BBC Scotland journalist. In a previous life I reported from the ICTY. Slow runner.👟
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined August 2009
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The couple behind Scotland's most popular walking site - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p…
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Umutesi was just 12 years old when she fled the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Now, 29 years later, she says living in Scotland with her husband and two children is "a miracle" and she has found happiness after "all the pain"
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Being in Scotland is my miracle after fleeing Rwandan genocide - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6…
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Producing my first ever @BBCRadioScot programme in around 45 minutes time! Loads on the programme - including a rather incredible Madonna montage made by moi. All from 8AM with @Fionasstalker and @sharpgm.
Today on #BBCGMS - The Prime Minister has been issues his second fixed penalty notice in a Govt. role. Also, Europe's deadlock tanks to Ukraine, and Belarus are prosecuting their opposition leader. All that and loads more from 8AM with @Fionasstalker and Gillian Shape.
Hundreds of passengers - some with foil blankets at a car park at Glasgow Airport after reports of a suspicious item.
Lots of U.K. politics on Saturday Good Morning Scotland with me and @LucyJWhyte on the wireless. @BBCWeekendGMS We’ll also discuss Iran and the latest in Ukraine. Join us if you can.
Fire brigade tackling a blaze in the Tradeston area of Glasgow. Smoke is visible over parts of the city
Lazy evening for me recovering after my first ever 10k. Slow, but I'm chuffed I did it. #GreatScottishRun
One of Glasgow’s busiest railway lines is closed for eight weeks for major repairs. We’ve been underground for a rare look. There’s even a ghost station! More in tonight’s Reporting Scotland.
It’s @GStewartBBC and me on Saturday Good Morning Scotland. We’ll have the latest on Ukraine, the French elections and Covid in China.
Loving the lighter mornings! It’s @Fionasstalker and me on Saturday Good Morning Scotland. We’ll have the latest from Ukraine, Covid and we’ll be looking at the prospects for hydrogen. 0800 on @BBCRadioScot
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A wonderful note about Lviv from someone born here - "You can be born in the Austro-Hungarian empire, educated in Poland, married under the Third Reich, work and retire in the USSR and draw your pension in Ukraine and never have left the town.. LVIV"
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On air at 8 with @sharpgm for @BBCWeekendGMS
We’ll bring you the very latest from the ground in #ukraine with @Beltrew @OzKaterji @BBCYaldaHakim 📻
Getting ready to go on air with Saturday Good Morning Scotland with @GStewartBBC.
Ukraine dominates the programme. We’ll hear live from Kyiv, Moscow and the United States
A slightly soggy picket line at Glasgow University this morning as some staff strike over pensions. More on @BBCScotlandNews later
Doing some training for a colleague - great reminder how much I love a radio feature…even the sound waves are pleasing…..
Fuel for a busy two hours ahead with @Fionasstalker and me. Saturday Good Morning Scotland at 0800
- The latest from Westminster
- Ukraine
-The Winter Olympics We’d love your company.
