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Correspondent at Sky News. Before that ITV News & Reuters

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5 months
Thrilled to say I’ve finally arrived in Russia as the new Sky News Moscow correspondent. Big shoes to fill ( @DiMagnaySky ) but supported by a fantastic team ( @katyamotyakina & co) And what a week to start - inauguration today, Victory Day Thursday. Please do tune in! @SkyNews
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In an utterly bizarre development, one motorist just started playing bagpipes in protestors' faces before police moved him off #InsulateBritain
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This is how they celebrated that first set at the Parklangley club in Bromley, where Emma #Raducanu learnt to play tennis
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6 years
Boris is not without his supporters here. This man says the burqa is a threat to national security
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4 years
"Such a wonderful human being...a kind, funny soul" - one of the tributes left to Hussain Chaudhry, a teenage law student stabbed to death outside his home in Walthamstow yesterday afternoon
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RMT boss Mick Lynch has arrived at the Department for Transport ahead of crunch meeting with the Transport Sec. "We're expecting a positive meeting. We're offering a constructive approach and we'll see what he says." More on @SkyNews shortly
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6 years
One Boris supporter tells a police officer 'to do your duty' when she's called a racist by a protester
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4 years
This is the scene in Portobello road right now. 100+ gathered for a street party. Music, booze but definitely no social distancing. More on @SkyNews at midnight
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3 months
Meanwhile, here in Russia, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán has arrived for surprise talks with Vladimir Putin He’s the first EU leader to visit Moscow since April 2022 He calls it a peace mission but Brussels is furious, saying he has no mandate to negotiate with Kremlin on EU’s behalf
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4 years
And in the middle of it all, a homeless man lying on the pavement. People seemingly oblivious to his presence as the party just continues around him
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6 years
Princess Anne: #DukeofEdinburgh "on good form"
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4 years
The queue already forming outside the London Aquatic Centre this morning, where @SkyNews will be live from 0700 to cover the latest easing of #lockdown in England. Indoor pools, gyms and leisure centres can now reopen
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6 years
"What Kim Kardashian is to pop culture, Jacob Rees Mogg is to Brexit" - how CNN just explained today's developments in Westminster
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3 years
@AndrewPotterNZ @liamyoung That's pretty accurate actually. No driveway though and it's a wall instead of hedge. But that hasn't stopped me and others camping outside for weeks now. Unfortunately he hasn't come out so there's been nothing to film
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3 years
SCENES!!!
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Police are still searching Epping forest for #RichardOkorogheye 's phone, bag and shoes. His mother said his body was found without them. Where, When, How and Why he died are all questions that remain unanswered, with cause of death still pending
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The protestors have gone, but they've left their mark... That glue must be seriously strong #InsulateBritain @SkyNews
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Matt Hancock has cancelled an appearance at Newmarket racecourse this morning. Surprise, surprise... He was supposed to be attending a vaccination centre there at 10am. But racecourse organisers told me he won't be coming after cancelling "early this morning"
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5 months
Well that was interesting… A few snippets from my chats inside the Kremlin yesterday, including an insult from Under Siege star Steven Seagal
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Sky News has spoken to supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as he's officially sworn in for a new six-year term. Watch US actor Steven Seagal call Sky's question about Putin 'stupid' ⬇️ @IvorBennett 🔗
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3 years
And the moment she won....SCENES!!!
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3 years
Several different groups on the starting line of today's protest in London: Anti-lockdown, anti-austerity, Extinction rebellion, free Palestine, BLM, Anti-war amongst others Coming together in opposition to the current government
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7 years
'Meet me down the pub and i'll talk to you'. Barry Cryer, what a lovely man
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The Queue... and its mesmerising zig-zags in Southwark Park #QueueWatch #QueueForTheQueen
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Last night’s @SkyNews report on the historic prisoner exchange between Russia and the West. Journalists and dissidents went one way; spies, hackers and an assassin the other
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3 years
That was close! Should've had my racquet with me
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4 years
UPDATE: police have moved in and party broken up
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3 years
"I'll bring the lorry down here and I'll run over them" Police actual had to hold some of the drivers back at one point, warning them they'll be arrested for assault if they touch the activists #InsulateBritain @SkyNews
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7 years
Test-driving #Huawei 's driverless car at #MWC18 controlled by an AI-enabled phone on the dashboard. Pretty cool!
