In non-news news - it’s a big day for me:
@HarperCollinsUK
has announced the publication of my first novel. It’s called Finding Belle and it’s out next spring. What a thrill this is to write
@miashby
@lynnedrew
@SOJseaside
I was in A and E last night - it wasn’t serious thankfully but I was in pain - a lovely person in the waiting room called Jamie Marshall saw I was suffering and went to buy me some cold drinks. Just like that, a complete stranger. Hope you are on Twitter Jamie, thank you.
Thank you for all the kind messages during our broadcasts from Ukraine. We are now handing on to another team. It is hard to leave, especially our Ukrainian colleagues. But it is as nothing to the scenes we saw at the Polish border just now - men waiting stoically and smilingly…
It’s a week of last shifts as
#BBCNews
Channel winds down:
@BBCShaunLey
doing his final weekday programme - followed by me at 5pm on my last Channel broadcast. What a great network it’s been to work for. So long, farewell..
1/2 Realise there’s only one story in town
#HappyValley
- but just wanted to flag some job news, that I’m thrilled to be moving permanently to our BBC1 bulletins, working across
@bbcnews
at 1, 6 & 10. The volume of messages I’m receiving suggests this hasn’t been entirely clear…
Today we're absolutely delighted to welcome
@reetacbbc
, our Chancellor, to our graduation celebrations.
It's a true privilege to have Reeta preside at our ceremonies in the beautiful
@York_Minster
today.
France goes to the polls this Sunday to decide between presidential candidates Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Join me for extended coverage throughout the weekend as France chooses
#bbcnews
*UPDATE FROM LVIV MAYOR*: Several missiles hit the aircraft repair plant. The buildings were destroyed. Work at the plant had stopped in advance so there are no casualities. Rescuers are working on the site"
#ukraine
Hi Philippa, thank you for circulating this. All I can say is -phew! I was just doing my job really, but probably good that I didn't know what was about to happen when I walked through the door...
How do you present the news without any news? As we held our breath on Sat eve, BBC newsreader Reeta Chakrabarti filled 3 hours TV time, pulling out every skill in the presenter toolbox. Helped by
@ChrisMasonBBC
. Respect!
@reetacbbc
#lockdown2
#bbc
It's interesting you say this Tim, as it wasn't the case for me, nor I suspect for many others. I had no connections at all, and just approached papers/programmes asking for work experience...
Cronyism is an awkward one for us to address in journalism. Hard to find someone who can write about it who isn’t a son, daughter, sister, brother, other half of someone etc important who fixed it for them to get their job in the first place.
Keen watchers of
#BBCNews
will notice Geeta on the air right now. Preceded by Reeta. Who was preceded by Annita. Your rhyming top team...
@AnnitaBBC
@Geetagurumurthy
This superhero is a retired GP in Limehouse East London
I’m in tears because she’s saying she learned Bengali in the 80’s to understand her patients because there were no interpreters 😭
This is British pride 🇬🇧 she should be a household name 😭❤️
Alok Sharma has been asked three times to answer the question of whether a failure to do a trade deal with the EU will have an impact on the UK’s ability to get supplies of coronavirus vaccines. I don’t think we got an answer. Significant?
