Journalist based in East Anglia. Former business editor @edp24 @eadt24, and ex-BBC. Cycling, running, books, travel. Got a story? Get in touch...

Norwich.
Joined December 2011
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Don't know if this is common knowledge, but the BBC has produced a spoiler-free link to watch World Cup match highlights without knowing the score. Simply go here: bbc.com/nospoilers
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For the past 6 years I have felt compelled to watch first the GCN+ and now the TNT coverage of the Tour. But the ITV (and previously Channel 4) highlight hour is a thing of absolute perfection. It instilled a love for the history and beauty of cycling and I will miss it terribly.
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When you hit a bullseye live on @itvanglia and the camera freezes... #darts 💔💔💔💔🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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A man has been charged with murder after three people were found dead at a flat in Luton. While formal identification is yet to take place, police believe the victims to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13. itv.com/news/anglia/2024-09-…
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This is Laura-Jane Seaman, a mother who went in to hospital to have her fifth child and never came home. At an inquest, a coroner concluded that "basic failures" by professionals at @MSEHospitals had contributed to her death. A 🧵...
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Tonight on @itvanglia at 6pm: A special programme live from @RoyalPapworth Hospital in Cambridge. Five years since moving to its new city site and 45 since surgeons there performed the UK’s first heart transplant, we’re taking a look at the new pressures the hospital is facing. Read more in this thread 🧵
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The Queen of Knitting's grand finale 🧶 What a joy to have the legend Margaret Seaman on @itvanglia & @itvnews again tonight. Her models are going on display together for the last time @TheForumNorwich - but then they need new homes. Can you help? itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-…
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“I could not have been more informed about his condition and history, and yet I couldn’t get help for my brother.” Doctor demands overhaul of NHS psychiatric care after brother’s death theguardian.com/society/2024…
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Mark Shields retweeted
Call it off, football has peaked for the weekend
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The AI-generated "script" actors were given for the Glasgow Wonka event is.. something. Aside from featuring staging and effects that would be impressive for a moderately-sized West End spectacular, its stage directions also dictate precisely how delighted the audience will be.
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Woah, #shrinkflation just got real... What's going on, @AldiUK?!
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Ahead of a few days of celebrations (for many), worth remembering this is also happening in our city in 2023. ‘Children have bowed legs’: hunger worse than ever, says Norwich school theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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