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🧵 A couple of weeks ago I put out this appeal ahead of our programme’s 40th birthday… 📣#BBCBreakfast #BreakfastTime 1/
This is what I wanted to find… The red leather sofa from the very first edition of #BreakfastTime (as it was called back then). The show started on January 17th 1983 at the BBC’s Lime Grove studios in London. 40 years ago today ⏰ 2/
Over the years, sofas have come and gone, but that first red one pretty much set the tone for decades of BBC breakfast television… 3/
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Now and then. Celebrating #BBCBreakfast 40th birthday. Lovely to have original newsreader Debbie Rix and astrologer ⁦@THERussellGrant⁩ with ⁦@sallynugent⁩ and me.
And original weatherman Francis Wilson is doing the 40th anniversary weather forecast for us with @carolkirkwood ❄️☃️🌨️ #BBCBreakfast #BBCBreakfastTime
How good is this cake?? Made by our #BBCBreakfast producer @AbiSmitton
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Interesting discussion on #BBCBreakfast about @mariecurieuk proposals to enable terminally-ill people of working age to claim state pensions and/or Pension Credit. While I understand the reasons for this proposal, I don't think it is the right solution. 1/
@mariecurieuk Firstly, the argument appears to be based on the idea that NI contributions are payments into a pension fund. But NI contributions are taxes, not pension contributions.
Secondly, according to @mariecurieuk, terminally-ill people have on average paid 24 years of NICs. But this isn't enough to entitle them to a full state pension. Most terminally-ill people would thus also need to claim Pension Credit (which the charity also proposes).
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“There is evidence of criminal activity taking place in multiple freeports around the world. It often involves trade in counterfeit goods, drug trafficking, smuggling of untaxed goods or trade-based money laundering.”
#Freeports #r4today #BBCBreakfast
In 2020, the Royal United Services Institute centre for financial crime and security studies submitted evidence to the international trade committee.
Amongst recommendations on mitigating risk in the UK, are increased security, crime pattern analysis and intelligence gathering.
In 2021, the EU clamped down on freeport activity for the very reason that they were found to facilitate illegal activities such as money laundering, art theft and terrorism.
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🔴 Ofgem raises energy price cap by 80% to £3,549 from October theguardian.com/money/2022/aug…
These are the forecasts from energy consultancy firm Cornwall Insight about bills next year.
'I am begging and praying and pleading that there is more help'.

Money saving expert #MartinLewis has sent an appeal to the government saying it's vital it intervenes to support millions of people #BBCBreakfast

bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-6…
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THREAD: Before I sit down on the #BBCBreakfast sofa full-time, I want to thank the colleagues I’ve worked with during many years of standing up. I’ve loved being a news correspondent. I’ll miss my team like mad. Sorry if this is a bit gushing but…RELEASE THE GUSH!
I always wanted to be a reporter. When I joined the BBC as a trainee in the early 90s, I couldn’t believe my luck (or choose nice ties). Decades later, the teams in local radio, regional tv and digital are still the powerhouse of everything we produce across the country 🙏
Broadcast journalism is the ultimate team-sport. The reporters you see and hear can only tell stories because of all the camera crews, producers, editors, engineers, researchers, librarians, graphics designers, satellite-bookers, organisers, managers and so many more. Thank you.
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1/. DAN WALKER: The guidance says you should choose what to do. What would you do

HELEN WHATELY: I’d choose to follow the guidance

Yet another car crash interview by govt minister, @Helen_Whately unable to say whether she will continue wearing face.
2/. Last year, @Helen_Whately attempted to blame scientists for the govt’s policy of transferring #COVID19 patients from hospitals into care homes without testing

@KayBurley wasn’t impressed

BURLEY: You can't stick this on the scientists

WHATLEY: I can
3/. On 28/5/20, @Helen_Whately, was asked four times by Fiona Bruce on #BBCQT where we are with the app which is essential for tracking & tracing

