Tony Livesey
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It's me. I'm on @bbc5live Drive Monday to Friday 4pm til 7pm. Don't miss it.
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I've remembered her in words. now here comes the sound. @Rachael_Hodges we'll ALWAYS have Randy Bumgardner. 😂😂😂
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To all @bbc5live Drive listeners. it’s ok @annaefoster has stopped crying now! 😂🕺 seven year itch and she’s off. One final drink 😜😜
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An incredible woman. An incredible family. An incredible legacy. ❤️.
'She wanted the world to be a better place'. 🤍Nicola Nuttall, mother of Laura tells @TonyLivesey about the legacy her daughter wanted to leave. Laura raised thousands for cancer charities after being diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer in 2018.
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Last night myself and @bowelbabe Dame Deborah James won gold at the radio oscars for our final ever conversation. Radio Times moment of the year. Somewhere I hear the drinking of Prosecco and the shouting of ‘check your poo!’ ❤️
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So much courage. 🙏 x To the lady who held my hand when I started on @bbc5live I want her to know we’re all spiritually holding hers right now.
In the words of the legendary Frank S - I’m afraid the time has come my friends. And suddenly. I’m told I’ve only got days. It’s very surreal. Thank you so much for all the support I’ve received. Debs and lozz will continue with the #youmebigc podcast. Au revoir my friends. 💋💋
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Very hard to put Rachael Bland @Rachael_Hodges into words. But I’ve tried ❤️.
"In her selfless determination that others should benefit from her crappy predicament she broke taboos, raised spirits, laughed in the face of cancer and gave us a right rollicking if we didn't laugh with her.". @tonylivesey's tribute to @Rachael_Hodges.
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Hey everybody. Thanks for the messages about today’s eulogy! I was ‘liking’ them all then I thought the Hodge would say that’s not what your right arms for. So raise a glass to @Rachael_Hodges tonight and send love to @blandsteve and Freddie. Xx ❤️.
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Another remarkable, amazing, powerful woman lost. Your family did her proud Nicola @shitscaredmum xx 💔.
I'm heartbroken to share the news that we lost our beautiful Laura in the early hours of this morning. She was fierce & tenacious to the end & it was truly the honour of my life to be her mum. We are devastated at the thought of life without our girl, she was a force of nature💔
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Isn’t she lovely. (Cue Rachael tutting and saying: Get on with it!). Co-presenter. Friend. Fighter. I’ll hear her laugh when the mic opens today. And every day. X.
Our beautiful, courageous Rachael died peacefully this morning surrounded by her close family. We are crushed but she would want me to thank everyone who took an interest in her story or sent messages of support. You’ll never know how much they meant to her. Steve and Freddie xxx
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This is close to a million views now on social media. Thanks for listening and giving it legs. X.
"It is time, perhaps, for an uncomfortable conversation". @tonylivesey, a huge @BurnleyOfficial fan, talks about the anger he felt seeing a 'White Lives Matter Burnley' banner being towed over his teams match vs Man City at the Etihad stadium. 📲 More:
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What a woman. What a life. What a death. ❤️ Dame Debs brought Britain together.She told us it was coming but I’m shocked to the core. 🙏 what an extraordinary legacy! X.
#YouMeBigC podcaster. Journalist. Fundraiser. Our friend and colleague Dame Deborah James has died. She created an incredible legacy: breaking the poo taboo and raising awareness of bowel cancer. We are heartbroken, and our condolences are with her family.
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Anyone who marvelled at Laura’s courage won’t be surprised to hear her mum Nicola @shitscaredmum has found the strength to come on @bbc5live Drive at 5.30 today to talk about her x.
Thank you so much for your lovely words @tonylivesey and for supporting Laura and the rest of the Nuttalls over the past 4.5 years. We really appreciate everything you've done to help us raise both awareness & funds for treatment. Thank you for your kindness xxx.
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Parts 5 and 6 of the @Rachael_Hodges eulogy as promised. If you read it please play the Randy Bumgardner clip at the end from earlier in my feed and raise a 🥂 to a remarkable woman xx
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This was THE award winning moment I couldn’t say goodbye and yet @bowelbabe Dame Debs found the words and showed why she continues to inspire millions. ❤️❤️❤️.
"I'm not going to say goodbye". The emotional final on-air conversation between Dame Deborah James and 5 Live presenter @tonylivesey has been voted moment of the year at the #UKARIAS . An incredible listen ♥️
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It was my absolute honour to talk about Laura to the nation today Nicola @shitscaredmum 🙏.