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8 years
Unearthed by a friend of a friend of Facebook #Awkward
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5 years
Police on Waterloo bridge this afternoon focused their attentions on what #ExtinctionRebellion called their 'barnacles' - 6 protestors glued to the underside of a lorry. Officers had to use cutting equipment and debonder to remove them
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4 years
Such an inviting sight... London @AquaticsCentre open for the first time in 4 months Live on @SkyNews all morning
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Just witnessed one female victim of #Streatham attack being discharged from @StGeorgesTrust hospital in Tooting. She walked out, surrounded by loved ones, who said 'she is going to be ok'
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7 years
England's first 'reverse vending' machine in action. installed yesterday at Canary Wharf in London #Plastic #DepositReturnScheme
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11 months
The moment the King passes anti-monarchy protesters on his way to Parliament. Loud boos and chants of “not my king” from around 100 demonstrators #KingsSpeech @SkyNews
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7 years
By my count, #Trump mentioned the words America/American/U.S. 41 times in a speech lasting approx. 16 minutes #Davos #WEF18
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4 years
Officers have just resumed searching an area of Epping forest in connection with the disappearance of #RichardOkorogheye
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This is the street in Loughton in Essex where Richard was last seen, in early hours of Tuesday March 23 CCTV from a pub saw him walking alone. It's a residential street that backs onto Epping forest Police say #RichardOkorogheye travelled here by taxi from W2
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3 years
BREAKING: police having to calm angry drivers at the Dartford crossing right now as they are try to remove #InsulateBritain protestors from M25 sliproad
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7 years
Wowzers - when this story was broadcast on @itvnews Frankie had raised just shy of £1300. 5 hours later, he's over £5000. Here's the link should you wish to donate to this very worthy cause #InspiringBritain #KWWF
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Coming up on @itvnews now, the next installment in our #InspiringBritain series. I meet Frankie Hill, the 6 yr old Santa who's raised over £1000 for presents for the homeless #kwwf
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4 years
Bailiffs are unsuccessfully trying to evict kill-the-bill protestors from a former police station in Clapham right now but attempts proving unsuccessful after the squatters, well, squatted on the crane brought in to get them down
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3 months
The trial of US journalist Evan Gershkovich has begun in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. The Wall Street Journal reporter is accused of spying for the CIA - charges he, his employer and his govt deny. Media were allowed to film before it began but trial itself is in secret
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4 years
Atmosphere much more carnival than carnage. No anti-social behaviour that I saw but also no social distancing and, even if people are just having fun, large gatherings like street parties simply not allowed under current guidance
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3 years
"Power to black girl Child Q" The chants of approx 200 ppl marching through Hackney in support of the 15yr old schoolgirl strip searched by police after being falsely accused of possessing cannabis More on @SkyNews shortly
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4 years
Don't worry everyone, it's all going to be ok - the Christmas lights are going up in Covent Garden
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1 year
At the High Court on Harry watch for the Prince vs the Press. The anticipation is building…
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4 years
Just some of the countless posters friends of #saraheverard have put up in the Clapham/Brixton area, appealing for help and information. She's been missing since Wednesday. Family says it's "totally out of character for her to disappear like this" More on @SkyNews soon
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7 years
Cat stand-off on Downing Street. Larry vs Palmerston, No. 10 vs Foreign Office, Theresa vs Boris?
