SET. YOUR. WATCH.
@BBCNews
delighted to announce new prime time, weekly, in-depth, political programme with the peerless
@afneil
The Andrew Neil Show launches next Wednesday 7pm
#BBC2
Analysis, forensic interviews with the key players - peeps, this stuff matters
"With two vaccines now approved, we will be able to vaccinate a greater number of people who are at highest risk, protecting them from the disease and reducing mortality and hospitalisation." Gov statement following Oxford-AstraZeneca
#COVID19
vaccine approved
My father, sadly dead now, came from Sudan to the UK in the 1960s and dedicated his career to the NHS as an ophthalmologist
@Moorfields
This dedication to Sudanese-British doctors is a lovely reminder of who we rely on
#COVID2019
@BBCNews
Thread - After 7 great years
@BBCNews
working with some of the finest, funniest, hard working and committed journalists on the planet, today is farewell. Next month I am starting a new media business with friend and fellow media traveller William Lewis
Today
@BBCNews
is in mourning after one of our brightest stars died.
@HannaAYusuf
was sharp, witty and allowed us all to understand the important stuff a little better. We will remember Hanna by learning from her remarkable work
“One would expect prices to go up. It is reasonable to expect that in the event of no deal the exchange rate would go down. This is straight economics.” Mark Carney
@BBCr4today
Government also downgraded PPE advice on Mar 13. Said it was guided by the scientific advice. Details here of
@BBCPanorama
investigation into PPE supply
#COVID
ー19
@BBCNews
Catch up on
@BBCiPlayer
Last May
@BBCNewsnight
first reported thousands of children were being “dumped” in unsuitable, unregulated accommodation. Then the Govt told us an urgent review was required. Today they announce measures to ban it. Deserved credit to
@katierazz
@innesbowen
@sallyches
@LondonLuke
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak are going to be fined by the police for going to parties during lockdown.
Here’s the timeline of those parties in full 👇
#Partygate
It takes two to create a great interview - and this is it. A masterclass by colleague
@amolrajan
talking to
@afneil
- who is prompted to reflect on the highs and lows of his career. He rises to the challenge with fascinating honesty.
Remarkable - people who are aged between 30 and 39 now are earning £2,100 a year less than people of the same age group in 2008.
@TheIFS
study for
@BBCNews
reveals the persistent effects of the financial crisis, 10 years on
#10thanniversary
The Spectator is returning furlough money to the Treasury because the economic impact of Covid-19 was not as great as it initially feared
@afneil
writes about the decision.
"People are angry for a reason. It's not like you're just born angry. You're angry because you live every day in this world where the system is not set up for you to win."
@SpikeLeeJoint
speaks to
@WillGompertzBBC
@BBCNews
Cd be the last Budget for
@PhilipHammondUK
- or not. But it is definitely mine. Last day on air before moving on to become Editorial Director. Thanks to all wonderful
@BBCNews
chums who every day keep this great ship sailing
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to close down all its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts. Chairman Tim Martin: “It’s becoming increasingly obvious people spend too much time on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and struggle to control the compulsion."
#Techlash
Delighted that
@faisalislam
joining
@BBCNews
as new Economics Editor. A huge talent who I was fortunate to work with at The Observer many years ago. Will bring his mighty brain analysing all those "economicky words"
For all those snootily decrying the fact that
@trussliz
is "only" doing interviews with local radio - they are some of the best in the business, connected to the audience in ways often much more intimate than "mainstream news". Here's Rima Ahmed from
@BBCLeeds
👇🏽
Why I’m a journalist- thread.
Over a year ago a young journalist came to our main weekly editorial meeting where the Big Beasts of
@BBCNews
discuss the major stories and issues we should be covering.
Delighted to say that from the end of March I'm going to be starting a new role as
@BBCNews
Community Affairs Correspondent -- covering the stories of diverse communities and underserved audiences of all ages and backgrounds around the UK
Yesterday we announced Rianna has been promoted to be one of our youngest correspondents, if not the youngest (checking that). Just one of a number of great young journalists energising BBC News.
