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2 months

@enterzalman Bold of you to assume persona 5 fans have played persona 5

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@rjb_1998 He’s not unemployed he’s the Liverpool manager

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@_lfcleanne How do they even do it - “we’ve never conquered Europe?”

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@rudkin_abigail He’s with Trent I’m sorry

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Brixton station earlier this evening

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🚨*Personal News* 🚨 I will be returning to @BBCr4today once I complete the Journalism Trainee Scheme having accepted a 6 month attachment with the programme

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@charlottekennny every so often I'm reminded of this but I feel like no one really accepts the f as being f***ing

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3 years

Great to receive my first credit on @BBCPanorama !

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2 years

Best thing about this formation change is Salah no longer playing right back for 80% of the game

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Hamzah Abbas

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3 years

I’ve just finished my final shift as a trainee at the BBC and am now an *actual* journalist - the Journalism Trainee Scheme has been a fantastic opportunity, where I’ve gotten to work on fantastic teams across @BBCr4today , @BBCPanorama and @BBCNewsnight

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Hamzah Abbas

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3 years

🚨 Personal news 🚨- Today marks the end of my first placement on the BBC Journalism Trainee Scheme with @BBCr4today where I’ve really enjoyed my time & sad to say goodbye to a welcoming, supportive team I’ll be starting with @BBCPanorama from next week for 3 months

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Hamzah Abbas

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🚨Personal News 🚨 I have now finished my placement with @BBCPanorama after 3 months working on the digital and development teams. I’m now off for a week, but will be joining the team at @BBCNewsnight for my final placement on the Journalism Trainee Scheme once I’m back

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

@theKloppEnd_ heard that Minamino is decent 😝

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2 years

My investigation into the resale of driving tests for the BBC

Driving test backlog sees exams sold for over £200

Tests are being resold on a secondary market as learners face months-long waits for an exam.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hamzah Abbas

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9 months

that tweet about people making up famous people is making more and more sense every day

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9 months

Emma Chamberlain and Role Model have split after more than 3 years together. 🔗:

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3 years

Today marks 1 year since I joined the BBC as 2020’s only journalism trainee - over the course of the scheme, I produced for Today and Newsnight, as well as researched Panorama while helping with their social media A year later, I’m back at Today, with exciting things to come

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3 years

@_bubblxs Need Salah to score 7 to catch me up

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2 years

@MariCLewis I didn’t know about the initial pay cut! Love him even more

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3 months

Greggs near Broadcasting House has passed away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really can’t believe this. @

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6 months

@_Riddock_ If Egypt go all the way

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2 years

LOAN DEAL AGREED - will be joining the @BBCNews online team for a month or so, starting next week

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2 years

@TheRedmenTV Disagree - get him and Klopp off the bus, Origi to be paraded on Klopp's back

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2 years

Incredible train announcement: “If you’ve got anything on the seats that’s not human, please stow it away appropriately”

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10 months

@theKloppEnd_ Can’t spell his name

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

I’m not quite done for the year, but now feels as good a time as any to show off my journalistic highlights in a year where I’ve produced for Radio 4’s Today, written for the BBC website & live page, produced on the home and world news desks and gotten myself on air

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3 years

@TheAnfieldTalk Saw this on Facebook, worth a share?

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2 years

First day in a new role today as I get started with the BBC’s On the Day Team, dealing with breaking news stories Tips to hamzah.abbas01 @bbc .co.uk

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3 months

@_Riddock_ You can tell who jumped on after we started winning things and who was here at the start

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

Yesterday marked my final shift with @BBCr4today - and colleagues gave me a lovely send-off, which may or may not have involved ambushing me with cake I will be starting a new role as part of the BBC’s “On the Day” team, dealing with breaking news stories, in a couple of weeks

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1 year

@Tactical_Times Firmino + Fabinho didn’t position themselves as allies, that’s the distinction for me

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1 year

@chuggaaconroy I played similarly - and then I see mass laser weapons to fight Gleeoks and wonder if I did it wrong 💀

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1 year

@JonComms this tweet told me it released - no interest in team rumble though

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1 year

@Finchinator2 Enjoyed the Freudian slip of nuisances vs nuances

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2 years

Suppose I’ve got my answer for any future “tell us how you handled a difficult situation” interviews

BBC Radio 4 Today

@BBCr4today

2 years

W1A is sometimes more than a comedy... Michael Gove's interview with us this morning was delayed while he was stuck in one of our lifts for half an hour... @BBCnickrobinson apologised to the now freed Mr Gove...

