Mark Hutchings

Trump confusing Greenland with Iceland.
Time for Ireland to be on high alert.

I’ve sort of forgotten. Was the original thinking that’s how it would have looked but then the 4th Marquis thought it looked top heavy?

It has the original extra tier that was later removed.

I find the constant “resetting the scene” in a built podcast series unbearable. Mind-numbingly repetitive.

Bumped into a senior Welsh Labour politician earlier who was severely alarmed at the UK Government’s new refugee strategy.

Not sure North Macedonia will be quaking in their boots after that. #wales #cymru

Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.

Delighted that we’ve been nominated for a Cardiff cycling award. (Category 6, since you ask). It’s a public vote (not sure if you asked that). Voting is open til the end of the month.
For anyone asking, the link is below…

cardiffcyclecity.org/2025/11/09/t...

Some achievement by the BBC to make Trump’s words worse than they actually were.

A note to those politicians who were demanding swift details about the suspects in the Huntingdon attack.
As it transpired, one was completely innocent and has been released. Luckily his identity was protected before social media could trash his reputation.

I’m not a particular fan of canal boating but the series Great Canal Journeys with Timothy West and Prunella Scales was a wonderful celebration of partnership and how dementia doesn’t have to confine you to the sidelines of life.

Why is the news media playing to Trump’s vanity by headlining whether or how he might run for a third term?

Poor show from Llyr Powell, the Reform candidate, in not make a concession speech in Caerphilly last night - even if he didn’t have one ready written.

I’m not at the Caerphilly count - and nor is Nigel Farage. The latter part is definitely more significant.

It’s looking like a Plaid victory - even possibly by a comfortable margin.

Would be a huge victory for Plaid.
Big blow to Reform.
And Labour with much to put right.

I think if this was someone representing the south of England and, with it, a more recognisable name, it would have had lots more coverage. Even more so if he’d been Labour.

Not the most diverse of stages in the BBC Wales Caerphilly candidates hustings. Reform’s Llyr Powell rather dominating proceedings - albeit sounding stroppy.

Agreed. They should include it in the headline.

A grim end to a grim life. His was the most sickening court case I covered in 40 years of news reporting.

England outclassing Wales. The only thing worse than the Welsh performance is ITV’s England-centric commentary.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

There’s Toytown stuff about painkillers and autism - and then’s the experts and science.

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The media forced (?) to dance to Nigel Farage’s news management tune again.

Turns out, we weren’t the only tour in town. The farewell ride for Cardiff cycling legend Geraint Thomas.
We’re always on the lookout for guides with local knowledge, bike know-how and time on their hands.
#justsaying
#tourofbritain

I imagine Reform will be relieved to get a bit of media coverage at last today.

Wow. Farage doesn’t get much of this back in the UK.

Cardiff man jailed for sexually assaulting girls aged 11 and 15 Alex Dale, 32, from Cardiff, attacked the girls in incidents that were only two days apart.

Man from Cardiff convicted of sexual abuse. I wonder what it is about this case that hasn’t prompted alarm from politicians….

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‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel asylum seekers facing limbo after court ruling Hardening public attitudes and far-right aggression have left Bell hotel’s inhabitants fearful despite hopes of integrating An asylum seeker staying at a hotel that has been the flashpoint for anti-migrant protests has described being called a “scumbag” and treated like a criminal by local people. Dozens of residents of Epping’s Bell hotel face an uncertain future after a court ruled on Tuesday that it cannot be used to house asylum seekers because of a breach of planning rules. Continue reading...

‘We’re seen as criminals’: Epping hotel asylum seekers facing limbo after court ruling

Senedd flags at half-mast following the awful news of the sudden death of MS Hefin David.

Met a British guy today who now lives in Spain and was back home for the first time in a while. Said he was shocked and saddened by the amount of racism being publicly aired in the UK - in marked contrast to what he remembered.

“My daughter’s under 12s could have taken better pens than that.”
A bad day for the misogynists.

Watching Destination X is like being on a slightly tedious bus trip, where you’re longing for a break at Leigh Delamere services.