@anniebannister.bsky.social
Lives in Leicestershire, UK. Two (adult) kids, one with very complex needs. Access Consultant for arts and sports. Teacher of fabulous students.
Loves theatre, cinema, gardening, books, cooking.
Loves theatre, cinema, gardening, books, cooking.
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Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
Bless The Muslim Man Who Disarmed a Terrorist Shooter in Australia
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
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After years of being curious about my lineage, I finally received my ancestry results. Apparently I'm 12% Scottish Highlands cottage, 16% used bookstore, 9% October, 13% cat rescue, 11% rainswept cobblestone side street, 7% dimly-lit café in Prague, 17% scone, and 15% Oxford comma.
December 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
After years of being curious about my lineage, I finally received my ancestry results. Apparently I'm 12% Scottish Highlands cottage, 16% used bookstore, 9% October, 13% cat rescue, 11% rainswept cobblestone side street, 7% dimly-lit café in Prague, 17% scone, and 15% Oxford comma.
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🚨 Muslim Migrant Hero risked his life to disarm a gunman murdering people at Bondi Beach, and undoubtedly saved lives 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🚨 Muslim Migrant Hero risked his life to disarm a gunman murdering people at Bondi Beach, and undoubtedly saved lives 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
A headline Far Right anti migrant, Islamophobe Racists will choke on so please repost to share 🙏🏼👍🏼
Bloody Hell! @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social is an absolute disgrace. Our train - 5 carriages down from 10 - is dangerously overcrowded.
Who cares about a New Timetable? Sort the current system out first.
Who cares about a New Timetable? Sort the current system out first.
December 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Bloody Hell! @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social is an absolute disgrace. Our train - 5 carriages down from 10 - is dangerously overcrowded.
Who cares about a New Timetable? Sort the current system out first.
Who cares about a New Timetable? Sort the current system out first.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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It’s the #Strictly semi-final at 6.35pm on BBC1! My liveblog is up and running, so please come and join me for flicking, kicking and frankly fab-u-lous build-up #scd #StrictlyComeDancing www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Strictly Come Dancing: the semi-final – live
The end is nigh as the ballroom extravaganza reaches its penultimate weekend. Expect songs from Michael Bublé, RAYE and Gloria Estefan as things get serious with our semi-finalists tackling two routin...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s the #Strictly semi-final at 6.35pm on BBC1! My liveblog is up and running, so please come and join me for flicking, kicking and frankly fab-u-lous build-up #scd #StrictlyComeDancing www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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I HAD TO RESEARCH THIS AND READ IT THREE TIMES. I CANNOT BELIEVE I LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOES THIS. I AM SO ASHAMED.
“The device was a special type that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had mandated the woman wear at all times, allowing the agency to track her”
“The device was a special type that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had mandated the woman wear at all times, allowing the agency to track her”
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I HAD TO RESEARCH THIS AND READ IT THREE TIMES. I CANNOT BELIEVE I LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT DOES THIS. I AM SO ASHAMED.
“The device was a special type that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had mandated the woman wear at all times, allowing the agency to track her”
“The device was a special type that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had mandated the woman wear at all times, allowing the agency to track her”
So excited for the local #RelaxedPerformance of Panto coming up. Dick Whittington at De Montfort Hall on 30th Dec at 1pm & Cinderella at Loughborough Town Hall on 2nd Jan at 5.30pm.
A more laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, chill out areas, Social Stories provided beforehand & trained staff.
A more laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, chill out areas, Social Stories provided beforehand & trained staff.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
So excited for the local #RelaxedPerformance of Panto coming up. Dick Whittington at De Montfort Hall on 30th Dec at 1pm & Cinderella at Loughborough Town Hall on 2nd Jan at 5.30pm.
A more laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, chill out areas, Social Stories provided beforehand & trained staff.
A more laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, chill out areas, Social Stories provided beforehand & trained staff.
Friend has just sent me her 3yo daughter's first school report. She's in the nursery class of a very academic private school. It's a good report (although a whole page of A4 for a 3yo!) but says stuff like she does most parallel play - not fully socialised - & has had 'accidents' on 2 occasions &...
December 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Friend has just sent me her 3yo daughter's first school report. She's in the nursery class of a very academic private school. It's a good report (although a whole page of A4 for a 3yo!) but says stuff like she does most parallel play - not fully socialised - & has had 'accidents' on 2 occasions &...
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FFS! Are there any flu jabs left anywhere in UK?! Have tried four pharmacies now, trying to get one for Fe. All have run out!
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
FFS! Are there any flu jabs left anywhere in UK?! Have tried four pharmacies now, trying to get one for Fe. All have run out!
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Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
@manclaw.bsky.social How's Island life?! Did the storm damage anything or did it blow itself out?
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
@manclaw.bsky.social How's Island life?! Did the storm damage anything or did it blow itself out?
Does anyone have any experience of long-haul stopovers in Beijing? Son & friends are flying to Tokyo on Boxing Day. Had a 12-hr-ish stopover in Beijing. Beijing-Tokyo flight now altered by airline, leaving a 24hr stopover. Possibility that that means he'll need a visa?? Does that sound likely?
