Heartbreaking scene in south Belfast this morning👇
🔥This supermarket was targeted during yesterday’s protests.
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📍The ‘Belfast Welcomes Diversity Demo’ has arrived at Belfast City Hall.
🗣️Thousands are shouting anti-racism chants - after peacefully marching through the city.
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On air this am:
📍A man wanted in Romania is due before an extradition court in Belfast today.
🗳️ Claims that Rishi Sunak asked to agree a “secret deal” to help him win the next election.
🍻 A brewery in Derry’s offering what’s been called the ‘best job in the world’.
#journorequest
I’m looking to speak to any sports coaches who are aware of disordered eating among athletes and what you believe can be done to help those struggling.
📍I’m on the picket line at Ulster Hospital this morning speaking with junior doctors.
🚨They are striking for the first time in history in Northern Ireland.
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🐟Had a fabulous time this morning reporting on the ICLA 6 Youth European Championships!
⛵️A fantastic event for Ballyholme Yacht Club in Bangor…
🌊Good luck to all involved!
#journorequest
I’m looking to speak to any gymnasts who have struggled with disordered eating during their career. This is for my project titled ‘Eating disorders in athletes’.
🥊 Boxing classes are proving a big HIT with elderly residents across NI…
🏋️♂️Professioanl boxer Joe Harvey has been coaching the classes for Clanmill.
📍Our reporter
@hannahpattJ
went to Cook Court in Newtownards
🎧 On our daily news podcast:
⚫ A man has been found guilty of murdering a police officer in Bradford in 2005
🛫 New rules relaxing limits on liquids on flights are being delayed
🖼 A new mural appears in Birmingham - is it a Banksy?
🔊 LISTEN HERE:
On tonight's programme:
🇫🇷 The fall-out from the PM leaving D-Day commemorations early;
🏍️ we speak to widow of Hairy Biker Dave Myers;
🚘 DeLoreans descend on Belfast;
🎶 and Swiftie-mania hits Edinburgh
#EdinburghTStheErasTour
#journorequest
I’m looking to speak to any ballet dancers who have been through an eating disorder, for my project titled, ‘Eating disorders in sports’. This could be due to the pressures in the industry, from your teacher, or anything else.
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I’m looking to speak to any swimmers who struggle or have struggled with disordered eating or body dysmorphia. Has training helped you overcome disordered eating or was it a trigger due to the pressures of your sport/coach ?
🌊360 young sailors are battling on our waters in the penultimate day of the ILCA 6 Youth European Championships.
⛵️The event - being hosted by Ballyholme Yacht Club - is the biggest of its kind to come to the Island of Ireland.
🐟🎙️Our reporter
@hannahpattJ
is out on Belfast
A new State of Nature report has been released. It shows how nature is declining across the UK. I am at Window on Wildlife in Belfast to find out more. More on air
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🚨Health workers are on the picket line at Ulster Hospital this morning in what is being called the biggest strike ever in NI.
🪧Thousands of public sector workers are striking today across the country.
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📍Heartbreaking scene in Downpatrick this morning.
It’s a waiting game for many business owners to assess the damage as officials say work to pump water away can't start until river levels are low enough.
More on air
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@newsoncool
#journorequest
I’m looking to speak to any athletes who struggle or have struggled with disordered eating or body dysmorphia. Has training helped you overcome disordered eating or was it a trigger due to the pressures of your sport?
#journorequest
I want to speak to any rugby league teams about the importance of nutrition, for my project surrounding the idea of disordered eating in athletes
Bowel cancer is the second biggest killer in Northern Ireland.
@bowelcanceruk
is at Stormont today talking about the Cancer Strategy in hope to stop people unnecessarily dying from bowel cancer. More on air
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🚨More police vehicles have just arrived at Seaview Caravan Park this morning.
🏕️It follows last nights security alert in the Donaghadee Rd area of Milisle which is ongoing.
❌People in the area have been evacuated & access is restricted.
🎙️Our reporter
@hannahpattJ
is there:
🌈Today marks the start of Belfast Pride Festival!
🪩It's the biggest event of the year for LGBTQIA+ people here.
❤️This year’s theme is 'Love your mind’.
🎙️Co organiser, Kirsty Mulholland, told our reporter
@hannahpattj
receiving discrimination causes mental health issues:
📍The scene on Springfield Road in west Belfast after the launch of a security alert.
🚨It follows the discovery of what police are describing as a ‘suspicious object’.
❌Surrounding roads are closed.
🎙️Our reporter
@hannahpattj
is there:
#journorequest
Did you miss the start of the
#belfastmarathon
because of delayed public transport? I'd love to hear from you.
Please get in touch, my DMs are open.
📍I’m at the Ulster Folk Museum this morning, as over 60 DeLorean cars meet.
