BBC Correspondent **account being phased-out as I move to Bluesky**
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A friend got in touch to thank the National Trust for providing quiet background to people’s lives via this story on R4 today. Sometimes I think that’s the main job. NT on the radio talking quietly about birds means less airtime for shout and spite. Win. independent.co.uk/climate-ch…
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Paul Murphy retweeted
I was asked to paint a pine marten for a special birthday
Here's the result 🎨🖌️
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27 Sep 2025
A day spent covering protests/counter protests in Newcastle for @bbcnews Enjoyed a welcome moment of levity when a bride emerged through the placards and crossed the police cordon. Nothing was stopping her big day. Many congratulations whoever you are.
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Paul Murphy retweeted
23 Sep 2025
'I'm all for green energy', says Reform mayor - full story ⬇️ bbc.in/4mAPv3v
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17 Sep 2025
Reform's Hull and East Yorks Mayor Luke Campbell defying his party's policy on green energy. "Who doesn't like cleaner air and green energy, I do and I'm all for that.....I've got a meeting next week with Siemens [Hull wind turbine factory] youtube.com/watch?v=O1RasSIt…
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Paul Murphy retweeted
5 Sep 2025
Sad to hear the #DuchessofKent has died.
My first big scoop was revealing she had secretly been teaching for seven years at Wansbeck Primary School in #Hull
She taught music and was known to the pupils as ‘Mrs Kent’. 🧵
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Paul Murphy retweeted
29 Aug 2025
Well knock me down with a feather. Official confirmation from his own authority that Mayor Luke Campbell launched a new £1m community fund without doing the legally required paperwork beforehand.
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11 Aug 2025
"The survey found that 65% of Reform supporters and 83% of Conservative supporters back increased clean energy generation, despite recent party leadership moves to scale back climate commitments.'
Eight in 10 people in the UK support expanding the country’s renewable energy infrastructure, according to new YouGov polling commissioned by Friends of the Earth
renews.biz/102413/poll-shows…
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23 Jul 2025
A glimmer of hope for 1000 workers at Prax this evening? Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns claiming "there is allegedly an offer to purchase the whole site."
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19 Jul 2025
Lions’ rugby pre-match analysis looking at the “essential KPI’s that players should deliver”. How we miss you Bill McLaren. #lionsrugby
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17 Jul 2025
Reform Council defies @reformparty_uk policy on fracking drillordrop.com/2025/07/17/r…
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17 Jul 2025
First big spending commitment from Lincolnshire’s new @reformparty_uk Council team? Spend 750k to hire consultants….
lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/…
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17 Jul 2025
Incredible story. A public figure synonymous with the city he represented for more than 40 years.
John Prescott memorial statue refused in Hull bbc.com/news/articles/cdx58l…
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Paul Murphy retweeted
3 Jul 2025
👏 Yorkshire Post made a purposeful decision not to put Rachel Reeves in tears on front page. The demonising of women for being 'emotional' is an ancient and cruel blood sport, of course, but how interesting Yorkshire should lead the way.... @yorkshirepost
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Paul Murphy retweeted
Just to be clear Paul - DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company!
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3 Jul 2025
Lincolnshire’s Mayor @andreajenkyns embracing Net Zero opportunities….
The Ambassador to Denmark has been in our area today - find out why... greaterlincolnshire-cca.gov.…
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29 Jun 2025
Once you’ve seen Todd Carty instead of the Future Islands’ lead singer your night is essentially over. #Glastonbury2025
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