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BBC newsreader, presenter, long distance runner, book lover @readbyraworth on Instagram

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As the sun set over Westminster tonight…the crowd gasped. Taken from @bbc studio by @alexdoherty_tv
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Thinking of George Alagiah who died a year ago today. Hugely missed always x #georgealagiah
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Wow. Rainbow over Westminster
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Thank you so so much for all the very kind messages about George Alagiah. Really appreciated by everyone.
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The Thames in London now. #nofilter
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I have known Lynn since I was 14. She inspired me to become a journalist. She has lived next door to my parents for decades. She has been the most wonderful, generous, kind friend to me and my family for such a long time. Can’t believe she has gone.
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6 marathons in 5 days - 150 miles across the Sahara desert carrying all my food and kit for the week. Was so terrified I didn’t tell anyone I was doing @marathonDsables ! But i just finished it 😀🐪
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The wonderful @LondonMarathon ♥️ 3hrs 33 ✅ Having run through the city’s deserted streets for months during lockdown, so wonderful to run with thousands of people again. And the crowds!! Amazing. A huge thank you to everyone who sponsored me
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I’ve been running to work this week - through the eerily quiet streets in London. Every so often I stop and just listen. No people, virtually no traffic, no planes. It is extraordinary.
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Cycled home after @BBCNews at 10 tonight. I had the streets of London to myself. Breathtaking - literally. #LockdownLondon
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What a photo! BBC news photographer @JeffOvers captures the waning supermoon rising over London on VE Day
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Spot when my calf went “pop”! Thanks to crowd on Tower Bridge who kept me going. Thanks to @stjohnambulance crew at mile 13 who couldn’t remember where nearest station was (I was about to quit) and thanks Paul and his wife at mile 17 for painkillers! I did it. 3:52 😅
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Back with a beard...1st time on air since December 2017. Join @BBCAlagiah on @BBCOne for tonight’s #BBCNewsSix
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Amazing shot of Durdle Door in Dorset taken this morning by @Dols34
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6 years ago today I ran @bostonmarathon and raised money for cancer research - days after @BBCAlagiah phoned to say he had stage 4 cancer. I called him at finish. 6 yrs later he’s back on @bbcnews at 6 tonight after getting over coronavirus. The man’s extraordinary #BostonStrong
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Summer London
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Had the #AstraZeneca jab on Saturday morning - as did 3 other friends. All of us hit by wave of exhaustion 6 hours later then flu like symptoms for next 36 hours. Wiped out. Monday morning and everyone totally fine again. Science is amazing.
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I have been running to work every day and taking photos on my phone as I go. Here are just a few of them.
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Dame Deborah @bowelbabe had a visit from @KensingtonRoyal today! And she has now raised £5.2 million ❤️
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Happy Birthday @BBCAlagiah 😊 Great friend, great colleague, great attitude to life x
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She went on air at 4:30 expecting half an hour before the Downing Street presser... @reetacbbc doing a brilliant job. Not easy unexpectedly filling 3 hours on @bbcone
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I can’t stop looking at this photo by BBC news photographer @JeffOvers Man dwarfed by the mighty power of the sea.
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Finally emerged from the desert after 8 days living in a tent with 7 people, eating freeze dried food, no showers and a lot of running. Thank you so much for all the amazing messages. @marathonDsables was the toughest, most wonderful experience of my life. Loved it.
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The message that George Alagiah wrote 17 days before he died and asked to be read at his memorial ♥️
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Love this welcome home 🇬🇧
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This is my daughter on her 17th birthday. She insisted both her parents went with her to give blood @GiveBloodNHS I hate needles...but the staff at Westfield Shepherds Bush were so good, it actually didn’t hurt at all. 10 mins and then tea and biscuits! Happy birthday xx
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This is Geoff Oliver. He’s 85. He’s been going round and round this track for almost 24 hours and has covered more than 70 miles - a world record. #tooting24
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Exactly 10 years ago. Can’t quite believe it.
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103 year old Christian Lamb was awarded France’s highest honour by President Macron at DDay 80. He called her a hero of the shadows for the work she did for the allied troops .
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The legend that is David Dimbleby - 85 and brilliant. Loved working with him - as always. #RememberanceSunday
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Oh the perils of being interviewed from home - expertly handled by Christian Fraser on @BBCNews
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At 6 - the ‘lockdown runner’ Rose Harvey who lost her job in the pandemic, turned to running and has just been chosen for the marathon @TeamGB at the Olympics.
