Claudia Williams
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Last Seen Profiles
Harper Collins Children has announced another new David Walliams book. This time, a murder mystery.
Last year for
@tortoise
I reported on his reputation as a kid's author, his long list of controversies, and the 'headaches' he's caused for his publisher.
My email's in my bio.
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I’m still reporting on this story for
@tortoise
and keen to hear from anyone who has worked at HarperCollins or who would like to speak (in complete confidence). DMs open and my email is claudia
@tortoisemedia
.com.
David Walliams is undoubtedly a children’s writing phenomenon.
But his life and work have, at times, caused headaches for his publisher, HarperCollins.
So what do you do when your most lucrative author does things that might damage the brand?
🎧
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This week I’m
@tortoise
celeb correspondent 🫡
We’re diving into the chaos of the Peltz-Beckham wedding and asking: what happens when you treat a gen-z super-wedding like a business deal?
It’s about fame, wealth, nepo-babies and nightmare group chats:
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You can listen to the full podcast - "Beastly: the stories of David Walliams" - here:
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Anger. Intrigue. Rumours. In-fighting.
And it's about... sewing? In this week's
@tortoise
pod, I dared to investigate a century-old embroidery charity facing a financial crisis – and the needle-wielding women who are in revolt.
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“One night, he got really freaked out and put pillows down the middle of the bed… I was just like: it’s a bit late for that NOW?”
From romantic PowerPoints to the future of polyamory, I wrote about finding love during lockdown for
@Tortoise
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When Aaliyah Welton was 12, she started listening to a K-pop band. It was like discovering a whole new world. But when the other stans found out that she was black, the racism started.
What happens when you need to unstan?
I investigated for
@Tortoise
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Louis knows
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So pleased about this. A difficult series to make but one that was made easier by working with hugely talented colleagues
@tortoise
#FPAawards21
@basialcummings
,
@MattRussell3
, and
@claudiabromley
from
@tortoise
are the 2021 Radio/Podcast of the Year winners for their work on ‘Left to die: Escape from the Amarula’.
#FPAAwards21
#awards
#journalism
#radio
#podcast
🎉🎊
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I am writing a piece for
@tortoise
about dating in lockdown and the FUTURE OF KISSING 💕 I would love to hear about your zoom date disasters / lockdown-breaking antics / social distancing dates / new-found commitment to celibacy / thoughts on What’s Next. DM me!
#journorequests
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Sweet Bobby is one of
@ApplePodcasts
Editors' Picks of 2021!! Delighted to be in the company of some of the podcasts I've absolutely inhaled this year.
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Ahhh check out this v beautiful ep of
#WoolpackSessions
by
@OliviaBromley
(bloody hell, I miss you)
Simply stunning performance from
@OliviaBromley
tonight! Replay Olivia's wonderful rendition of Womack & Womack's "Teardrops" 🎵 right now - go to our
@YouTube
channel:
#WoolpackSessions
#Emmerdale
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In April, the premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in a US drugs sting in Miami. Think: cocaine, cartels & private jets.
But what did then-foreign sec Liz Truss know about the operation?
@GWhittell
and I travelled to BVI to investigate:
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All 4 parts of
@pcaruanagalizia
’s podcast about the murder of his mother are now available to download.
Paul and his family have fought tirelessly to uncover the truth about Daphne's assassination.
I put together a list of some of the ways you can help.
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By
@ladyhaja
: “We have questions for Coleen Rooney. Where is Lord Lucan? What is the true identity of the Zodiac killer? Does she count among her heroes the unsung female codebreakers of Bletchley Park?”
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How many women are being killed, but not counted?
This week we’re publishing our
@Tortoise
investigation into the true scale of fatal domestic abuse. You can listen to the first 3 episodes in our series and access the whole project here:
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Eps 1-3 of The Gas Man, my new
@tortoise
investigates series, are out now.
@chloehadj
and I set out to solve the mystery of how an international fugitive got away with his crimes and why he’s still on the run.
In Ep 3: he tells us himself.
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NEW: Red Bull has built a billion-dollar brand promoting extreme sports. But when things go wrong and the worst happens - who’s responsible?
