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Senior reporter @MENnewsdesk | NCTJ Gold ⭐️ | Bylines: Mirror, Express, Star & more | Broadcast journalism graduate | Opinions own.
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It left them jobless, ostracised and judged ... but it saved their lives
SPECIAL REPORT: With anti-trans hate crime at a record high, I spoke to three inspirational people about their journey to becoming their true self
Read👇👇
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🚨 More job news 🚨 Beyond thrilled that I can now announce that from Monday, I will be joining the team of reporters at
@MENnewsdesk
. I am so excited to get stuck in and become part of their wonderful team.
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SPECIAL REPORT:
(A thread)
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on this very important story, looking into the experiences that courageous victims of LGBTQ+ hate crime in our region have faced.
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only I, JAMES HOLT could go to a scene and knock on a door... only to learn it is my ex's house where he lives with his partner when the door opens. I want the ground to swallow me.
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Very pleased to announce I have passed my senior exams and am now a senior reporter! ✨ just a reminder that I can be contacted with tips and stories on james.holt
@reachplc
.com 🖊
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Been in court all day and met the loveliest three women who are all retired and just have days out where they go to sit in cases in the public gallery and go to Wetherspoons for a couple of wines at lunch. Just iconic tbh 🍷
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CHORLEY EAST WARD - Labour Majority
5,337 votes cast
Hasina Khan - Labour Party - 1,070 votes
Zara Khan - Labour Party - 992 votes
James Steven Nevett - Labour Party - 1,066
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So I have been at the Manchester Evening News now for 10 months... and in that time I have somehow had 22 MILLION eyes on my stories ... crazy 🤯🤯
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This was the moment England won the womens Euros 2022. Fans ecstatic at the fanzone in Piccadilly
@MENnewsdesk
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Wow! Imagine being on board this flight back to Manchester from Iceland this evening
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🚨 Personal job news 🚨 Tomorrow will be my last day as reporter at the Lancashire Post. I’ve had a wonderful 18 months covering a range of news in Preston and it has been the most amazing first step into journalism. (1)
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FINALLY got my Gold Standard NCTJ diploma certificate through the post. Makes learning all that shorthand worth it😂 Journalism degree and NCTJ under my belt… seniors next….
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Just found out I got an A in my Media Law NCTJ exam! Beyond pleased!
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Wow. Just received an emotional call from a single who was owed more than £2,000 from a cafe and has battled for the past 14 months for it to no avail. After she got in touch for me to run a story and I approached the owner, she has now been paid just this morning 👏🥰
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Well, one year at the Manchester Evening News ... how time has flown! 🥳
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Quite nerve-racking being on the 'other side' of the story.
Dating scammers stole my identity for fake profiles on Grindr, Instagram and Facebook.
Read here:
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I know share this every now and again but sometimes I still can’t believe how much my skin and acne has come along over the years. I went on
#roaccutane
otherwise known as
#isotretinoin
… it was HELL but worked like a dream ✨
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May be years delayed due to Covid… but still managed to get my pretty grad pics 👨🏼🏫
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Gov has pledged to extend the Metrolink line to Manchester Airport as they announce the launch of 'Network North', following the second leg of HS2 being scrapped.
Do you think they know the Metrolink has been running to the airport since 2014??...
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Thrilled to announce I will be the
#Preston
city centre reporter for the Lancashire Post from September 7th. Can’t wait 😊
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So thrilled to say I have passed my 100wpm shorthand!! Thanks so much to all my fab teachers at the News Associates course.
@alicerwalker
@izzycbaldwin
woooo
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Just wanted to share this because it makes me pinch myself sometimes. These are just some of my favourite front page stories I have produced for the
@leponline
over the past few months. 🥰🥰
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And right on cue… the RAIN starts absolutely lashing down here on Deansgate leaving thousands drenched - but they don’t care!
@MENnewsdesk
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🤍Wow… northern lights right from our back yard in Bury.
