@sharpgm

BBC Scotland journalist. In a previous life I reported from the ICTY. Slow runner.👟

 Glasgow, Scotland
Joined August 2009
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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" See more ➡️ bbc.in/437Vnc5
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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.
Andrew Quither@AndrewQuither21 Jan 2023
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.
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@SkyYaldaHakim13 Mar 2022
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 📻
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Fiona Stalker@Fionasstalker2 Oct 2021
On air at 0800 with @sharpgm @BBCWeekendGMS 📻 Bringing you the latest news, sport & weather
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Grab a ☕️ and wake up with all the latest news, sport & weather 📻 On air with @sharpgm at 0800 @BBCWeekendGMS
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Good morning! We’re on air at 0800 with @sharpgm and @BBCAndrewBlack. Tune in @BBCRadioScot @BBCSounds #bbcgms
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Good morning! We’re on at our usual time of 0800 this morning with @sharpgm and @BBCAndrewBlack. Tune in @BBCRadioScot @BBCSounds #bbcgms
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A few highlights from Saturday GMS with @Fionasstalker & @sharpgm 👇🎙️📻 #bbcgms
BBC Radio Scotland: Weekend GMS@BBCWeekendGMS30 Jan 2021
🎙️ @BBCandrewkerr @BrusselsGeek Dr. Günther Schönrich @lopezacunad & @Anna_Marriott on vaccine supply 🎙️ @McEwen_Nicola @AmandaFBelfast @DanielWinc & @Echochrislloyd on independence and devolution 🎙️ @BBCDouglasF on the closure of Jenners department store bbc.co.uk/programmes/p095lkb…

BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition, Saturday 30 January, 2021

News, analysis and features from Good Morning Scotland’s Weekend Edition.

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Good morning! We’re on at our usual time of 0800 this morning with @sharpgm and @Fionasstalker. Tune in @BBCRadioScot @BBCSounds #bbcgms
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BREAKING: Almost 17,500 children were tested for #coronavirus in Scotland last week following the return to schools earlier in the month - 49 children tested positive bbc.in/2EzmF4d
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‘Master of life and death’ was how prosecutor described Ratko Mladic - later he’ll be in court appealing against life sentence while other side argues original verdict failed to capture full extent of genocidal intent. View hearing (with 30 minute delay): irmct.org/en/cases/mict-cour…
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BREAKING.. The use of face coverings in corridors and communal areas of secondary schools is set to be introduced in Scotland bbc.in/2YqEEAL
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Announcing the #BloodyScotland 2020 online programme! Inc @JefferyDeaver, @LeeChildReacher, @LawrenceBlock, @valmcdermid, @DameDeniseMina, @OyinBraithwaite, @ProfSueBlack & more! Browse events by day: bloodyscotland.com/events Check out the brochure: bloodyscotland.com/2020-broc…
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BREAKING A fresh report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch says the train had reached almost 73mph before it hit a landslip bbc.in/3l8XQwC
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You'll be itchy just watching this. @caldamac

One Minute Midgie Challenge 2020

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"The unions [medics] believe it is the first suit of its kind to be filed against a government for large-scale death and illness due to public health failings," they said in a statement. #brazil #ICC #TheHague aljazeera.com/news/2020/07/b…
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President of Kosovo indicted for war crimes
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Laurel Chor@laurelchor14 May 2020
I’ve landed in Hong Kong after flying from Paris CDG, via London Heathrow. I now have to wait ~8 hours before I get my #COVID19 test results and thus have ample time to tweet about my experience.
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A personal statement on why #humanrights and non #discrimination against #olderpeople has to be at the centre of hard #clinical decisions in the #Coronavirus pandemic: Age shall not limit them ⁦@scottishcare⁩ scottishcare.org/ceo-stateme…
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