I heard that it wasn’t great for the inhabitants of ponds to break ice - better to leave something floating to keep a bit of open water if you can. Some advice here www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/gardenponds in the ‘seasonal issues’ section

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.