Thank you for lovely messages. I’m
gutted to have said goodbye to my special late night radio friends - it’s not what I wanted. I’m lucky to be keeping an on air job at BBC. With love and respect to all my colleagues who are staying, or have made the difficult decision to leave.
I won’t be on the radio tonight as I join my fellow
@NUJofficial
members in industrial action for 24 hours from 1100. Tonight my programme (normally on 4 stations) will be replaced by a national share. Sadly, that will be the norm by the end of the year!
#KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal
I was given this for Xmas but I’ve been saving it for break in Appledore! It’s
@AnnCleeves
at her finest. So atmospheric with the wind howling outside. I can see some of the locations from the window!
Loved
@IainDale
in conversation with
@ShelaghFogarty
such a lovely natural conversation between two wonderful broadcasters. I love the freedom of a podcast!
#LBC
Two wonderful colleagues and friends have left
@BBCGlos
in two painful days
@cummingsradio
and
@fayehatcher
. We will miss their energy and talent. So lucky to call them friends. Good luck both and lots of love. As Bob Mortimer would say, “and away”…
Thanks
@BBCWiltshire
for a fantastic weekend
#BBCAirwaves
we’ve been camping in the garden and living the festival life. Great music and great entertainment!
Many congratulations to my brother Anthony (
@antbaxter
) for his
@BAFTAScotland
win! If you haven’t seen it, Eye Of The Storm is a moving tribute to a unique Scottish talent, painter James Morrison
Gutted to see this lovely man leave the BBC. Authentic to the core. I spent many happy days with Malc at Radio WM - and used to make all his silly jingles. There were lots of laughs and a few wee drams! Wishing him all the best. His talent will propel him to better things! X
Just one week left of doing the late show.
Every night I sit and chat away hoping I’m reaching someone that just needs some care. Judging by the amount of messages coming in. Together, we have done a good job. 😊
Profoundly moved by
@mrjamesob
book
#HowNotToBeWrong
“my mother and father believed, wrongly now I know, that you and your school could provide me with a more valuable environment in which to grow up than they could.” I could have written the same letter. Just ‘mother’ in my case
What lies beneath? Hidden behind the recently closed Poundland store’s sign in Stroud. If only I could walk into Woolworths - pick up a bargain 7” single and a fishing rod at the same time!
@BBCGlos
@StroudTimes