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Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels Unbelievable Britain - YouTube BBC Newsnight 🎥 📱 And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧 BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
We're honoured at #Newsnight to win Interview of the Year at Royal Television Society
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The interview was with John & Amy Hunt who spoke to us with immense courage and dignity about the attack that killed John's wife Carol and his two other daughters Hannah & Louise
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“The Iranian people can do regime change because they’re on the ground”
Gen HR McMaster, who served as National Security Adviser in Donald Trump’s first term, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social that future protest could benefit from US and Israeli air support.
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The Iranian Red Crescent Society says 555 people have been killed in Iran following attacks by the US & Israel across more than 130 cities
02.03.2026 09:03 — 👍 34 🔁 2 💬 5 📌 0
On Sunday, an Iranian missile strike killed nine people in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh
In Cyprus, an RAF base was targeted by a "suspected drone strike" - family members are moving off base
The US earlier said three US service members had been killed in action, but didn't say where
Apparent Iranian strikes around the region continue - with explosions reported in Bahrain & Dubai, & smoke seen near the US embassy in Kuwait
‘Several’ US fighter planes have crashed in Kuwait, the Kuwaiti military says, with the crew unharmed. The cause is being investigated
The war’s expanding …& the UK’s now new drawn into it
Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon have exchanged strikes
Lebanese health ministry says Israeli attacks in Beirut and southern Lebanon have killed at least 31 people, with 149 injured
Donald Trump says Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead after US-Israeli strikes
28.02.2026 21:55 — 👍 51 🔁 10 💬 22 📌 1
They are STILL fighting for justice.
Follow-up on Mon’s NN
Had an incredible response to John Morris & Brian Unthank on #Newsnight
John a laundry operator for the armed forces, Brian an RAF cook - both witnessed UK nuclear tests in 50s & 60s without a scrap of protective clothing, & have had serious health problems as a result.
Zack Polanski on politicians "clinging to power”, "mistrust in politics" & the "two party system"
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Gorton and Denton by-election result:
GRN: 40.7% (+27.5)
REF: 28.7% (+14.7)
LAB: 25.4% (-25.3)
CON: 1.9% (-6.0)
LDEM: 1.8% (-2.1)
💥 In January 2026, Newsnight’s audience was up around 40% vs Jan 2024
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
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"It's close to £90,000..."
Labour MP Rosie Wrighting, who is on a Plan Two student loan, tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about her current repayment debt.
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💥 In January 2026, Newsnight’s audience was up around 40% vs Jan 2024
💥 Initial figures for Feb also look strong
(from BBC News Audience Research)
"We want Starmer to stand up in Parliament and say 'we, the government, wish to strongly apologise'..."
Nuclear test veterans Brian Unthank and John Morris ask for a prime ministerial apology and a "church service in memory of all our comrades who have died".
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"Not a perfect system" | Government minister pressed over approach to student loan repayments
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Student loans: you’ll never guess how much this 29 year old biochemistry graduate, Max Linford owes..
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GRADUATES: do you have a plan 2 student loan? What was the size of the loan? How much have you paid off? How much do you owe now?
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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has defended freezing the repayment threshold for student loans in England, saying graduates will only pay back £8 more a month on average.
24.02.2026 17:07 — 👍 25 🔁 6 💬 15 📌 1
"So it's alright to change the terms of their loan unilaterally without consultation without pre-warning?"
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Schools Minister Georgia Gould over the Government's approach to student loan repayments.
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• Mandelson being questioned
• Tourette’s, the ‘n’ word, the BAFTAs - with Greg Storey who was in I Swear, & Radio 1Xtra’s Richie Brave who was in the audience
• SEND reform
• student loans latest
With Labour MP & chair of Educ Select Com
& Sir AnthonySeldon
completely :)
20.02.2026 21:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0oh my god I loved Detectorists
20.02.2026 21:23 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0he really is
20.02.2026 21:22 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Anyone watching Small Prophets?
Unusual, gentle and beautiful ❤️
Ex-Prince Andrew pictured leaving police station following arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office
19.02.2026 19:40 — 👍 171 🔁 23 💬 37 📌 16Unprecedented in modern times that a member of the royal family - never mind the eighth in line to the throne - is arrested and now in police custody
19.02.2026 11:27 — 👍 322 🔁 55 💬 53 📌 5
