As we head towards the end of September #SuicidePreventionMonth is seems a good time to remind people about my 2 Ultra Challenge walks in 2027 for the fantastic charity @Legend_on_Bench that hopes to install hundreds of benches around the country in open spaces and recreation

Arise Sir Kev. Sir Kevin Sinfield has officially received his knighthood from Prince William in a ceremony at Windsor Castle. He was recognised for his career in rugby league and raising more than £13m for charities tackling motor neurone disease bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckg4xn…

This day on 6th October 1985, Pc Keith Blakelock was stabbed over 90 times and murdered by a rioting mob on the Broadwater Farm Estate in Tottenham. Many other officers were seriously injured. He had been a school teacher, but decided that he could help the community more by being a police officer. I joined the Met from the Royal Navy in October 1980. Keith was on a parallel recruit's course to me at Hendon in North London. Within three months of leaving Hendon, I was attending a riot in Brixton and faced extremely violent mobs. The day after Keith's murder, I started my posting from Detective Training School as a new Detective Constable at West Ham C.I.D. It was a Monday, and news in those days traveled slowly. Only later that morning, did I hear about his murder and the horrific circumstances. It was rumoured that had the rioting continued another day, that rioters would have been thrown off the balconies on the Broadwater Farm Estate to their death by enraged police officers. There was a Met wide appeal to the public that day for all knives and similar weapons to be handed in at local police stations for forensic comparisons. A large number were handed in at West Ham by the local residents. Four years after the murder, I was posted to Tottenham police station as a new Detective Sergeant. My welcome pack included an introduction to the Broadwater Farm. It's primary recommendation was to ensure I had had an escape route in case things went wrong. In 1998, I was to return there as a Detective Inspector after spending eight years on the Counter Terrorist Command. Many years ago, there was a framed photograph of Keith on the wall in the canteen at Hornsey police station where he was first posted. R.I.P. Keith. I really hope that one day Justice will triumph and your murderers will be found and convicted.🙏

Lenny Henry has accepted an apology from Only Fools and Horses creators and the BBC on behalf of UK residents as bosses admit there was not enough diversity in the show and say sorry for a lack of female, black and gay character

Top flight goals since this tweet: Harry Kane - 291 West Ham - 276

Remembering PC Keith Blakelock, of the Metropolitan Police, who was murdered on duty on this day in 1985. #LestWeForget

Please take a moment out of your day to read about this fantastic charity and if you want to help raise funds towards more benches please click on my pined post about my 2 ultra Challenge walks next year supporting them. #SuicideAwareness #MentalHealthAwareness

Please Read, Thank you, I would love this to get 1000 views, you know we can do it, let’s go X Thank You Each and Everyone of You 💙🙏 legend-on-the-bench.co.uk/th…

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Off to Poole for a few days to celebrate 🍾 daughters birthday 🎂

There must be a legends night coming up which would be good and for them to give him a mention, or, maybe message @GrahamRoberts04 or @1MickyHazard and see if they can get a shirt signed by them and some other legends and get it framed, that would be a lovely present.

RT @realspursbabe: Stumbled across one of @Legend_on_Bench Benches today @1MickyHazard

More than happy to oblige and congratulations, what an achievement, very proud of you X

Another bench revealed in memory of someone taken to early 💙🤍💙💙

❤️❤️Proud Day❤️❤️ Stour ay we ❤️. All a legacy to “Our Olly” in Heaven 💔❤️ @Legend_on_Bench @1MickyHazard

What an amazing month...on average a bench a day revealed by this fantastic charity... remember you can help support this charity by supporting my 2 50km Ultra Challenge walks next June 💙🤍💙🤍

When I could run, jump and turn, when I could walk down the stairs without holding the bannister, when I could get off the bed without using my hands to pull myself up, when I could read a book without squinting my eyes, but I’m here loving life to the full, such a lucky boy👍

Treadmill training before walking football

I do have these photos signed and will be framed