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The Sikh community in
#Gravesend
has come together to make fresh hot food for lorry drivers stuck on the
#M20
.
More than 1,450 lorries remain stuck in
#Kent
unable to leave Britain due to a travel ban imposed by France.
@RaviSinghKA
@Khalsa_Aid
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The PM
@BorisJohnson
has been in
#Sandhurst
to attend the Sovereign's Parade.
As he inspected the newest Officer Cadets, the band played a range of well-known tunes, including The Imperial March from Star Wars.
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Two horses were seen pausing and bowing their heads as Paul O'Grady's funeral procession passed by their field, before following the hearse for a short while.
A giant banner displaying the words 'We still love EU' has been unveiled on the White Cliffs of
#Dover
.
@AntonyHookMEP
crowdfunded for the 150 square metre banner in less than 24 hours.
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Just in.
#OneDirection
fans flocked to Wiltshire today to meet
@Louis_Tomlinson
. He was signing copies of his debut solo album at a record shop in Marlborough.
Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard.
In March, her body was discovered in woodland near Ashford, Kent.
The
#cats
of Canterbury Cathedral are at it again! 🐱
This time it's Tiger who's getting all the attention, after helping himself to the milk during Dean Robert's sermon!
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@No1Cathedral
#Canterbury
Endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel has completed a record-breaking crossing of the English Channel! 🏊♀️🥽
She landed in Calais just before 7am this morning. The 35-year-old took 10 hours and 40 minutes to make her 35th Channel crossing.
Well done, Chloe!
Emily Saville's family say they've been left with no choice but to register her as disabled after Long Covid left her unable to walk unaided.
Click to watch the second in a series of special reports by
@StaceyPooleITV
.
#LongCovid
#LongCovidKids
#Covid
.
@CatsProtection
has launched a campaign to allow tenants to keep their cats when living in rented accommodation. It's one of the main reasons why so many cats need rehoming.
Next week ITV News Meridian will be bringing you a special series of reports - speaking to some of the thousands of children affected by long Covid and the impact it's had on their families. With more, here's
@StaceyPooleITV
👇
The next crucial
#Brexit
vote takes place tomorrow (Tuesday). What is your current thinking? We have three choices for you in this ITV News Meridian poll:
We spotted former UKIP leader
@Nigel_Farage
drinking a pint in a pub (where else!) in Windsor. He’s here with US TV
@foxandfriends
and says "Anything that brings Britain and America closer together is a good thing."
#royalwedding2018
🇬🇧🇺🇸
ITV News can reveal that underground piping which was declared 'outworn' 17 years ago was never replaced by Southern Water, after 30-thousand homes in East Sussex were left without supplies following a burst main.
Wokingham Borough Council is trying to find out who stuck this phone to
#Sonning
Bridge.
The council says for flooding concerns people should call Floodline on 03459881188 but not from this phone! 📞
📸:
@WokinghamBC
Hampshire teenager Charlotte Simpson who had ‘extreme tummy upset’ is one of youngest ever to die of
#bowelcancer
Her parents want to raise awareness that cancer has no age limits.
@bowelcanceruk
@TeenageCancer
Our very own Fred Dinenage has taken the decision to
#selfisolate
with his wife given the latest
#coronavirus
guidelines around social distancing. Despite having no symptoms he's decided to take this precaution.
We can't wait to see him back on our screens in the near future! 📺
103-year-old Joan Willet has raised thousands for
@TheBHF
by walking up the steep hill near her residential home in
#Hastings
every day for the last six weeks!
She'll keep going until her birthday on Sunday.
Well done Joan!
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A 99-year-old woman who lives in
#Hampshire
is thought to be the oldest Briton to recover from coronavirus.
Carrie Pollock has praised the 'wonderful' hospital staff who saved her life after she contracted
#Covid
-19.
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Chef
@raymond_blanc
has praised the
#NHS
staff at the John Radcliffe Hospital in
#Oxford
who treated him for Covid-19.
He says he'll organise a "big party" for them when he can, to thank them for everything they've done.
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@OUHospitals
PLEASE KEEP VOTING. As you all know, the next crucial
#Brexit
vote takes place later today. What is your current thinking? We have three choices for you in this ITV News Meridian poll:
Historian
@KateWilliamsme
say's she hopes beads once owned by Mary Queen fo Scots have been stolen by a collector so that they could be resurfaced one day.
Items worth £1 million were stolen from Arundel Castle on the weekend.
@ArundelCastle
🏰🪙
Guess who's just popped into the newsroom to prepare for his return tomorrow? Complete with a few essentials, including cleansing wipes!
@freddinenageITV
#WelcomeBackFred
@schoey123pne
@pnefc
Hi Dale, can we please use this photo in our programmes and digital coverage? Also, would you mind giving us a follow so we can DM you please? Thanks!
Twenty thousand epaulettes and badges have been donated from emergency services around the world.
They have been used to make a mural in memory of PC Andrew Harper, who died in the line of duty last August.