@tortoise
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Oh. Oh! Possibly my fav sister
@OliviaBromley
is longlisted for Best Soap Newcomer at the TV Choice Awards. It’s v exciting!!! Please vote for her here ⬇ so I have the chance to win by association 🌟
VOTING IS OPEN!
#TVChoiceAwards
📺😄✨
You can vote for your favourite shows and stars using the form in the latest issue of TV Choice or you can vote online here:
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THIS WAS MY 2021 PREDICTION AT WORK, CALL ME NOSTRADAMUS PLS
** Exclusive in this weekend's Sunday Telegraph **
Laurence Fox enters City Hall race to fight Sadiq Khan to be the next Mayor of London
@LozzaFox
tells
@Telegraph
he wants to “offer a voice for those who are being dominated into silence”.
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This week's
@tortoise
Slow Newscast is a deep dive into the murky, lucrative and anxiety-ridden world of fertility.
A world that balances on a tightrope between what's possible, what's ethical – and what's harmful.
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Have I turned into a stage mom? Yes. Am I going to stop? NO – SHE GOT SHORTLISTED SO VOTE FOR MY SISTER TO WIN A TV CHOICE AWARD PLS PALS!!!! 🕺
Thank you to everyone who voted! 💕 So happy to have been shortlisted for ‘Best Newcomer’ for
#tvchoiceawards
! Voting is open again here until 5th July : (FINE, you can vote for
@AsanNjie
if you really have to 😂)
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My Mother’s Murder, a podcast series by
@pcaruanagalizia
, is remarkable. This conversation in particular stopped me in my tracks.
The first two episodes are available now on all platforms. The next episode is out on Thursday. Please listen.
In
#MyMothersMurder
@pcaruanagalizia
speaks to his brother
@mcaruanagalizia
for the first time about the day their mother
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia
was murdered. Matthew was at home when the bomb went off.
Download, Listen, Subscribe
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Really pleased about this. (And particularly pleased for v excellent
@GaryJMarshall90
who produced two fifths of these pods!)
Nominees for UK Podcast of the Year
#BPGAwards
⭐️
@BacklistedPod
⭐️
#FindingQ
(
@AudibleUK
)
@nickywoolf
⭐️
#SweetBobby
(
@tortoise
)
@AlexiMostrous
⭐️
@TheRestHistory
(
@goalhangerfilms
)
⭐️
#ThingsFellApart
(
@BBCRadio4
@BBCSounds
)
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First Dick and Dom, now H from Steps. Hard to come back from this.
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NEW:
@louisetickle
and I investigate the link between suicide/domestic abuse. We tell the story of Kellie Sutton & her family’s 6-year fight for a pioneering legal ruling: will a jury accept that someone who took her own life was actually killed?
@tortoise
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Feel very proud of the brilliant
@tortoise
team & all the work that goes into the Slow Newscast
🎉The winners of Best News Coverage are:
GOLD - George Floyd Killing: The Trial,
@BBCr4today
SILVER - The Slow Newscast,
@tortoise
BRONZE - I Walk With Women,
@bauermedia
#UKARIAS
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The arrogance. Manchester has been treated w utter contempt. £7000 a day on consultants no prob no prob
Local leaders interrupt live interviews to show Andy Burnham messages that appear to suggest Greater Manchester will be put into Tier 3 at 0001 Friday
Burnham was told the message said "£20m only and they're going to try to pick off individual councils"
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I spoke to
@emma_holten
for
@5050oD
about online violence against women & fighting back, have a read
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Looking forward to co-hosting this later, joined by
@ProfJoyceHarper
@DrKylieBaldwin
and
@Nuffbioethics
.
We’ll be talking about egg freezing: does it even work / why do people it / should companies offer it / how should clinics promote? Join us!
What’s the deal with fertility preservation?
Join us in conversation tomorrow lunchtime for Sensemaker Live as we look into egg freezing and why it is the fastest growing fertility treatment in the UK.
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Been a really good week to work at a magazine that goes to print on Wednesdays. Cool cool cool
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Two years after the assassination of
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia
, her son
@pcaruanagalizia
and his family continue to fight for justice. This podcast was recorded during an astonishing week of arrests and protests in Malta. It is heartbreaking and enraging.
