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Drive presenter, Times Radio: formerly BBC News, and presenter BBC 5live

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Joined September 2009
Born October 02
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    15 Oct 2020

    Morning All...

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    Mar 18

    Prof Peter Openshaw tells on that delays in vaccinations could cost "thousands of lives"

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    Feb 24

    Times Radio brings you the live coverage of the Downing Street press conference this afternoon. Today's conference will be led by education secretary . Listen live from 5pm 🔊 |

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  4. Feb 22

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  5. Feb 19

    Still time, plenty of room... Come and join us at 2

    Hear from and on February, 23, as they answer your questions about what it has been like reporting on the 2020 US Presidential election and what the future holds for Joe Biden. Book now.
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    Feb 19

    Hear from and on February, 23, as they answer your questions about what it has been like reporting on the 2020 US Presidential election and what the future holds for Joe Biden. Book now.

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    Feb 17

    Liam Thorp, political editor at the Liverpool Echo, received an invitation for vaccination. But he thinks there is a mistake... Find out why 🔽 Read more: |

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    Feb 17

    So I’m not getting a vaccine next week - was feeling weird about why I’d been selected ahead of others so rang GP to check. Turns out they had my height as 6.2cm rather than 6 ft 2, giving me a BMI of 28,000 😂

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    Feb 15

    Times Radio brings you prime minister's press conference and analysis. Boris Johnson will be joined by NHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens and chief medical officer for England Professor Chris Whitty. Listen from 5pm. | |

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    Feb 12

    I interviewed QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley’s lawyer for about incitement and impeachment. Our conversation was... colourful. On air shortly

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  11. Feb 1

    Come and have a go...

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    Jan 27

    Covid 💉 are safe and will save thousands of lives. MPs from both sides of the are united on this. Please watch and share this important video from black MPs from both the and .

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    Jan 26

    Times Radio will bring you the live coverage of prime minister's press conference at 5pm. Today, Boris Johnson will be joined by England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty and the chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance. Listen 🔊

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  14. Jan 21

    Joe Biden’s decency is a quality worth celebrating in a president

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  15. Jan 21

    Biden’s President, Kamala Harris is VP and these young black American women love it...

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    Joe Biden is now officially the US President. Times Radio's John Pienaar took to the streets of Washington DC after the inauguration to find out how people felt about their new president and Donald Trump's departure... 🔊
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  16. Jan 20

    In the militarised maximum security zone that Washington DC has become ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration, there’s cautious optimism about America’s future...

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    Today Joe Biden becomes the US President. Times Radio's John Pienaar is in Washington DC, hearing the public's hopes for the new presidency. Tune in from 4pm for Pienaar’s coverage of the inauguration. Listen 🔊
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  17. Jan 19

    A snapshot of hope and fear in the US capital...

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    Ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration day, Times Radio's John Pienaar hears from people in Washington DC, cautiously optimistic for the future of America, but fearful for what could happen in the short term. Listen from 4pm 🔊
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    Jan 18

    ''America is a wonderful, complicated, often really screwed-up country. And it always gets better. '' James Comey, former FBI director, says he is ''deeply optimistic in the long-run'' about the future of the US. Full interview: |

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    Jan 18

    ''These domestic terrorists are armed, they're spread all over the country, and they believe they're on the side of the angels, that's deeply concerning.'' James Comey, former FBI director, says the US will have to deal with domestic radicalisation. |

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  20. Jan 18

    Washington is nervous but quiet - armed pro Trump marchers stayed away - but DC feels like a militarised zone ahead of Biden’s inauguration. Former FBI Director, James Comey joins me at 4pm in at start of historic week in America.

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    Times Radio's John Pienaar is in Washington DC this week to bring you in-depth coverage of Joe Biden's inauguration. Pienaar heard from US citizens, some who are optimistic about the "country coming together" again. Listen 🔊
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  21. Jan 17

    In downtown Washington DC for Biden inauguration, with plenty of National Guard troops for company - 25,000 by Wednesday. Surreal. Sad.

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