David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK Twitter profile

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

11 months

Gay dads exist and of course we do Pride. It's a great day out. If someone has to delete their pics because of bigots I'm going to put replacements out into the world. I'm so sorry this happened to you. They were lovely pictures.

Lee Newbery

@leewhowrites

11 months

I’ve deleted the post with the photos of my family at Pride. I’ve got thick skin, but I’ve never had such abuse hurled at me on this site before. I’ve been accused of sex abuse, paedophilia, literally stealing my child, and it broke me. All because we took our child to a march.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 months

The BBC has switched over from Zoom to Teams. So I can confirm there is a worse piece of software in the world than Zoom.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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7 months

Let's talk about floods and climate change in the Midlands. Last night I showed just a decade of Severn levels in Worcester (where we were live) and every red dot is a flood event in the city. They're getting more frequent. I said you could do this for any midlands river... 1/7

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David Gregory-Kumar

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3 years

Literally how vaccination works.

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9 months

There’s always money to make life harder for cyclists apparently. A set of new gates at top of reservoir path that now stops me exiting in the cargo bike. So forcing me and the kids back onto the road for my commute. Genius. @adamtranter @LizClements @BCC_Help

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 months

The thing about this story is we don’t really interrogate why all these drivers are hitting stuff on the pavement. Tree trunks one day and prams the next?

Monkseaton tree stump to be removed after cars damaged

Several drivers have been left with hefty repair bills, a residents warns.

www.bbc.com

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

Apparently some people were upset I mentioned my daughter and my husband on @BBCMTD last week. So here’s a video featuring both of them from the weekend. Enjoy!

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David Gregory-Kumar

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1 year

Blocking all the cycle racks. This is a new low. It’s just so frustrating. @badlyparkedbrum @Wankpanzer

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3 years

Honestly. Just close it to traffic all the time. 🍺

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

Good morning from Las Vegas! Meet Baby A & B Gregory-Kumar. Everyone doing really well. Off to get Daddy some breakfast shortly.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

5 years

And as we all know Dickens hated serialising anything.

Allison Pearson

@AllisonPearson

5 years

Madness! The BBC have broken #AChristmasCarol into parts. Give up with this nonsense and watch the Alastair Sim version.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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1 year

We’re only allowed a small picket outside the BBC in Birmimgham because we work in a shopping centre. But we’re here! Supporting our local radio colleagues in their fight against massive cuts to services.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 years

So proud of my husband and daughter. #proudboys

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 years

Unpopular opinion. I rather like the new @BBCTheArchers It suits my lockdown mental mood. Aren’t we all spending more time in our heads at the moment? #thearchers

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4 years

It’s all kicking off on Broad Street

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

The NHS death roll from Covid19 in the Midlands has stayed around 150 for the past two weeks. It hasn’t dropped. Please remember to wash hands and stay 2m apart this weekend. Coronavirus is still out there.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 years

I really like the first page of “Attack if the 50 foot blockchain” #bitcoin

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

5 years

On this day in 2005 I met this bloke for a date at the German Market. And here we are 14 years later. All two and a half of us 🥰

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David Gregory-Kumar

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5 years

I think this was my favourite @dragraceukbbc moment!

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5 years

We are LOVING the RuPeter Badge!!😂😂😂 @dragraceukbbc #DragRaceUK #BluePeter

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 years

I mean it’s my job to report on farming so maybe I’m just too close to the subject... but this strikes me as massively stupid. Just from a “like eating” and “not starving” point of view.

Allie Hodgkins-Brown

@AllieHBNews

4 years

MAIL On Sunday: “Leaked Emails: Britain Doesn’t Need Farmers” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 years

When you suddenly discover your daughter's pretend shop appears to be stocked with real money and credit cards she lifted from your wallet without you noticing.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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2 years

Happy Diwali 🪔 from the Gregory-Kumars!

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David Gregory-Kumar

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1 year

I do not understand BCC’s obsession with sticking bollards in the middle of cycle lanes. The cargo bike is only slightly narrower than the gap! Every time we all breathe in just in case! @BCC_Help @andy4wm @adamtranter

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David Gregory-Kumar

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2 years

Getting around Birmingham using a cargo bike. A short thread 🧵 First meet “the beast”(of course the beast is covered in Disney princess stickers because 4 year old)

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

At a “crisis summit” for egg producers about sky high freed costs at British Pig & Poultry Fair. All supermarkets invited to attend. No one here. So meet the cardboard supermarkets!