She didn’t answer

#HelenWhately: The app will support the...the...the...the...as we go further down the path
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235. #BrexitReality ✈️ “Post-Brexit, a UK carrier must seek agreement from airlines of both countries before it can obtain a permit, owing to the UK becoming a third country and no longer having the rights to fly from the EU to other nations.” ft.com/content/bb3b3d…
236. #BrexitReality “the new French figures indicate that the frictional barriers and uncertainty created by Brexit have dealt a heavy blow to commercial activity between the UK and the EU, its biggest trading partner.” ft.com/content/5b8028…
237. #BrexitReality "Exporters count the costs of Brexit in delays and red tape. Away from the pandemic, businesses are struggling to get used to life outside the European Union" thetimes.co.uk/article/export…
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231. #BrexitReality 🚛🚚 More on damage to road haulage industry...👇
232. #BrexitReality Links to some personal testimonials on YouTube hosted by a group in Liverpool by small business owners in 🧀, 🏍 , &🍷 trades who’ve seen their businesses severely damaged by Brexit 👇
233. #BrexitReality Investment ⬇️. UK’s new infrastructure bank “fails to make up for the funding provided by the European Investment Bank, which has invested around £5 billion a year on average in the UK... UK lost access to the EIB when it left the EU.” independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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Walker began: "Nicola Sturgeon under a bit of pressure, that inquiry she will be giving her evidence today from 9am. Do you agree that she's fighting for her political life today?"

All in a day's work in #scottishparliament !!
"No I don't," Blackford replied. "I think what you're saying is the worse kind of politicking from the Conservatives."