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Really frightening incident in
#Manchester
#Piccadilly
tonight, that saw a bus crash into a bus stop and injure pedestrians. Haven't seen an emergency response like that in a long time. Thoughts are with all those involved and the two people who sustained serious injuries.
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Four front-page stories in the past week? Must be doing something right 😋
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Still look at old pictures of my skin from 2016/17 and can’t believe how different it is to now! Acne absolutely ruined my teenage years completely - I had no self confidence. Thank you medication! 😲🤯
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So this man thinks it’s ok to put a cat in a rucksack and put the other on a lead … it’s visibly distressed . Awful
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So by Monday, I will have had 7 front page stories in the past 4 weeks since I started full-time at the
@leponline
. 🥰
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Very chuffed with an A grade on my Essential Journalism mock exam. Let’s hope I get the same result next week! 🎉
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This is the moment riot cops clashed with protestors in Newton Heath tonight. Officers have been pelted with rocks, bricks and bottles.
@MENnewsdesk
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Passed my 80 words per minute shorthand... thank god! Now for the 100 this Thursday!
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I CANNOT watch people share videos / pictures to their Facebook / stories of all their designer Christmas gifts, piles of presents, wads of money, ridiculous amounts they have been bought by their parents. What do you want? A well done? A round of applause??🤦🏼♂️
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As many as 430 homes are being contacted and urged to evacuate in Didsbury this afternoon.
The River Mersey is expecting to 'overflow' and peak by 7pm, according to council officials.
Refuge centres have been set up, including at Didsbury mosque.
Stay safe
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There’s something so exciting about this job... when you are sitting on a story that you just know is brilliant and have worked really hard on and nobody else has it! Love that 💓 📰
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BREAKING: In the coming days, Preston will welcome 50 Afghan refugees, most of which are children, to provide safe and suitable accommodation. Preston City Council has been arranging for these families as part of the government’s resettlement programme across the UK.
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So since I have started full time at
@JPIMediaLtd
last August, I have had 1,101,285 views on my stories. Quite amazing!
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Achieved a 74% (First) in my final project for university. Very happy indeed!
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Just had a wonderful email informing me that I have been put forward for an Alzheimer's Society Dementia Hero regional print journalism award for my numerous stories highlighting the illness and the work of the charity!
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The prisoner just shouted “Oggy Oggy Oggy” from the roof at which point a bystander responded with “Oi! Oi! Oi!” To which he replied “Yes my girl”
@MENnewsdesk
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can we just take a minute to realise how AMAZING our team has been behind all of the coverage of Manchester Pride. Such a sterling job. Cannot get over how fab it’s been. Huge shoutout to
@nicole_wc
@jennacampbell93
@men_ben_
@diannebourne
@AdamMaidment
@MPJourno
and others! 🏳️🌈
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Four FABULOUS drag queens outside Churchill’s on Canal Street are encouraging the few revellers there are here to come inside. They’re such fun!
@MENnewsdesk
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*downloads dating app*
gets this message about working for the media… we are lame apparently
*deletes dating app*
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An update from me here in Tenerife where the search is continuing to find missing teenager Jay Slater.
The ongoing efforts, involving mountain rescue teams, fire crews and police, is focusing on a 30km-wide area and three main ravines.
Today marks six days since Jay vanished.
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Out for dinner with grandma in Manchester and taking her to see her “dream man” Olly Murs 🥹🤍
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Aaaaand home as the sun is rising… 😴 you’re all getting up … and I’m off to bed. For those that have been following the incident at HMP Manchester Strangeways tonight, we will bring you the latest updates on
@MENnewsdesk
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Well, I asked an AI tool to examine my X feed and 'roast' me...
