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BBC journalist covering Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and the East of England

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Harriet Heywood
9 months
I am over the moon to announce that next year I will start a new role as a journalist at the BBC in Cambridgeshire. I have loved my time at the Bury Times and Bolton News and I am going to miss it, but I look forward to starting this new chapter!
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10 months
Some tears were shed as Vernon was reunited with old friends and teachers. @TheBoltonNews @saiqa2 @vernonkay
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1 year
Has anyone else seen this pink pigeon in Bury and does anyone know why it is pink?! #Bury #pinkpigeon #pigeon #pink #bird
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10 months
Vernon took a slight detour into his old school @TheBoltonNews
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10 months
WOW. WOW. WOW… What a breathtaking show of support, something for Vernon to look forward to. @TheBoltonNews @vernonkay
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2 years
My two stories made the front page of the Bury Times and Bolton News!
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2 years
Honestly can’t believe it! I won four time last night at the @UoSJournalism awards. - multimedia journalist - broadcast Journalist - photo journalist - third year student
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11 months
The queue inside Bury Art Gallery to meet Colin Baker - The Sixth Doctor. @BuryTimes
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Harriet Heywood
10 months
Has anyone else seen this ring of light around the moon in Bury tonight?
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10 months
Definitely a memorable day for pupils @TheBoltonNews @vernonkay
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10 months
And he’s off again @TheBoltonNews @vernonkay !!!!
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2 years
OVER THE MOON…AGAIN! Happy to say I have just picked up my fifth journalism award this year! Although I wasn’t able to attend, I wanted to say a huge thank you to @UoSJournalism for helping me find and develop my passion for journalism ❤️ @salfordunipr @SalfordUni
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10 months
Such an incredible show of support here at the high school. @vernonkay @TheBoltonNews
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Harriet Heywood
2 years
We are working from @waxandbeans in Bury today. ☕️ If anyone wants to meet the team or share their stories feel free to come up and say hello! @BuryTimes
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2 years
We are working from @waxandbeans in Bury today. ☕️ If anyone wants to meet the @BuryTimes team or share their stories feel free to come up and say hello! #Bury #Localnews #Newsquest #localnews #CommunityReporter
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1 year
Labour hold Bury East as Ummrana Farooq receives 1223 votes Christopher Baron (cons) - 624 Lauren Hutchinson (green) - 147 Kevin Cadwallader (reform uk) - 105 Stephen Lewis (Lib dem) - 89 @BuryTimes #newsquest #elections
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2 years
My first article for Granada Reports!
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2 years
A man from Liverpool says he's excited to travel the Australian coast in an electric car. He'll have to stop 70 times to recharge it on the way ...
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2 years
These two students are now off to Oxford, Congratulations!!!! ⁦ @BuryTimes ⁩ ⁦ @HolyCrossBury
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10 months
Vernon spotted on Hulton lane ! Credit to Paul Ogle for the photo. @TheBoltonNews @vernonkay
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10 months
He’s here!
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2 years
@TheBoltonNews is at the Charity ‘Walk for Hope’ for the late Tom Parker’s birthday. Tonge Park is the second stop on the walk and we will soon move onto The Swan, where Tom sang Karaoke and was first discovered. #tomparker #Thewanted #Bolton #News
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4 years
Cheers mum
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2 years
The moment that @Rohaan_K4488 received a very well deserved A and two distinctions! After achieving his GSCE’s with the college, he now has a fantastic set of A-levels too! @HolyCrossBury @BuryTimes
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2 years
We’re speaking to residents protesting against IX Wireless on Lee Gate Close, Harwood. #Bolton #News #IXWireless #CommunityReporter #Newsquest @TheBoltonNews
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2 years
What a time to be alive! Bus tickets are a grand total of 30p cheeper! All I need now is to cancel my Netflix subscription and I’ll be able to afford a house in no time.
