Producer & Journalist @UTV. Views are my own and not representative of UTV. Retweets & likes ≠ endorsement. matt.sterling@itv.com
Joined March 2009
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18 Apr 2021
An honour to present @UTVNews for the first time this evening.
Grateful for the opportunity after a lot of work went into making this happen.
I wore my granddad's tie that he gave me for my first ever job interview. I'm sure he'd be glad it's been put to good use.
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Graffiti sprayed across several takeaways as well as African food stores on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast
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Aftermath after a Glider was burnt on the Newtownards Road in east Belfast. Roadblocks still across the road as fire appliances tackle damage to homes
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Translink Glider set on fire outside Russell's on Newtownards Road. View from UTV offices
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Matt Sterling retweeted
May 14
How do we strike the balance between personal and public responsibility for our health?
Up Close: Is Time Running Out, tonight at 10:45, on UTV and on ITVX.
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Matt Sterling retweeted
Mar 29
To be clear, this is an opinion column in a major Israeli newspaper advocating ethnic cleansing.
Opinion: The only way Israel can govern the Gaza Strip without becoming an external oppressor of “another people” is to remove “the other people” from the confines of the Gaza Strip itself.
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Mar 27
RT @SkyNews: 21-month-old Jawad Abu Nassar was detained alongside his father by Israeli forces in central Gaza — and returned to his family…
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Mar 18
US intelligence concluded that Iran was not rebuilding nuclear enrichment capacities destroyed last year by the United States and Israel, contradicting a key justification by President Donald Trump for his ongoing war.
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Matt Sterling retweeted
10 Oct 2023
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁.
Check in on those around you.
#WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | @samaritans
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10 Aug 2025
Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19
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7 Aug 2025
Tonight we explore the issue of weight loss injections, and ask if they're the answer in the fight against obesity.
Many weeks of work have gone into this so give it a watch if you can!!
Tonight at 11.15PM on @UTV
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12 Jul 2025
Join @PaulClark_UTV and our team of reporters as they present coverage of the Twelfth celebrations. Tonight at 10.40 on UTV.
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12 Jun 2025
A hundred or so protesters gathered at the junction between Newtownards Road and Templemore Avenue in east Belfast. Road closed with police diverting traffic
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24 Mar 2025
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg. theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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18 Mar 2025
We have a packed show tonight looking at Westminster cuts to the benefits system, as well as the impact Trump's tariffs may have in Northern Ireland.
Tune into View From Stormont starting now on @utv!
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UK’s poorest households now worse off than poorest households in Slovenia
Analysis reveals if wage growth continued in line with the pre-2008 trend, the average worker in the UK would be earning £12,000 more per year today, @ITVJoel reports
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Inside Britain's fascist fight club: Secret footage shows far-right group preparing for 'race war'
An undercover investigation by ITV News has revealed how ‘Active Club England’ is using extreme fitness and fraternity as a front to recruit and radicalise members for a so-called 'race war'
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16 Dec 2024
View From Stormont on in 5 mins on @UTV.
I'll have a full recap of the political year that was 2024, and we're joined by @AllisonMorris1 @deirdreheenan @PeterShirlow @AlexKane221b to dissect everything!
Hope you can join us
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Matt Sterling retweeted
16 Dec 2024
Coming up on View From Stormont...
We look back at the political highs and lows of 2024. Matt Sterling has that report.
Analysing the year that was, and looking ahead to 2025, are Professors Deirdre Heenan and Peter Shirlow, Allison Morris and Alex Kane...
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Matt Sterling retweeted
13 Dec 2024
On the last programme before the Christmas break, Matt Sterling reports on the political highs and lows of the past twelve months.
We examine all of those key events with a panel of experts, and look ahead to 2025.
Tune into View From Stormont, Monday at 10:55 on @UTV.
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Matt Sterling retweeted
28 Nov 2024
Politicians and journalists across the industry gathered today to bid a final farewell to former UTV political editor, Ken Reid.
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