Politics reporter for BBC. Former Europe Corr. Father, football fan, cyclist (rider of one of those folding bikes), former foster child, and occasional magician
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Around 50 people holding photos staging silent memorial outside day 1 of the COVID inquiry. The hearing starts at 10
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Matt Cole retweeted
ICYMI - The #GlobalNewsPod from v early Sunday 👇
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dfv5z… with @JamWaterhouse, @willintune, @paddymaguire, @BBCJustinR, @BBCMattCole, @sunita50, and @mrdiscopop. Sound magic from @thenewlove 💫
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PM's bruising local radio round - read my take here: bbc.co.uk/news/live/business… via @BBCNews
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“Where have you been?” 🤔
Watch @TheRimaAhmed press the #PrimeMinister on the fallout of the mini budget on #RadioLeeds this morning. 📻
📲 Hear the full interview ➡️ bbc.in/3dR8IR7
The BBC Local Radio Network at is finest. Successive stations try and get answers out of the PM on the current economic situation. Worth a listen.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d3fl…
Matt Cole retweeted
Sad to see lots of snobby tweets about local radio. These presenters are some of the best in the business and have a closer and better understanding of their listeners' lives than any network presenter. And these interviews are often the toughest for politicians.
Not sure I could pull this off on my Brompton, but could really speed my commute....
Italian cyclist Michael Guerra uses his knowledge of physics and aerodynamics to adopt a “plank” position and overtake his competitors.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This video is a staged marketing stunt from 2017, arranged by the Italian fixed-gear bike shop Dafne Fixed. The technique is real (and impressive) but this is not an actual bike race as the tweet might be construed to imply.
Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=3Iz7ZM…
2017 article: bicycling.com/news/a20030642…
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The @BBC is something that belongs to all of us. #ThisIsOurBBC
.@NFUtweets President warns me of supply chain "emergency" for pig industry. Raised prospect of a welfare cull of healthy livestock - saying doesn't want UK to be first country in world to undertake such action...but that it's "unsustainable" to have supply chain pauses.
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Sacked @JWhittingdale warns about youth v experience in reshuffle:
“I quite recognise the Prime Minister is keen to have a front-facing cabinet that reflects modern Britain. Equally it’s no bad thing to have a bit of experience around that table…” (1)
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09w64…
