@BBCSounds
"Yes, yes, yes" said the Professor.
World at One presenter
@Sarah_Montague
reacts to the positive early results of one of the big coronavirus vaccine trials.
Last year after a long period of stressful negotiations, I accepted a settlement of £400,000 subject to tax and an apology from the BBC for paying me unequally for so many years. 3/3
"Without kindness, where would we be?"
The BBC’s chief international correspondent and honorary graduate of the University of Sussex,
@bbclysedoucet
OBE, explains why kindness is so important to journalism.
#sussexgrad
When I discovered the disparity in my pay and conditions, I was advised that rectifying it all could run into the millions. I chose not to seek such sums from the BBC but I did want some recognition that they had underpaid me. 2/3
Thoroughly enjoyed sharing my commute with cycling avenger
@theJeremyVine
even though he insisted we went through the killing zone that is Hi St Ken
#bbcwato
@Sarah_Montague
Been looking at your regular photo (left) on BBC Sounds "WATO" broadcast, and realised the chair next to you looked a bit like a penguin. So for fun, I did a little photoshopping (right)! :-)
God this was really spine tingling radio.
Life back to normal by spring. From someone who might actually know what they're talking about - Professor John Bell.
#vaccine
#WATO
1. The govt strategy on
#Coronavirus
is more refined than those used in other countries and potentially very effective. But it is also riskier and based on a number of assumptions. They need to be correct, and the measures they introduce need to work when they are supposed to.
We’re running reports on
#Biodiversity
all through July on
#bbcwato
. This is who we heard from today - volunteers at
@Seawilding
casting oysters into Loch Craignish
"Jesus, Mary & Joseph"* -
@Sarah_Montague
's words on the last programme we'll present together. Boy, she will be missed! Looking forward to hearing her on
@BBCWorldatOne
& welcoming the excellent
@Marthakearney
to
@BBCr4today
(*Her reaction to flying fast & low in an RAF Tornado)
Listen again:
"You can't overestimate the importance of Jeff Beck for guitarists"
Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett (
@HackettOfficial
) remembers Jeff Beck, who has died aged 78.
Must Watch
@Sarah_Montague
of
@r4Today
360 video in an RAF Tornado questions the pilot whilst low-flying zigzagging through Welsh valleys at 250 feet. From 07.00
Well that was lively!
#BBCWATO
broke the news that the PM and Chancellor have been fined over partygate. Thanks
@BBCVickiYoung
& sorry to
@ProfDavidNutt
for cutting you short
Coming up on
#BBCWATO
–
+ We unpack the first PMQs with the latest on Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs
+ Germany will send Leopard II tanks to Ukraine – what difference will they make?
+ Singer Tony Christie talks to us about his journey with dementia
@OborneTweets
@the
The pay is irrelevant. She doesn’t want more pay - just to be paid the same as men doing same work. Could be at much lower rate
#bbcwomen
#yesyesyes
Prof Sir John Bell’s answer when I asked on
@bbcwato
if the vaccine meant things would be normal by spring. Although he probably wasn’t thinking of this reference.
#bbcwato
"It's dribbling yellow and transparent egg white down the bonnet... we knew this wasn't gonna work"
Watch
@EvanHD
attempt to fry an egg in record-breaking heat on
@Sarah_Montague
's car
#BBCWATO
Go back listen to World at One with
@Sarah_Montague
and Lexy, a woman on UCredit being pushed to the edge by cost of living. Said her kids are having to take only 1 shower a week and change into pyjamas when they get home, lest they tear their clothes and can’t afford to replace.
Please listen. And to this interview with Nicole. Important insight into what is going on. Thank you to all the very impressive students who spoke to us.
#bbcwato
@BBCWorldatOne
It’s disappointing that Labour’s manuscript amendment tabling our proposed Brexit plan wasn’t selected by the Speaker this afternoon, but we did put it down, exactly as I said we had earlier on
@bbcworldatone
, so it was
@Sarah_Montague
who got her facts wrong, not me.
Can’t quite believe what I just heard on
@BBCWorldatOne
. Former Met chief super Parm Sandhu saying female officers don’t always report suspicious behaviour of male colleagues because they “close ranks” & you risk being left to get your head kicked in on duty if you call for help