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Over the past month,
@bbclysedoucet
has been a daily fixture on
@BBCr4today
bringing clarity, insight and empathy as she's reported from Ukraine. Tomorrow, as she prepares to leave, she'll present Today from Kyiv, alongside
@MishalHusain
in London
#r4today
from 6am on
@BBCRadio4
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A final 0800 bulletin from
@zebsoanes
. A magnificent voice, we’ll really miss him on
@BBCr4today
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At
@BBCPM
we asked what we can do to provide a little beauty and escape from the news each day? Ask
@cerysmatthews
to read Under Milk Wood said
@MikeyC74
. So we did. And it is beautiful. Listen to it on
@BBCRadio4
on Monday at 5.55pm.
#bbcpm
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On a bleak morning, the Polish welcome of refugees is well worth reading about
@MishalHusain
Ukraine: With placards and tears, Poles are greeting refugees like family
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A few weeks back, a PM listener asked for
@cerysmatthews
to read from Under Milk Wood for our daily moment of escape. Many of you said, could Cerys read a little more Dylan Thomas? So she has. On
@BBCPM
from Monday. Starting with Fern Hill
@BBCRadio4
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On
#InternationalWomensDay
this is the magnificent team who broadcast
@BBCr4today
from the Poland - Ukraine border for the past two days
#IWD2022
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One year on from the invasion of Ukraine,
@bbclysedoucet
is back presenting
@BBCr4today
tomorrow from Kyiv with
@BowenBBC
,
@OrlaGuerin
and a specially commissioned essay from
@AKurkov
on
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
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As the number of refugees from Ukraine passes 1.5m
@MishalHusain
will be on the Ukraine-Poland border for
@BBCr4today
along with
@bbclysedoucet
and
@OrlaGuerin
inside Ukraine. From 6am
@BBCSounds
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This is *so* very well deserved.
@MishalHusain
is not only a peerless interviewer, brilliant colleague and friend but she has also changed the status of women on
@BBCr4today
, a truly impressive achievement.
This happened today .. appreciative and rather overwhelmed as I am, I do want to say that in broadcasting, every ‘individual’ contribution comes amid a team effort. So - thank you colleagues and friends
@BBCr4today
@BBCRadio4
And of course thank you
@vlvuk
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Reporting fully from a war means including the resilience of some normality as well as all the destruction.
It's captured beautifully here by
@BowenBBC
from Podil in Kyiv where the bakery is still open and snipers can still pick up a coffee
@BBCr4today
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Tomorrow at (probably) 0810 on
@BBCr4today
,
@amolrajan
talks to Mo Farah and his wife, Tania, and his being trafficked to the UK as a child and why they are telling his life story now
@BBCSounds
and
@BBCRadio4
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Tomorrow as Russia celebrates (WW2) Victory Day - with no end in sight to the war they’ve started in Ukraine -
@bbclysedoucet
will present
@BBCr4today
from Dnipro (technology permitting) with
@Marthakearney
in the studio in London from 6am
@BBCRadio4
@BBCSounds
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Not only is all this true, she’s great fun to work with, too
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Tomorrow morning at 0810 on
@BBCr4today
:
@bbcnickrobinson
and the Prime Minister
@trussliz
on
@BBCSounds
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"It's PM at 5pm ... the programme that sums up the day and your evening starts here." Happy 50th birthday to the wonderful
@BBCPM
; a programme I would listen to even if I didn't work here. On
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
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The
@BBCr4today
team this morning in Kyiv.
@bbclysedoucet
with her team Sam and Anastasia
@BBCSounds
#ukraine
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This is so true about
@bbclysedoucet
and why she's been such an important part of
@BBCr4today
each morning in recent weeks
Hats off every day to
@bbclysedoucet
in Kyiv who offers a rare combination of military expertise and empathy for the victims of war
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This is so well worth tuning in for
@BBCr4today
@bbcsounds
produced by the great
@lewis_louisa
. And enormous thanks to
@andy_murray
Was incredibly fortunate to be able to spend some time with the inspirational Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe a few weeks ago. Nazanin is guest editor of the
@BBCr4today
show tomorrow, and you can hear some of our conversation from 0800.