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8 months
It has been an honour to visit my old high school today to meet the Gabs Gazette school newspaper team! A very bright bunch who asked some even brighter questions about the world of journalism. I look forward to reading some of their work 👏 @StGabsBury
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Harriet Heywood
3 years
Loved reporting on the NaSTA awards yesterday! What an amazing night and a big congratulations to everyone for their amazing work. #NaSTA2021 #salfordnow #Journalismatsalford #reporting #awards #Broadcasting
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1 year
Matthew Edmondson received A*A*A* in Maths, Further Maths and Physics. Antoni Zyla recieved A* A* A A in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Computer Science. They're both going to Warwick University.
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9 months
I'm at Bury Market today talking to traders about how things are going after they were relocated from the Market Hall. @BuryTimes
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10 months
Wooooooo!!! @TheBoltonNews
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10 months
Mrs Flanagan speaking about Vernon coming back to the school ahead of his visit. @TheBoltonNews
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1 year
Labour hold Elton as Charlotte Morris gets 1623 votes Andrew Luxton (cons) - 1486 Michelle Sampson (green) - 158 Raymond Solomon (ind) - 86 @BuryTimes #newsquest #ElectionResults
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Harriet Heywood
2 years
An amazing night so far! Congratulations to all the Wonder Women @BameProject #CommunityReporter #Newsquest #InternationalWomansDay @BuryTimes #Bury
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Harriet Heywood
11 months
Some of the stories I covered last week in the @BuryTimes today.
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2 years
DERBY STUDENT ACHIEVES ALL 9s! Sohaib Mohammad Uddin has received all 9’s in his GCSEs. He is in the top 1% of the country to achieve such high grades He is now off to Holy Cross College and wants to study medicine at University. @BuryTimes #gcses2022 #bury #gcseresultsday2022
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Harriet Heywood
2 years
Absolutely smashed it, I’m so proud of everyone. Extremely happy to also be graduating with a first class BA Hons degree in Broadcast Journalism 👩‍🎓 @salfordunipr @UoSJournalism @SalfordUni
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10 months
“Once and Joey always a Joey” Former pupil shares privilege to have ran with Vernon past St Jospeh’s RC High School. @TheBoltonNews @zachhjourno @vernonkay
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11 months
A peaceful demonstration is being held in Whitehead Gardens, Bury. One organiser said: “We want to raise and be the voice of those still suffering brutal attacks from the Israel government not just over the past couple of weeks but for the ongoing unlawful occupation in Gaza."
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1 year
Kyle Bowkett thanked the “sick” teachers at @derbyhighbury for helping him progress so much. He said that GCSEs came at a difficult time in his personal life and he can’t believe how well he has done. Well done Kyle! 👏 @BuryTimes #bury #GCSEResults #gcseresultsday2023
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2 years
Police have cordoned off Whitehead park in Bury. So far one police car is at the scene and every entrance to the park has been blocked. We will bring you updates as we have them. @BuryTimes #Newsquest #CommunityReporter #Bury #Police
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Harriet Heywood
3 years
Day two of my placement at @ITVTonight !
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11 months
I mean…I couldn’t meet Hacker The Dog and not get a photo 🫣
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1 year
WOW! Well done to Hassan Anwar who received 5 Grade 9s in Maths, English Lit, Chemistry, Physics and History. He also received 4 Grade 8s in English Language, Biology, French and Computer Science. @BuryTimes @derbyhighbury #GCSE #GCSEResultsDay #gcseresultsday2023
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2 years
Sohaib Mohammad Uddin, Derby High School, opening his results for the first time!
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1 year
Labour have gained Pilkington Park as Michael Rubinstein receives 1557 votes. David Foss (Lib Dem) - 94 Nick Jones (Con) - 1177 Dan Ross (Communist) - 37 Chloe Thomas (Green) - 129 Shadman Zaman (Ind) - 237 @BuryTimes #Newsquest #Elections
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Harriet Heywood
2 years
…and my sixth award has finally been collected! Still not sure how this happened but what a fantastic three years I’ve had, thank you! @UoSJournalism @salfordunipr @SalfordUni
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2 years
A beautiful morning in Bury as crowds of people have began lining the streets for this mornings remembrance Sunday parade. @BuryTimes #Bury #RemembranceSunday #LestWeForget
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11 months
Cllr Charlotte Morris: @BuryTimes
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Harriet Heywood
4 years
‘Sharing similar mantra for ambition, it proves the sibling-duo won’t let a pandemic dampen their musical ethos.’ Read my full review of @greywindband latest single here!
