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    English pubs with outdoor beer gardens reopened this week after more than three months of lockdown. described the scene with on w/ producing. Listen to the full piece here:

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    Apr 13

    By me, on why you should watch ‘Our Towns’ film, premiering tonight. Short answer one: incredibly beautiful piece of work. Answer two: surprisingly tied to US of 20201-and-beyond.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    congrats to & Vincent will be a great China Affairs correspondent.

    The Guardian appoints Vincent Ni as China Affairs correspondent and Tess McClure as Aotearoa New Zealand correspondent
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  4. Apr 12

    Chatting w/ one-time Londoner at 4:44 EST about the reopening of pubs in England today, particularly which is opening for first time in six years after real estate developer knocked it down and it was rebuilt brick by brick. Audiogram

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  5. Apr 12

    “BBC has received 100,000 complaints from members of the public over its coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh's death, according to the Sun newspaper. A figure of 100,000 would make the coverage of Prince Philip's death the most complained-about piece of programming in BBC history.”

    BBC 'receives 100,000 complaints' that Prince Philip coverage was excessive
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  6. Apr 12

    England reopens, which includes everything from the beer garden at the in Maida Vale to stores on Oxford street.

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    Apr 11

    Our dear friend and beloved NPR colleague is retiring ! Sob! We spend a last few precious minutes with him on the air today on before he moves on to his next adventure. We will miss your brilliant reporting and generous spirit, not to mention that ..voice -mm

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  8. Apr 11

    PM will allow second referendum if SNP wins, says Sturgeon | Nicola Sturgeon | The Guardian. “Last week, polling by Ipsos Mori for STV News and Opinium for Sky News put the SNP on course to win a majority and a historic fourth term.”

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  9. Apr 11

    Interested in history behind last week's violence in Northern Ireland? Read 's "Say Nothing." NI politics requires a voluminous glossary, but this book tells the human story through a murder mystery.

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    Apr 10

    BBC flooded with complaints over coverage of Prince Philip’s death

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  11. Apr 10

    Scene in nationalist neighborhood in Belfast last night. Otherwise mostly quiet in the city.

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  12. Apr 10

    There is a single flight leaving from Belfast City Airport and with a half hour to take off they still won’t tell us which of ten gates it is leaving from.

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  13. Apr 10

    Prince Philip: Funeral to take place on 17 April.

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    If you think that the coverage of the death of Prince Philip is "excessive" here is the link to the BBC complaints. They are getting so many that they set up a special form😂

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    Apr 10

    This is so important: the rioting isn't reflective of all young people; nor is it driven only by young people. It's just so tragic when young people are involved, risking ruining their lives at the very start. It's even worse when adults encourage or enable it. 1/2

    Very important to keep saying that youths engaged in rioting are not representative of an entire generation. There is some incredible work being done by and with young people in Northern Ireland. 👇🏼
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  16. Apr 10

    The view of the loyalist riots in Belfast from one Irish Republican named Chris. He attributes the violence not only to Brexit creating a border between Northern Ireland and Great Britian, but also, like many here, to drug gangs trying to punish police. .

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  17. Apr 10

    Speaking with yesterday from site of earlier rioting at a Belfast “peace wall” about the young teenagers who came out to attack police with quote from at NI assembly. audiogram

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    Apr 9

    The statement President Barack Obama has written about Prince Philip on Facebook is rather beautiful.

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  19. Apr 9

    Good point. There is a border in the Irish Sea. This was inevitable. This is how sovereign countries work - at least when they aren’t in the EU.

    "Critics of the departure deal’s Northern Ireland protocol say a border is in effect in the Irish Sea". No, that's a fact. How about saying the UK government and an election agreed...
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  20. Apr 9

    Recreational rioting on edge of Tiger’s Bay neighborhood in Belfast this evening. Glad it was a much quieter night than expected.

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