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Jasmine Andersson

@the-chez.bsky.social
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Senior news reporter for Yahoo News, covering the U.S. Sheffield dweller, accent enthusiast and unofficial Mr Blobby correspondent.

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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wait, so Alix Earle doesn't read? What her comment says about Gen Z's "literacy crisis." www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Wait, Alix Earle doesn't read? What her comment says about Gen Z's literacy crisis.
Concerns are rife that fewer young people are reading. Has the internet generation abandoned books?
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Well, this is a marmalade dropper
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/09/2026
Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump
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Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump
Ben Delo, who was convicted in 2022 for failure to apply anti-money laundering controls, is party’s second biggest donor Reform UK has been given a further £4m from the British crypto billionaire Ben Delo, with the party saying it is confident the formerly Hong Kong-based businessman will not be caught by the new overseas donor cap. Delo, who was convicted in the US in 2022 for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls in his cryptocurrency business before being pardoned by Donald Trump, has previously given £4m to Reform in January. Continue reading...
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Nick Harland @nickh18.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I'm writing an article about cuts to UK higher education and want to know what's happening on the ground. Are classes getting bigger? Contact hours reduced? Heating being switched off!? If you work at a UK university and might have something to contribute, please let me know!
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Yahoo News @yahoonews.com · 26/08/2026
A federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, struck down Texas's ban on drag shows, telling people offended by them "just don’t go."
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So many Dolly classics that everyone knows but especially liked her cover of What’s Up? with Linda Perry just a few years back.
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Dolly Parton - What's Up? ft. Linda Perry
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I am honestly thrilled
Jack White announces that his gig will be a phone free space
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nothing but respect for my friends' requests to rejoin their fantasy league teams, even though I forget to update them past week 3 of the season every single year
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Yahoo is hiring a senior writer for its newsletter. Experience or interest in tech is also desirable: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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Yahoo hiring Senior Writer (Newsletter) in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 4:49:26 PM. Yahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/08/2026
Planting the seeds? Teenagers from across global divide talk peace in Devon
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Planting the seeds? Teenagers from across global divide talk peace in Devon
UK hosts decades-old event for first time where many participants are from opposite sides of global disputes from Israel and Palestine, to India and Pakistan
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Why is Andrew Neil allowed to get a free hit on the BBC when he's so so partisan
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 16/07/2026
There’s a lot in this look at Dacre’s legacy though tbh the line that struck me was a throwaway at the end, asserting: “About 40% of the Telegraph’s disproportionately male, affluent and elderly readers now live abroad.”
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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 01/07/2026
Ben Cullen, a leading figure of the "Raise the Colours" campaign, will stand trial for three separate charges regarding a total of 78 indecent images of children. I have only seen this covered in local newspapers, so far. Grim as it is, it needs wider coverage www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2624087...
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 01/07/2026
Bayswater Support Group internally discuss torturing kids and preventing them from accessing ChildLine or rape crisis counselling www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024... www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
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‘One day they may thank us for that “abuse”’: Inside the Bayswater…
On Discord, parents discussed destroying their children’s belongings and blocking access to Childline to ‘stop’ them being trans
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Zoe Clarke @zoelclarke.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Have your say and help shape Sheffield’s bid for UK City of Culture in 2029 #Sheffield haveyoursay.sheffield.gov.uk/cityofcultur...
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City of Culture 2029 - Get involved!
Sheffield is a city of artists, makers and do-ers, with a cultural life that is shaped at a community level and powered by the people who live and work here. We now have the opportunity to develop our...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What in the draconian?! BBC News - Refugees will be told to repay £10,000 under new asylum rules - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Refugees will be told to repay £10,000 under new asylum rules
Ministers will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws.
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Andy Burnham confirms he's creating a "Number 10 North", based in Manchester, which will focus on devolving power across the country and driving growth locally. It'll be "the nerve-centre of a rewired Britain", he claims.
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aldtu.bsky.social @aldtu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs buff.ly/kFZZ1ww Fresh concerns are raised about a long-term toxic culture within DWP, which successive governments have been unwilling or unable to address @marisharay.bsky.social @johnpring.bsky.social
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DWP director general made ‘joke’ mocking disability equality as he waited to give evidence to MPs
A senior figure in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) loudly “joked” about disability equality and reasonable adjustments as he waited to give evidence to a committee of MPs, Disability New…
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Social Security can withhold retirement benefits from workers. Experts say many misunderstand the rule. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Social Security can withhold retirement benefits from workers. Experts say many misunderstand the rule.
If you claim Social Security early and keep working, the government may hold back some checks while you're under full retirement age.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I've spent years working towards a ban on conversion practices, hoping to see a bill published. Today, I just feel so profoundly sad. As many others have noted, the draft has a carve out for "healthcare" so broad it makes a mockery of the idea this is a 'ban'. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Conversion practices draft bill
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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I have to say, it's making me feel a little insane hearing commentators say Ed Miliband shouldn't be chancellor because of his "ideological zeal" for Net Zero, in a week where temperatures are so extreme that my kids are being sent home early every day and it's regularly 30 degrees inside my house
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Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW: The govt has finally published a draft bill banning ‘conversion therapy’. It’s 8 years since Theresa May first promised a ban, following investigations by @itvnews. But there will be intense debate about how it applies to trans people and religious practices.
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Partey should have been nowhere near a football pitch. Playing him is an insult to survivors everywhere.
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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Very hot take: travelling on trains in this weather is disgusting
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Nick Harland @nickh18.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Recently wrote a piece for QS Insights Magazine about the phenomenon of classflation at British universities. I explored how growing class sizes are placing increasing pressure on faculty, cheapening the student experience and potentially impacting grades. magazine.qs.com/qs-insights-...
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British classrooms keep growing - QS Insights Magazine 42
The traditional promise of a university degree as a pathway to stable employment is increasingly under strain. Universities now face the challenge of aligning academic education with evolving labour m...
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ziggy being perfect amongst roses
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/06/2026
As Scotland fans descend on Boston for the country's first World Cup appearance in over 25 years, their beer consumption may be contributing to dry taps in the city, according to local bar owners.
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Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Amnesty exposed years of anti-trans reporting at four UK newspapers. They ignored it. New by me for @tbij.bsky.social
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UK newspapers ignore Amnesty International research on anti-trans bias
Research by human rights group identifies nearly 17,000 articles on trans-related topics in just five years
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The average terror suspect arrested in England and Wales is now a white woman in her 50s as a result of the Palestine Action ban Almost 2,800 arrests were made for supporting the group in 6 months - surpassing the number of terror suspects detained in the previous decade inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Palestine Action terror ban remains in place after Home Office wins appeal
Government's decision to proscribe group 'struck a fair balance', Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr tells Court of Appeal
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
RIP the magnificent David Hockney. I love this clip on how he'd take on art students who mocked his Bradford brogue. “Well, I’d look at their creations and think, if I produced work like that, I’d keep quiet”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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David Hockney: People would mock my accent
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My beat has changed in recent weeks: I'm now reporting on Social Security for Yahoo in the U.S. Today, we're reporting on new projections showing the trust fund that helps pay Social Security retirement benefits could exhaust its reserves in late 2032: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Social Security retirees could face a 22% benefit cut under new projections
Trustees pointed to several factors behind the earlier depletion date.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This is the DUP politician Radio 4 interviewed this morning and has on repeat on news bulletins. No wonder we are where we are
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
@lner.co.uk please can we have some more information on what is happening with your 6.18 service from Doncaster to London?
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
!Japan! Ft @nickh18.bsky.social's best Godzilla impression
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Wild to see 95% of bags getting flagged at security thanks to a @manchesterairport.bsky.social AI glitch, creating huge queues. A prime example of an all too hasty adoption of AI
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Julia Cameron knew
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
One of the largest drops in nhs waiting lists on record, which no one will now hear about. Opportunity cost from all the leadership turmoil www.england.nhs.uk/2026/05/heal...
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NHS England » “Huge moment” as the health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop
NHS England » “Huge moment” as the health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 13/05/2026
Must we keep holding our politicians to such impossible standards?
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We are not a serious country
The state opening began on Wednesday when the royal bodyguards, known as the Yeoman of the Guard, conducted a ceremonial search of the cellars of the Palace of Westminster for explosives.

