Sophie Reaper
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North West Reporter for @GBNEWS ~ @JSchofieldTrust Fellow ‘23 - Got a story? sophie.reaper @gbnews .uk
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The most amazing time making my presenting debut on
@GBNEWS
today!
Big thanks to
@tomhfh
for getting me through, and to
@MartinDaubney
for always putting a smile on my face!!
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Time for a 🚨personal news klaxon🚨!!
This week, I’ll be leaving my role at Sky News Breakfast to take up the post as the new
@GBNEWS
North West Correspondent!!
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Always proud to be a Wanderer! 🤍
@EamonnHolmes
asks our
@SophieReaper
if she’s a red or blue, in light of the City win in Europe.
#BWFC
#OINO
#BTID
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BREAKING - The identities of Brianna Ghey’s murderers have been revealed as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe
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It isn’t lost on me how lucky I am to be telling our veteran’s stories, and to be part of such a special and historic day. It truly is an honour.
Thank you for all the wonderful messages of support - they mean the world to me.
'It’s just such an honour to be here. It’s incredibly special hearing these veterans' stories, and seeing the graves of those who fell. The sheer volume of graves really is quite upsetting'
GB News Reporter
@SophieReaper
tears up reporting on the D-Day anniversary in Normandy.
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Today marks one whole year of me as the North West reporter for
@GBNEWS
, and what a year it’s been! It isn’t lost on me how lucky I am to be doing my dream job at such an early stage in my career, and for that, I am truly so grateful 🫶🏻🎥
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BREAKING: a jury at Manchester Crown Court has found Girl X and Boy Y guilty of the murder of Brianna Ghey
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Reporting from the Grand National today! If you’re at Aintree, feel free to come and say hello 👋🏼
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80 years on, we will remember them.
Very special to be reporting alongside
@elliecostelloTV
on this historic day here in Normandy.
#DDay
‘We expect it to be an incredibly special day.’
@SophieReaper
describes the atmosphere in Normandy as we remember the D-Day landings that took place 80 years ago.
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We watched AC Milan play at the San Siro this afternoon. But, of course, we still had to represent for
@OfficialBWFC
⚪️
#COYWM
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The Earl and Countess of Wessex are here in Manchester today - meeting the people and taking in the love and respect they have for the Queen 🖤
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Excellent to see how quickly the team at
@OfficialBWFC
responded to an emergency in the stand today.
But moreover, well done to fans for getting the attention of officials so diligently.
Hoping for that person’s speedy recovery. In these situations, often every second counts.
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Finally made it back down to the
@GBNEWS
office! First job: a traditional loo selfie 📸
@DawnNeesom
I hope I did you proud!
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Earning my stripes on lives for
@GBNEWS
by doing 6 consecutive days jam-packed with them. The black and orange outfit is just a coincidence 🐅
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Earlier, my team and I got to go aboard an amphibious vehicle and land on the beaches of Normandy. Genuinely one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had.
#DDay
'We're currently standing on a military amphibious duck, which was built in the second World War to transport cargo from ship to shore.'
@SophieReaper
is out on the water, as she continues to speak to people in Normandy about the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
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It’s always the greatest honour to tell the stories of our veterans, and Albert was certainly no exception to that rule.
A truly remarkable man.
#DDay
‘So many of us in the Navy and doing the same job as you. So how could you be a hero over all those others? You couldn’t!’
D-Day Veteran Albert Keir recalls his memories of the legendary Normandy landings.
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The last decade or so hasn’t always been easy for Bolton. Relegation. Losses. Minutes away from complete liquidation.
But this day? This day was something special for us.
#bwfc
🤍
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Calling it early - this surely has to be up there for goal of the season?
#BWFC
😮💨
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Always great to have some lovely Northern company when you’re down South 😉
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No matter what the future holds, it will always be one of the greatest honours of my career to have worked with this titan of the trade.
@AlStewartOBE
you are truly inimitable, my friend x
Broadcasting legend Alastair Stewart OBE is to retire from regular television after nearly half a century at the forefront of news broadcasting.