#DowningStreetBriefing
I’m one of 55 senior broadcast journalists urging Israel and Egypt to allow foreign media into Gaza with ‘free and unfettered access.’ Broadcast journalists send open letter calling for foreign media access to Gaza | Evening Standard
What great work she’s doing - the BBC is lucky to have her
@mariannaspring
:
The BBC’s Marianna Spring: ‘The more violent the rhetoric, the more important it is I expose it’ | Online abuse | The Guardian
A few weeks ago, some of you were kind enough to wonder why I was off. Here’s an explanation:
BBC News star REETA CHAKRABARTI reveals how easy it can be for medics to miss appendicitis
Boris Johnson at liaison committee asked first off by chair Bernard Jenkin if he will return before summer recess - he says he’ll do his best. This is PMs first appearance since appointment last summer
This Saturday marks 30 years since Stephen Lawrence was murdered. On this anniversary I speak to his mother who has spent nearly half her life fighting for justice for her son: Nobody holds 'brutal' police to account - Doreen Lawrence - BBC News
More than half of the 620,000 Rohingya refugees who've fled to Bangladesh are children. Many have lost one or both parents. My report coming up
#BBCNewsSix
#BBCNewsTen
Wow. This is quite something to wake up to. Where does this leave A-level students now? BBC News - A-level results: Ofqual 'reviewing' exam appeals guidance
And before the news focus moves relentlessly on - one last pic with BBC Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell; I/C extraordinaire
@sarahparrish01
; top producer
@BBCLesleyR
; and
#jubilee
director Roger Simpson
President Trump says he is classifying houses of worship as essential - and tells state Governors to let them open this weekend. If they won’t, he says he will override them
#coronavirus
My father-in-law Patrick Hamilton is the latest to be featured in our
#thepeopleswar
series. He joined the Gordon Highlanders Regiment in Aberdeen in 1940, trained in India, and then fought against the Japanese in what was called the Forgotten Army in Burma
#bbcnews
@sophieraworth
@nightingaleitv
Yep me too! Not my forte. Hats off to the talented women (mainly) who usually make us up, and sooo look forward to their eventual return...
From my first news editor - Roger, thank you! Also tremendous work from
@ChrisMasonBBC
who had such insight and wit, plus the team behind the scenes, working their socks off to keep it all going
Heroes of the night:
@reetacbbc
for filling many hours of airtime with aplomb, and the
@bbcstrictly
production team who have done an amazing job in getting the show on air.
And look what I’ve got! Courtesy of
@DiHeath
from Hull City Council - a box of curd tarts for my lucky dad…and check out our great set for today’s Six and Ten O’Clock News from the Streetlife Museum in Hull
#bbcnews
After today's invasion, we've seen lots of people asking how Ukraine became the front-line of tensions between Russia and the West. Here’s 3 mins on how it happened – from the 90s to this week. Produced by Michael Cox, Priyanka, Deladia, Catherine Karelli
REETA CHAKRABATI. I feel like she lives in my house now. I have to fight the urge to offer to make her a brew.
@reetacbbc
Let me know if you fancy a cuppa. Kettle's on.
Another teachers' strike is here - and here is
@BBCRosAtkins
with another clear and concise explanation of what's happened to teachers' pay in the last decade
The latest teachers strike in England is today. 3 mins on what's happened to teachers' pay since 2012. The average teachers' salary has reduced in real terms - and more so than some other professions. Produced by Michael Cox, Rob England, Robert Cuffe.
This from Leicester City Council: The Government has confirmed that new advice published on its website in relation to Leicester and other areas was incorrect, and people should continue to follow existing national guidelines as before. There is no local lockdown.
#bbcnews
Air accident investigators looking in the Channel for wreckage of the plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and David Ibbotson say that "Tragically, in video footage....one occupant is visible amidst the wreckage. " We'll have more on
#bbcnews
at One
Whitty - in response to a q about what regrets the panel have re handling of crisis - is the only one to answer directly - he says testing should have been rolled out earlier
#DowningStreetBriefing
Some personal news..in late October I shall be leaving the BBC.
I’ve had the most fabulous time working with brilliant people,
But after 40 years it’s time to move on…
Very sad news - the Liberal Democrats have just announced the death of their former leader Paddy Ashdown- earlier this year it was revealed he'd been diagnosed with bladder cancer
More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have now fled to Bangladesh because of the violence in Myanmar. But many face new dangers when they arrive. My report coming up
#BBCNewsTen
If you missed Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation first time round, it's being broadcast again this week. It's a comprehensive and emotional account of the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and its huge ramifications. Starts tonight on BBC2 at 23.30.