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2 years
Coronation Street star praised after becoming Bury Hospice ambassador @BuryHospice #Bury #Community #News #CommunityReporter #Hospice #CoronationStreet
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Harriet Heywood
10 months
I’m at St Joseph’s RC High School this morning where Vernon Kay will be stopping on his way to the Bolton Wanderers Stadium. Stay tuned to hear from his past teachers and class mates as we wait for his arrival! @TheBoltonNews @OfficialBWFC @vernonkay
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2 years
Olivia McCoy and Holly Simpson are both going to Durham University! @HolyCrossBury @BuryTimes
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10 months
Anne Burns and Lisa Dunn went to school with Vernon and have fond memories with him. @TheBoltonNews @vernonkay
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11 months
I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a little bit scared @BuryTimes
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10 months
Jane Hampson has come to show support today, she was Vernon’s music teacher at the school. She has shred her memories of his time at St Joseph’s High School and wished him well on his journey. @vernonkay @TheBoltonNews
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11 months
Hacker the Dog is waiting for you all! @BuryTimes #Comiccon #Bury #hackerthedog
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Harriet Heywood
2 years
A somber mood in Bury today with shops shut and the centre almost empty. @BuryTimes #QueenElizabethIIMemorial #queensfuneral #news
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4 years
Blown away by this interview! 18 years old, using the money his grandad left him to set up his own theatre company, showcasing the talented youth in Manchester. Hats off to the brilliant @ASLBarrett @MANACTYOUTH
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10 months
Head boy and girl, Olivia and Harrison, waiting for Vernon at the front of the school. @vernonkay @TheBoltonNews
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11 months
A quick update on traders from the indoor Bury Market after its sudden closure due to RAAC. Read more: @BuryTimes
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Harriet Heywood
4 years
Students have been let down. £9,250 for three online lectures a week. Today my lecturer didn’t turn up so we were told to spend two hours listing our 8 favourite songs. P.s. I’m paying £498 a month for a uni house I can’t live in too. #manchester #salford #university #COVID19
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2 years
My sunglasses survived New York, Benidorm, Mexico, camping trip but 20 minutes in Bury and they got nicked. RIP favourite sunglasses 2022-2022
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3 years
Happy to announce that my radio news package will feature on Bolton FM on Tuesday between 11-1pm!! Hopefully start my training this week too so I can present and report from inside the studio 😁
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4 years
"It's a catalogue of intricate sounds and cinematic vocals that makes the wholesome listening experience so much more unique." - Read the full review of 'Mama's Boy' here @thisisLANY @original247rock @polydorrecords #LANYMAMASBOYisHome #LANYAlbum3 #Review
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10 months
The support is just incredible @TheBoltonNews
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Harriet Heywood
1 year
It’s the Bury Mela festival today at Openshaw Park! @BameProject @BuryTimes
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2 years
We are at Derby High School where we will be speaking to pupils and seeing how they have done! @BuryTimes #GCSEResultsDay #bury
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4 years
@_fadingblonde weave emotion through the single perfectly, focusing their energy on creating a track that reflects a spectrum of emotion and their raw musical ability.’ @suckerofficial_ @original247rock @lukejoynes
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Harriet Heywood
2 years
Thank you to @EmmaSweeneyTV for an incredible two days reporting on IPP Sentences! Been brilliant to come along, watch and work with you. @GranadaReports
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Radcliffe First keep Radcliffe West with Mike Smith receiving 1226 votes. Shürley Balfour (Con) - 193 Joshua Harcup (Lab) - 669 Mary Heath (Green) - 47 Kamran Islam (Lib Dem) - 19
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4 years
Work refusing me sick pay/furlough because I tested positive is the highlight of my week.
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Head girl @derbyhighbury Grace Fothergill said she was extremely nervous coming in this morning. She is pleased that her hard work and many days and nights of revision paid off. She said she now hoping to enrol at @HolyCrossBury #gcse2023 @BuryTimes #result
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