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Hamzah Abbas

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8 months

Thank you for letting us tell this story - I love this football club & our fanbase, YNWA @SMXLFC @SajadIqbalLFC @AbubakerAbedW @HazLFC97

Football fan's photo gesture for 14-year-old boy in Gaza

Ali, 14, who fears he may be killed in Gaza, has always dreamed of visiting Liverpool's ground.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

@funnyscares595 @Mootmonthly it does, at the gates of each. One lock is removed every time you find one

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1 month

@JonComms Are Kirby and Balloon Fight in the same wet world?

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Hamzah Abbas

@HamzahAbbasBBC

3 years

I have been a trainee at the BBC for the last 6 months and absolutely love the job! Applications for the next set of schemes are now live - DMs are open if you have any questions! #YouMakeTheBBC

BBC Careers

@BBCCareers

3 years

The BBC's award-winning Apprenticeships and Graduate Trainee programmes open today. Keep an eye on our website for information on how to apply - schemes and applications will be added throughout the day: Good luck and remember #YouMakeTheBBC

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Hamzah Abbas

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4 years

Yesterday was my last shift of 2020 - loving life at the BBC so far & the first 4 months have flown by! Huge thanks to everyone at @BBCr4today for being so welcome but especially to @Laura_cooper who took me on as a mentee at the start of my traineeship

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3 years

Great first shift @BBCNewsnight - loved working with @SamMcAlister1 @floodette @lghendry Here’s to the next 10 weeks

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

I am looking to speak to some of the 300 people that have been granted visas for entry to the UK from Ukraine on the family visa scheme for BBC News - if you know anyone who has done so, please get in touch #journorequest

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3 months

I apologise to the numerous BBC staff who found out via this tweet

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3 months

Greggs near Broadcasting House has passed away. RIP u will live on forever. Cant believe it. I wanna run to u. Really can’t believe this. @

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3 months

@_bubblxs Virgil player-manager will be leading us to the PL/UCL double instead

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2 years

Apparently I walked past Florence and the machine performing at work earlier and just had no idea who they were

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

A year ago today I was booking @KermitTheFrog for @BBCr4today Today I’ve just worked on the BBC’s home news desk while the country has appointed a new PM Feeling validated in wanting a varied career from journalism!

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

Today was my last shift with BBC Online - it’s been great to see my byline for the first time since The Tab and to bring original features and investigations to the Beeb, while working with lovely people I’ll be returning to my substantive role with On the Day from Monday!

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3 years

My latest video for Panorama, ahead of tonight’s programme “Am I British?”

BBC Panorama

@BBCPanorama

3 years

“I felt like my dreams have been crushed.” Maheraj came to Britain from Bangladesh when he was 5. He dreams of doing medicine at university but found out he can’t this year because he’s considered a foreign student.

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@JonComms I have dreams like you, no really

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1 year

@_Riddxck I'd be worried that it would just mean splitting rights across 4 broadcasters

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

Merry Christmas! To celebrate have a video of @RobDavidovitz and @ladyboz forcing me to try my first ever mince pie

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3 years

Thanks so much to @KermitTheFrog for agreeing to come on @BBCr4today this morning!

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3 years

@OfficialTM_3 Hi Tyrone, I'm a producer on the BBC's Newsnight - are you available for interview live on tonight's programme?

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2 months

Are we allowed to sub Sturridge on from the studio? Everton can have Rooney to balance it out

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

@thisisanfield Elliott and Carvalho?

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3 years

@AnfieldRd96 Yep because Chelsea and Leicester play each other!

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3 years

@Tactical_Times I cannot understand the obsession with selling Salah from our fans

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3 years

Final shift of 2021 tonight, overnight producing for @sterling7 guest edit of @BBCr4today

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1 year

@stehoare Brendan Rodgers Liverpool we’re on our way to glory

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2 years

@GraceOnFootball Arguably, the worst XI is just Norwich

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2 years

@JoeMerrick If transferred to BDSP / SwSh, does it act as a normal mon there but then become an Alpha again if sent back to PLA?