@BBCRadio4
#R4Today
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📻 In case you switched off the radio at 9am, here’s the moment a few minutes later when
@ChrisMasonBBC
took a call from Downing Street to say the Prime Minister would resign
@BBCr4today
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A bit unusually the
@BBCr4today
team are back on air tonight with a live debate hosted by
@MishalHusain
on the future of western involvement in Ukraine with
@BowenBBC
among others. 8pm on
@BBCRadio4
and
@BBCSounds
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Thank you
@EvanHD
, that is typically kind and generous of you. I have loved working on
@BBCPM
and will miss the place enormously
Very well done
@omrgriffiths
- who is to be the new editor
@BBCr4today
. Happy for my colleagues over there. I'm really sorry to lose her from
@BBCPM
where she has been both delightful to work with, and incisive in her judgement. She really is very good.
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Last morning on
@BBCr4today
for
@Marthakearney
before she heads off to new projects on
@BBCRadio4
.
She’s a tenacious journalist, wonderful colleague and fellow cold-water swimmer. You’ll be missed, Martha
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The question of why a child died of
#COVID
ー19 without anyone from his family present has bothered me all day: “If they (the parents) wish to be there they have a right to be there”
@ProfRWinston
tells
@BBCPM
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The mighty
@MishalHusain
and the one that got away
@maitlis
(And I do hope MIshal will look like this at 0600 on the 5th of July …)
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This is possibly the least surprising award of the year but also the *most* thoroughly deserved. Congratulations
@esmewren
,
@maitlis
and everyone else involved
#newsnight
The Scoop of the Year award goes to
@BBCNewsnight
for The Prince Andrew Interview, described by judges as a “world exclusive that was making headlines even before it was broadcast”
#RTSAwards
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“We know in every way, shape and form that kids that have a lunch and a breakfast that’s decent learn better, they do better”.
@jamieoliver
makes the case for increasing the eligibility for free school meals on
@BBCr4today
@BBCSounds
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Thank you
@msmirandasawyer
for this .. recognising the extraordinary contribution made by
@bbclysedoucet
and
@4nnchor
to
@BBCr4today
in recent weeks The week in audio: Today; The P Word; Chameleon: Wild Boys – review
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If you listen to one bit of
@BBCr4today
today, it should be this:
@JohnSimpsonNews
and
@WFPChief
David Beasley on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
#r4today
"It hasn't yet happened, but you know it's just around the corner"
The BBC's Foreign Affairs Editor, John Simpson, breaks down describing a family facing starvation in Afghanistan
#R4Today
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Deputy Editor Alexis Condon says a final goodbye this morning. He first joined more than 20 years ago and will be much missed. The place won’t be the same without him
#r4today
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"My job is not just to sit behind a desk reading a damn autocue, it's to get out there and tell stories" 👏👏
@CliveMyrieBBC
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The brilliant
@bbclysedoucet
back in the
@BBCr4today
�� studio this morning talking about the protests in Iran
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On
@BBCPM
, in these uncertain times, we’re asking what we can do each day to provide a few moments of beauty and escape.
@cerysmatthews
has read for us from Under Milk Wood. Please let us know what you would like to hear pm
@bbc
.co.uk
#bbcpm
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On
@BBCPM
why good news can make great stories with
@stephenpinker
and
@EvanHD
. Spoiler: it involves baby bears
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This is excellent for Bloomberg and very sad news for the BBC. I’ve worked with Vic on and off for over 20 years, most recently when she was Editor of WATO and I was at PM. She has a laser-sharp editorial focus but is also thoughtful, kind and fun. I will miss her enormously.
Bloomberg News has appointed Victoria Wakely as its first UK national editor to lead an expansion of its journalism for UK audiences with more new jobs expected. She has been at the BBC for more than 20 years including three as World at One editor
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.
