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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Hi, in 3 weeks time I'll be running my first #LondonMarathon raising money for two great charities the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social + www.thecalmzone.net. It's been a tough but rewarding 5 months of training, any support you can give would be hugely appreciated www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Me for BBC News: Government to drop asylum hotel provider Stay Belvedere Hotels after a Home Office audit uncovered unspecified concerns about performance and behaviour. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Government to drop asylum hotel provider Stay Belvedere Hotels

The hotel group provides around a quarter of asylum accommodation.

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Great to have my first meeting with Roxanna Wright, whom I'll be mentoring for the next year as part of the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social's early career journalists' scheme johnschofieldtrust.org.uk

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social on the potential demise of TikTok in the US, featuring authors @yassmin.bsky.social and @shelbyleighpoetry.bsky.social on how important BookTok has been for platforming new voices and boosting reading in younger generations youtu.be/v28Bgl0T5hc?...

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Biden is leaving US TikTok ban for Trump to decide

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s batlle to approve the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, as Palestinians in Gaza continue to be killed in airstrikes🇵🇸🇮🇱 Bluesky still short on video so watch here: www.instagram.com/reel/DE-dTi9...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy on reports negotiators in Qatar are on the brink of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas 🇮🇱🇵🇸 youtu.be/Y_lubD8DvFE?...

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Israel and Hamas “on the brink” of Gaza ceasefire deal, Biden says

YouTube video by Global News

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Another death-knell for Jeremy Hunt’s fledgling local TV initiative as Culture Secretary over a decade ago - London Live goes off air just days after being sold by Evgeny Lebedev:

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews this weekend on the reactions in Greenland🇬🇱 and Denmark🇩🇰 to Trump’s threat to take the world’s largest island by military force from a fellow #NATO member youtu.be/mPGmFyWRtC4?...

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Greenland "can't be bought," says resident after Trump's comments

YouTube video by Global News

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Spent the afternoon at Kentish Town City Farm for BBC London where people have been able to make a donation to recycle their Christmas trees, providing feed for the goats and sheep, plus funds towards a new goat house 🐐🎄🐑 Watch here: www.instagram.com/reel/DEdHVAs...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Well that “special relationship” didn’t last long…

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Watch me try to interview Kentish Town City Farm’s goats on BBC London tonight 🐐🎄

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Reporting for BBC London on how the cold snap is affecting those experiencing homelessness in the capital. If you’re worried about a rough sleeper in these freezing temperatures you can flag them to support services via the Streetlink website. Watch here: www.instagram.com/reel/DEb9mjE...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

#TheTraitors just sealed another BAFTA with this chef’s kiss moment

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

OMG Maddy from The Traitors is actually acting in the Call The Midwife Christmas special!

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I may love Mini Eggs, but it’s December 20th Co-Op.

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Great to do my final Monocle Daily of 2024 with @andrewmueller.bsky.social unpacking the killing of a Russian general. Plus why there were so few young men at the impeachment rallies in South Korea and new research showing consuming culture is good for your health podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Ukraine assassinates Russian chemical weapons chief

Podcast Episode · The Monocle Daily · 17/12/2024 · 40m

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social on Labour’s international approach to bringing down small boat crossings and the fallout from Prince Andrew’s spy saga youtu.be/PsOsM3zkeUM?...

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Is Labour’s immigration plan working?

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Reporting on the Syrian rebels advance into Damascus last night for Canada’s @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy. Thank you to @elisabethbraw.bsky.social for your expert analysis: youtu.be/OLaE2V05Bd8?...

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Rebels close in on Syrian capital as Bashar al-Assad regime faces collapse

YouTube video by Global News

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

🧐 Elon Musk attending - and taking selfies at - the reopening of #NotreDame

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Presented today's Monocle Briefing podcast: 🇸🇾Foreign ministers of Iran, Iraq and Syria to discuss the escalating situation 🇧🇩🇮🇳Rising tensions between India and Bangladesh 🏬Renovate or rebuild - what's best for London’s Oxford Street? 👗Plus the latest fashion world news monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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Baghdad hosts trilateral meeting on Syria

Iraq brings together the foreign ministers of Iran and Syria to discuss the escalating situation in the region and we look at the rising tensions between…

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

🇨🇦 Great to add Canada’s @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy to my roster of clients! My first report on President Macron’s attempts to see out his term in office despite have lost his Prime Minister, collapsing his government 🇫🇷 youtu.be/hYNgSfs7gpQ?...