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Absolutely chuffed to be a
@JSchofieldTrust
fellow for 2023!! An exciting year ahead working with
@lucywestITV
🤩
North West reporter
@GBNEWS
@SophieReaper
will be mentored by
@GranadaReports
Head of News
@lucywestITV
#JSTFellows23
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I am truly so grateful for my time at Sky - especially for my extraordinary set of colleagues! I have learnt so much and I’m now ready for this next *big* step in my career. So, I will see you in August
@GBNEWS
📺👋🏼
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My first exclusive for
@GBNEWS
!
Violence against women and girls is at an all time high, and the work being done in Lancashire is only the start.
Big thank you to
@LancsPolice
&
@LancsVRN
for giving us such fantastic access - always great working with this team.
Exclusive: 'In the last decade the number of spiking incidents in Lancashire has skyrocketed by 183%.'
GB News Reporter, Sophie Reaper, joins Lancashire Police on a new night-time operation to combat spiking.
🖥️ GB News on YouTube
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Thank you for always being my biggest fan, Dad. I can’t tell you what it means to me.
Happy Father’s Day!
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First live for
@GBNEWS
- done ✅ I’ll be at Manchester Crown Court with updates on the
#RyanGiggs
trial all this week.
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Brianna Ghey’s mother has arrived at Manchester Crown Court ahead of the sentencing of her daughter’s murderers - Girl X and Boy Y.
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@forster_k
So, so overjoyed this story had a happy ending, Katherine. Can’t imagine how awful the past few days have been for you and your family. Sending so much love x
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Unexpected, but welcome. Wanderers away drop into Almondsbury CC on the way to Bristol Rovers.
@SophieReaper
#BWFC
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@tunnybwfc
@TheSun
The tone of this headline and the use of a picture which shows such an upsetting moment is absolutely disgusting.
@TheSun
you should be issuing an apology, immediately.
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Very humbled to be reporting on such a historic event (and to have
@AlStewartOBE
as a friend 🤍)
'The Queen was known here more specifically as the Duke of Lancaster, which is something people here feel gives them a special link to her.'
GB News' Sophie Reaper reports from Lancaster Castle Priory ahead of a multi-faith candle-lit vigil For Queen Elizabeth II.
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BREAKING: Lancashire police have just confirmed it was Nicola Bulley’s body that was pulled from the River Wyre yesterday.
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I am 26 years of age and have just been ID’d whilst purchasing this👇🏼 Do I really look THAT young without make up???
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My sister is now an official graduate from
@OfficialUoM
!!
So, so proud of you
@EleanorReaper
👩🏻🎓🤍
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Six years have passed, but Manchester will always remember the 22 🐝❤️
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I hosted a ‘Night at the Movies’ Halloween party last night, so felt it was only right for me to pay tribute to one of Hollywood’s biggest icons… 🍿🎞️
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A huge thank you to all of my guests on today’s People’s Panel!
'We're now getting people that are in full-time employment coming into our homeless service.'
The People's Panel in Manchester tell GB News' Sophie Reaper their concerns with the inflation rate rising to 5 per cent.
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The Eurovision countdown is on!! 🇬🇧🎤
With just over 2 weeks to go, who else could we interview but Liverpool’s own (and Eurovision runner-up in ‘93)
@SoniaevansSonia
!!
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Sobbing.
So unbelievably happy for Ollie, and for the entire squad. A significantly improved performance and the most passion that we’ve seen this tournament.
Let’s GO on Sunday 🏴🦁🦁🦁
WE HAVE DONE IT 🤩
The
#ThreeLions
have reached the EURO final for a second time in a row… and in our history!
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Why has my old chemistry teachers wedding just been on TV 😂
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Live from Bayeux in Normandy today as we build up to the 80th Anniversary of D-Day.
Tune into
@GBNEWS
all week for our coverage of this momentous occasion.
🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇷
'The atmosphere is already building here!'
@SophieReaper
is live from Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
🔓 Become a GB News Member:
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“Every single person is behind you”
Mayor of GM, Andy Burnham, wishes Figen Murray luck on her 186 mile walk to Downing Street as part of her campaign to try and improve security at UK venues. Her son, Martyn, was one of the 22 killed in the Manchester Arena attack.
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I’m in Liverpool this morning, where HRH The Princess Royal will shortly be unveiling a Battle of the Atlantic memorial.