@sterling7
is our guest editor on
@BBCr4today
this morning with
@bbcnickrobinson
and
@amolrajan
looking at social mobility, patriotism and racism. Oh and some wonderful music from
@LCGCtweets
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Junior doctor and
@BBCPM
listener, Dr Lisa Linpower, wrote and recorded an account of the role her phone has played as she has worked on the
#Covid19UK
wards. I think it is extraordinary and beautiful but have a listen and judge for yourself
#NHS
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Away from the headlines every day life goes on in Afghanistan. On
@BBCr4today
in recent days we’ve had striking reports from
@BowenBBC
in Helmand and
@bbclysedoucet
in Kabul. Both are here and well worth a listen if you missed them
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🌳🍐 On the eve of the government's decision on
#HS2
,
@EvanHD
and producer
@tomalexbaker
visited Cubbington Woods to see the woodland, and particularly the Cubbington pear tree (
@WoodlandTrust
#treeoftheyear
in 2015), currently standing on the planned route of
#HS2
#bbcpm
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If you ever wonder about the power of radio, you could do worse than listen to this:
@EvanstheAirwave
on life in New York on 9/11 and the days after. It’s only 6 minutes and each one is brilliant.
@BBCr4today
@BBCSounds
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📻 Tomorrow morning
@Emmabarnett
joins the
@BBCr4today
team, alongside
@amolrajan
on day one.
Have a listen
@BBCRadio4
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I’m not sure the idea of a stranger coming into her room at night and taking something precious from under her pillow has gone down very well with 5 yr old daughter ☺️
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Brilliant advice from
@MichaelRosenYes
talking to
@amolrajan
on
@BBCr4today
this morning: achieve one thing you’re proud of each day and you can go to sleep happy
@BBCSounds
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🌳 1/4 Across this year on
@BBCPM
we're taking a close look at trees and why they matter environmentally, politically and culturally
#poweroftrees
All inspired by a quote from Richard Powers, author of The Overstory (with thanks to
@RobGMacfarlane
)
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This letter by Ukrainian writer Andrei Kurkov
@AKurkov
for
@BBCRadio4
describing his escape west from Kiev is vivid, sad and beautiful. It’s just 15 minutes long and on
@BBCSounds
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If you heard
@BootstrapCook
with
@AshleyJBaptiste
on
@BBCr4today
at a foodbank in Southend - or if you didn't - you can see more here. Produced by
@HarryFarls
#r4today
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On
@BBCr4today
we asked the brilliant
@frankcottrell_b
to reflect on the Queen, the Queue and what the last few days tell us about ourselves. I’m biased but amidst everything else today it really is worth a listen
#r4today
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🇩🇪🇺🇦The German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has called the war in Ukraine a Zeitenwende, a turning point to a new era.
@bbcnickrobinson
is in Berlin for
@BBCr4today
to look at what this means for Germany and the rest of Europe. From 6am on
@BBCRadio4
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📻In addition to being a star in the mornings on
@BBCr4today
,
@MishalHusain
is going to present a new series of evening debates on
@BBCRadio4
in front of a live audience. We hope you'll tune in ...
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This is one of the interviews I’ve enjoyed most on
@BBCr4today
this year:
@sterling7
and Gareth Southgate talking to
@bbcnickrobinson
- produced by the brilliant
@lewis_louisa
and
@jadelauriston
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It’s hard to think about getting on with a normal Saturday after reading this, but I would urge everyone to read it.
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Norman is as much of an institution on
@BBCr4today
as Thought for the Day and the 0810. You’ll be missed enormously.
Folks…that's it from me. Thanks for putting up with me over the years. Its been an absolute privilege . I’m off now for some longer, much longer dog walks…...
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You can hear
@bbcnickrobinson
’s report from Southend on
@BBCr4today
tomorrow morning at 7.30am
Spent today in Southend - a town mourning its champion & favourite son. David Amess was not a politician who measured his success by the number of media appearances he made or Twitter followers he had. Perhaps that’s why the grief for him here seems so deep & so real
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You're right, we got this wrong at 0730 and we shouldn't have.
@bbcnickrobinson
corrected it in the paper review a few minutes later.
How can the BBC (
@BBCr4today
08.00 news bulletin) still be reporting that
@trussliz
is the 1st woman to be Foreign Secretary? She is not: Margaret Beckett was, in 2006-07.
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If you have the time - and it's really worth it - this episode of
@ThisAmerLife
from 2018 about school shootings, and how schools plan for one, is the finest - and saddest - piece of reporting I've ever heard on the subject.