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2 years

@Tactical_Times Fabinho, everyone else in the team rightly gets a lot of praise where he just seems to go about his business

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

I’m used to my name being misspelled in emails, but “Dear Stacey” is a new one

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Hamzah Abbas

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4 years

News bulletin I wrote for BBC Voice has gone out today!

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1 year

@_Riddxck 9 Lose to Bournemouth, commence fan base meltdown during international Win the next 3 back to back

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2 months

We’re making an Everton team that got tanked 6-0 by a Chelsea side that got battered 5-0 look like they’re the ones in a title race

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Hamzah Abbas

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3 years

Tried coffee for the first time today. I’m convinced you’re all lying to me that this is something people drink

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Hamzah Abbas

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1 year

Soon they will send me to report on clones of a Swedish pop band

BBC News Press Team

@BBCNewsPR

1 year

First came Phil McCann on petrol shortages and now we have the aptly named Caroline Lowbridge… #nominativedeterminism

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Hamzah Abbas

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3 years

Ronald McDonald died

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Hamzah Abbas

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11 months

2.2m views on this screenshot with my handle in and not one single follow request

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11 months

Absolutely criminal birthday cake behaviour for a 30 year old

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

2 years today since I joined the BBC!

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Hamzah Abbas

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11 months

Just had a response to an FOI that I sent on 26/10/2020

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Hamzah Abbas

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1 year

My American friend asked me if journalism was a high paying job in the UK yesterday and today every post I’m seeing is for an American journalism job on a salary that sounds insane from a British POV…

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Hamzah Abbas

@HamzahAbbasBBC

3 years

This was the first project I worked on whilst with Panorama, airing tonight at 7:35PM. Please do give it a watch

BBC Panorama

@BBCPanorama

3 years

Robert Hewett transports concert equipment for the world's biggest music stars But Brexit has grounded his business Lorries from the UK can no longer make multiple stops across the EU So he has come up with a plan More on #BBCPanorama , 7.35pm, @BBCOne

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

Thanks Euston, I really wanted to spend my birthday stood on your concourse wondering if my train is actually going to turn up

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Hamzah Abbas

@HamzahAbbasBBC

11 months

@Bulbagarden that's easy that's an Unown-?

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Hamzah Abbas

@HamzahAbbasBBC

2 years

I have spent this week talking to Ukrainians in the UK about their concern for their friends and families back home for BBC News. Thank you to those who spoke to me, at a very distressing time for many. Piece with @abcdurbin

Ukrainians in the UK: 'My dad refused safety, he will protect the land'

UK-based Ukrainians tell of fears for their homeland's future and their attempts to help from afar.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Hamzah Abbas

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1 year

@rachelparris Honked?

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Hamzah Abbas

@HamzahAbbasBBC

9 months

so much for the free tickets for national theatre’s anniversary- first the links don’t appear for Dear England and Ocean at the End of the Lane, then the site breaks

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Hamzah Abbas

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1 year

@AndreSegers Was there a debate?

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

This Twitter account was created in March 2022 - do not assume that this is a genuine account for Maria

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Hamzah Abbas

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3 years

Up from top 1% last year

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11 months

In the most on-brand thing I could possibly do, I had a pitch rejected today because “we do too much on Taylor Swift”

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Hamzah Abbas

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6 months

Given the nature of a lot of the news this year, I do not think it appropriate to do a wrap up thread of my journalism throughout 2023 But I do feel privileged to have been trusted with a leading role on the BBC's newsdesk for almost every major breaking news story this year

Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

My 2022 highlight reel Huge thanks to all editors and colleagues who’ve supported me across multiple teams in an extremely busy year for news

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Hamzah Abbas

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2 years

TikTok FYP is way too specific

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Hamzah Abbas

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My 2022 highlight reel Huge thanks to all editors and colleagues who’ve supported me across multiple teams in an extremely busy year for news

Hamzah Abbas

@HamzahAbbasBBC

2 years

I’m not quite done for the year, but now feels as good a time as any to show off my journalistic highlights in a year where I’ve produced for Radio 4’s Today, written for the BBC website & live page, produced on the home and world news desks and gotten myself on air

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@theKloppEnd_ Thinking too small, we’re getting all 6

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