Thank you so much for your lovely words @tonylivesey and for supporting Laura and the rest of the Nuttalls over the past 4.5 years. We really appreciate everything you've done to help us raise both awareness & funds for treatment. Thank you for your kindness xxx.
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So we’ve waved @Rachael_Hodges off. Here’s the eulogy I read parts 1 to 4. Parts 5 and 6 to follow.
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Please please watch this if you get a chance. You’ll understand why we all loved Dianne so much. X ❤️.
Celebrating the fabulous @DianneOxberry and her work on Inside Out including a special tribute from pal @tonylivesey Monday 21st Jan BBC1 NW at 7.30pm. @BBCNWT @ArleyHall@MerseyPolice @RTSNorthWest
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Hi. I’m heartily sick & tired of this expletive disease. If coming to @bbc5live is anywhere near Laura’s bucket list I’m happy to offer her my seat. I also reckon we can sneak onto the breakfast telly sofa and the MOTD studio when @mrdanwalker and @GaryLineker aren’t looking! 👍.
Hi @tonylivesey don't know if you're allowed to share things but we're trying to raise funds to extend Laura's life (see @BBCNW tonight) she lives down the road in Barrowford and we love her so much @Florencetheflo1
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I’ve interviewed @MartinSLewis and @JonWalters19 on @bbc5live Drive about how we all lost our mums as kids. Tears, honesty, admissions, doubt, fear, courage. All on show. Thousands have responded. It’s in the papers. Bottom line. two very brave men x.
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Just want to say I’ve read EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE since yesterday’s announcement about Clare joining me on @bbc5live Drive. I love you all. 🕺 even the Bloke who says I’m weird! 🤪.
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Dame Debs! ❤️ told you your message had got through @bowelbabe 😌 posh poo needs checking too!.
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Guns out, jab in! 💉 Thanks to the Burnley vaccine heroes who put up with me for @bbc5live Drive today. I never felt a thiiiiiing!!!! 😳😬😂
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I’m sorry everyone but this counts as happy in Burnley. 🤔😊.
While it may be #HappyPlaceTurfMoor for @BurnleyOfficial fan and @imacelebrity's @jordannorth1 it seems not everyone at Turf Moor is in a happy place! 😂 @GranadaReports @antanddec
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Oh heck, I’ve retweeted this by accident. Ah well, never mind. 😉.
@tonylivesey. Watching #pointlesscelebrities. Didn't realise you were so good looking!! Love listening to you on drive. Lovely voice & lovely looks!!!.
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Just gone face to, erm chest, with @petercrouch for @BBCSport Football Focus on Saturday with @mrdanwalker - we talk @BurnleyOfficial @LFC wolf whistles 👀, podcasts and sausages! Please look us up!!!
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Rachael didn’t ask much of others . but she wanted us to hear this. ❤️.
This was @Rachael_Hodges final podcast recording with @bowelbabe and @GIRLSTOLELONDON - and they're talking ‘About The New Normal’ . Before she died, Rachael said she wanted it to go out, so you could all hear it. 🍏 🤖 #YouMeBigC
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Wow. Just wow. Bravery, inspiration, good humour and sheer fantastic-ness personified. Two wonderful ladies. Proud to rank 1,275th on the bucket list Laura. 😉 x.
19-year-old Laura Nuttall created a bucket list last year after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Since then she’s met Michelle Obama, crossed the equator and been on a safari. On Sunday her mum @nicnut will run the #LondonMarathon in Laura’s honour ❤️💪 @tonylivesey
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Very proud to say I’ve contributed to this book. Rachael’s last wish has come true.
Big book news alert! You can now pre-order Rachael’s book #ForFreddie. It was so very important to her so hopefully you like it. Click Massive thanks to everyone at @OMaraBooks and @hhbagencyltd for all of your hard work! #YouMeBigC
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Hi Nicola @shitscaredmum I just wanted to say I’m thinking of you and Laura every day 🙏 ❤️ xx.
@GaynaHodges I remember sobbing in the kitchen when I heard on @bbc5live Rachael had died. I'd followed her story for years, having enjoyed listening to her with @tonylivesey. What an incredible legacy she left, people talk about cancer now in a way they didn't before, you must be so proud ❤️.
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To anyone who heard @Rachael_Hodges co-present @bbc5live Drive with me yesterday. what a remarkably brave, fabulous performance. #madeofsteel 💪
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Very proud and pleased to say my TV tribute to Jimmy McIlroy which was on Football Focus will be played at half-time on big screen by @BurnleyOfficial during Man Utd game today. RIP Jimmy. #twitterclarets.