Before the Next One
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At
#bbcpm
we’ve spent a year working on this. It’s the story of one fatal stabbing, the community where it happened and the search for justice. I think it’s worth a listen, from 5pm today
@BBCRadio4
#knifecrime
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🌳🍐This is Cubbington pear tree,
@WoodlandTrust
’s
#TreeoftheYear
in 2015 and currently standing in the planned route of
#HS2
. Listeners trying to save it got in touch with
@BBCPM
and today
@EvanHD
and
@tomalexbaker
went to visit today
#bbcpm
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'It shook me to my core': 50 years of Carole King's Tapestry
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.
@MarcusRashford
wrote this open letter to England and we asked
@lemnsissay
to read it out for us
@BBCr4today
. Do have a listen.
#r4today
"My penalty was not good enough... but I will never apologise for who I am and where I came from"
Writer
@lemnsissay
reads footballer Marcus Rashford's letter to England
#R4Today
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Mum texted this morning to say she and Dad have their first jabs next week (hooray). Here’s to fewer family zooms in the future.
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News you can use on
@BBCPM
today: a guide to washing hands thoroughly (a Department of Health top tip for slowing the spread of a virus) with
@DrSarahJarvis
and
@EvanHD
#bbcpm
#coronavirus
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It’s not often I tweet about Thought For The Day but then it’s not often by the Pope
@Pontifex
#r4today
"These crises present us with the need to take radical decisions that are not always easy"
In an exclusive Thought For The Day, Pope Francis says the COP climate talks must offer hope to future generations
Listen to the
@Pontifex
full message here:
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Andrei Kirilenko
@AKirilenko_True
is a Professor at Cambridge who grew up in Mariupol. He spoke to us a few times on
@BBCr4today
about the city and trying to make contact with his mother after the siege began. It’s hard to imagine a sadder end to this one Ukrainian story 1/2
I’ve managed to locate a neighbor who was caring for my mom. Her son found my mom dead on March 11th. He dragged her body into a cold garage and left it there. He could not bury her and could not go back. She is at peace now. Ukraineis still at war.
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Please do give this a couple of minutes of your day.
We've been hearing from artists and writers about moments in their lives that brought comfort, while the world is a bit bleak. For Grief Awareness Week, we heard from actor, comedian and writer
@robdelaney
, about how his perspective on hope changed, after losing his son
#R4Today
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This is *so* exciting:
@BBCPM
we asked listeners to write down their experiences of lockdown for us and they did, in their thousands, and now a few of these wonderful pieces are being published by
@ChattoBooks
. A lovely tribute to PM listeners
#bbcpm
@BBCRadio4
Finished copies have arrived of Letters from Lockdown, a remarkable series of ‘chronicles’ sent into
@BBCRadio4
during lockdown, making a people’s history of the pandemic (with foreword by
@EvanHD
). We publish 26 November
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Tomorrow on
@BBCPM
we'll be talking to
@VictoriaPeckham
about her piece in
@thetimes
(£) about clearing out her parents house and want to hear PM listeners' experiences of doing the same. Do email pm
@bbc
.co.uk or
#bbcpm
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This morning on
@BBCr4today
we looked at how one family fell apart when two teenage adopted sons found their birth family online, and the lack of help available for everyone involved. Do have a listen
#r4today
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.
@SKoczmar
worked with the
@BBCr4today
team as a fixer in Kyiv. She took them to the Polish border and then followed with her daughter. Earlier
@bbcnickrobinson
caught up with her. I’m biased but I think her story is worth hearing
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“I think I chose happiness” ... if you missed it,
@TraceyEmin
talking to
@MishalHusain
about Edvard Munch, life and cancer is so well worth 11 minutes of anyone’s time and here on
@BBCSounds
@BBCRadio4
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@ruskin147
Yes, I promised we'll come back to it. I'm sorry about the short notice. Our interview with Andrew Malkinson ran longer than we had planned but we do want to hear about Sophie tomorrow.
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Here at
#bbcpm
we've been thinking about our political coverage and how we can make it more enlightening and useful. We're going to try a few things - some off, some on air - but we want to hear what you think, please let us know at
#openpolitics
or pm
@bbc
.co.uk
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Before the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry this week, do listen to this brilliant series.
