BBC Environment and Rural Affairs correspondent based in East Midlands.

Joined May 2009
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This morning PM Liz Truss did a series of interviews with eight BBC local radio stations Listen to the full set here on @BBCSounds bbc.in/3UHsX4t
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Oh dear @BritBox_UK What’s happened to your app? Screen shrunk. #LGTV #fail
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In an event with about 60 academics from across the entirety of UEA's world-leading climate-science/studies community... After I'd spoken (on the need to truth-tell), a vote was taken: How many in the room believe 1.5 is still alive? >Not one single person voted Yes.< Please RT.
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What if we could find a way to fund warmer low energy homes at scale and it didn’t cost residents a penny extra? Rufus Grantham’s financial vision @demonbitters starts from 26’30” into this great podcast #localzeropod player.captivate.fm/episode/…

These pictures are extraordinary.
I don't think the world has quite connected with just how significant and extreme the floods have been here in Australia x.com/QReconstruction/status…
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This is what we get from the BBC license fee which costs around 43p per day
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Ever wondered whether tree planting can really offset emissions? Watch this fb.watch/96LnEPWP-a/

If you missed our climate change special on @bbcemt catch up here bbc.co.uk/inlayer/episodes/b… #closertohome

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LUMO IS GO! FirstGroup's new lo-cost London-Edinburgh trains will take on easyJet & Ryanair at their own game starting 25 October, 6 times less CO2 than a flight with fares from £14.90 - 60% of fares will be £30 or less. I'm going to enjoy watching this - pass the popcorn...
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Drilling for soil... can avoiding the plough and direct drilling wheat into clover turn agricultural land in Leicestershire into a carbon sink? Only core sampling will tell. @bbcemt @kissthegroundCA @SoilAssociation
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21 Dec 2020
We are now the United Kingdom of Great Eyam. #lockdown #COVID19
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5 Oct 2020
Another excellent explainer about @BBCRD with @EmmaMJYoung
🚨 Latest episode of the video series I host ‘BBC R&D Explains’ is out! I talk to @billt and Max Leaonard about a new Personal Data Store platform we’re exploring @BBCRD. Give it a watch!
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From today!
"We need to learn how to work with nature, rather than against it." David Attenborough is going to tell us how. DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET on Netflix tomorrow x.com/NetflixUK/status/13119…
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📺 10 TV services ▶️ BBC iPlayer 📻 10 national radio stations 📍 39 local radio stations 🎧 BBC Sounds 💻 1 of the UK's most popular websites 91% of the UK population use the BBC each week A quick reminder about how much we all get from the licence fee 👇👇👇
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Coronavirus: Five reasons why rise in cases is not all it seems bbc.co.uk/news/health-540643…

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The BBC Research & Development 2020 Showcase. Personal. Efficient. Sustainable. Discover how BBC R&D is helping to build a better BBC, in these 3 interactive experiences: bbc.in/2DFnMzl @IBCShow | @IBC365 | @BBCTaster | @BBC_Connected | @bbctechcreate | #IBCShowcase
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Sally Bowman Collard retweeted
1/ This campaign has been just brilliant. My talented colleagues are on track to deliver the target of £10m of work very soon. In less than two months. That’s pretty astonishing.
Are you looking for a job but not really sure how to stand out? David Ainsworth, locality director at NHS clinical commissioning, is offering to help by reviewing your CV. There's more advice on our website bbc.in/2NHLNqA
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