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

“Show us what’s going on inside hospitals!” Here. 👇🏼

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

1 year

Happy (BBC!) Pride! #BirminghamPride @BirminghamPride

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

So Brexit voting sheep farmers potentially cut themselves off from their biggest market and opened themselves up to some brutally efficient competition? 🤔

Gareth Enticott 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@GarethEnticott

4 years

“NZ negotiators will now demand the UK disown eye-wateringly high tariffs – adopted as part of its EU membership – which largely shut out NZ dairy and beef imports from the UK”

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

3 years

Well twitter. I am now vaccinated. Science rules!

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

For the first time in this job I saw a wild otter on the Severn today. 🥰

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 years

Happy Christmas from the Gregory-Kumar family. 🎅 🎄

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 months

We need to make our towns and cities "spongy" to soak up all this rainwater And hey, you can combine building hidden infrastructure with new cycle lanes and planting while you are at it ;-) 7/7

The 'spongy' cities of the future

As weather becomes more extremedue to climate change, cities need to become ‘spongier’. Auckland is leading the way, but for how long?

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

6 years

Meet Marnie Gregory-Kumar! Born this morning at 0917. Everyone doing well. 💖 👨‍👨‍👧

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David Gregory-Kumar

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2 years

Double trouble

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2 years

Much delayed by illness. But finally Happy Christmas from the Gregory-Kumars.

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@DrDavidGK

5 years

Marnie found her first day at #BirminghamPride so exciting! 🏳️‍🌈

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 months

Happy Christmas from the GK Family.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

Good public realm matters. Broken fountains and stopped clocks on buildings just slightly degrade the experience. Lovely to see this back

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@bbcwm

2 years

Birmingham's "Floozy in the Jacuzzi" fountain has been turned back on officially by Birmingham City Council Leader Ian Ward.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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5 years

Seriously. That bloody cat. 🐈

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

“"The best way we have found so far is to ask people to shout out what colour kettle is on their kitchen counter and if they don't all get it right, they are not from same house," he said.”

BBC Midlands

@bbcmtd

4 years

Covid: Birmingham pubs and cafes adapt to tier 2 rules

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

I'm sure there's another city in tier 3. Name escapes me. I want to say... Broomihaam? Brumyhome? Birminhulm?

Charlotte Rose

@CharlotteGRose

4 years

#London to move into #tier3 , with announcement expected on school closures in #London #Kent & #Essex . And your regular reminder that Manchester, parts of Lancashire & Yorkshire, & Leicester have been in highest level of restrictions for many months now

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

Honestly if you’d shown me this twelve months ago I’d assume it was for a tv drama on location.

mrs barbara nice

@BarbaraNice

4 years

Just seen this ...

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

8 months

Telegraph: the BBC is dead. Graham Norton: Welcome Cher, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and Timothé Chalamet

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 months

No YOU ordered a single brussel in the online shop.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

5 years

Look. I only know about farming, science and the environment but “unafraid of a no deal scenario” is an extraordinary statement. If you are unafraid you haven’t understood the consequences.

The Telegraph

@Telegraph

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Will May's successor be a true Brexit believer unafraid of a no deal scenario, or will they emerge from the centre of the party?

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 years

@StigAbell @piersmorgan @_CarltonCole9 @ollyofficial A missed “tick” if you will.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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1 year

Lights were green. Little green cycle twinkling. And I was cycling across the crossing outside my daughter's school. A minicab ran the red light. Nearly killed me, Marnie and the twins in the front. A cyclist on the other side warned me to stop just in time.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

Obligatory. #B2022 #bull

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 months

You have to look after cycling infrastructure once it’s in. 🍂

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

1 year

All of this is infuriating. A massive car. Probably transporting a single person. Parks on pavement because car park full. Blocks cycle racks (was a real struggle to get cargo bike in). Urgh.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

5 years

I just can’t not share this. Marnie wishes you a very happy Monday from @IndependentBham festival!

