Calum Leslie
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Presenter🎙📺 | read the news for @gregjames on @BBCR1 & @1Xtra 📩 calum.leslie @bbc .co.uk
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Voting For The First Time?! 🚨🗳️
Answering your questions with
@azadeh_moshiri
on
@bbcthree
@bbciplayer
@bbcnews
- and TikTok and Instagram too.
Top squad
@HarryFarley_
@jonelleawomoyi
@jordken
and
@mariannaspring
Get us here… 📲
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So this is pretty exciting. High school me decided it’s about the coolest job out there - can’t wait to really get going🎙☺️
And don’t worry
@gregjames
,
@itsNadiaJae
and
@NikitaKanda
- the absolute 👑
@RoisinHastie
has lent me all of her alarms.
We are thrilled to announce
@calumsleslie
as the new breakfast newsreader for
@BBCNewsbeat
!
You can catch the news with Calum every morning across Breakfast on
@BBCR1
,
@1Xtra
and
@bbcasiannetwork
🍳🥞☕️
Congrats Calum!
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We’re live from our new home on Monday! Can’t wait to be reunited with the rest of the
@BBCNewsbeat
gang 👊🏻📻
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And just like that, the last ever Radio 1 Breakfast Show
@BBCNewsbeat
from London is done. What a place. Lucky boy to be in here even once.
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6.32am and it **shall** be Christmas at Newsbeat today… whatever the news throws at us 🎅
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A lovely Friday where I mostly laughed uncontrollably at
@gregjames
. Have a lovely weekend ☀️ x
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It’s ten years today since the first same-sex marriages in the UK.
We’ve found a decade on, if you’re a gay couple, fewer than 3% of all religious buildings in England and Wales will marry you.
There are nearly 40,000 places that hold weddings in total 👇🏻🧵
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If you're hearing "a new variant" of
#coronavirus
and thinking the worst - have a read of this from
@BBCFergusWalsh
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Well... this was new. Cheers to the gang for keeping me right 👊🏻
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Neatly summed up.
Andy Murray: awkward, a bit geeky, dry, sarcastic, and the most impressive sportsman Scotland’s ever had. Good lad.
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It’s been a properly awful day. But I’ve never been happier I was allowed to join the
@BBCNewsbeat
team. They are the very best. Love them all. ❤️🎙🥂
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Thanks for all the nice messages about Gay Marriage and Me - our look at ten years since the first same-sex weddings in the UK. 🎥 🏳️🌈
Lotta love for these guys too… mates I came out to in 2012. They agreed to sit down and talk about it in front of a bunch of cameras…👇🏻
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In 🏴 all week for
@BBCNewsbeat
&
@BBCR1
- to hear what people in their teens and 20s want from their next first minister (📩 DMs open). But first things first…
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Today at work… 🦒 🛌
a giraffe with no spots has been born in a tennessee zoo 🦒
@gregjames
and
@calumsleslie
felt this was a prime opportunity for a wholesome bedtime story… 📖
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She’s a superstar - cheers for the last wee studio laugh.
@BettyGlover_
signs off at
@BBCNewsbeat
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Happy Boxing Day from the Newsbeat booth 🎅📻
Permission to open those chocolates again 🍬
Enjoying hearing
@ShivaniDave
smashing Anthems on
@BBCR1
too👊
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Good morning to the
@BBCR1
listener who just sent these to the Newsbeat office
@RoisinHastie
😂🔥
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yeah we’re at it again 📚 🐶
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📺🎥
Something a bit different this week. Great to stand in for
@nick_sheridan
with the lovely
@Fionasstalker
,
@LauraMcGhie_
and Seven Days team.
Top form panel too. On at 11 tonight on BBC Scotland - and the iPlayer later.
Join
@Fionasstalker
and
@calumsleslie
for this week's Seven Days on the
@BBCScotland
channel at 11pm
They'll be joined by
@siobhanhmathers
@Janeannie
and
@IndiaWilloughby
➡️
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Great fun in Greenock yesterday talking the Big Help Out on
@bbcone
🏴 🎥
Thanks to the Scouts for having us! And amazing producer
@jamescheyne
and cameraman Rory.
Wee two day bank holiday for me now ✌🏻
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Correct “Calum” spelling is always extra points.
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Younger mate in pub: “I’d definitely be up for dating older women... who’re like, 26?”
Me at 30: 😑
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Brilliant to be on with
@KatieThistleton
and
@VickNHope
this afternoon - been working on something for quite a long time… coming this week 🎥 🌈
Our penultimate Life Hacks 😭😭😭 thank you for all your messages about your experiences with cancer ❤️ and
@DrRadhaModgil
for your amazing advice as always.
@calumsleslie
on now to talk about the 10 year anniversary of gay marriage 🌈
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A 💯 true story and one of the many reasons I am going to miss
@RickKelsey
being around.
