navy spotted tie. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.Calum Franklin wearing a navy track pullover, gray hoodie, and blue washed jeans. He's with a dog. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.Calum Franklin wearing an olive waxed field coat, with charcoal flannel trousers and a brown sport coat. He's holding a bag. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.Calum Franklin wearing a gray suit, stripe blue shirt, and striped blue tie. He's holding a gray cat. The clothes are from the British clothing store Anglo Italian.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Things in Popeye, a Japanese menswear magazine: — Interview with a "freelance pie advisor" who claims to have tried every pie in London. He names the city's top three pies. — Recurring column from writer who updates everyone on his cats for some reason. — Feature on Parisian grandfather style.
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F.L. Everett @fliceverett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Look, I tried to do a piece to camera to promote my new crime novel which is out tomorrow. I just looked unbelievably anxious and for some reason, was talking like Theresa May. So instead, I am allowing my dog Ellroy to promote it for me. He's very engaged, as you can see. #DeathonHollyIsland
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quite easily a top 3 day in CCC history! We have Blue Planet in the backyard here in Miami and we should be proud of it 🪸🌇 #mullet #mulletrun #jackcrevalle #marriageofheavenandhell #coralcitycamera
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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
POV ur inside a baitball of mullet. A lot of Coralheads didn’t get much work done yesterday, mesmerized by the mullet run that blotted out the sun and turned Coral City into a marriage of heaven and hell for predators and prey 🪸🐠👀
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Longsight, Manchester, 1969, photo by Stephen Dowle.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, centre, in Manchester, January 1913.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Teenage life, Lancashire, 1957, photo by Bert Hardy.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Did a Scottish film 'beat Hollywood to the punch' as the first ever talkie? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Was Scottish film Till the Bell Rings the first ever 'talkie'?
In 1927, The Jazz Singer made movie history with the first recorded dialogue on film - but new evidence suggests the first feature talking film was Scottish.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Collecting the turf, Clogher, County Tyrone, Ireland, early 20th century, photo by Rose Shaw.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Children head to school up Bengel Street, Low Hill, Liverpool c.1939 (Mirrorix/Liverpool Echo).
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My bit for @bmj_latest this week David Oliver: Thirlwall has highlighted that NHS managers still face no statutory, regulated duty of candour and transparency www.bmj.com/content/395/...
bmj.com
David Oliver: Thirlwall has highlighted that NHS managers still face no statutory, regulated duty of candour and transparency
Last month the final report of the Thirlwall inquiry was published.1 The inquiry investigated the events at the Countess of Chester Hospital that surrounded the arrest and subsequent conviction of pae...
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Typical Jersey. It had only popped along to talk to the council about its plans to build a bungalow behind the water treatment plant.
jerseyeveningpost.com
Residents air frustrations over sewage tank at public meeting - Jersey Evening Post
A MINISTER has pledged to seek to improve communication with residents after around 100 people attended a public meeting in St Peter to express ongoing frustrations over a giant sewage storage tank in...
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Perhaps these uneducated yobs were trying to get into the library to access the lovely free education inside. On second thoughts ha ha god no.
dailyecho.co.uk
'Uneducated yobs' smash community library windows
Shirley library windows smashed on September 28, with a precinct canopy also damaged. Police appeal for witnesses, citing crime reference 44260477065.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Change a single letter, and suddenly it’s the musical version of @stephenking.bsky.social’s Christine 🎵 The car came back the very next day The car came back, they thought he was a goner 🎶
Kenilworth Nub News: Abandoned car removed from Kenilworth road after nearly three months!

Yet, there it is, still there. An aging Arnie Cunningham (pictured) looks vexed.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“We were in Helsinki on a stag night, and were both simultaneously caught short - the full turtle’s head and everything. Luckily, Ruslan here had his lock pick on him, and we almost made it to the toilet in time. An innocent stag night, that is all that happened.” metro.co.uk/2026/10/06/p...
Metro: Putin's new intimidation tactic:
Sending agents to 'poo' in homes of Finnish MPs.The two Russian spies who killed an innocent woman in Wiltshire. What a pair of hideous shitheels.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That caravan is very cursed indeed. I’ve never seen a caravan more cursed, and I’ve seen LOADS.
theboltonnews.co.uk
Caravan linked to year-long row relocates to nearby street
Farnworth caravan removed from Regent Walk car park appears on Valdene Drive, prompting residents’ safety concerns. Bolton Council is monitoring the area.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Old man in hi-vis on bike says he doesn’t like the new mural under the A1.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Residents of small English village slam 'child-like' £47,000 mural underneath A1
Bassetlaw District Council spent nearly double their budget on the mural
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The full Sheffield Star. Deleted from their website, but 4eva in are harts.
Sheffield Star: Three furious neighbours point at grass clippings.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Furious that this guy didn’t grab a couple of neighbours and go the full Sheffield Star on the grass cuttings (see comments). Very poor show.
thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
Resident hits out as council mowers leave estate 'messy'
A Kendal man says he is forced to clear up after council grass cutters.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meanwhile in Germany 🇩🇪, a puma has been spotted near Munich airport “despite there being no circus nearby” Ja, es ist eine Katze.
sueddeutsche.de
Nahe dem Flughafen München: Polizei sucht mit Hubschrauber und Drohnen nach mutmaßlich freilaufendem Puma
Die Raubkatze soll in der Nähe des Airports gesichtet worden sein. Das Landratsamt Erding warnt, Kinder unbeaufsichtigt spielen zu lassen.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Like I said, Andrew Tate is "an important voice for young men". Oh, and a pedo nonce.
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