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Please tell me PLT haven’t actually gone and copied that gal who had wine all over her at the races 😭😭
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My sister’s boyfriend is over from America, so why not host a Manchester version of Thanksgiving?? Happy ‘Mancsgiving’ everyone!! 🇺🇸✌🏼
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There are worse places to be working on a Bank Holiday Monday 🌞🎥
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We’ll be live from the sentencing of Lucy Letby on Monday at 10am.
'She won't be there to see the faces of the families of her victims, and face up to the crimes which make her now the most prolific serial killer of children in modern British history.'
Lucy Letby is likely not to be seen at her sentencing on Monday.
@SophieReaper
reports.
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Happy Friday!☀️ I’m live on
@GBNEWS
from a very sunny Blackpool this morning, talking about young people moving away from coastal towns due to a lack of jobs.
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Back at the
#NicolaBulley
inquest today, where we’re expecting to hear from her partner, Paul, and her sister, Louise.
'It made for rather grim listening, especially for her friends & family who were in there in court.'
Sophie Reaper reports on the results of the inquest into Nicola Bulley's death that found there was no evidence the mother-of-two was harmed before she drowned in the River Wyre.
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It’s been a long ten months, but Lucy Letby has now finally been sentenced to life in prison.
You can read about what it’s been like covering such a massive court case here ⬇️
'Lucy Letby's calm composure was unnerving' - The story of inside the court room from
@SophieReaper
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Not sure this was the legacy that Freddie Mercury intended, but it definitely beats washing my hands to ‘Happy Birthday’ 🤷🏼♀️
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BREAKING - Lucy Letby has been found GUILTY of attempted murder of Child K by unanimous verdict
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Reporting from J5 of the M53 after a bus crash here this morning.
We’ll have all the latest developments throughout the day, live on
@GBNEWS
‘There has been reaction from across the North West, all the emergency services are here.’
GB News North West Reporter
@SophieReaper
reports on a 'major incident' in Merseyside on the M53 involving a coach of schoolchildren.
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Today is one of my absolute favourite days in the reporting calendar!
Always so enjoyable working with the
@PoppyLegion
@JonKeighren
‘They are wearing this symbol to show that they care and that’s why it is so important.’
GB News North West Reporter,
@SophieReaper
, is in Manchester to find out about the importance of the Poppy Appeal to the community.
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It isn’t just people being affected by the cost of living… our pets are facing the impacts as well!!
Thank you
@CatsProtection
for all of the amazing work you do 🐈🫶🏻
'The majority of the phone calls we get are people needing to rehome their cats because they can no longer afford to look after them.'
GB News reporter
@SophieReaper
visited a Cats Protection centre to find out how our pets are being affected by the cost of living crisis.
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Later this year,
@EleanorReaper
and I will be doing a sky dive in order to raise money for
@MindCharity
. We’ll be doing this in memory of Chloe Pennington - Eleanor’s best friend who passed away a few months ago. If you can donate, no matter how much, we would be so grateful🙏🏼🌟
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What a fabulous piece of editing this is - brings all the feels, only the way football can.
Dare we hope for tomorrow?? 🏴
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Crowds are starting to gather here in Warrington for a vigil marking the one year anniversary of Brianna Ghey’s murder.
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During my interview with Ann Marie, as she spoke, I felt myself welling up. By the last question, we were both in tears.
The pain that she and Calvin must have experienced is absolutely incomprehensible. But that’s what pushes them to make a difference as part of
@SafeDriveGM
‘This feeling I have in the pit of my stomach I’ve got till the day I die, till I can hold him in my arms again.’
@SophieReaper
shares the impacts families of road accident victims are left with as she visits the Greater Manchester 'Safe Drive Stay Alive Campaign.'
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Gauging reaction to the new PM from Bolton Market on
@GBNEWS
this morning. Perks? Breakfast comes included 🤤
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I’m at the
#NicolaBulley
inquest in Preston today - live updates on the latest throughout the day on
@GBNEWS
A two-day hearing into the death of Nicola Bulley begins today.
The mother-of-two vanished after dropping her daughters at school, then taking her usual dog walk along the River Wyre in Lancashire.
Sophie Reaper reports.
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So happy I have a platform to spread awareness (with the help of the wonderful
@JoTrust
) about something so important!!
Make sure you get your HPV jab and go for a screening when you get your letter!! It could save your life 💉
#CervicalCancerPreventionWeek
'The words that everybody dreads, "I'm sorry it's cancer".'