In our latest podcast, we're in Malta following the investigation into the murder of
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia
. Her son
@pcaruanagalizia
, an editor at Tortoise, has been at the heart of unexpected and dramatic events. Listen here
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So proud of the
@tortoise
team who worked on this, and endlessly grateful to the families who trusted us to tell their stories - and helped us draw attention to the domestic abuse deaths that continue to go uninvestigated and unreported.
In its eighth year,
#TheOrwellPrize
for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, sponsored by
@jrf_uk
, remains committed to enhancing the public understanding of social problems and public policy in the UK. Each finalist on the shortlist embodies this commitment.
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There's a lot going on. But if you have a sec, I've written for
@tortoise
about the NHS delays – and comp failure of services – forcing trans people to enter the lucky dip of crowdfunding just to access basic healthcare. And it's only going to increase:
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In March, 200 people were left abandoned in a hotel in Mozambique – surrounded by insurgents.
This 3-part series is the story of their extraordinary, and tragic, escape. It's about bravery, greed and the betrayal of an entire region.
Listen here:
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From Little Britain, to the President's Club, to the story pulled over accusations of racism... on and off the page, David Walliams has sometimes caused headaches for HarperCollins.
How do you keep a star kid's author from getting cancelled?
@tortoise
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I’m keen to speak with people who've paid for any type of private fertility treatment about their experience + how they financed things. It can be anon + will of course be sensitively handled. DMs open or email claudia
@tortoisemedia
.com. Thanks!
#journorequest
#journorequests
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On the frontlines in Ukraine waves of Russian mercenaries and ex-prisoners fight like zombies, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Why has the once-secretive founder of the Wagner Group come out of the shadows now?
@tortoise
, ft
@alleyesonwagner
@EliotHiggins
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@emma_holten
@5050oD
Thanks also to
@EuropeanWomen
@negin_nazem
@sodfadaaji
and
@sophiedukebox
- so many women taking action
#HerNetHerRights
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Many many thanks to Aaliyah for speaking with such honesty about her experience, and to
@pennyb
,
@kdc
of
@TLF_Media
and
@ToHeckWithTech
for their expertise. And thank you Ida, Wadha, Sarah and everyone else interviewed telling me your stories.
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Wasn’t sure about their last album but really into this new material
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Sweet Bobby, our new investigative podcast series
@tortoise
, is out now.
It’s an astonishing story about who we are online, digital coercion - and a 10-year catfishing scam that almost ruined a woman’s life.
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How much does it cost to have a baby? It depends who you ask. So we did.
In a series of fertility Money Diaries for
@tortoise
I chatted to people about the part of assisted fertility we often gloss over: the cash.
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Today's
@tortoise
Sensemaker, on scrapping England's public health agency in the middle of a pandemic, the student barristers wearing adult nappies for their exams and the not-so-lost elephant shrew:
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I’ve been saving episodes of Pig Iron so I can listen to it when I’m on a walk. It’s that kind of series. Stunning investigative journalism into the dark side of war reporting from
@basialcummings
@GaryJMarshall90
@jeremybliss
@XAMGreenwood
& more. Do listen if you haven’t.
Our new series, Pig Iron, is out wherever you get your podcasts.
It's an investigation into the death of a young war reporter, Christopher Allen, killed 5 years ago in South Sudan, and journey deep into the world of violence, war, and journalism.
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NEW: Ep 6 of The Gas Man with
@chloehadj
is out now.
In this episode, could a 40-year game of cat-and-mouse finally be coming to a close? Plus… a trainee Buddhist monk with the mantra “fuck human rights”
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How benign is yoga, really?
In this week's
@tortoise
Slow Newscast we investigate whether it's being used by India’s government to push a nationalist agenda and drive communities apart.
Made with
@KatieGunning2
,
@CeriThomas01
and Karla Patella.
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This ruling is a testament to
@louisetickle
's extraordinary tenacity as a reporter.
"...when an elected MP has been found in a court of law to have repeatedly raped and abused his wife while in office, the public has a right to know."