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6 years
Now that's a business card @LEGO_Group #Davos2019
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3 years
"Police need to work harder to find out who killed my son" My interview with #RichardOkorogheye 's bereaved mother, Evidence, who rejects the current @metpoliceuk theory of no 3rd party involvement @SkyNews
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Richard Okorogheye's mother, Evidence Joel, has told Sky News that the Met Police treated her as a 'lunatic' as she questioned the force's willingness to help find her son in the early days after he went missing. Click here to read more:
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3 years
@vkellawaywrites Hi Victoria, I'm a reporter at Sky News. I'm covering the red list travel update. would be up for chatting to me briefly over zoom about how it affects you when we get the news? Thanks
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6 years
Filming a scene from @anecessarywoman with @DeborahCBennett for a @NewsAtTen report on Emily Wilding Davison. New footage of the #suffragette has been identified 108 years after it was filmed
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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov’s thoughts on the UK election, featuring the world’s smallest microphone…
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WATCH: Sir Keir to the Kremlin? Sounds unlikely but Vladimir Putin’s spokesman didn’t rule it out today. “It depends on his initiatives,” he told me after Viktor Orbán’s visit. Russia’s leader is apparently “open to any contact” but also won’t be telephoning no.10 anytime soon.
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Farnborough 2016 - Glastonbury in suits #FIA16
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#RichardOkorogheye 's mother has told me she was "shocked and very surprised" to learn her son was seen in Loughton because "he's never been there before". It's around 20 miles from where they live in West London. He was seen on CCTV. Police say he travelled here by taxi
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NEW: the first shots from behind the cordon at #wennington showing the damage caused by Tuesday's fires More on @SkyNews shortly
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NEW: Specialist Crime Command has taken over investigation into disappearance of #SarahEverard due to "complex nature and concerns for Sarah's welfare" But @metpoliceuk stress there's nothing to suggest "anything untoward has happened" and case is still missing persons enquiry
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If you're finding things tough, don't suffer alone. That's what @samaritans are there for. Call 116 123 for free
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"If I wake up sad, then I just have 15 hours of feeling sad and then I go to bed even sadder" - The impact of lockdown on mental health
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Are people trying to profit from #RichardOkorogheye 's death? There are already several @gofundme pages claiming to raise money for his family and funeral but his mother says so far none of the below are connected to her. Raises the question: how widespread is fake fundraising?
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2 years
Police and fire services still on the scene in #Dover where a man threw petrol bombs at a migrant processing centre. A witness has told me the man killed himself at a petrol station nearby, describing him as "white, in his 50s or 60s"
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@metpoliceuk officers have begun searching the ponds on Clapham Common in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard, a 33 year old who's been missing since Wednesday night
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3 years
#floraltributes Aka flowers
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I went to @NewNorthAcademy in Islington today where 8-yr-olds are being taught meditation to deal with stress. Teachers estimate as many as 50% of pupils are/have been affected by mental health problems. Coming up on @itvlondon now #mentalhealthweek
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Aylesbury's Odeon cinema starting life this morning as a vaccination centre Run by @Pharmacy2U who say they're aiming to jab 340 ppl a day here for next 3 months More on @SkyNews every hour
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#RichardOkorogheye parents told me they weren't taken seriously by @metpoliceuk when they reported him missing His mother claims a female officer said "if you can't find your son, how do you expect police officers to find your son for you?"
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2 years
The start of the #queue is once again back in Southwark Park. People joining being told to expect a wait of 14 hours, which is promoting cheers. 10 hours shorter than what many had been bracing for
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4 years
Same police, different gathering just up the road from Portobello. Much smaller but people told to go home. Seems like midnight is the informal curfew... police clearly aware of the potential for anti-social behaviour
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79-year-old Sue was one of 2 activists police dragged from the road, as others attempted to glue themselves to the tarmac #InsulateBritain
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This is the pond in Epping forest where a body was found in the search for #RichardOkorogheye It's about 2 miles from where he was last seen in Loughton on March 23 and a police cordon is still in place Formal identification of the body is expected later today
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Matt Hancock managing to unite the various different protest groups
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7 years
Latvian superstar @JurisAbramenko
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Police say they are "extremely concerned" about the welfare of #saraheverard and that they're "keeping an open mind" in their investigation. Disappearance is of "particular concern" because it is "so out of character" More on @SkyNews at 4
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4 years
They say 3-word slogans are the most effective
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3 years
This is what we witnessed at Dungeness this afternoon - the first boat of 3 lifeboats to arrive carrying migrants Report on @SkyNews shortly
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8 years
#carnegieoccupation still in full flow despite eviction order. I'll be live at the library at 6pm on #ITV London
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3 years
Drivers now turning their anger on the police for not taking tougher action on the protestors #InsulateBritain @SkyNews
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4 years
Horses have just joined the search for #RichardOkorogheye in Epping forest. Police told me this will enable rapid visual searches of the wider area while fingertip searches continue near to where Richard was last seen
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I'm back in Kent where forensics officers are still searching a property in Aylesham, close to where Julia James was murdered 12 days ago. They've looked under paving slabs in the front garden and gone through a skip outside
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6 years
Just collecting a couple of return train tickets. Apparently that requires printing nearly half a deck of cards
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Crowds picking up again outside Buckingham palace, laying flowers, taking photos etc. Most I've spoken to are aware of palace request for ppl not to come but they feel compelled to nonetheless to pay their respects
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UPDATE from @metpoliceuk on #RichardOkorogheye They are "working tirelessly" to establish circumstances around his disappearance, which includes "forensic, medical and specialist enquiries" as they await formal ID of body found yesterday
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@courtney_ft Spotted outside our house last night!