Today is the first day of Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and with one in three of those eligible not attending their screening, experts say education is key to preventing this type of cancer.
@SophieReaper
reports.
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Seriously, if you live in Bolton and haven’t had your vaccine yet, get over to ESSA Academy before next Sunday! Doesn’t matter how old you are or if you meet the criteria, they’re giving it to everyone!
#CovidVaccine
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But the absolute highlight of the day was getting to speak to Battle of the Atlantic veteran, Ken Benbow. What an honour - I’ll remember my interview with him for the rest of my life 👇🏻
'I went in as a boy, I came out as a man.'
Veteran Ken Benbow pays an emotional tribute to the Navy on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.
GB News'
@SophieReaper
reports from Liverpool.
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Currently very grateful to 6am me for putting on 5 layers 🥶
'It is absolutely freezing!'
GB News reporters
@SophieReaper
,
@Smartle
and
@_Jack_Carson
are in the Amber cold zones this morning, discussing the snowy weather and potential disruption.
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I’m live in Jay Slater’s home town of Oswaldtwistle this morning, as we enter day 5 of the search for the 19-year old
‘She said she just wants her baby back.’
@SophieReaper
recalls the words of Jay Slater's mother as the search continues to find the teen who went missing in Tenerife.
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The one and only
@Jamestrafford6
😮💨
JAMES TRAFFORD ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME??????? 🤯🤯🤯🧤
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A minute of silence followed by prayers from a variety of faiths here at Lancaster Castle. People hold candles in memory of their Queen, but also their Duke of Lancaster 🕯
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At Manchester Magistrates’ Court today for the publication of Volume 3 of the Manchester Arena Inquiry at 2pm.
Bringing you all the latest on
@GBNEWS
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I’m in Lancaster this morning, talking about ambulance strikes 🚑
'People in this region today are being warned to only call 999 in an emergency life-threatening situation.'
GB News'
@SophieReaper
reports from the picket line in Lancaster, where GMB staff at Northwest Ambulance Service have today walked out in a dispute over pay.
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Lancashire Police are currently giving an update on the
#NicolaBulley
case. ACC Peter Lawson says there is currently “no evidence” of any crime being committed or that a 3rd party was involved
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HRH Princess Anne described the Battle of the Atlantic as “a triumph of international co-operation”
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Because what’s more British than doing a live from an actual teacup? ☕️🇬🇧
(Big shout out to
@JP_MProductions
for filming this whilst stood up on a moving ride 🤣)
'We're spinning into a day that's surely to be fun!'
GB News'
@SophieReaper
takes a spin in a teacup in Leigh, as Coronation celebrations continue across the UK for the new King.
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I am now GBN’s ‘Unoffical Eurovision Correspondent’ according to
@PatrickChristys
… I’ll take it 😂
I’ll be live in Liverpool from 8am tomorrow morning, bringing you all the
#EUROVISION
excitement as we build up to the Grand Final!
'Liverpool is absolutely alight... Everyone is just soaking up the atmosphere and enjoying everything that a whacky old Eurovision has to offer.'
GB News' Sophie Reaper reports from Liverpool as the final preparations take place for tomorrow night's Eurovision Song Contest.
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Here we are again. The tabloids jeopardising a persons’s mental health purely for sales. They fail to remember tragedies like Caroline Flack - in which they ultimately played a part. And yet, they’ll be the first to preach ‘be kind’ when the inevitable happens again. Disgusting.
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Nicest surprise ever came in this mornings post🎈I'm so lucky to always have my family supporting me💗
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Thoughts are with Nicola Bulley’s loved ones as the worst news possible has now been confirmed.
#RIPNicolaBulley
'The news that nobody wanted, but perhaps it will allow Nicola's family to grieve.'
GB News' Sophie Reaper recaps Lancashire Police's press conference after the force confirmed the body pulled from the River Wyre has been identified as missing Nicola Bulley.
@SophieReaper
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Most of us think our heritage sites should be conserved and protected… but, apparently, some people didn’t get the message.
My report below 👇🏼
New research from Historic England has found an increase in the number of thefts from heritage sites across the country.
Criminals have been targeting valuable materials such as york stone and lead from historical sites, selling them on for cash.
Sophie Reaper reports.
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