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My flatmates are on Houseparty with their whole family singing “London’s Burning” in a round to a 7 month old baby. One of them just said “this is the highlight of my week”.
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Nice to see two recent
@tortoise
Slow Newscasts, as well as our Invaded: Voicemails from Ukraine series, included in this list of the top audio about Ukraine:
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We know what followed Truss and Kwarteng's mini-budget on 23 Sep: political chaos and economic collapse.
But how did they get there – and how did it happen in just 17 days? For this week's pod, a team of us
@tortoise
report on the making of a disaster:
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Today's
@tortoise
Sensemaker on coronavirus care home deaths & the government's failure to act.
Plus the unexpected baby news on everyone's lips: Gigi and Zayn.
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"As the country’s 56th prime minister resigned, 20,000 people tuned in live... to watch the lettuce celebrating its victory with a Greggs sausage roll."
We say bye to Liz Truss in today's
@tortoise
Sensemaker with
@CatNeilan
@RebeccaHBM
@LewisVickers
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two of my short radio docs with LGBTQI migrants on
@transmissionrh
now! have a listen to some powerful stories and really amazing people
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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I'm keen to speak to anybody who has decided to unstan someone, for whatever reason (incl if it was brief & you restanned later). DM me or email claudia
@tortoisemedia
.com. Thanks!
#journorequests
#journorequest
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The rush of exercising your democratic right yesterday got you hankering for more??? VOTE FOR
@OliviaBromley
in the TV Choice Awards. EU won’t regret it 🗳❤️
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For
@tortoise
,
@louisetickle
and I are investigating hidden homicides: sudden deaths in domestically abusive relationships that go uninvestigated by police / uncounted in statistics. If you think this happened to your loved one, pls get in touch. For more:
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Also that Kim and Kanye would split ✅ so the GOOD NEWS is this means Amazon workers in the US will successfully unionise this year
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Today's
@tortoise
Sensemaker podcast, made with
@CeriThomas01
and
@LewisVickers
, is about the release of Nazanin and Anoosheh, the debt the UK has finally paid – and the British hostages who still remain in Iran.
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Edited by with top team
@GaryJMarshall90
@senordelcorbett
and with unbelievable music and sound design from
@hannvarr
and
@TomKinsella_
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Who knew the man in the flat next door was such a big Backstreet Boys fan
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Knock you down by Keri Hilson on repeat 😢
Kim Kardashian West has filed for divorce from Kanye West, bringing to a close one of the most famous celebrity unions of the 21st century. The two superstars, who built business empires from reality TV and music, married in 2014 and have four children.
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Update: she chose her life passion (frogs)
My (21F) boyfriend (22M) wants me to choose between him and my life passion (frogs)
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Thank you to everyone who was so frank (and funny) about the ups and downs of dating during an actual pandemic. Including
@Nicola_Slawson
,
@TamaPhethean
and
@sophiedukebox
! 💕
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@EuropeanWomen
#HerNetHerRights
media have a huuuge role in normalising the consumption of other people's (perceived) shame
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To anyone who (like me) forgot about the deadline for the Gender Recognition Act consultation, it’s extended til Mon 22nd at noon! Go go go
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Sure!
Bells to ring out at Westminster Abbey to mark Prince Andrew's 60th birthday
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Emily Whelan's family has today won a landmark lawsuit against the NHS trust that allowed her body to decompose to the extent that a forensic PM could not rule out third party involvement in her death.
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We've spoken so many families who are fighting to have their loved one's death investigated. For them to be counted. I couldn't be more grateful that they shared their stories.