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4 years
This was taking place outside a pub called The Distillery but party and pub no connected. Apparently people have been gathering here for weeks. Music, dancing drinking etc. No police until tonight I understand
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Coming up on @itvlondon - is London's #fatberg the start of a new geological age? It's started sweating since being on display @MuseumofLondon and 'coffin' flies were hatching from it for a month. They now want to make it a permanent artefact. Pity whoever has to handle it
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How much are people willing to risk to get to UK? Everything. This is baby Ayyan, barely two weeks old, rescued by the RNLI after 9 hours at sea in a dinghy
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4 years
Clearly everyone loves a bargain. This was the scene on Oxford st just now when Debenhams opened their doors after announcing a closing down sale More on @SkyNews later
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The family of #JuliaJames have lit candles in Aylesham tonight in memory of the murdered PCSO. A week since she was killed, police still have no motive and are yet to make any arrests. @SkyNews
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BREAKING: 15-20 ICO officers have just entered the London HQ of #CambridgeAnalytica
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Protestors occupying Carnegie library in Lambeth finding their voice #carnegieoccupation
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Dover right now. Total gridlock @SkyNews
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@inzyrashid It's just happened. Not heavy handed but police prepared
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3 years
The page organised by Rustam Wahab has raised over £10k already. He's tweeted to say he's asked @gofundme to add Richard's Mum as a beneficiary. But concern over fake pages certainly still stands
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BREAKING: Police questioning #ConstanceMarten and Mark Gordon have confirmed to @SkyNews the baby whose remains were found in woodland was their child. The baby may have been dead "for some time" before it was found, and they're yet to confirm the baby's gender.
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7 years
'I'm like Daniel in the lion's den' - proud socialist @johnmcdonnellMP tells me why he's in #Davos (thanks to @WJames_Reuters for write-up)
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INTERVIEW: Davos's unlikely man - British socialist @johnmcdonnellMP puts Alpine elite on notice via @IvorBennett
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Daniel Richardson and his son George, 10, have come all the way from Birmingham to lay flowers at #BuckinghamPalace "He had a big impact on a lot of people's lives. We just thought it was the right thing to do." @SkyNews
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7 years
The credit at the moment is 10p. But the company behind the machines is also considering a donation option, where deposit goes to charity
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@Earthbranding We’ve just installed a reverse vending machine to help us all recycle more - takes plastics bottles and cans, and gives you credit !! #littlexlittle
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WATCH: NHS critical care nurse warns there could be strikes if staff don't get a 15% pay rise, even if there's a second wave of Covid #NHSPay15 @SkyNews
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Sky's @IvorBennett is in London where NHS workers are protesting for a 15% pay rise. Critical care nurse Ameera Sheikh says "we are preparing for a strike" and adds "without doubt" the UK is heading into a second wave of #coronavirus .
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Theresa May arrives at Lord Mayor's Banquet ahead of PM's annual speech. According to one member of @cityoflondon press team, their main worry is another P45-style prankster
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