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Someone who knows me well and who I credit with my 5 live success. I’ve been blessed to work with amazing women ❤️.
If you know Tony’s history with women and cancer you’ll know why this means so much. For Debs ❤️ For Rach ❤️ For Dianne ❤️ For his Mum ❤️ ❤️❤️. Thanks to all who voted for this incredible interview, @tonylivesey so deserves it.
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Here’s me with an actual celebrity after a day at #HappyPlaceTurfMoor. Burnley born star striker @JayRodriguez9 coming on Drive to explain why it’s so happy. For snake lovers like @jordannorth1 I think we’d just beaten Adders-field 🐍😉
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I dunno what you think but I think he looks great!!! 👀 imagine how hot he’ll be when he’s 65! 😀.
It’s the 5 Live Drive #10yearchallenge. @tonylivesey is the first of our presenters up. Aged like a fine wine?. Listen to the Drive teams reaction on @BBCSounds
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A happy ending! 💪🙌
‘The best thing I’ve ever done’. @BurnleyOfficial striker @JonWalters19 reflects on his interview with @tonylivesey, where he opened up about the death of his mother at the age of 11. Full interview:
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It’s awful news. We will be remembering the brilliant Bobby Ball on Drive tonight. He became great friends with the show in lockdown. RIP Bobby.
@annaefoster @tonylivesey such sad news about the passing of #BobbyBall. Your recent interview with Bobby and Tommy on Drive was an absolute joy. Such an iconic and much loved duo.
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How fantastic is this!!! Rachael would be the first to bring out the bubbly !.
“It is a miracle, I’m hoping it gives other people hope”. #YouMeBigC’s @bowelbabe, who was diagnosed with stage four cancer, has revealed her body is currently 'free' of the disease… but tells @tonylivesey she’s “not quite looking beyond two weeks yet”. 🎧Listen via @BBCSounds
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Is it something I said? 🤷♂️😬😂 many many congratulations @annaefoster on your dream new job! I’ll miss you hugely on @bbc5live Drive. Some seven year itch this is!!!!! 😘.
16 years after I first arrived it’s time to do something new. So, for now, I’m leaving @bbc5live. But it’s for a job I’ve long wanted to do, BBC Middle East correspondent, based in Beirut. It’s a region I love and I can’t wait to tell its stories across @BBCNews.
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He’s not wrong! 😍 #HappyPlaceTurfMoor.
@tonylivesey You must be so proud of Jordan. proclaiming to the world: Happy place = Turf Moor! 😊😊. What a trooper!.
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Spare a second to think how much it cost @JonWalters19 to talk about this. 💪
‘I put up a wall and locked it away’. @BurnleyOfficial forward @JonWalters19 opens up about the death of his mother when he was just 11-years-old. Full interview:
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Proud to be involved. What a beautiful cover picture! ❤️.
In this week's #RadioTimes, we speak to friends of the late #DameDeborahJames ahead of #BBC2's poignant documentary #Bowelbabe In Her Own Words who recall the life, laughter & legacy of the cancer campaigner. Hear from #YouMeBigC's @iAmLaurenMahon, @tonylivesey & @limitless_em 💝
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Please please please watch this video if you have a moment. A & E nurse Franco is applauded out of hospital after a nine week Covid battle. 😭 it’s the most uplifting thing you’ll see all weekend and I’m chatting to him on Drive today x.
An emotional, jubilant send-off for #teamLNWH A&E nurse Franco Palo leaving hospital after battling #Covid19 #coronavirus for 9+ weeks. Franco left hospital with wife Grace (also an A&E nurse at Northwick Park) to the cheers of 100s of colleagues wishing him a speedy recovery.
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Westies on wheels! My old couple Ollie and Dolly need help on long walks these days. Must admit it takes some ‘styling out’ under close scrutiny from motorists at zebra crossings. 🕺. My @bbc5live colleagues think I’m strange 🤔
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So here it is. Rachael’s masterpiece! @blandsteve joins me on @bbc5live drive tonight. We’ll hear excerpts, review the book (5 stars already 😊) and generally miss her like mad. X.
Happy #ForFreddie day! So unbelievably proud of my girl today. To write as she did with such life-affirming humour, energy and passion when she knew she didn’t have long is something I’ll never quite be able to get my head around! Hope you all enjoy it!
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Wow. I think that’s the best review I’ve ever had! 👍.
I think what is so brilliant about @tonylivesey on @bbc5live drive, is that he manages to talk to millions of people as if we are individuals. A special skill. Thanks, mate!.
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Good job the news was on 🤦♂️😂🕺🕺🕺.