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A year ago I read @MichaelRosenYes ’s poem about the NHS on @BBCr4today . He had Covid and was fighting for his life in ICU. So 12 months later, it is wonderful to have him here on @BBCNews reading it himself. Thanks @charliemackesy for illustrating so beautifully #bbcnews10
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The power of a flower @bowelbabe ’s mum 🌹 #harkness @BowelbabeF
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The British Normandy Memorial at Ver-Sur-Mer #dday80
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Icicles in Trafalgar Square. A rare sight ❄️
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Jabbed. At the @sciencemuseum by Paula, furloughed @British_Airways long haul cabin crew. That’s service for you 😁 Thank you NHS #AstraZeneca
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Extraordinary @captaintommoore £20 million
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Early morning run up Box Hill
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Tonight on the @BBCNews at Six... George Alagiah is back. Looking forward to seeing @BBCAlagiah on 📺 again.
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Great to see @bbcalagiah smiling and looking so well after having coronavirus
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Things you never imagined you’d say or see 😂 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏃‍♀️
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Brilliant photo by @JonsLens taken from Richmond Park last night. #SuperBloodBlueMoon
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I worked with @felicity_baker loads last year. One day she mentioned she had a stammer. I had no idea. She never spoke about it publicly. But tonight she did this report ahead of Biden’s inauguration - he has one too. And I think she is brave and brilliant. Huge respect
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@ThisisDavina I clocked a guy doing the same to me on the tube, while pretending he wasn’t. He took the photo at the exact moment we went into a tunnel, the flash went off, everyone looked at him, he went puce and jumped off at next station without once looking up 😂
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John Dennett who served with the Royal Navy and very nearly made me cry… #dday80
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The police in Mallorca. Not what you expect ❤️
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Almost £5500 raised for @CureParkinsonsT A huge thank you. #LondonMarathon #runformydad
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Love this shot by BBC photographer @JeffOvers Oxford Street Christmas shoppers
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20 years ago today! @BBCAlagiah and I launched the new @BBCNews at Six. Got a great job, made a wonderful friend.
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The British woman who has just made history at the Barkley Marathons @JasminKParis will be on @bbcnews 6:30pm and 10pm on BBC1 tonight - talking about her extraordinary finish in the 60 hour race - she made it with 99 seconds to spare. #bm100 Astonishing
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At George Alagiah’s memorial yesterday, @BBCSteveR played the piano live in St Martin’s-in-the-Fields as this film played in front of more than 800 people. Beautiful tribute expertly edited by @alicewilliams85
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It was an honour for me to play the piano at George Alagiah’s memorial service. Such an emotional, uplifting celebration of his life. Here’s the montage of George at work and at home for which I provided a musical accompaniment.
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Text message from an exasperated trauma surgeon this morning.
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Another brilliant moon shot over London tonight by BBC photographer @JeffOvers #StrawberryMoon
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The pelicans have taken over! Great pic by @bbcnews @JeffOvers in London’s St James’ Park today #lockdownlondon
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In a friend’s London garden tonight.... Like an episode of @BBCCountryfile !
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My 12 yr old son woke up this morning and asked if we could just have a chill out day and do nothing. 🤷‍♀️
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One of my favourite people in the world. I find the way he deals with all this treatment extraordinary.
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As I prepare for my 24th infusion of chemo next week, delighted to hear that bowel cancer screening will be available at age 50 in England. About time. It will save lives and hopefully mean fewer patients have to go through the kind of treatment I’ve had.
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An interview to promote his novel ‘The Burning Land’ (buy it) turns into an almost unbearably moving interview with @BBCAlagiah about his cancer as well. The way George deals with it is an inspiration to us all. He is a wonderful, extraordinary man
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Tonight’s waxing Blue Sturgeon moon over the @TheShardLondon ….taken by the ever brilliant @BBCNews photographer @JeffOvers 👏
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DID IT! 3:29:15 PB. Sooo happy #londonmarathon #loverunning
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History made by Britain’s @JasminKParis - first woman ever to finish the Barkley marathons. 100 mile legendary race in Tennessee with a 60 hour cut off. She made it with less than 2 mins to spare. Most who try fail to finish. Incredible Jasmin 👏👏👏
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Thank you for all the lovely messages. An honour, as always, to be part of VE Day 75. But the driving forces behind it were Claire Popplewell, Kate Shiers and Rosheen Archer who worked their socks off to get The People’s Celebration on air.