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Macron resists calls to resign, vows to name new French PM within days

YouTube video by Global News

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The Piccadilly line currently suspended due to a beached seal teddy on the tracks…

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social: The PM is set to unveil his “plan for change” for Britain Thursday claiming Labour are “knuckling down” having devised “the most ambitious yet honest delivery plan in a generation”. But why is he having to relaunch already? www.channel4.com/news/starmer...

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Starmer to unveil government’s ‘plan for change’

The Prime Minister is set to unveil his "plan for change" for Britain this week.

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Greg Wallace responding this morning to further accusations of inappropriate by *checks notes* blaming ”middle class women of a certain age”. Sure this is exactly the strategy his legal team devised….

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Reporting on the snap Irish Election exit poll for ITV News at Ten last night 🇮🇪🗳️ www.itv.com/watch/news/i...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

1/2 Little health PSA if you’re of Celtic heritage. Today I’ve been having simple regular treatment for #Haemochromatosis a genetic disorder which means your body can’t regulate iron levels so you get overloaded. If you have Irish/Scottish heritage it’s worth getting checked as overload is toxic 🧬🩸💉

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Asked by Sky News whether his fellow Reform MP previously being jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend, and then subsequently lying to voters about it, should be grounds for his expulsion from the party, Nigel Farage replies that "I've got a million followers on TikTok" and storms off

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Reporting for BBC Breakfast this morning on the impact of #StormBurt. Bluesky still very time limited on video but you can watch here on my instagram www.instagram.com/reel/DCzN-hW...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Covering #StormBert his morning from Paddington Station for BBC Breakfast

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 24/11/2024

Starmer cannot survive this

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My report for @channel4news.bsky.social on former Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s appearance at the Covid Inquiry today and a protest by the bereaved families over participation:

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Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

In case you needed any reminding of how much Twitter's 'verification' system has changed, see this from Fahima Abdulrahman and myself: www.bbc.com/arabic/artic...

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Bereaved Covid families are mounting a silent protest with a ‘red carpet’ outside the Inquiry today as Matt Hancock gives evidence. They’re deeply unhappy on not being able to give testimony. More on @channel4news.bsky.social tonight

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A corporate lobbyist and former Truss aide who recently worked for two sanctioned oligarchs, was allowed to keep a Parliamentary pass for 18 months after it should've been deactivated Fullbrook got the pass from his wife who was ennobled by Boris Johnson before going on an extended leave of absence

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Lobbyist had access to parliament for 18 months due to "administrative error" - Tortoise

A parliamentary pass should have been deactivated, but wasn’t

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Covering the Covid Inquiry for @channel4news.bsky.social, former Health Sec Matt Hancock testifying. About 25 members of public present, many with photos of loved ones who died. A few minutes in, Chair asked them to lower photos due to "distraction", none of them did, they want Hancock to see them.

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

On Monocle Radio earlier New York Times theatre critic Matt Wolf joins me to discuss the latest theatre news as ‘Dr Strangelove’ takes the stage in London and ‘Wicked’ takes to the silver screen, it will likely be Popular but will it Defy Gravity? 🧹🧙🏾‍♀️🫧👸🏼 monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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‘Dr Strangelove’ and how the theatre community is receiving ‘Wicked’ the movie - The Globalist 3467

Theatre critic Matt Wolf joins us to discuss the latest theatre news as ‘Dr Strangelove’ takes the stage and ‘Wicked’ takes the screen.

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Vincent McAviney @vinnymcav.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

From today’s Monocle Globalist pod: 🇳🇿 Why tens of thousands of Kiwis have taken to the streets in New Zealand to protest a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi, the country’s founding treaty between British colonisers and the Maori people monocle.com/radio/shows/...

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