Nice one
@scott_mills
@Chris_Stark
👏🏻😂
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We went out and drank lots because
@paulstanworth
and
@SteffanPowell
are leaving Newsbeat. Two of the very best people you could ever ask to work for and with 🔥👊🏻
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Today’s science
@gregjames
the official radio 1
#ENGWAL
prediction is in…who do you think will win?🏴vs🏴
listen to
@gregjames
on
@BBCSounds
✨
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When I edited the
@LiviFCOfficial
programme as a part-time uni job, Craig Brown said yes to an interview with me about watching
@acciesfc
as a kid, for our edition against them. He was still Aberdeen boss then - but happily chatted away on the phone for about 40 minutes. 1/2
Today Scottish football mourns the loss of Craig Brown, the former men’s national team manager and one of the most beloved personalities in the game.
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Let's DO THIS 🦁
@LiviFCOfficial
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Jumped on the All Day Breakfast podcast with
@gregjames
earlier. We largely talked about how much we love
@andy_murray
❤️🏴
Oh and
@MattEdmondson
’s massage skills.
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Fast forward two hours and he realises he’s not even on the rota today
After MONTHS of playing ‘Guess the 10 minute takeover’ on the Radio 1 breakfast show in Newsbeat HQ, I’ve successfully guessed Nickleback and the office has gone wild.
Lived it. Loved it. Time to retire.
cc;
@gregjames
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When you turn the corner in Glasgow and suddenly it’s... New York
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Can we just take this quote and... make it the rule?
Roy Hodgson is NOT happy.
He says the new handball law is "killing the game".
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Panels you never thought you'd see on TV. What a fantastic interview on
@rte
.
#MarRef
http://t.co/hXpZLGB0iY
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I sent a copy off to the club for him after it was printed, and didn’t think much of it. A few weeks later got a hand signed letter back, thanking me - and making references he could only have known from reading the thing cover to cover. Just total class. 🏴 2/2.
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Not all music over Big Weekend. I’ve been speaking to young voters and activists about politics, Scottish independence and the future. Have a look… 👇🏻
prod:
@SelinaSeth
🎥:
@shootscotland
Two months on from Nicola Sturgeon’s exit as Scotland’s First Minister, what do young voters and activists make of the changed political landscape?
BBC Newsbeat’s
@calumsleslie
reports
|
@SelinaSeth
|
@BBCNewsbeat
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So
@KatieThistleton
played Basshunter Jingle Bells earlier. I kinda like it.
@pollybayfield
had not heard it… not so much 😝
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Couldn’t ask for anyone more kind, calm or helpful to have with you on a TV set. Or in the pub after. What an awful thing.
"Nick has been a wonderful colleague. He was a hugely talented journalist, presenter and author – and one of those rare people who light up the lives of everyone around them."
Head of News & Current Affairs at BBC Scotland Gary Smith pays tribute to Nick Sheridan.
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In Newscastle-under-Lyme for
@BBCNewsbeat
- hearing what
@AaronBell4NUL
’s constituents are saying about parties and priorities. And these - let me tell you - were absolutely bangin’ 🔥
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Had at least two texts to check so just so we're clear... not actually topless doing the news
@scott_mills
@Chris_Stark
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This was good fun! On the way soon 🎥
Inveralmond were delighted to welcome former student
@calumsleslie
back to the school.
The BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat presenter visited his old school recently, to speak to current pupils for a special documentary which will be screened later this year.
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Sunday fun on Life Hacks with
@laurenlayfield
Talking summer budgets and dealing with exam results stress. Can get us on
@bbcsounds
📲
And get well soon
@ShanequaParis
❤️
👉🏻
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So
@gregjames
was on about this earlier. And we've got one of the Hamiltons -
@ArbroathFC
's
@Jackthamilton30
- on Newsbeat at 1245 📻
Commentators nightmare here.
Hamilton, Hamilton and Hamilton start for Arbroath against Hamilton while Hamilton also have a Hamilton in their starting lineup.
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🎥
Rehearsing
#bbcsevendays
with
@calumsleslie
- on at 11pm
@BBCScotland
channel . Analysing & explaining the weeks news 📺
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Spent some time with William talking his own experiences, why he ditched knives - and how he uses DMs and walking the street to help others 👇🏻
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Spoke to the chancellor on Newsbeat today. He's got a shout out for you,
@MarcusRashford
- but
@RishiSunak
thinks the government's plan for
#freeschoolmeals
is better. More on jobs support too.
two mins here 📻
read it here 📱
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I don't care what any of you say, the combination of dance music and Scottie dogs is a sure fire winner.
#Glasgow2014
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Have the job to thank for saying I have now, for the first time in my life, been to Wales.