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Does anyone have any experience of long-haul stopovers in Beijing? Son & friends are flying to Tokyo on Boxing Day. Had a 12-hr-ish stopover in Beijing. Beijing-Tokyo flight now altered by airline, leaving a 24hr stopover. Possibility that that means he'll need a visa?? Does that sound likely?
Also (same project), why would you hire an Access Consultant & then ignore 90% of what they (I!) say?
#FrustratedAndConfusedOfLeicestershire
#FrustratedAndConfusedOfLeicestershire
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Also (same project), why would you hire an Access Consultant & then ignore 90% of what they (I!) say?
#FrustratedAndConfusedOfLeicestershire
#FrustratedAndConfusedOfLeicestershire
Why would you call a 2hr meeting to give comments & recommendations on a Strategy Document that was circulated a week ago for comments to be emailed in?
December 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why would you call a 2hr meeting to give comments & recommendations on a Strategy Document that was circulated a week ago for comments to be emailed in?
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I don’t want Lawrence the Racist to die. I want him to live long enough to make a *grovelling* apology for his racism to the two women of colour who saved his life in the waiting room
#thearchers
#thearchers
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I don’t want Lawrence the Racist to die. I want him to live long enough to make a *grovelling* apology for his racism to the two women of colour who saved his life in the waiting room
#thearchers
#thearchers
At @curveleicester.bsky.social for a cheeky ##TheSoundOfMusic matinee. Other people do Cheeky Nandos. I do Cheeky Matinées, particularly when it's two weeks until Christmas & I am stressed & knackered to buggery!
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
At @curveleicester.bsky.social for a cheeky ##TheSoundOfMusic matinee. Other people do Cheeky Nandos. I do Cheeky Matinées, particularly when it's two weeks until Christmas & I am stressed & knackered to buggery!
Just three weeks to go until the #RelaxedPerformance of Cinderella at Loughborough Town Hall. 2nd Jan. 5.30pm.
A laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, trained staff, chill out spaces & a Social Story sent out ahead of time.
Carers go free.
A laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, trained staff, chill out spaces & a Social Story sent out ahead of time.
Carers go free.
December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just three weeks to go until the #RelaxedPerformance of Cinderella at Loughborough Town Hall. 2nd Jan. 5.30pm.
A laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, trained staff, chill out spaces & a Social Story sent out ahead of time.
Carers go free.
A laid back atmosphere, no bangs or flashes, trained staff, chill out spaces & a Social Story sent out ahead of time.
Carers go free.
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Happy to say the #audiobook of my debut novel #thedogwalkersdetectiveagency has been selected for an Apple Audio promotion, Winter Listens. For the month of December, it’s available for a special reduced price of £4.99. Your perfect pre-festive canine cosy crime fix! books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...
December 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Happy to say the #audiobook of my debut novel #thedogwalkersdetectiveagency has been selected for an Apple Audio promotion, Winter Listens. For the month of December, it’s available for a special reduced price of £4.99. Your perfect pre-festive canine cosy crime fix! books.apple.com/gb/book/the-...
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As well as cycle lanes we also need phone lanes. For those walking slowly on the pavement looking at their phones, so they don't get in the way of normal people who are shopping or going to work or the pub.
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
As well as cycle lanes we also need phone lanes. For those walking slowly on the pavement looking at their phones, so they don't get in the way of normal people who are shopping or going to work or the pub.
Gotta love a day which starts with feeling sick with tiredness, then Tom's taxi being 20mins late, all while negotiating an 8.30am meeting & planning 2 more meetings - next one starts in 10mins time.
Still, managed that plus have a load of washing in, have wrapped 5 pressies & cleaned the bathroom
Still, managed that plus have a load of washing in, have wrapped 5 pressies & cleaned the bathroom
December 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Gotta love a day which starts with feeling sick with tiredness, then Tom's taxi being 20mins late, all while negotiating an 8.30am meeting & planning 2 more meetings - next one starts in 10mins time.
Still, managed that plus have a load of washing in, have wrapped 5 pressies & cleaned the bathroom
Still, managed that plus have a load of washing in, have wrapped 5 pressies & cleaned the bathroom
I used to be a Crisis volunteer. It was, indeed, a massive logistical undertaking. It was also where I learned to roll ciggies - decades before vapes, hundreds per day were handed out, rolled in our down time!
Ever wondered what it takes to put on Crisis at Christmas?
This year, we’re preparing to support over 5,500 people experiencing homelessness and we couldn’t do it without you. If you’re able, please give what you can today: https://bit.ly/4iSBFtd
This year, we’re preparing to support over 5,500 people experiencing homelessness and we couldn’t do it without you. If you’re able, please give what you can today: https://bit.ly/4iSBFtd
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I used to be a Crisis volunteer. It was, indeed, a massive logistical undertaking. It was also where I learned to roll ciggies - decades before vapes, hundreds per day were handed out, rolled in our down time!
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Lawrence and The Telegraph readership will be apoplectic about a black person and her child in Ambridge along with the Malik family and the vicar with a brown wife , facilitating a Muslim place of worship. 😱😱😱🙄 #TheArchers
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Lawrence and The Telegraph readership will be apoplectic about a black person and her child in Ambridge along with the Malik family and the vicar with a brown wife , facilitating a Muslim place of worship. 😱😱😱🙄 #TheArchers