It's the work of a brilliant team:
@louisetickle
@basialcummings
@MattRussell3
@paticlarke
@Tom_Kins
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AGREED
@Reallisariley
When your peers do well you have to flag it up,she’s always brilliant,but I have to say mostly these past three episodes
@OliviaBromley
@itv
@emmerdale
has been absolutely stunning,every single scene has had such impact on the audience. Well done babes MORE MORE PLEASE 🙏🏻😘🙏🏻😘🙏🏻
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Greg knows
The
@tortoise
podcast is one of my absolute favourites and this episode about a 12,000 tonne ship lost in the Pacific left me open-mouthed:
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THE BEST THING ON TV (except emmerdale
#dawn
#carryondawn
)
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@multiplebears
Ahhh your tweet prompted SUCH a specific memory, I loved them!!! Esp the one about the bloody tower
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dreeeeaaaamy
Really excited to share our first track ‘This Isn’t Love’. 🎶 Give us a follow and have a listen:
#damsenmusic
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Today's
@tortoise
piece on the billion-dollar fertility industry:
@gabyhinsliff
looks at the expensive and un-evidenced world of IVF "add ons" – and the people desperate to know they tried everything.
If a clinic's selling you hope, how can you say no?
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The remarkable
@denismukwege
speaking with brutal honesty about rape as terrorism, rape as torture, and the resulting injuries he treats in women and children each day. “To the women here: Speak out. Be strong. Break social norms—it’s not your fault.”
@nytimes
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Loved working on this episode with
@ellen_halliday
. It’s a journey into a world of book dealers, thieves, secrets and lost treasure - and an attempt to crack a 20-year mystery...
Out on
@tortoise
now and everywhere else Thursday.
Two notebooks, one sleuth, and a simple question: whodunnit?
For 20 years, two priceless manuscripts written by Charles Darwin were missing from Cambridge University Library. Until one day, they were returned.
In this week’s Slow Newscast,
@ellen_halliday
searches for answers.
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3 years after the Trump administration was given 30 days to reunite families they separated at the US border, there are still 300 children whose parents can't be found.
For
@tortoise
: the families torn apart & the people fighting to reunite them.
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My brief time at
@NewMillsFBank
a few years back was great! Go help their v lovely team, who are making a big diff in New Mills and nearby x
I'm sad to say the other half of the stores shelf stacking, stock rotating team has had to stop for personal reasons (I blame the train service!). I've carved up the stores tasks a bit so there's some nice things for a new volunteer to take on. Could it be you?
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Thank you so much to
@pennyb
,
@WannabeLinguist
,
@NatiniNatini
, Emma Underwood from
@LGBTfdn
,
@anthroLopez
and everyone else I spoke to for this. Hugely appreciated, esp those who shared personal and difficult stories so candidly.
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This by wonderful pal
@wouldntdaremate
on the Salford Docker & the political power of theatre made my tiny heart sing
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It was a total joy to speak to
@frankcottrell_b
about children’s books for this episode. Do listen if you have time - it’s a conversation I’ve thought about a lot since.
"What does it mean to write children's fiction in the 21st Century?"
Taken aback by how beautifully
@tortoise
have framed my usual rant here ...
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there’s just really a lot going on here isn’t there
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Munira Mirza, the Downing Street head of policy, has resigned over Boris Johnson’s Jimmy Savile attack on Keir Starmer
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hi olive!!!!!
'It's going to be really really traumatic.'
As everything begins to unravel for Dawn,
@emmerdale
's
@OliviaBromley
reveals what's to come for her character as she risks losing her son.
Watch in full ➡️
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I’m very proud to have worked on it with excellent colleagues:
@AlexiMostrous
,
@GaryJMarshall90
,
@basialcummings
and Karla Patella. And huge thanks to Kirat for trusting us to tell her story.
Ep1 is out now, and new eps will be published weekly.
@tortoise
members listen early.
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Couldn’t be more deserved and I couldn’t be more proud. YES
@nimsaden
❤️
Congratulations to
@tortoise
's Nimo Omer (
@nimsaden
) for being crowned the New Journalist of the Year at this year's
#BritishJournalismAwards
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Went to see a preview of
@LivingDeadLDN
last night and it was GLORIOUS. So funny, so silly and just a bloooooody good time (plus the v talented cast includes a beardless
@TamaPhethean
!!!). Go see it 🧠
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✨✨I am SO excited to see what
@hajarpress
do!!! They’re over 90% there with 10 days left – pls donate if you can!! 🧡🧡
We’re almost there, more than 90% of the way! Only 10 days to go, please give us a little bump over the next few days 🧡
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