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 months

@MartinSLewis We didn't have a flower budget, instead my brother grew chilli plants for each table that people could take away after. This involved him at a level he was happy with, kept costs down of both flowers and favours. Years later people still have them

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

3 years

If what's happening on petrol forecourts has surprised/worried you it's nothing to what farmers/agriculture are coping with behind the scenes.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 months

Aaaaand we’re off! #Prde @BirminghamPride

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

3 months

Sky talking about “that Birmingham area”. “Why does the West Midlands matter that much?” Bloody hell. It’s the second city

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David Gregory-Kumar

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1 year

I’ll let you know if she replies

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

It's my birthday! I'm up at 0630 but Marnie's still asleep! Peaceful solo coffee? Best present ever!

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

So here’s mum. Not long before she died. And her first Christmas with Marnie. Really wonderful memories. Still talk to her x

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

8 months

BuT iF yOu GeT rId Of ThE fAmIlY cAr AnD bUy A bIkE hOw WiLl YoU dO sTuFf LiKe BuYiNg ThE cHrIsTmAs TrEe?

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

10 year wedding anniversary. So vow renewal in Vegas!

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@DrDavidGK

3 years

Had to slightly adjust the recipe when we mysteriously had fewer blackberries than we thought 🤔 But @Nigella_Lawson ‘s Blackberry Crisp a triumph. Plus bonus happy memories of triumphing over very thorny bushes!

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

10 months

@jayrayner1 As a little closeted kid reading your mums advice when she had letters about being gay was a little sanity island I could cling too.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

3 years

Before and after! Soooooo much better. #haircut

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

4 years

So it’s been a rough few days. Marnie has tested positive for Covid. She seems absolutely fine and the good news is @suji007 and I both tested negative. But we’re now in our 14 day isolation. Send booze.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

3 years

Happy Birthday to me!

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

Marnie may be allowed to stay up late. She might have had too much blue candy floss. She might not understand what a reply is. But she’s very very happy @bbcsport

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

8 years

I'm not quite sure why the police have "blobbed" the sheep in this picture

FarmingUK

@FarmingUK

8 years

BUSTED: 3 rustlers caught transporting sheep in the back of a car in Birmingham: #RuralCrime

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@DrDavidGK

1 year

In nice Birmingham cityscape news. Ugly anti-terror barriers and arches seem to have vanished. Permanently? (Still low profile anti-vehicle measures in place)

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 months

Just ban cars from the city centre

Rob Kewley

@robkewley77

7 months

The utterly baffling ritual of drivers blocking a significant bus route trying to get into Bullring car park which is barriered off because it’s full. This farce can’t continue @LizClements @Bullring

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7 years

I wonder how long it would take to walk the length of cattle culled to control bTB?

Prof Sarah Durant

@SarahMDurant

7 years

Lay the 19,000 badgers killed in #badgercull end to end Start walking past the first one now It will be THREE hours until you reach the last one. This is the shocking scale of the govt instigated carnage of our native wildlife

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 months

When BBC Birmingham moves to Digbeth we are thinking about adding a cargo bike to the crew vehicle roster. For stories in Brum it’s quite likely a bike will get you to the location faster than a car.

anna holligan 🎙

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🧵I don't usually bother with this stuff but... I see people suggesting the BBC has somehow indulged me because I'm riding a £7,000 bike. I feel compelled to set the record straight on a couple of points 1/3

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David Gregory-Kumar

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11 months

New profile pic

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

3 years

I know cameras can create images that make things look worse than they are but looking at pictures from yesterday I am surprised/worried by the lack of social distancing and mask wearing.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

10 months

Why don't cyclists use cycle lanes? (part 98) The dutch realise if you want people to use cycle lanes you need to join A to B and give cyclists a quick direct route. Contrast with Brums exciting new chunk of cycle lane that wriggles all over and ends up nowhere you want to go?

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David Gregory-Kumar

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3 years

Worth saying again. The current issues with jobs in farming/HGV drivers/gaps on supermarket shelves are down to brexit with a small layer of Covid on top. Industry eternally warning government of issue. Now it’s here. Now what?

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David Gregory-Kumar

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2 months

Now he’s in the news for his MBE I must tell the truth about Nick Owen

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David Gregory-Kumar

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4 years

Woah! ❄️ #snow #uksnow in B3 and it’s heavy! 8/10

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2 years

After 25 years in a flat laying in bed in the new house and listening to rain on the roof is amazing.

