BBC News Correspondent. Northern England mainly. Specialist Generalist. All extremes of weather catered for. Also a member of the British Guild of Beer Writers
Meet Clarence the Christmas goose. Dropped off in the dead of night with a bag of food and a note explaining its owner couldn’t bring themselves to kill and eat him. That was about ten years ago. He’s about to survive another Yuletide.
The three day lock in at Britain’s highest hostelry - If you missed our piece from Tan Hill last night - this is the version which ran on
@BBCNews
. It will brighten your day..
I don’t play the company man line very often but I am deeply proud of the way the BBC is planning to go forward in this crisis. Inform, educate, entertain. Stick to the basics, deliver the best.
Huge congratulations to the son and heir for landing a first in Mining Engineering
@CambSchMines
. Made in Yorkshire, refined
@SedberghSchool
, completed in Cornwall. Well done Tom! X
July 19th 2006 was the hottest day of the year too. The day this fabulous, smart and funny young lady was born. I went from the maternity ward to sit a board on the phone for my current role in a boiling hot car. Quite a day. Happy Birthday 🥳 M x
Proud dad alert: He wasn’t just drinking! Tom got a first in his MEng Mining Engineering
@CambSchMines
. Grateful nod to
@Glencore
for sponsorship. 🎶The future is not so bright that he still has to wear shades🎶 , as he’ll be down a hole in the ground..
It’s my cameraman’s 40th Anniversary at the BBC. I think he started when it was black and white. He’s still great. This is us, recreated bake off style. Love it!
Here’s your daily dose of the Yorkshire Dales as the grimness prevails. Wharfedale from the head of Coverdale. Lapwings and Curlews were there but stubbornly quiet.
I love a good Greggs. Was impressed with their revamped outlet in Richmond, North Yorkshire today. Adorned with tasteful black and white prints of Richmond. In Surrey. 🤷♂️
Poor Harry. He was a friend and mentor. He took a young inexperienced reporter on assignment to Istanbul many years ago and was just so kind to me. Top bloke.
Our much loved friend and colleague Harry Gration died suddenly today. We are absolutely heartbroken to give you this news.
Tonight our hearts go out to Harry's wife Helen, their children and all of Harry's family and friends.
My lovely producer Ann left the BBC last year. Today, I got out of the car in Harrogate (miles from either of our homes) to find a woman had just parked behind me. It was Ann! Her homing instinct for a correspondent in need still exists..
The Gresley Class P2 is coming along nicely in Darlington. All wheels fitted. In a few years, this will be quite a sight on the mainline. From the people who brought you the excellent
@60163_Tornado
My dear producer
@AnnSedivy
(in the fur hood, dressed for the northern summer) has left the BBC today. This 15 year team of three is now 2 🙁 Good luck Ann! X
Just over a year ago we put him on a plane at Heathrow to a mining town in 🇦🇺 Now having a ‘Meet Me Halfway’ rendezvous. Lovely to see the son and heir. One night in Bangkok etc 😍
Blea Moor tunnel near Ribblehead on the Settle to Carlisle line today.
@networkrail
took these pictures of the huge icicles which needed clearing.
@BBCNews
Well done to my fantastic, beautiful and apparently brainy daughter, who despite a year of tonsillitis, has scraped her A levels. Thank you
@HarrogateGS
for your tireless input.
The opening shot of our
@BBCNews
piece from York on Monday was a move off this sign. A few hours later
@DaveZ_uk
came along in the dead of night and took this. Excellent.
Silver
@Britbeerwriters
awards tonight. Sharing the glory with Dyso who filmed and edited our entries. Finally, after 20 odd years together we’ve won something! In a subject close to our hearts.
Finally after too many miserable stories, one that’s making me laugh a lot. In Hull for free beer from
@PaulHeatonSolo
. Thanks to
@shipsandpigs
for the pic and
@davelee1968
for the wit in it. (He lived with PH but not in THAT way). On at 10 tonight.
A visit to
@RAFBBMF
today where everything is well into the winter maintenance schedule. Tributes paid here at
@RAFConingsby
to Johnny Johnson - on BBC1 at Six.
@BBCNews
Harrogate twitter: a young lady tried to grab our dog today after she was spooked by fireworks - but fell over and ripped her jeans. Can we find her? We’d like to buy you a new pair! The dog was caught by some very kind teenagers near the cenotaph. 🙏
The R number. Please allow me to have a quiet mutter about ‘regions’. London is about 20 miles across. The North East & Yorks goes from Sheffield to Berwick - 201 miles. And is about 83 miles east to west. 🤷♂️
Can’t amend
@Tesco
order as website is down. Looking forward to our current basket of four bottles of gin tomorrow.
We’ll barely get to Wednesday on that.
The three day lock in at Britain’s highest hostelry - If you missed our piece from Tan Hill last night - this is the version which ran on
@BBCNews
. It will brighten your day..
One of the most decent colleagues I've had the pleasure of working with. A kind mentor when I first started at Radio Leeds and a wise friend for 28 years thereafter. A great broadcaster too. Good luck Andrew - enjoy life on the outside I will miss seeing you in the office.
Happy weekend! 👋
Arriving
@BBCLeeds
for my final Saturday breakfast show 6-10am ⏰
Chilly, clear, calm morning: 5C 🥶
Thank you for all the kind messages: it’s heartwarming and humbling 🙏
I’d love to say hello to you - near or far, home or away, work or play 🎙️
The perfect Yorkshire hamlet? Hubberholme in Upper Wharfedale looking glorious on Easter Saturday. The George Inn and the ancient mice infested church.
@Welcome2Yorks