Six people have been injured as a 'mass brawl' breaks out on P&O cruise ship
#Britannia
returning to
#Southampton
. Two men from Chigwell in Essex have been arrested on suspicion of assault. Latest here:
BREAKING: Former
#Dover
MP Charlie Elphicke has been sentenced to a total of two years imprisonment for three counts of sexual assault against two women.
He has also been ordered to pay £35,000 towards the prosecutions costs, within 12 months.
The Duchess of Cambridge visited
@RAFBrizeNorton
today, to meet with military personnel and civilians involved with the evacuation of refugees from Afghanistan.
A paddleboarder had a surprising companion off the coast of
#Poole
this week, while they were out enjoying the sunshine. ☀️
A seal popped up out of the water beside them, and decided to climb on board! 🦭
📹: Cenk Albayrak-Touye
.
@SouthamptonFC
legend
@FrannyBenali
has been meeting patients and staff at Southampton General Hospital and opened their new £2.2million Urology centre🏥
The centre includes a new diagnostic chair which prevents the need for patients to go to theatre for prostate cancer tests.
A neo-Nazi couple from
#Banbury
have been found guilty of being members of the extreme right-wing organisation National Action.
Adam Thomas and Claudia Patatas gave their child the middle name Adolf which Thomas said was in "admiration" of Hitler.
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Solstice-watchers have been celebrating the perfect sunrise at
#Stonehenge
. Thousands gathered at the ancient monument to celebrate the
#SummerSolstice
ITV Meridian presenter Stacey Poole has shared her family's battle with Long Covid, 13 months after her son first became ill.
#LongCovid
#LongCovidKids
#COVID19
Lissie Harper, the widow of Pc Andrew Harper, said she was 'encouraged' by her meeting on Wednesday with Home Secretary Priti Patel to harness support for her Harper’s Law campaign.
@ukhomeoffice
@pritipatel
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Thousands have signed a
#petition
calling for lights to be installed around a lake at the University of
#Reading
, after a body was found in the search for a missing student.
#DanielWilliams
was last seen just after midnight on Thursday morning.
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All victims from the
#Reading
terror attack on Saturday have been named.
In the last hour, we have learned of David Wails, a senior scientist at a global chemicals company.
Joe Ritchie-Bennett was a pharmaceutical worker.
James Furlong was a history and politics teacher.
Elliot the sneezing cat is looking for a new home. He just can't help sneezing, and it's putting potential owners off! He's being cared for by
@CatsProtection
Banksy has confirmed the artwork that appeared on the side of the Reading jail on Monday WAS him.
In an Instagram video entitled 'Create Escape' the artist can be seen painting on the side of the jail at night.
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Global superstar Christina Aguilera has been announced as a headliner for this year's
@PrideBrighton
.
She will perform for the delayed 30th anniversary celebrations due to be held on Saturday 6 August at Preston Park.
Hayden Stokes first got Covid on Christmas Eve 2020, and recovered after a couple of weeks. But he slowly deteriorated and now struggles to read and concentrate on a conversation.
#LongCovid
#LongCovidKids
#COVID19
Congratulations to
@FDinenage
and
@SangeetaITV
who are this week celebrating 12 years together presenting on
@itvmeridian
🎉
They presented their first programme together on 9th February 2009 and have never looked back!
Watch them reminisce on that first show 💗
Born on the Wirral in Merseyside, he moved to the county and set up a small holding near Ashford for his menagerie of animals including dogs, goats, sheep, chickens, barn owls and also alpacas.
Celebrities including Paul O'Grady,
@piersmorgan
and
@AlfieBoe
have all paid tribute to broadcasting legend Fred Dinenage as he bid farewell to regional news today.
.
@JeremyClarkson
called a meeting with residents in the village of Chadlington after there was "gossip" in the village over the future of his farm.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
@JustinWelby
told his
#Easter
sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on Sunday the policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda cannot stand up to the judgement of God.
It's been a while....Guess who's back together again in the studio for the first time since March! Watch Meridian Tonight at 6pm on Monday for an emotional- and socially distanced- reunion.
Just in case you didn't know - Fred Dinenage is back!
Join him tonight at 6pm on ITV where he'll have all the latest news in the South East. 📺
We've missed you
@FDinenage
and we're sure our viewers have too! 🤩
Celebrity campaigner
@ElizabethHurley
visits
@BreastCancerHaven
in Titchfield to raise awareness of breast cancer and the support available to patients and carers.
The Royals of a different kind have been handing out early Christmas presents at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in
#Reading
. 🎁🎁
Five players from
@ReadingFC
met children on three wards at the RBH. The players donate their wages to pay for the presents themselves.
Jeremy Clarkson has lodged two appeals challenging against West Oxfordshire District Council's refusal of planning permission to extend the Diddly Squat Farm shop car park and the enforcement notice it issued for opening a restaurant without planning
Cessy Crascall is ITV Meridian's
@PrideOfBritain
Fundraiser of the Year for the east of the region.
She's raised £134,000 for
@DemelzaHospice
with charity events from the Boxing Day Dip and a skydive, to local music events and raffles.
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