🏎️The DeLorean became popular after the mega movie series ‘Back to the future’, but it was first produced here in Northern Ireland.
🏎️Over 60 DeLorean cars have arrived in Northern Ireland!
🌍The ‘DeLorean Revival’ has owners from all over the UK, Ireland, Europe and beyond arrive on our shores.
📍First stop - the Ulster Folk and Transport museum.
🏥I’m on the picket line this morning at Ulster Hospital talking to health workers on strike.
🚨Today’s strike action is being described by unions as the biggest strike in decades.
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In tonight's Today on GHR News, we have an exclusive report into child on child sex assaults in schools;
Also:
🇷🇼 voting on the Rwanda Bill;
👩🚀 Northern Ireland's first ever astronaut;
👑 and the first memorial statue of the late Queen Elizabeth II:
🚨A global IT outage is impacting airlines, broadcasters and businesses this morning.
✈️Flights across the country may be impacted.
🎙️Our reporter
@hannahpattJ
is outside Belfast City Airport with the latest:
⭐️Gary Lightbody is in his hometown to crown Bangor Court House as The National Lottery’s Project of the Year 2023.
📍Snow Patrol frontman says the town is long overdue some rejuvenation.
🎙️more on air
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The scene at Bangor Station in preparation for more potential flooding this week. The station was completely flooded over the weekend.
The Met Office have upgraded the yellow weather warning to amber.
The department of health's says covid and general pressures within gynaecology services - have delayed the development of endometriosis services
It's currently developing a women’s health action plan.
🚨It takes almost a decade to get diagnosed with endometrioiss in NI - according to a report by endometriosis UK.
⏳It took 8 years for Lisa Herbison to get a diagnosis.
🗣️ “It became embarrassing to keep going to the GP.”
She spoke to our reporter
@hannahpattJ
🏆What a welcome for
@McClenaghanRhys
in Newtownards!!
🥇The local GOLD Olympian came FIRST in the Pommel horse in Paris.
❤️Conway Square is FULL of support for the 25 year old.
University staff are striking this week over pay and conditions. I’m a Ulster University campus speaking with those involved. More on air
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🏥Junior doctors here have voted to strike for the first time ever.
🗣️“If not now, when? When do we take this fight for our NHS? … When do we stand up for ourselves?”
🎙️BMA’s Deputy Chair of NI junior doctors committee, Dr Edwina Hegarty, spoke to our reporter
@hannahpattJ
🏕️The scene this morning at Seaview Caravan Park.
📍It’s after officers received a report that a device was left near the site last night, in the Donaghadee Road area of Millisle.
❌Access has been restricted and homes have been evacuated.
🎙️Our reporter
@hannahpattj
is there:
🚨The time to vote in the
#GE24
is over! We’ll be finding out the results overnight.
👀Votes have been cast to elect MPs to represent 18 local constituencies at Westminster.
📍Our reporters
@hannahpattJ
@Journo_BenA
are at the Titanic Exhibition Centre for us:
The department of health's says covid and general pressures within gynaecology services - have delayed the development of endometriosis services
It's currently developing a women’s health action plan.
🚨It takes almost a decade to get diagnosed with endometrioiss in NI - according to a report by endometriosis UK.
⏳It took 8 years for Lisa Herbison to get a diagnosis.
🗣️ “It became embarrassing to keep going to the GP.”
She spoke to our reporter
@hannahpattJ
📍After nearly 200 years, today is the last day of service at Great Victoria Street Station in Belfast.
🚝 The station is closing to make way for Belfast Grand Central Station which is set to open this autumn.
🎙️Our reporter
@hannahpattJ
is there:
🌿GeoEnergy Discovery Centre is open at Stormont Estate to mark work Geothermal Energy Day. I got speaking to Conor Lydon from Tetra Tech about some future goals for a greener NI…
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pothole incidents are reaching record levels. Have you been involved in an accident regarding potholes in NI? Was your car/bike damaged? Were you yourself injured?
Get in touch! 🎙️
Email me at
@hannah
.patterson.contributor
@bauermedia
.co.uk
📍Unite members have just joined Unison at the protest at the Department of Education this morning. Non-teaching staff in schools are striking over pay and grading.
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❌It’s another day of train and bus cancellations as thousands of transport workers go on strike here.
📍I’m at the Europa Bus Station this morning.
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A community rally is happening now in Belfast in support of Mental health. It’s ahead of a council committee vote, which urges Belfast City Council to provide funding to West Wellbeing after they had to reduce services. More on air
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🚨Voting for
#GE24
is now over & the count will begin soon.
👀A total of 18 MPs will be elected to represent Northern Ireland at Westminster.
📍I’m at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast. Tune into
@GHRNewsUK
to hear live updates from NI & across the UK!
#journorequest
I’m looking to speak to any sports coaches who are aware of disordered eating among athletes and what you believe can be done to help those struggling.