⚽️ Burnley have scored their first home Premier League goal of the season. 🥳 Think @tonylivesey enjoyed that one!. 22' 🟣 Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace 🦅. Listen to Sports Extra via @BBCSounds 👇.🎧: #bbcfootball #BURCRY
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Pete Shelley is dead. RIP. Saw the buzzcocks twice LIVE in the 1970s. Sound of my youth. What do I get woah oh. What do I get. X Thanks mate. @Buzzcocks #buzzcocks.
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If you’ve ever wondered what face to make when a football club owner tells you he didn’t realise it existed, I reckon I’ve nailed it at 56 seconds. @buryfcofficial.
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It was the last ever radio interview with my friend @bowelbabe and I couldn’t say goodbye. ❤️ the nomination is an honour & a vote to make it Radio Times Moment of the Year would be a lovely way to remember Dame Debs. Details here thanks to the You, Me, Big C team x 👇.
❤️.Our @bowelbabe is nominated for her emotional last ever radio broadcast with @tonylivesey on @bbc5live . #youmebigc listeners you can vote here and it only takes a few seconds:. @iAmLaurenMahon @blandsteve @al_enty.
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I’ve since told them there’s only room for one Livesey on this show. Mind you they never listen so why should they start now? 🤦♂️.
Watch @annaefoster losing it as @tonylivesey's dogs Ollie and Dolly interrupt 5 Live Drive 🤣🤣🤣. This is why Tony doesn't like working from home. 🐶 . Listen via @BBCSounds 📲
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To EVERYONE who’s been affected by what @JonWalters19 had to say in this emotional interview with me please listen to @bbc5live Drive today. I bumped into him at my gym this morning. The result is a joy.
‘I put up a wall and locked it away’. @BurnleyOfficial forward @JonWalters19 opens up about the death of his mother when he was just 11-years-old. Full interview:
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Proud to be asked to open a centre where generations of children will be encouraged to mourn a lost parent in the correct way. It’s so vital and based on response to my @bbc5live series ‘Losing Mum’ it’s something hundreds of thousands of us missed out on.
Exciting day today @PendlesideHosp for the opening of the new Family Centre. Big thanks to @tonylivesey for opening the centre and to Yorkshire Building Society Foundation Trust for donating £1,000 towards the dedicated space for children and young people.
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We’ve been given the honour of naming this beautiful baby girl on @bbc5live Drive today. Has to begin with a ‘V’. Any suggestions and crucially please tell us why. 🙂
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It’s on @bbc5live at 3pm. I’m co-hosting with @richardpbacon He’s in LA. I’m in, erm, Salford. That’s showbiz. Oh how Rachael would have laughed. 😊.
Today would've been our friend and colleague Rachael Bland's 41st birthday. To continue the amazing legacy she created with #youmebigc, we are launching The Rachael Bland New Podcast Award - a search for new podcasting talent. Find out more here:
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Did I equate it @OwenJones84 ? Or did I say some people might say you’re not elevating the debate.
I went on @bbc5live earlier and the presenter @tonylivesey said that by describing these fascists as “knuckle-dragging Tommy Robinson supporters” I was comparable to them. This is what we are dealing with in the British media.
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After singing his name in Athens, proud to voice the tribute to Jimmy McIlroy on Football Focus today. BBC 1 @ 12 noon. UTC #twitterclarets.
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So proud to be given the reigns of a You Me Big C for an episode. I’m channeling @Rachael_Hodges and @bowelbabe and talking to the amazing Zara and my big mate Dave ❤️ if you get a chance I’d love you to listen 🙏 x.
🚨 .A new series of #youmebigc legacy podcasts start today with different hosts exploring cancer issues. We are proud @tonylivesey is hosting Ep 1 all ‘About Losing A Parent’ featuring the amazing Zara. Spread the word. ❤️. 🎧 🍏
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Radio 1 Radio 5. Second best result today after beating Norwich 2-0! Top man Jordan. I taught him everything he’s forgotten 😊.
This guy gave me my first bit of work experience on the radio, he’s a top bloke and a fellow claret. Always great to bump into him in Burnley @tonylivesey
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Hey. 💪💪💪 your performance is through the roof as I mentioned fri. Tell that cancer to sod off cos we’re a team and it’s NOT invited!!!!
NEW BLOG: LIVING ON A PRAYER The cancer is back and all my hopes now rest with a clinical trial run by the amazing team @TheChristieNHS It seems right tell you about this on #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay #ICTD18 #ICTD #cancer #clinicaltrials #youmecigc
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Thanks for this boss! 👍 it’s been a hellish but helluva year! It’s all about the whole Drive team and it’s Ed!.
