Riz Lateef
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Asks questions. Loves chocolate. Face of @bbclondonnews telly. RTS national award winner. And Fri mornings on @bbcradioLondon 6-10am
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Thank you lovely peeps. Am touched by your lovely msgs after standing-in for the national news tonight 🙏🏼 Sleep well x
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Too much for tonight’s
@BBCLondonNews
?
#Christmas
🤔 See you at the slightly earlier time of 6.20pm x
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Just because... it'll make you smile 😀
Baby elephant shows the proper technique to be used when getting in the bath.
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T minus 2hrs!
#LineofDutyFinale
on
@BBCOne
Who IS 'h'? Will we even find out?? 😬 (must remember to breathe...)
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Sadiq Khan mayoral acceptance speech: pays tribute to his late dad 'the city he chose to call home has now chosen his son to be its mayor'
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When you see two news legends and true gents (or maybe masterminds 🤔 see what I did there 😜)
@CliveMyrieBBC
@BBCAlagiah
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It’s still sinking in that we won the RTS Nations & Regions News Prog Award AND the Current Affairs category too! Thank you to the judges, and in a year like no other to our amazing and dedicated
@BBCLondonNews
team and esp those who’ve shared their personal stories x
#RTSAwards
Well done to the team at
@BBCLondonNews
who have won the Nations and Regions News Award for their report ‘Coronavirus in London: Who’s hit the hardest?’, described as “agenda-setting journalism based on meticulous research and a deep understanding of the region”
#RTSAwards
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Aww... this will melt your heart 💕
This is pure joy.
A priceless reaction of deaf baby boy hearing his mom's voice for first time
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Too much..? 🤔 Twas the Fri before Christmas…. join me on
@BBCRadioLondon
breakfast 7-10am. What are you up to today and Xmas w/e? Latest on strikes, chat, plus special guest at 8.30. Hugs x
#FridayFriend
💙
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Goodbye 2020 😝 Thanks to everyone who helped us through it. And hello to a happy and healthy new year please 🙏🏼 x
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After an intense few years we say farewell to 2023. A personal thank you for watching, listening, supporting or bringing moments of kindness or joy (it’s meant more than you know). May the new year bring you health, hugs and happiness 💕 and pls a more peaceful 2024 🙏🏼 x
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Bit of a change for me this week. Different platform… and different end of the day ☺️ *sets early alarm* *twice*
#RadioNewbie
A familiar voice is gracing the airwaves this week!📻
Join BBC London's very own
@RizLateef
for the Breakfast Show this Tues-Fri, 7am-10am.
Featuring London's latest news and talking points...and YOUR calls!
🔊Listen 94.9FM | DAB |
📞Call 0800 731 2000
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Ok, so it’s not my usual attire for work… but it’s for the bear. Chatting
#bbcchildreninneed
, Autumn Statement, special music guest and more on
@BBCRadioLondon
7-10am x
#FridayFriend
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I love the way the sight of snow is bringing some much needed excitement... 😂❄️⛄️
#lockdown
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Home from a late shift. And like so many others, am feeling really shocked and saddened...
#SarahEverard
Take care everyone x
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One of the hardest and most heartbreaking days - heading to a baby’s funeral. There are no words...
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Deffo welcoming a new year… A happy and healthy one 🙏🏼 Love n hugs x
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I like to make an exit! 😳 😂 (can’t believe it’s only the first time it’s happened on air)
#LiveTelly
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Morning! On
@BBCRadioLondon
we’re taking Ulez ahead of a High Court ruling on expansion. And a food focus with my special guest
@MissGidda
😋 Plus the England game and what food reminds you of your childhood? It’s a busy one!
#FridayFriend
x
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My sis has put me to shame with her impressive baking skills! Sadly not in the same household so I don’t even get to taste them 😝
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Morning! Back in the Fri
@BBCRadioLondon
hotseat 7-10am. News stories + my special guest is vocal powerhouse
@Beverleyknight
! And we might talk about word of the year 🤭 So would love to hear something that has made you smile this year? 🥰
#FridayFriend
x
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Remember this time 7 years ago? The
#LondonOlympics
Opening Ceremony was getting underway... what a summer that was! x
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Morning! On
@BBCRadioLondon
7-10am. Quite a political week. As it’s
@BBCCiN
love to hear about any of your fundraising efforts. Special guest
@JManrara
is more sparkly than the Strictly glitterball! And where do you stand on Xmas decorations? 🎄Too soon?
#FridayFriend
x
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Behind the scenes of the Ten News studio as myself, floor manager Mary and weather pres
@_chrisfawkes
wait in the wings (not disturbing
@thehuwedwards
obvs ☺️)
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Meanwhile this👇🏼 Huge thanks to the team (past and present) and our viewers 🙏🏼 x
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Ho ho ho… let’s go go go… into Christmas w/e🎄on
@BBCRadioLondon
7-10am. Latest on travel situation obvs. The 8 year-old London chess prodigy. Also what’s the one Xmas tradition you can’t be without? 🤔 x
#FridayFriend
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On eerily quiet roads on my way home from a late shift - waved at some bin men doing the rounds. Thanks to them and all the other key workers keeping this city and the whole country going at this time. BIG THANK YOU! 🙏🏼
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SO chuffed to see
@BBCLondonNews
nominated in 3 categories! Proud to work with an amazing and dedicated team. And thank you to those who’ve shared their heartfelt stories with us in this toughest of years🙏🏼💛
#RTSAwards
Congratulations to all of the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2021 nominees! See the full list of nominees here:
#RTSAwards
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Hellooo! On
@BBCRadioLondon
this morning 7-10am. Who will you be thinking of this Remembrance weekend? Will you be celebrating Diwali? My special Fri guest is Londoner turned global star!
