Evans The Crime
@evansthecrime.bsky.social
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Are there any other countries whose "patriotic" publications pay foreigners to write about what a hellhole they think their country is?
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Are there any other countries whose "patriotic" publications pay foreigners to write about what a hellhole they think their country is?
The best line you’ll read today ⬇️
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered ‘no’ when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
(Via BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered ‘no’ when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
(Via BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The best line you’ll read today ⬇️
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered ‘no’ when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
(Via BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered ‘no’ when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”
(Via BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
France is to introduce voluntary “national service" for 18 and 19-year-olds involving 10 months of paid (€800 / £700 a month) military training in response to growing fears of a confrontation with Russia.
(By Hugh Schofield for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(By Hugh Schofield for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
France brings back limited military service with 3,000 volunteers next year
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
France is to introduce voluntary “national service" for 18 and 19-year-olds involving 10 months of paid (€800 / £700 a month) military training in response to growing fears of a confrontation with Russia.
(By Hugh Schofield for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(By Hugh Schofield for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
The Welsh Gov has decided not to call-in the planning app for the Rhydycar West resort on the Alpe d’Merthyr, and to leave it for the council to determine. The plans include an indoor snow centre, a ski slope, a tropical waterpark, and hotels and woodland lodges
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
UK's longest ski slope and tropical waterpark set for Wales
The Rhydycar West resort is set for Merthyr Tydfil and will be home to the UK’s largest and longest indoor snow centre and the official training headquarters for the GB and Welsh national, Olympic and...
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Welsh Gov has decided not to call-in the planning app for the Rhydycar West resort on the Alpe d’Merthyr, and to leave it for the council to determine. The plans include an indoor snow centre, a ski slope, a tropical waterpark, and hotels and woodland lodges
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A large-scale cocaine dealer used his plastering business as "cover" to help launder the profits he was making, a court has heard. When police raided a Gorseinon self-storage unit being rented by David Davies they found four kilos of coke.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
He ran a business and owned a Rolex but his money wasn't coming from plastering
When police raided a self-storage unit rented by the plasterer they found four kilos of cocaine
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A large-scale cocaine dealer used his plastering business as "cover" to help launder the profits he was making, a court has heard. When police raided a Gorseinon self-storage unit being rented by David Davies they found four kilos of coke.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Lucy White advocates a ban on "non-natives" from office, citing Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel.
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
So she is referring to UK-born ethnic minority citizens. (Her argument would apply equally to Shabana Mahmood, Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and others)
Lucy White continues to be a GB News regular
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is one of the changes in the UK media landscape that should be more remarked on: the fact that being a very open, proud, outright racist is no longer a bar to being a pundit on some TV stations (in this case GBN and Talk TV).
Paul Doyle, the man who drove into football fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title, has admitted dangerous driving, affray, 17 counts of attempted GBH with intent, nine of GBH with intent, and three of wounding with intent (Via @liverpoolecho.co.uk)
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Paul Doyle pleads guilty - LIVE updates from court
Paul Doyle held his head down and sobbed as he changed his pleas to guilty at Liverpool Crown Court
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Paul Doyle, the man who drove into football fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title, has admitted dangerous driving, affray, 17 counts of attempted GBH with intent, nine of GBH with intent, and three of wounding with intent (Via @liverpoolecho.co.uk)
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
A man waved his penis around “in a clockwise circular motion” in Subway sandwich shop in Haverfordwest / Hwlffordd, a court has heard. Marc Innes then unleashed a torrent of racial and homophobic abuse at the police officer who arrested him.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Man waved his penis around in busy Subway
Staff alerted the store manager who asked Innes to pay for his food, but the defendant responded by exposing his penis and then shaking it around 'in a clockwise circular motion'
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A man waved his penis around “in a clockwise circular motion” in Subway sandwich shop in Haverfordwest / Hwlffordd, a court has heard. Marc Innes then unleashed a torrent of racial and homophobic abuse at the police officer who arrested him.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
My front page story for Tuesday’s South Wales Evening Post - A football club chairman sexually assaulted and exposed himself to a series of women in incidents around Swansea and in Merthyr and Carmarthenshire.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
My front page story for Tuesday’s South Wales Evening Post - A football club chairman sexually assaulted and exposed himself to a series of women in incidents around Swansea and in Merthyr and Carmarthenshire.
Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to effectively scrap jury trials, guaranteeing them only for defendants facing rape, murder, and manslaughter charges or cases where there is deemed to be a public interest. (By @bbcdomc.bsky.social & Anna Lamche for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Justice secretary wants most jury trials scrapped
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Justice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to effectively scrap jury trials, guaranteeing them only for defendants facing rape, murder, and manslaughter charges or cases where there is deemed to be a public interest. (By @bbcdomc.bsky.social & Anna Lamche for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The chief constable of South Wales Police has paid tribute to Swansea / Abertawe PC Rehaan Akhtar who died on a night out with friends in Bristol: “During his time with South Wales Police he served our communities with pride and professionalism”
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Man found dead after night out was 'greatly respected' police officer
Further tributes have been paid to 28-year-old Rehaan Akhtar
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The chief constable of South Wales Police has paid tribute to Swansea / Abertawe PC Rehaan Akhtar who died on a night out with friends in Bristol: “During his time with South Wales Police he served our communities with pride and professionalism”
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Shame on the BBC for this act of cowardice. It is only hastening its own demise.
“When institutions start censoring themselves because they are scared of those in power, that’s when we all need to pay attention”
“When institutions start censoring themselves because they are scared of those in power, that’s when we all need to pay attention”
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Shame on the BBC for this act of cowardice. It is only hastening its own demise.
“When institutions start censoring themselves because they are scared of those in power, that’s when we all need to pay attention”
“When institutions start censoring themselves because they are scared of those in power, that’s when we all need to pay attention”
A Dyfed-Powys Police CCTV operator used the force's network of cameras to monitor his partner's movements as part of a campaign of controlling and coercive behaviour, a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Police CCTV operator used cameras to spy on partner
A judge said the 'subtlety' of the way the defendant sought to control his partner was a product of a 'cunning plan', and described the behaviour as 'insidious'
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A Dyfed-Powys Police CCTV operator used the force's network of cameras to monitor his partner's movements as part of a campaign of controlling and coercive behaviour, a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A 21-year-old man who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion has become the first Ukrainian to win a sumo tournament in Japan. Danylo Yavhusishyn - aka Aonishiki Arata - is to be promoted to “ozeki”, the second highest sumo ranking.
(Via @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
(Via @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
Ukrainian refugee Danylo Yavhusishyn wows Japan to win his country’s first elite sumo title
The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A 21-year-old man who fled Ukraine after the Russian invasion has become the first Ukrainian to win a sumo tournament in Japan. Danylo Yavhusishyn - aka Aonishiki Arata - is to be promoted to “ozeki”, the second highest sumo ranking.
(Via @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
(Via @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n...
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
A 36-year-old inmate has died at HMP Swansea. The Prisons and Probation Ombusman is to investigate the circumstances of the death.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Prisoner dies at Welsh jail
A 36-year-old man died at HMP Swansea on Saturday
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A 36-year-old inmate has died at HMP Swansea. The Prisons and Probation Ombusman is to investigate the circumstances of the death.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Hope HMRC are investigating whether Gill evaded tax on the bribes he received.
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Hope HMRC are investigating whether Gill evaded tax on the bribes he received.
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
(Bribes are absolutely taxable income, but people tend not to declare them to HMRC...)
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A woman was seriously injured after falling from a window while trying to flee from immigration enforcement officers who were carrying out an “illegal working visit” at a takeaway in Llandysul. Police say inquiries into the incident are ongoing.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Woman seriously injured during raid on Welsh takeaway
The woman fell from a window during an 'illegal working visit' at a takeaway, the Home Office said
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A woman was seriously injured after falling from a window while trying to flee from immigration enforcement officers who were carrying out an “illegal working visit” at a takeaway in Llandysul. Police say inquiries into the incident are ongoing.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Meanwhile in that Missouri, a judge has resigned after being disciplined for wearing an Elvis wig in court and occasionally playing the singer's songs during proceedings. (By @nadineyousif.bsky.social for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US judge resigns after being disciplined for wearing Elvis wig in court
In court, Judge Thornhill would play the singer's music from his phone and make
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Meanwhile in that Missouri, a judge has resigned after being disciplined for wearing an Elvis wig in court and occasionally playing the singer's songs during proceedings. (By @nadineyousif.bsky.social for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My front page story for Friday’s South Wales Evening Post - A teacher at a Swansea / Abertawe comprehensive school was caught with thousands of child sexual abuse photos, and had spent a decade accessing website hosting such material.
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My front page story for Friday’s South Wales Evening Post - A teacher at a Swansea / Abertawe comprehensive school was caught with thousands of child sexual abuse photos, and had spent a decade accessing website hosting such material.