It’s @annaefoster and @tonylivesey’s final show of the year together today. They set out to hold your hands through all this and make you smile through bad times. They’re superb presenters, lovely people and make a really hard job look easy. Here are just a few highlights 👇.
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Cannot wait for Monday! Hope you’ll all join me and @claremcdonnell1 for a lovely new era on @bbc5live Drive.
Anyway. Me,me,me,me,me,me,me. Or, what I learnt from #JohnPeel as a teenage listener. This weeks @RadioTimes "Radioheads" column ahead of me hooking up with @tonylivesey on @bbc5live Drive from Monday x
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Oh my word @tonylivesey talking to @bowelbabe on @bbc5live right now is so powerful - he’s right even without the millions she’s raising Deborah’s legacy is saving lives #bowelcancer .So sensitively handled Tony and thank you for telling her all the things we want her to know! ❤️.
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Forget statues. Not many broadcasters have been immortalised in a model village. 15 years and all 4 inches of me still standing. Who said I wouldn’t have a little success?.
@jacquimorley @BBCLancashire @BlackpoolFC Dunno! But they still have @tonylivesey reporting pitch side !! #ThrowBack
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So NOW you can find out everything I’ve been saying about the inspirational @Rachael_Hodges is true! We’ve had supper and tea together for years on the radio. Tomorrow we breakfast together. X.
She makes us think, laugh - and cry 💕. Our @Rachael_Hodges and her podcast #YouMeBigC are back and we can't wait for her to join us tomorrow on #5LiveBreakfast with @rachelburden & @tonylivesey. More 👉Rachael’s blog 👉
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Rachael. I would kill (pun intended) to read a list from my mum you’re preparing for Freddie. To the list of things about you ie brave, inspiring, funny, beautiful (and the rest) I now add wise xx
NEW BLOG: TRIAL AND ERROR Finally updated the blog thanks to all the lovely people who answered my instagram swipe up plea! Thank you for following 😘 I'm sorry my CT results aren't more Insta-pretty. #stage4.#clinicaltrial.#thedrugsdontwork.#terminal.#deathjokes.
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Woah lady. I need you sober (for once) when we’re back on @bbc5live Drive! 😝 hear hear to your cheers! X
Happy birthday #NHS70 We’ve spent a lot of time together the last 18 months. It’s not gone to plan but I’m still here and you’re still giving me options and most importantly hope. Thank you to each and every person who’s been involved in my care #cancer #thankyouNHS #cheersNHS
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In these frightening times it’s a challenge and a pleasure to bring sobering news and still keep people smiling 😊.
@bbc5live May I just say a huge thank you to @tonylivesey and @annaefoster for their Stirling work this week ( and the last few weeks too) ! Its been a joy to listen to and I’ve laughed so much along with every one else ! Love the extra hour on Thursday! Thank you ! #traitor.
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@tonylivesey you make me laugh time and again between 4&7 weekdays. Your presence is abs priceless and uplifting during these dark days. Thank you so much!.
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Just put t’kettle on for a Bene ‘n’ hot on match day. Regular @bbc5live Drive listeners will know it as the Burnley breakfast of champions!! 🤪 hic.
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My favourite interview on @bbc5live drive this week!!
Staffordshire puppy Ivor is deaf. His new owner has taught him sign language and it’s completely changed his life! 🐶
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I was going to emphatically like this but hesitated in case I hurt the end of my finger.
Re Neymar "Why can a man have so many tattoos and such a low pain threshold" 😂.Well played @tonylivesey👏👏👏.#bbcfootball.#bbcworldcup.#WorldCup.#Wimbledon.
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Just getting ready for transfer deadline OB on @bbc5live Drive. Seems as though @petercrouch might be on the team!!
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It was an absolute pleasure you were both brilliant!! 🕺.
Thanks @tonylivesey for our Radio 5 Live interview on World Down's Syndrome Day 💙💛🎧✨️ We had a blast!
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‘Keeping you cheerful while you’re having your tea’ The Guardian have spotted our mission statement 👊 couldn’t be happier!!!! With @claremcdonnell1 alongside and @annalstew in charge I’m blessed! 🕺
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Such a brave thing for Tommy to do on the very day of his best mate’s death. He speaks so well of Bobby. 🙏.
🗣️"I always believe that we were meant to be - and do what we’ve done”. Cannon & Ball co-star Tommy Cannon joins @tonylivesey and @cherryhealey to remember and celebrate the late, great Bobby Ball. 🎧 Listen in full @BBCSounds .
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