@leonalewis
. And…what was your favourite childhood chocolate bar? 😋 x
#FridayFriend
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I know it’s going round but how long does this razor-like sore throat and hacking cough last? Any tips that helped soothe or speed up healing for you? then I’m all ears… and no voice 😔 x
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Morning! With you on
@BBCRadioLondon
7-10am with latest on train strikes, chat to special guest
@katiemelua
! and it’s Eurovision weekend obvs. Is that your bag? Love your company or a chat 🥰
#FridayFriend
x
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Not gonna lie. It’s been emosh... 💕and
@brendaemmanus
didn’t know we were going to do that on the prog tonight! 😊
#Icon
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Haha so just to be clear... I get rain during a heatwave 🤪 and
@WendyHurrell
gets
#BradPitt
! 😂🤣
#BBCLondon
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When you look at the date and it says 31st July.... whaaaat? It’s Aug tomorrow. How did that happen...
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So… err this week swapping my usual tv studio for the
@BBCRadioLondon
studio and a much earlier start… sitting in for
@VanessaOnAir
☺️ *sets two early alarms* Fancy a chat?
#LondonListeners
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Morning! Talking teeth, tennis, tube and gorillas in Covent Garden amongst other things of course on
@BBCRadioLondon
. Join me 7-10am x
#FridayFriend
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This still gets me... so moving. If you haven't seen it, warning: it'll melt your heart 💛
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Err… lil bit of personal news! Excited to be your ‘Friday friend’ on
@BBCRadioLondon
#LoveYouLondon
🥰
We are delighted to announce that the fabulous Salma El-Wardany and Riz Lateef will be our new breakfast presenters from 31st October. Salma will be on air Monday - Thursday and Riz on Fridays.
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Wow... total respect and gratitude for the amazing work they do 💛
As well as being Christmas Eve, today also marks 26 years since London's Air Ambulance performed the world's first successful open heart surgery at the roadside in 1993.
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Humble and insightful. The BBC’s
@JamWaterhouse
chats to me about his personal experience of being in Kyiv. How his first overseas posting turned into a conflict zone. The music that helped him and why he had to apologise to his mum. (Thanks to him and the teams out there 🙏🏼)
What's it like reporting on the war in Ukraine?
BBC Correspondent James Waterhouse shares his experience with
@RizLateef
:
@JamWaterhouse
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Finished last late shift of the year that is 2020
#SmallThings
(although back on air tomoz and Xmas eve🎄)
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Merry Christmas everyone! 😘 esp to those working, including our emergency services and the NHS - to whom we are most grateful 🙏🏼
#BackInTheStudioTomoz
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Normal service resumes tomorrow (back to work) so just wanted to wish us all... a happy, healthy and peaceful 2017 💕
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When you’re on your way home from a late shift and you realise in less than hour it’ll be Dec... 😳Whaaaat?!
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“That’s for all the kids out there who dream the impossible, you can do it too.”
@LewisHamilton
💛
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Found myself looking at the date a few times today in disbelief that it’s the 1st of Oct!
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Thanks boss! 🙏🏼
Well done
@Rizlateef
for winning at the
#rtsawards
! Not just for grilling MPs and handling complex OBs but also for managing situations like this!
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Catching up with
@kylieminogue
...err as you do 😜 on
@BBCLondonNews
6.30pm talking music, shoes and
#ChildrenInNeed
See you later!
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Ok, so be warned or pleasantly surprised that I'll be popping up on
@VictoriaLIVE
prog tomorrow morning from 9am... x
#EarlyToBed
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Our hearts go out to his family and friends...
#JimiTheHero
I am incredibly grateful to the family of Jimi (Folajimi) Olubunmi-Adewole. for speaking to us about how they want their son to be remembered for his bravery and heroism- they are so proud of him. Thinking of them tonight.
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Terribly sad news. What a talent, and the soundtrack of my youth. Was lucky enough to meet him once... I was in awe
#GeorgeMichael
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When it finally gets to your Aug week off and you look at the forecast and err... it looks less than summery 😝
#doh
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Tonight’s late shift home accompanied by the inimitable voice of Karen Carpenter 💕
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Morning! I’m with you this Good Fri on
@BBCRadioLondon
6-9am. Got news, Easter travel, music, marathon and canine art trail in Canary Whoof (see what I did there 😜) and your gorgeous company of course 🥰 x
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Donning boots and a big coat has come as a bit of a shock for late May 😳😝
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Yeah... spilling a drink on yourself just before going on air is not big or clever 😳 Thankfully polka dots come in handy! 😜
#LateShift
#LiveTelly
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When your journey home after a late shift is as warm as a sunny summer’s day 😳
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Ok at some point I’ve got start using this instead of just staring at it. It’s just.. I remember skipping ropes looking err... less scary 😳
#Beenawhile
#Wishmeluck
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This is still making me chuckle 😂 Love
@MetMattTaylor
(one of the nicest peeps ever)
😬
"Matt are you a
@rickastley
fan?"
"Err not a massive one"
🙈
@MetMattTaylor
doing the best guest introduction on
#BBCBreakfast
ever! 😂
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A sunny, crisp Feb morning in London… we’ll take it! Have a lovely day x
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Err.. things I never thought I'd say in a news bulletin: Boaty McBoatface :)
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This... just this...
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..."
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Err a good reminder today to have all my scripts to hand… and in the right order… for a half hour prog!
#NoAutocueAtAll
🤷♀️
#LiveTelly
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Err… when bad planning means you’re heading to a dentist appt on new year’s eve 😳🤣 Wishing you a happy, healthy and peaceful
#NewYear
x
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