This commemorates the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of English Catholics failed to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant king.

An MP was also ceremonially taken "hostage" in Buckingham Palace while the King attends Parliament. This is designed to ensure the monarch's safe return.

A government whip known as the vice-chamberlain of the household traditionally performs this task and Labour MP Sir Nic Dakin, who is currently in the position, posted on X that he was "off to the palace to be the hostage".
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is so welcome! PMOS is a nightmare and is increasingly hard to control as you age. I hope the revised focus on it being a lifelong, metabolic condition means it is taken a lot more seriously www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women
Decades-long campaign powered by patient perspectives results in switch from PCOS – a name that caused confusion and undue suffering – to PMOS
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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Missed it was the 20th anniversary of the Guy Goma interview. We are all, at various points in our lives, this person.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Important data point here: “A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance”. The Greens have already hurt Labour even before any direct gains.
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My instagram account has been hacked, and all of my details changed by my hacker. Needless to say, I'm absolutely gutted. If you or anyone you know has been through this and managed to restore their photos and friends, please do drop me a message. #instagram #hacked
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Shabana Mahmood’s special advisor threatened us with an injunction and two different lawsuits last night in an attempt to block this story linking her to a notorious vote rigging case. I think it’s strongly in the public interest. So here it is. www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/exclusive-sh...
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Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood’s postal ballot was investigated in a 2004 vote-rigging scandal in Birmingham
The future home secretary submitted two postal ballot documents with very different signatures
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Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Shortly after tipping a muddy herb garden onto the cream carpet in pursuit of a fly
A sleepy harlequin cat called Ziggy zens out in the sun even know he has committed untold damage to my cream carpet
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Disabled people in the U.K. are facing harassment from the public for using a Blue Badge. Many said they have been verbally abused for “faking”, with some being filmed on phones, physically intimidated, or having their mobility aid pulled away. My exclusive: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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‘People assume we’re grifters’: disabled Britons report rise in abuse over blue badges
Badge holders and carers report being harassed, filmed and threatened by strangers who think they are faking disability
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
There's no debate which is improved by the intervention of Tony Blair. This is ableism. It frames anxiety, depression and ADHD as things people just need to get on with, with no acknowledgement of how damaging that attitude is, or how hard it can be to be recognised and diagnosed in the first place.
Block people with anxiety and ADHD from claiming benefits, says Tony Blair

Claimants should have to support claims with medical evidence, says think tank


Szu Ping Chan

Economics Editor

Szu Ping Chan is The Telegraph's Economics Editor.


Published 28 April 2026 6:00am BST

Sir Tony Blair has called for a block on people with anxiety, depression and ADHD from claiming benefits, highlighting a growing rift within Labour over welfare reform.
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Samir Jeraj @sajeraj.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
140 children have died in temporary accommodation since 2019. Most of these deaths are never subject to a full and public investigation. I tried to tell the stories of 20 children who were homeless when they died: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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How homeless children die
The number of under-18s dying while in temporary accommodation is rising. This is a political choice
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