We are very fit for the future
@BBCNews
#YoungTalent
Revealed - ethnicity pay gap figures at UK's top universities show black academics tend to earn 26% less than white colleagues, black women 39% less than white men. HT
@The_Crox
and
@BBCNews
digging out the numbers via Freedom of Information requests
Keanu Reeves - one of the latest Hollywood superstars to appear as a video game character (Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077) says gaming doesn’t need legitimising.
We chatted to Keanu about the relationship between gaming and movies, keeping secrets, and much more
Many of us have someone in our careers, our lives, that we owe more than they know. Euan Ferguson was that person for me and many others. He died last week - and I wrote about my friend for the paper we both once called home
@ObserverUK
BBC Executive Committee:
@BBCNaga
“was speaking honestly and from the heart about her own experiences. We admire her for it and she was completely justified in doing so.”
Health secretary
@MattHancock
says govt is looking at issuing certificates or wrist bands to those who have had Covid-19 and could have a degree of immunity
#bbcqt
Says can’t happen now, but could be for the future
The crash of a Ukrainian passenger plane carrying 170 people in Iran was the result of an engine failure, not terrorism, the Ukrainian embassy to Iran says. Iran's Red Crescent says there is no chance of finding survivors.
@BBCNews
“I discovered yesterday over lunch for Father's Day, my dad has voted Labour for the first time in his entire life.”
@wesstreeting
talks to
@DailyTPodcast
about
@UKLabour
, the future of
@NHSuk
assisted dying and private health care 🎧🎙️👇🏽
"At some point voters will begin to wonder why, years after we first started talking about it, voters are still being influenced by untraceable money." Brilliant from
@amolrajan
@BBCNews
Finally - a thank you to
@BBCNews
You are amazing, a privilege to work for and one of the most remarkable and important news organisations in the world. Trusted, impartial news has never been more vital
Statement from DG Tony Hall on broadcasting N-word in full: “The BBC now accepts that we should have taken a different approach at the time of broadcast and we are very sorry for that. Every organisation should be able to acknowledge when it has made a mistake. We made one here.”
"Tax should be a fundamental part of being a citizen, and those who have the most should pay the most." Archbishop Justin Welby
@JustinWelby
tells me why taxes must rise to fix "unjust" economy
@BBCNews
@IPPR
A couple of thoughts on this announcement 🧵
First, it is a real honour - I started my career by knocking on the door of the student newspaper
@UniversityLeeds
and owe everything to the execs and friends who have supported me for the last 30 years👴🏽
It's been quite a journey with a great bunch of people. Today we go live. Join us on our journey building a new media content business - facts, engagement, new voices. Let's go Welcome
@thenewsmovement
So, today is a bit of a day . . . thread ahead . . .
After three remarkable, wonderful and uplifting years as Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief
@thenewsmovement
it is time for me to hand over the baton to the next generation of leaders at such a brilliant organisation . . .
Colleague
@CliveMyrieBBC
and his team have produced some of the most vivid
#USElection2020
coverage for
@BBCNews
. Watch the second part here as Biden becomes President-Elect
@BBCiPlayer
All nighters, incredible camera crew, producers and editors. Thank you
JD Wetherspoon announces it will "offer more drinks from UK and non-EU producers and brewers in the run up to Brexit". Champagne and German wheat beers out. UK sparkling wine and craft beers in.
#Brexit
Equal pay for men and women (or allegations of lack of it) back in the news - this time
@Tesco
in the frame. Should supermarket staff (mostly women) be paid the same as warehouse staff (mostly men)?
From all of us who discovered Two Tone as young kids and danced and sang to an effortlessly cool beat from the 1970s and 1980s. Mirror in the Bathroom, I Just Can't Stop It. Farewell Ranking Roger
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says the UK condemns Iran's attacks on Iraqi military bases that were hosting UK, US and other coalition forces. He says he is "concerned" by reports of casualties and the use of ballistic missiles. Live updates
@BBCNews