If you’re grinning you’re winning | Broadcast Journalist @BBC | Mostly @bbcsussex & @bbcsurrey | Work featured on @bbcnews @bbcradio4 @bbcradio1 @bbcsport
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Time to sound the 🚨personal news klaxon🚨
Absolutely buzzing to say at the start of 2024 I’m returning to @BBCSussex after a wonderful couple of years @BBCBerkshire. BBC Radio Sussex does some amazing journalism and I can’t wait to get stuck back into my home county
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About to go on @BBCSussex and @BBCSurrey to talk about #sophiefromromania who’s exhausted herself by barking at the men who came to trim the trees
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A gardener is filling potholes in Horsham with flowers to draw attention to their "hideous" state.
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Do I have any showbiz journo types following me who'd be up for chatting about celebs smoking for @BBCSussex - thinking Charli XCX/Team GB Golfer Charley Hull//Matty Healy etc #journorequest
Fuel payment eligibility 'double-edged sword' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz73…
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A West Sussex nursery is growing plants that cope better with changes to the climate.
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A woman in Hastings has celebrated her 108th birthday.
Joan Willett helped raise more than £70,000 for the British Heart Foundation during the Covid-19 lockdown by walking 17-miles up and down a hill outside her care home.
Read more here: bbc.in/3Ltv5cL
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Joe Biden ends re-election campaign bbc.in/46gtVuC
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It was so good to be back on @BBCSussex with Sarah just now. Here's my guide to travel money and how to get the best deal! martynjamesexpert.co.uk/the-…
Are you escaping on holiday this year? I've got loads of tips on how to make that cash go further. I'll be chatting to the fabulous Sarah Gorrell at 11:40 today on BBC Radio Sussex about spending smart abroad.
@sarahjgorrell @BBCSussex
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BREAKING: Gareth Southgate has stepped down as England manager, days after a second successive defeat in the European Championship final.
#BBCFootball
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Surely this is Rowan Atkinson doing a Martin Brundle impression to Martin Brundle without him (or seemingly anybody else) realising?!
Just regathering after an extraordinary night covering the general election in Horsham. For the first time in 144 years the Lib Dems took the seat off the Tories. Interview (seconds after the declaration) with new Horsham MP John Milne here (18mins in) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j394…
Paging @gregjames important duck news
A Gillingham man and his pet duck go everywhere together after he raised the bird from a hatchling.
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You have until 23:59 BST tonight to register to vote in the general election
Find out how ⬇️
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Big shout out to @samdfjournalist making his debut on @BBCPM this afternoon - hope you tried some fish & chips for research purposes Sam 😁
Really enjoyed moonlighting for national radio over the weekend. The result was my @BBCRadio4 debut on PM today which felt pretty special
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It is with deep sadness that the club can confirm that former player Rob Burrow CBE has passed away, aged 41.
More here therhinos.co.uk/article/2042…
Absolutely horrible news. Thoughts with his family and friends bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league…
Looking to chat to someone from Sussex or Surrey who's living with their parent(s) in their 30s for a piece for @sarahjgorrell's show. Would love to chat to you and your mum/dad #journorequest