Vincent McAviney

Vincent McAviney

@vinnymcav.bsky.social

Freelance Correspondent and Presenter: BBC News, ITV News, Channel 4 News, Global News and Monocle Radio. John Schofield Trust Senior Fellow. 💻www.vincentmcaviney.com 📧VM@VincentMcAviney.com

744 Followers 650 Following 60 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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📺"Yet again, an example of particularly those with money and wealth, often internationally, being able to get close access and privilege to those at the seat of power".

@danieljbruce.bsky.social spoke with @vinnymcav.bsky.social for @globalnews.ca on the latest Mandelson revelations.

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9 months ago
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Trump in Qatar and the UAE; Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul Podcast Episode · The Globalist · 15/05/2025 · 59m

Presented today’s Monocle Globalist podcast:
🇺🇦🇹🇷 Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul
🇦🇪🇺🇸 Trump’s ongoing Middle East tour
🇨🇭🎤🇪🇺 Eurovision fever sweeps Switzerland
You can listen here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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10 months ago
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🏃🏻‍♂️Finished my first #LondomMarathon yesterday, it was tougher and more emotional than I expected. Thank you to everyone who has donated in support of the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and CALM, it really means a lot
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

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10 months ago
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🏃🏻‍♂️Final prep for tomorrow’s #LondonMarathon! I’ll be running for two great charities @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and CALM - thank you so much to everyone who has supported me already, if you’d like to donate please go to ➡️ givewheel.com/fundraising/71…

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10 months ago
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🏃🏻‍♂️Just collected my #LondonMarathon bib number, amazing atmosphere at the ExCel! I’ll be running for two great charities @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and CALM - thank you so much to everyone who has supported me already, if you’d like to donate please go to ➡️ givewheel.com/fundraising/71…

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10 months ago
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In 4 days time I’ll be running the #LondonMarathon for the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and C.A.L.M.

It’s my first ever marathon, after a long 6 months of training. Thank you to everyone who has already kindly donated, if you would like to please use this link
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

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10 months ago
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UK hosts Sudan summit and Lisbon’s Strategic Noise Map A potential path to peace in Sudan’s two-year conflict begins in London. Donald Trump cuts billions in funding to Harvard, the expulsion of French officials…

Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the day's stuff, plus Artem Chapeye on his tremendous new Ukraine war memoir "Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns". monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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11 months ago
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Hi, in 2 weeks time I'll be running my first #LondonMarathon raising money for two great charities the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social + www.thecalmzone.net. Today I ran a half marathon before I taper my training, any support you can give would be hugely appreciated
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

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11 months ago
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🧗🏻‍♂️Reporting for BBC London today on the incredible Lux Losey-Sail who’s aiming to represent Great Britain in paraclimbing at the LA 2028 Games!

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11 months ago
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Reporting for BBC Breakfast this morning on Prince Harry’s fight at the Court of Appeal for his tax-payer funded security in the UK be restored.

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11 months ago
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Hi, in 3 weeks time I'll be running my first #LondonMarathon raising money for two great charities the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social + www.thecalmzone.net. It's been a tough but rewarding 5 months of training, any support you can give would be hugely appreciated
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

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11 months ago
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Government to drop asylum hotel provider Stay Belvedere Hotels The hotel group provides around a quarter of asylum accommodation.

Me for BBC News: Government to drop asylum hotel provider Stay Belvedere Hotels after a Home Office audit uncovered unspecified concerns about performance and behaviour.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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1 year ago
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What fresh hell is this?

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1 year ago
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Great to have my first meeting with Roxanna Wright, whom I'll be mentoring for the next year as part of the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social's early career journalists' scheme johnschofieldtrust.org.uk

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1 year ago

Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social from Birmingham this evening:

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1 year ago
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Biden is leaving US TikTok ban for Trump to decide YouTube video by Channel 4 News

Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social on the potential demise of TikTok in the US, featuring authors @yassmin.bsky.social and @shelbyleighpoetry.bsky.social on how important BookTok has been for platforming new voices and boosting reading in younger generations

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1 year ago
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🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s batlle to approve the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, as Palestinians in Gaza continue to be killed in airstrikes🇵🇸🇮🇱
Bluesky still short on video so watch here:
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1 year ago
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Israel and Hamas “on the brink” of Gaza ceasefire deal, Biden says YouTube video by Global News

🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy on reports negotiators in Qatar are on the brink of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas 🇮🇱🇵🇸
youtu.be/Y_lubD8DvFE?...

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1 year ago
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Another death-knell for Jeremy Hunt’s fledgling local TV initiative as Culture Secretary over a decade ago - London Live goes off air just days after being sold by Evgeny Lebedev:

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1 year ago
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Greenland "can't be bought," says resident after Trump's comments YouTube video by Global News

🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews this weekend on the reactions in Greenland🇬🇱 and Denmark🇩🇰 to Trump’s threat to take the world’s largest island by military force from a fellow #NATO member
youtu.be/mPGmFyWRtC4?...

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1 year ago
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Spent the afternoon at Kentish Town City Farm for BBC London where people have been able to make a donation to recycle their Christmas trees, providing feed for the goats and sheep, plus funds towards a new goat house 🐐🎄🐑

Watch here:
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1 year ago

Quite far from started in journalism but we all have to do the ‘and finally’ items at some point and it’s good for us to mix the light in otherwise the job would be unrelenting!

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1 year ago
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Well that “special relationship” didn’t last long…

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1 year ago
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Watch me try to interview Kentish Town City Farm’s goats on BBC London tonight 🐐🎄

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1 year ago
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Reporting for BBC London on how the cold snap is affecting those experiencing homelessness in the capital. If you’re worried about a rough sleeper in these freezing temperatures you can flag them to support services via the Streetlink website. Watch here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DEb9mjE...

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1 year ago
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#TheTraitors just sealed another BAFTA with this chef’s kiss moment

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1 year ago
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OMG Maddy from The Traitors is actually acting in the Call The Midwife Christmas special!

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1 year ago
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I may love Mini Eggs, but it’s December 20th Co-Op.

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1 year ago
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Ukraine assassinates Russian chemical weapons chief Podcast Episode · The Monocle Daily · 17/12/2024 · 40m

Great to do my final Monocle Daily of 2024 with @andrewmueller.bsky.social unpacking the killing of a Russian general. Plus why there were so few young men at the impeachment rallies in South Korea and new research showing consuming culture is good for your health podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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1 year ago
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Is Labour’s immigration plan working? YouTube video by Channel 4 News

Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social on Labour’s international approach to bringing down small boat crossings and the fallout from Prince Andrew’s spy saga youtu.be/PsOsM3zkeUM?...

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