Lincolnshire born/bred, then London/Croydon via Leicester & now Cyprus. Grimsby Town fan. Politics & radio geek. Love Australia. Views my own 🏳️🌈 🇨🇾
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I love our supplementary schools!
It was great to speak at the Awards Ceremony for our supplementary schools this week, and thank everyone for their hard work.
It's a huge testament to our community's commitment to creating opportunities for our young people that so many people put their time and energy into these school.
I look forward to visiting many more.
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BBC faces losing its best talent as cuts bite: 'Voluntary redundancy means the wrong people leave' inews.co.uk/news/bbc-losing-… @theipaper
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Where did the promised radio programmes go? How the BBC told @Ofcom it would increase the number of local weekend programmes but is now planning to REDUCE them further and have a national show! A great article by Adam Christie from @NUJofficial @NUJ_Leeds
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This is a thread I was sent via the NUJ but I want to share. Please retweet:
At the end of last year, the BBC asked Ofcom to change its Operating Licence for Local Radio, so that it could "do more local programming when more people are listening". What happened next? A thread../1
I fear this won't end well.........
River home to 500 crocodiles chosen as Olympic rowing venue bbc.in/4rgKn8s
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2 years ago today, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its final report.
The majority of recommendations still outstanding remain the responsibility of Government.
This is about making people safer in their homes across the country.
The lack of progress is unacceptable.
This is the paper review to end all paper reviews @archiemanners. Brilliant. First time I’ve seen @PatrickChristys lost for words!
Brilliant summary of the papers by @archiemanners, hopefully see more of this, but very much doubt GN News will be making much use of him again.
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Petition to stop the early release from jail of PC Andrew Harper's killers - Sign the Petition! c.org/vysVCZ4Q84 via @UKChange
In all honesty I hadn’t listened to R4 on long wave for many years but it was somehow comforting to know it was still there & it’s sad to see it go. Happy memories of tuning in whilst on travels in France
This was a pitch perfect farewell & marked this historic moment so well
The end of an era - After almost a century we said goodbye this morning to our great companion of the airwaves Radio 4 198 LW. I shall miss her warmth and crackle. Here’s the final sign off at the end of #theshippingforecast before she fell silent… ❤️
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This is just awful news. Andy produced me on Breakfast on Sheffield for a while, then more recently held my hand as I did Friday Breakfast on Leeds. He really understood the point of Local Radio, really got it. He was a really good, all round 100% great bloke. The hole he leaves in BBC Local is huge, I can't imagine how much his family will miss him. I've just looked, the last text I sent him just says "Thanks mate". I really meant it.
We have some sad news to bring you. Andy Evans, our BBC Radio Leeds breakfast show producer, has suddenly passed away.
Andy worked at the BBC for over 30 years and the BBC Yorkshire team, and everyone who knew him, is devastated by the news.
Rima Ahmed, our breakfast presenter who worked with Andy closely for just under four years, has paid tribute to him.
She said: “He took great pride being an Evans, with Welsh roots and a Midlands state of mind, with a Yorkshire edge. There will be hundreds of you who he cared for, looked after, laughed with, drank with, who will remember Andy Evans for the rest of your days. Keep saying his name, whatever that was to you, I know I will.”
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If we rejoined the EU, would you be willing to accept the Euro &/or Schengen?
Please vote & share.
@BremainInSpain
77%No problem with either
6%One, not both
9%Only if necessary
8%No way
833 votes • Final resultsI'm loving that 18% of Reform supporters apparently want to rejoin the EU. I don't think they're quite on message......
Support for rejoining the EU according to party affiliation ...
🔴 Labour: 83%
🟡 LibDems: 84%
🟢 Greens: 82%
🔵 Tories:39%
🟣 Reform: 18%
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺
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This is an interesting argument to make when you used to appear regularly on @TimesRadio as a commentator but then decided of your own accord to stop
I love the @TimesRadio claim that they are a place of "diverse opinion". My rough totting up of over forty regular voices finds eight committed Labour voices, seven committed Tories, zero Reform. It's a very good channel but the idea it represents all diversity of opinion fairly is complete nonsense. It's the radio station of the uniparty.
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E gates @HeathrowAirport T5 rejecting lots of U.K. passports this morning. Only one officer on the desk. Rude, arrogant, taking ages, and saying he needs to bash all the passports on the desk to reset the e chips. You couldn’t make it up. @border_mgmt @ukhomeoffice
Another failure by @RoyalMail, "guaranteed next day delivery letter" not delivered by 1pm, looked on website & said "address inaccessible". What a load of nonsense, nothing inaccessible about the address. Obviously didn't have enough staff
Pathetic response
The UK has long supported a transition of power in Venezuela. We regarded Maduro as an illegitimate President and we shed no tears about the end of his regime.
I reiterated my support for international law this morning. The UK government will discuss the evolving situation with US counterparts in the days ahead as we seek a safe and peaceful transition to a legitimate government that reflects the will of the Venezuelan people.
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Currently doing a magical mystery tour of Wiltshire country lanes on a @nationalexpress bus to London following M4 closure. Driver has no sat nav & no clue & has been abandoned by the Controller at HQ. Relying on a passenger navigating with Google Maps! I fear this won't end well
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OTD last year the final regional afternoon shows on Greatest Hits Radio with Scott Temple, John Marshall, Mark Collins, Martin Starke, Tony Wright & Stuart Webster youtu.be/deH1094BqK0
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Just don't tell too many 🤪
Brits, fancy 28C in October? Cyprus stays open 8 months, 5-hour flights and family deals under £500 share.google/KMwQtO44olN2FWx…