I feel seen🥺
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Here’s our front page tomorrow, shared across numerous other northern Reach titles. Deliver what you promised. 🚊
@MENnewsdesk
#manchester
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Hi everyone. Don’t like using this for non-work related issues... but can anyone recommend good councelling or therapy services in Lancashire? Feel like it’s time to accept being sad is okay and want to seek help. Thanks all for any suggestions 💪
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Man, 21, HORRIFIED to discover that a wispa duo ISN’T DOUBLE and is actually just a quarter extra
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Gosh so many nasty comments like calling me “bent”, a “nob”, “cr*p” and a “g**p” (of which there were a lot…) whilst I’m doing a live video report from a breaking incident when we have very little information to hand … ahhhh lovely social media🥰🥰🥰🥰
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I have been shortlisted as one of the three finalists for the Regional Dementia Hero awards for my coverage of the disease here in Lancashire!
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Woke up not feeling too chirpy today… took myself for lunch, went round charity shops all while playing music loud in my earphones and *partially* dancing in the street. Bad mood? Don’t know her! 🤩🤩
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I think a brolly may have been a wise choice this evening… oops
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Julie is seeing her mum Lillian for the first time in 12 months at Brookside care home.❤️❤️
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Dan asking Nicola Bulley’s partner Paul “Are you going to be ok?” On that TV interview… odd question. His partner is missing and every day he is living through absolute hell..
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We need to find these brilliant people!
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No, I can’t say I’ve ever been out, sipping cocktails with the girls and thought “I wish I was getting paid for this” … maybe it’s just me
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I have such creative friends. I love this pic of me😍
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Our garden 4 months ago vs our garden now… coming on nicely 🥰🥰
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Just got a B in my Digital Journalism module and just got out of my Court Reporting exam! One more to go on Friday 😴
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That’s it from me here in Tenerife. You can continue to follow the latest updates on the search for Jay Slater on our website - and follow reporter
@HelenaVesty
who has touched down on the island to continue coverage.
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Mad scenes here on Canal Street. May not be as busy as other years but amazing atmosphere! I am now covered in confetti 😂
@MENnewsdesk
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Hundreds of fans are letting off flares and marching through streets chanting “champions”
@MENnewsdesk
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So, this year will be my first valentines day being single in four years. I am working during the day - but afterwards, do I eat a tub of Ben and Jerry's with a bottle of wine or, do I eat a tub of Ben and Jerry's with a bottle of wine? 🙃
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A night of unity and a poignant tribute to Brianna Ghey: Manchester celebrates the LGBTQ+ community
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Sad news this evening
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And it starts here ! The final stepping stone in being a fully qualified journo
#shorthand
#nctj
@NewsAssociates
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Does anyone else find being in your 20s a constant challenge? It’s so hard to battle with the constant overhanging worries of not knowing what your future holds, where you’ll be working, where you’ll be living, who with etc 🤯 just aimlessly flailing around the place
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You know you’ve made it as a journo when your stories keep appearing in the brilliant ‘Angry people in local newspapers’ group!
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Remembering when my VERY talented friend in London did these fancy pics of me. Love them 🤩🤩🤩
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That’s almost it from my reporting here in Tenerife, with teenager Jay Slater still missing. Our reporter
@HelenaVesty
will be taking over in my absence from tomorrow so be sure to follow her for the latest updates.
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Lovely retweet from Craig David here... about my review of his concert last night!!
Thank you for the love👏🏽 Had great time performing again in this beautiful City❤️💫✨
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Some people are so ignorant. One man just sat next to me to get a better view of the game and said "I'm not hitting on you, don't worry"... don't flatter yourself. The beer belly and receding hair line hardly appealed to me anyway
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Well that’s my night / morning covering the election done - and leaving the MEN office for a very long sleep (albeit daylight)
Superb coverage from our whole Manchester team. All updates and results for your borough can be found on our website
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Wow.
@DerrenBrown
at
#TheLowry
tonight was something else. No words🤯 … (well I had to find about 600 actually as the review is up tomorrow) in the Manchester Evening News. 🗞
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