And as views from the steps of a parliament go... 👏🏻 🏴
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Nice one team
@gsc1
! 🙌🏻
We had lots of fun being part of the
#Radio1GiantJigsaw
challenge 🧩🧪
Thanks
@calumsleslie
for getting our piece back to
@gregjames
@BBCR1
safe and sound - but feel free to stick around for our 21st Birthday Party tomorrow night 👀
#GSC21
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When one of your best mates does great things it’s sometimes hard to sincerely pay compliments. But
@LiviFCOfficial
are so, so lucky to have Dave. I am too. A star 👊🏻⚡️
Disappointing that COVID decided to spoil this a little bit but an extra 1600+ coming along definitely helped with the atmosphere & looked great seeing home fans across 3 stands.
Have had lots of messages from those attending saying how much they enjoyed it so really pleasing!
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The most complete Scotland performance in my adult life. Persuade me otherwise. 🔥
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Don’t want to set the bar too low, but I’ve waited my *entire adult life* just to see that flag up there at a finals 😭🏴
#EURO2020
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Why is 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' the song Scotland players are signing? This is the *brilliant* reason - courtesy of Andy Considine... 👏
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The last hour and a half on
@BBCR1
with
@grimmers
and
@anniemacmanus
has been ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The stories 😂. Well worth a listen back.
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Loads of your questions and issues to get through with
@Azadeh_Moshiri
later. We’ve a bunch of brilliant people to help answer them too 🎥 📲
@jordken
@mariannaspring
@HarryFarley_
@JonelleAwomoyi
Even squeezed in between Euros games…
See you at 7! 🗳️
#GeneralElection2024
BBC News, Radio 1 Newsbeat and BBC Three join forces to bring first-time voters need-to-know information in ‘Voting for the First Time? Election 2024’
Watch and listen from 19:00 BST tonight on
@bbcthree
@bbcnews
@bbcsounds
and our social channels
More info here:
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Incredible.
Going by bicycle towards Buenos Aires main square while last penalty is taken.
Seems like the end of war has been declared.
Fucking hell I’m crying in my Uber watching this and I’m not even Argentinian
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So the last Newsbeat of the year is a bit different. All the GOOD NEWS from 2023. We’ve got
@gregjames
,
@itsNadiaJae
and
@NikitaKanda
involved too.
Skydiving, space travel, a walrus… erm… enjoying himself, Scotland at the Euros and the Lionesses…👇🏻📱
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I went to meet Lioness
@Bethany_Eng15
and talk about being an LGBT role model, trolling - and planning a wedding…
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Doubt I’ll ever celebrate a 0-0 full time whistle like that again 😂
What a great night 🏴
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🎥👇🏻
Another wee trip home this weekend. Had a great time with
@nick_sheridan
and the panel 📺
Seven Days is on the
@BBCScotland
channel at 11pm with
@nick_sheridan
and
@calumsleslie
Talking through this week's big stories will be
@KirstyStricklan
,
@siobhanhmathers
and
@IainGibson
➡️
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On
@BBCNewsbeat
with this crazy story at 1245. More from
@Mitch_Mansfield
&
@mariannaspring
. Plus...
🎤album drops
@KIRSTYGRNT
🏥NHS shortages
@ChrisHewgill
✈️travel tests
@_ManishPandey
🛂immigration laws
@siva_thasan
⚽️big transfers
@BettyGlover_
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So it’s back to following virologists on twitter, is it? 🎅🎄
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@Bethany_Eng15
And spoke to my own mates on what they remember about me coming out, met gay people of faith who have found a place to get married - and asked the
@churchofengland
where they’re at now on LGBT rights. You can watch it here 🎥👇🏻
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Looking forward to be a wee part of this later with
@TinaDaheley
and
@jonkay01
! Give us a go! 🎥 📺
Join
@TinaDaheley
and
@jonkay01
live at 12:30 on
@BBCOne
and
@BBCiPlayer
as they celebrate street parties and community events up and down the UK.
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Classy guy 👏🏻
This is what football is all about. Even after a heartbreaking loss! Jacky fucking Grealish ❤️
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[opens nearest window]
🗣 It’s. The. Scottish. *Premiership*.
[closes window]
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He’s right.
“Go to Glasgow at least once in your life. Have a roll and square sausage and a cup of tea. When you feel the tea coursing over your spice-singed tongue, you'll know what I mean when I say: It's good to be alive."
Wise words from Billy Connolly. Even better with brown sauce.
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📺 great fun to be back at Seven Days with
@Rajdeep1
and
@IonaBallantyne
for a wee Easter treat…
🗣 cracking panel too -
@davieclegg
@JimJam1981
and Atta Yakub
📲 feat. how much is too much for a wedding, and the art of swearing >>
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A
@PriaRai
live shot during today’s
@BBCNewsbeat
. Let no-one tell you it’s not all about the glamour… 🪛😂
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And just like that, another great colleague is off. A total star who never fails to make me laugh. Already miss ya ❤️👊 x
Find a job you enjoy and you’ll never work a day in your life.
It’s been a pleasure
@BBCNewsbeat
@BBCR1
🎙📻💫
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