@katelamble
has spent years following the inquiry and tells a complex story of seemingly endless failures & mistakes with great deftness and humanity
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Excellent BBC Africa Business Editor
@LarryMadowo
talking to
@EvanHD
challenging stereotypes of media reporting of Africa
#WhiteSaviours
#povertyporn
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We’re back on air very shortly at 8pm on
@BBCRadio4
as
@MishalHusain
hosts the Today Debate on turning the economy around with
@TorstenBell
@ClareMoriarty
@RainNewtonSmith
and
@ChrisMasonBBC
- live from Broadcasting House
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Back in March we asked
@BBCr4today
listeners to guest edit the programme in August and they start tomorrow. About half of teenage foster placements break down so Amy & her foster mum
@gig_thomas
are looking at the messiness of fostering with
@lemnsissay
@AshleyJBaptiste
& others
"Many adults ended up making me really distrust human beings."
Tindyebwa Agaba Wise was adopted by Emma Thompson after coming to the UK as a teenager from Rwanda.
As part of our guest edit on 'Messy Fostering', Amy and Gig asked Tindy how he learned to trust again.
#R4Today
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Brilliant news for
@BBCr4today
👏👏
Enormously humbled and thrilled to join the presenting line-up on
@BBCr4today
, alongside a team of greats on and off air.
Am also doing some prime-time interviews for the
@bbc
. Will try to do everyone proud.
Announcement from
@bbc
shortly
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📻📢 On
@BBCPM
tonight with
@EvanHD
, Alan Bennett and his Great Escape Soundscape: a return to his childhood in Yorkshire
#bbcpm
#bbcradio4
#GE2019
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Tonight at 8pm on
@BBCRadio4
: The Today Debate … Brexit 3 Years On: How’s it Going? Live from the BBC Radio Theatre, hosted by
@MishalHusain
with
@campbellclaret
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
@Fox_Claire
and Tony Danker
@CBItweets
- do tune in
@BBCSounds
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Puffin klaxon:
#planetpuffin
is back on
@BBCPM
tonight.
@Becky_Ripley
and
@EmilyPKnight
catch some puffins and find out what their food - sand eels - can tell us about warming seas
#bbcpm
@CEHScienceNews
@SteelySeabirder
@Ellingbry
#rspb
@RSPBScience
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📢PUFFIN KLAXON: today at 5pm
#planetpuffin
is back on
@BBCPM
! This week: meet the pufflings. With
@Becky_Ripley
and
@EmilyPKnight
produced by
@tomalexbaker
with the help of
@CEHseabirds
@CEHScienceNews
@SteelySeabirder
#bbcpm
@BBCSounds
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.
@bbclysedoucet
is both extremely knowledgeable and deeply empathetic: a voice that's always worth listening to
@BBCSounds
#r4today
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📻 🎄From Monday on
@BBCr4today
we’re handing over to this year’s guest editors. We hope you’ll have a listen including
@sterling7
with
@bbcnickrobinson
and
@amolrajan
on December 29th
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1/2 A very big thank you to this year's
@BBCr4today
guest editors:
@LewisHamilton
,
@MargaretAtwood
,
@JeremyFarrar
of the
@wellcometrust
,
@PrueLeith
,
@evanspiegel
CEO of
@Snap
and Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin.
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A lovely way to start the day: my brilliant old colleague
@EvanHD
back in the
@BBCr4today
studio with
@Marthakearney
and
@MishalHusain
#r4today
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As I no longer work there, I can unashamedly say how very delighted I am about this for
@EvanHD
and the brilliant team who make
@BBCPM
: dedicated, creative and clever, they're among the best in the business 👏👏👏
Congratulations to
@EvanHD
@BBCPM
and
@BBCRadio4
for winning the VLV Award for Best Radio News and Factual Programme 2019. News and current affairs feature strongly in the
@vlvuk
Awards. Public service broadcasting at its best.
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As another
#formereditor
(with the daunting task of following
@sinead_rocks
), I agree with this. With an an audience of children who have no voice in the public sphere, it’s easy to forget what a vital and important service Newsround provides, across all platforms.
#Newsround
IMO, in these times, Newsround needs more prominence - not less. The ability to watch with parents / families is also important. Relying mainly on a child’s ability and interest to seek it out online is short sighted and sad.
#formereditor
#newsround
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📻Also on
@BBCr4today
, on Saturday morning
@MishalHusain
will be speaking to the Prime Minister
@BorisJohnson
from Kigali. Please do tune in.
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Beautiful nearly sunny November swim. Might be time to dig the gloves out, though …
@Brockwell_Lido
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