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2 months

Is #Pride suitable for kids? Totally. Especially if like Maeve here you love a good beat 🎵 @BirminghamPride

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1 year

Graduation from reception class. 👩‍🎓

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3 years

The good news is Marnie is Covid negative and despite the tears I still managed my 4th (!) successful toddler swabbing. Bad news? She’s still very poorly. So cuddles and lots of water and milk today. Thank you for your kind wishes.

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@DrDavidGK

5 years

And so it’s over and Marnie is officially our daughter. And the judge even put on his wig and robes for a picture!

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@DrDavidGK

11 months

Eleven years! Happy anniversary to @suji007 #steel

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@DrDavidGK

9 months

@adamtranter @LizClements @BCC_Help I do hope the Council updates its cycle maps to show this route is no longer accesible especially for users of cargo bikes and other larger bikes like those owned by disabled cyclists.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

7 months

In the late 90s when I'd link flooding in the midlands to climate change I'd get so much pushback (via email and letters (!)) saying you can't make this connection. Well 25 years later the trend is very clear. Climate change means more floods in the Midlands. 4/7

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

5 years

As some of you may have heard mum passed away suddenly and peacefully at home at the end of last week. Here’s one of my favourite pics of her and Marnie at Christmas. She was an amazing woman who lived life to the full. Love you Mum x

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

11 months

Everything is a choice. The government finds £1.6 billion to upgrade a roundabout in Bedford. But Birmingham has to sell off its library?

Graeme Brown

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11 months

There's two ways to look at some of these - sure, there are some community assets that we don't want to leave to the markets - but there's still some which are better NOT owned by the city council.

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David Gregory-Kumar

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5 months

Well worth trying a massive table naan at some point in your life ❤️

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5 months

I recently visited the notorious no-go area of Sparkbrook in Birmingham, and can confirm that the size of the nan bread is extremely intimidating.

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4 years

The vital question Brum faces is why so many amazing pizza places in and around town but nowhere that does even bearable fish and chips?

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@DrDavidGK

3 years

This is a terrible pint say scientists.

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@hendopolis

3 years

TELEGRAPH BUSINESS: Covid rules unscientific says pub boss #TomorrowsPapersToday

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@DrDavidGK

3 years

Don't say "pingdemic". You mean pandemic.

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9 months

Is it 5am? Did the clocks go back? We don’t care. Check out my eye bags at 1830 on @bbcmtd tonight

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David Gregory-Kumar

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6 years

So yeah. 2018 was an amazing year. Something so many people take for granted (but not all) happened for us. Long journey to get here. But we’ve met so many amazing people on the way not least Miss Marnie herself. Happy New Year Twitter from the Gregory-Kumars x

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@DrDavidGK

2 years

Potential new studio suit. What do we think Twitter?

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@DrDavidGK

4 years

It’s pronounced Shrewsbury.

rhymes with purple

@GenericBologna

4 years

In 5 words or less, start a fight without politics

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

5 years

Don’t underestimate @Minette_Batters

BBC Question Time

@bbcquestiontime

5 years

‘We have got some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world’ 'We’ve always said we want to maintain our standards, the point is about imports that come into this country' @JamesCleverly and @Minette_Batters clash on gov’t plans for food standards post-Brexit. #bbcqt

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@DrDavidGK

2 years

Not a legend. A vandal who caused “thousands of pounds worth” of damage. 😫

BBC Midlands

@bbcmtd

2 years

Detergent put in Birmingham’s ‘Floozie in the Jacuzzi’ has caused thousands of pounds of damage… Birmingham City Council’s leader @Cllr_IanWard wants the culprit taken to court. #politicsmidlands

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David Gregory-Kumar

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1 year

I know we're all busy coping with everthing else, but the Post Office Computer scandal just continues to amaze. It's extraordinary.

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1 year

Holy sh*t. The Post Office applied a senior executive bonus metric about its work on the Post Office Inquiry (without informing the inquiry). Then it used false information to say it had achieved the metric and awarded the executive bonuses, whilst implying...

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David Gregory-Kumar

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3 years

Lateral flows are more important than ever this Christmas. This batch I picked up don’t need an unpleasant tonsil swab, just nostrils, which I think some people will find easier. Picked up free at a supermarket. Worth searching out.

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David Gregory-Kumar

@DrDavidGK

2 years

Well I didn’t expect SNOBS to get a shout out tonight. 😅

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