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Happy New Year 🥂London ❤️
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This is only on @bbciplayer for a week. The most stunning piece of film. 20 minutes in it mixes from black and white to colour - I gasped. Suddenly so real. #TheyShallNotGrowOld
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Lovely tribute to Lynn Faulds Wood on the @bbctheoneshow tonight by @MattAllwright . He’s right. Lynn made everyone home in Britain safer. I know @johnstapletontv is overwhelmed by the response since she died last week.
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Tonight’s commute home by bike through empty London. Past Royal Hospital Chelsea which would normally be being dug by now for Chelsea Flower Show. Still feels like I’m on an abandoned film set.
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Slipping back unnoticed after a year?! Unlikely @BBCAlagiah . We are delighted to have you back tonight...at 6 on @BBCOne Be there. X
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@sophieraworth there goes my hopes of slipping back into the studio unnoticed! Thanks to all for good wishes. We’ve got the cancer in a holding pattern so it’s back to work with colleagues I respect and the viewers who make it worthwhile. #BBCNewsSix
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Thank you for all the amazing messages about #icantsaymyname Five of us made it in under 6 weeks - a lot of it on our days off. It has been a labour of love @Felicity_Baker @MsCarolynRice @emilyEBbrooks and Raeph Ballantyne
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Springtime in London. After the lightning and thunder.
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Olympian grit and sheer determination- amazing @Iwanrunner set off on a 100 mile run across the South Downs Way at 5:30am yesterday and finished this morning. 👏 👏 supported all the way by @Susie__Chan
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Last long run before @LondonMarathon …we ran The Queue from start to finish. Amazing to see ❤️
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4 months later. Finally💇‍♀️ 😷 @RichardWardHair @David_Viner
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What a week for @Felicity_Baker ! Not only has she talked about stammering for the 1st time on national tv...she has just run her 1st ever 5k. My work is done 🤣 🏃‍♀️ #ICantSayMyName #icanrun5km
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Just raced 60 horses across 22 miles of Welsh countryside. @ManVHorse - hands down one of the best and most beautiful races I’ve done. 🐎🐎🐎 #ManvHorse
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Another brilliant moon shot from @BBCNews photographer @JeffOvers - a ‘buck’ moon over London last night.
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Roy Harrison served with the Royal Navy. He is 98. #dday80
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35 miles across the Alps. 12,000 feet of climbing. 11 hours 54 mins of racing. The brutal, glorious #OCC at the @UTMBMontBlanc . I did it! 😄
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Tune into the latest episode of the RW podcast to hear Sophie Raworth ( @Raworthontherun ) talk about running the OCC and why we're often stronger than we think we are:
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The master strikes again! @bbcnews photographer @JeffOvers captures the Worm moon over London
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I hiked up to meet the stonemasons rebuilding the 100 year old Mourne Wall in N. Ireland that their grandfather helped build.
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George Alagiah didn’t talk much in public about having cancer. But he did a very moving interview with @CraigOliver100 for this podcast which Craig kindly let us use. Thank you.
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Inside intensive care at University College Hospital in London as medics treat patients with coronavirus. Special report by @BBCFergusWalsh and Adam Walker. An extraordinary and very powerful report. @paulroyall #bbcnewssix #bbcnewsten
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A little obsessed with the #snowmoon . This from Richmond park tonight. Took my dad’s proper camera...couldn’t work out how to use it. So reverted to the iPhone 🙄
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First of 2 supermoons this year taken by the brilliant @JeffOvers #stonehenge #supermoon2021
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I was lucky enough to go up in a spitfire just before lockdown for a great story about a 13 yr old mathematician, Hazel Hill, who in 1934 helped convince the government to arm them with 8 not 4 guns. Watch on ⁦ @BBCNews ⁩ at 1,6 & 10
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Standard Sunday run in London 😮
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A work in progress by a friend’s 11 year old daughter, Lulah. She’s 11 !
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Dan Evans and @andy_murray - never ever give up 👏👏👏👏 superb!
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The moon over London this morning
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Just brilliant 👑♟ #QueensGambit
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Bumblebees have taken over the bird box in our garden and built a nest! Never seen that before. Didn’t see the really angry one...until I zoomed in 🐝
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This is @BBCAlagiah on @BBCr4today this morning. His thoughts on coronavirus (in true George style he omits to say he actually had it) and on cancer - two diseases that have pulled his family together and pushed them apart. V moving and from the heart (as always)
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I’ve been flying with 22 typhoons practising for next week’s @RoyalAirForce flypast to celebrate its centenary. 100 aircraft will fly over Buckingham palace at 1pm on Tuesday. More tonight on @bbcnews Six and Ten. #raf100 #bbcnewsix #BBCNewsTen
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