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BBC Ability retweeted
May 5
Delighted to share that I will be a keynote speaker
at The Media Production Technology Show at the London Olympia on the 14th May 🎤
The Keynote is called Built for Everyone: Making Film & TV Truly Accessible 🎥 💻 ⚽️
Get your tickets here 👇mpts.london
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BBC Ability retweeted
May 5
Last chance to register for this Thursday's online session for Screenwriting Students in the UK or ROI - register your interest to attend before noon tomorrow (Weds 6th May). Full details here bbc.co.uk/writers/opportunit…
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BBC Ability retweeted
May 1
The first phase of our new recruitment and organising strategy sets out how we can work together to build a stronger future for our union.
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BBC Ability retweeted
Apr 23
This Sunday at 9pm on BBC Radio @1Xtra for 1Xtra Talks I’ll be exploring Black experiences of miscarriage, stillbirth, childlessness & infertility.
A real honour to have this important conversation ahead of Black Baby Loss Awareness Week on 11 - 16th May 🖤
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Apr 9
Get on and do it. 💜
Apr 8
The BBC Comedy Collective is open for applications from today until 23.59 on Weds 6th May.
This supercharged bursary scheme offers 10 places each year to mid-level comedy creatives; a mix of writers, writer/performers, producers, directors and editors >>>bbc.co.uk/commissioning/come…
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The branch of Boots on Great Portland Street has just told me that I should have someone with me when I come out as a blind person. When I objected to them telling me howl to lead my life, they said it was for my own good. Unbelievable. Last time I go in there #boots
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BBC Ability retweeted
It's a busy day for #TeamNUJ at #TUCWomensConference
Our General Secretary Laura Davison spoke at the @TUCGinfo fringe about assaults and threats at work and the role of the journalists' safety tracker @NUJofficial @TUCEquality
ALT NUJ GS Laura stands as she delivers her speech, flanked by two women trade unionists on each side and the tucg banner in the background
Mar 5
Read our report from the first day of #TUCWomen2026, where the NUJ delegation highlighted the harm to women caused by anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric, and the importance of ethical reporting.
#SmashingtheStatusQuo
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Feb 19
Future Voices - Trainee Journalism Scheme 2026 -EXTEND Job Details | BBC careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Future…
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Jan 16
Changes to flagship disability scheme don't go far enough, campaigners say bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpdy…
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Jan 13
BBC will aim to have Trump's $5bn defamation lawsuit thrown out bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c394…
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Jan 4
Happy New Year from all at BBC Ability. Early night tonight and back at it nice and fresh tomorrow. 💜🙌🏻⚡️
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BBC Ability retweeted
11 Dec 2025
Thank goodness...a journalist actually prepared to challenge politicians' lies about the benefits system.
Well done @AngelaHaggerty
#bbcqt
11 Dec 2025
“When I listen to politicians talking about the benefits system, it’s very clear that they don’t use it, and that they haven’t had very much direct experience with it.”
Journalist, Angela Haggerty says she is “shocked” by the level of “misinformation” on welfare
#bbcqt
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10 Dec 2025
Nnena Kalu has won this year's Turner Prize, the UK's most high-profile art award, for her "bold and compelling" sculptures and drawings - and has made history as the first artist with a learning disability to win. bbc.com/news/articles/c5yqvz…
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29 Nov 2025
How Motability cuts went from a rightwing online campaign to Rachel Reeves’s budget theguardian.com/world/2025/n…
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28 Nov 2025
Flexible working is to become the "default" for all workers, with employers required to say yes to requests from staff from their first day starting in a job unless they can prove it is "unreasonable". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0l…
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BBC Ability retweeted
25 Nov 2025
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women - trade union rally at Stormont. Thousands of women, children and young people across Northern Ireland who have been impacted by domestic abuse. viewdigital.org/thousands-of…
ALT Women, including Economy Minister Dr Caoimhe Archibald, at Stormont, holding banners to support workers who are victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
ALT Trade union rally at Stormont, women holding banners to support workers who are victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
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23 Nov 2025
Just over a week to go. ⏳Have you signed up yet for BBC Rethink Disability Festival 2025? Check out the great lineup and book your place on the website 👏🙌🏻⚡️ bbc.co.uk/rethinkdisability
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19 Nov 2025
For disabled men it’s even higher. Reach out and talk. We all need to talk. 💜
19 Nov 2025
It’s International Men’s Day, and we want to talk about one of the biggest issues that men face today and what can be done to tackle it.
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50, and men account for three-quarters of all deaths by suicide. 🧵 1/5
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