You might even think they don't want #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 !
"This has been a much-postponed appearance from the First Minister at the committee she's been very much looking forward to coming in front of them, she'll of course answer all the questions they put to her."
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228. #BrexitReality Johnson's lies about N.I. Protocol slam into reality: "Loyalist paramilitary groups have told British & Irish govs they are withdrawing support for Good Friday agreement in protest at N. Ireland’s Irish Sea trade border w/ rest of UK"
229. #BrexitReality 🧀🍫 "Fine food retailers have faced Brexit-related supply problems and price rises after the UK finally started life outside the EU." gff.co.uk/brexit-causing…
230. #BrexitReality 🚛🚚 "‘roaming permits’ that allow UK abnormal load hauliers to operate in France have been rendered invalid by French law following Britain’s exit from the EU’s rules, despite warnings to UK gov that the issue needed to be addressed" lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-direct…
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207. #BrexitReality “We've seen lots of stories from angry shoppers who've been hit with extra charges since the start of the year – one MoneySaver told us they'd had to pay almost £100 extra.” moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/buyin…
208. #BrexitReality More on 🎶 "It feels like an absolute car crash," Ellis said. "They finally got the Brexit agreement sorted out — and it turns out... that there's no provision to enable musicians to be able to go and work in Europe. It's devastating." theweek.com/articles/96846…
209. #BrexitReality “Four Brexit red tape horror stories.
Brexit correspondent @lisaocarroll distils a few of the post-exit bumps facing individual British firms that she has investigated for the Guardian” 👇 prospectmagazine.co.uk/economics-and-…
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206. #BrexitReality "Businesses hit by punishing new red tape at Britain’s borders are paying the price for Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit, David Cameron says.... warning the “bureaucracy” was the inevitable result of leaving the EU single market." independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
207. #BrexitReality “We've seen lots of stories from angry shoppers who've been hit with extra charges since the start of the year – one MoneySaver told us they'd had to pay almost £100 extra.” moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/buyin…
208. #BrexitReality More on 🎶 "It feels like an absolute car crash," Ellis said. "They finally got the Brexit agreement sorted out — and it turns out... that there's no provision to enable musicians to be able to go and work in Europe. It's devastating." theweek.com/articles/96846…
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205. ✈️ “UK aerospace industry feels it is in limbo over how the country’s new aviation regulations interact with those of the EU...In the absence of these details, some of the key parts of the industry are unable to work and therefore are losing business” theloadstar.com/uk-aerospace-i…
206. #BrexitReality "Businesses hit by punishing new red tape at Britain’s borders are paying the price for Boris Johnson’s hard Brexit, David Cameron says.... warning the “bureaucracy” was the inevitable result of leaving the EU single market." independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
207. #BrexitReality “We've seen lots of stories from angry shoppers who've been hit with extra charges since the start of the year – one MoneySaver told us they'd had to pay almost £100 extra.” moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/buyin…
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202. #BrexitReality "Scotland’s salmon farmers have incurred losses of at least £11 million as a direct result of the changes brought about by Brexit, the trade body for the sector announced today." thefishsite.com/articles/scotl…
203. #BrexitReality "Welsh exports to Ireland are being blocked by extra paperwork and costs at customs, says CBI Wales." bbc.com/news/uk-wales-…
204. #BrexitReality Report from @UKandEU: "The authors also warn that duplication will add to businesses' costs in a host of areas" “Although the UK has gained regulatory autonomy in theory, it faces formidable constraints to diverge in practice” -H Kassim politico.eu/article/uks-br…
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189. #BrexitReality “Devastating, unviable, admin overload: UK stage companies count cost of Brexit.
New visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe” theguardian.com/stage/2021/feb…
190. #BrexitReality 👞 At Tricker’s, a 192 year-old maker of English luxury shoes beloved by Prince Charles and Japanese fashionistas, relief at averting a no-deal Brexit quickly turned to dismay at the new price of doing business with the European Union” reuters.com/article/uk-bri…
191. #BrexitReality "Delays importing and exporting goods to and from the EU have worsened since Brexit was introduced at the start of the year and will result in stock shortages and price rises for consumers, according to a report." - @lisaocarroll theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
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180. #BrexitReality 🥪🥃
“Businesses lose millions as export costs soar after Brexit
Some food and drink companies have seen their income shrink by as much as half.” news.stv.tv/politics/busin…
181. #BrexitReality a small personal story from @IanDunt about new VAT charges Britons now may have to pay when receiving gifts in the mail from family & friends in the EU 👇
182. #BrexitReality “Sussex medicines firm takes production line abroad in white van to beat Brexit ban.
UK assembly line at standstill as pharmaceutical company sets up in Amsterdam and plans EU expansion”@lisaocarroll in @guardian via @DavidHenigUK tweet👇
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163. #BrexitReality "The course, run in conjunction with the international players’ union, had previously cost £300 per student... the Danish university which hosts the course confirmed that UK passport holders would now have to pay £8,650 to complete it" theguardian.com/football/2021/…
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145. #BrexitReality Thread on red tape nightmare one man is facing to get permit to work in Belgium for over 90 days post-Brexit: "The cost is between £425.50 and £665.50 and a minimum of 6 weeks to get all documentation and the permit processed."
146. #BrexitReality “Trading in euro-denominated swaps has dropped by nearly 30 % since the end of the Brexit transition period... Most trade has shifted to New York, Amsterdam, and Paris, as EU platforms.” cityam.com/post-brexit-on…
147. #BrexitReality The Office for National Statistics report, “shows a sharp escalation in Brexit problems”. "35% of businesses experienced importing challenges because of disruption at UK borders & 25% of exporters recorded disruption at border” craftbusiness.com/news/view/35-o…
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142. #BrexitReality “Around a third of the company’s turnover, he told me, came from trade with people in EU countries... “It’s been absolutely disastrous since Brexit,” he said. “We’d been doing quite big numbers, but they’ve declined rapidly.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
143. #BrexitReality “New post-Brexit trade restrictions have pushed up the cost of parts and raw materials for two thirds of small British manufacturers surveyed last month, and a majority reported some level of disruption.” reuters.com/article/britai…
144. #BrexitReality 👷🚜 “Despite the UK construction sector having a broadly domestic focus, the impact of Brexit is likely to become apparent soon the firm said... Smaller firms are more likely to suffer from rising costs and longer delivery times.” building.co.uk/news/smes-to-b…
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114. #BrexitReality “Thousands of jobs could be moved from London’s financial districts as banks including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citigroup and BNP Paribas are continuing to shift staff away from London as part of their Brexit plans” fnlondon.com/articles/incon…
116. #BrexitReality “chairman of JD Sports said the red tape and delays in shipping goods to mainland Europe meant "double-digit millions" in extra costs... company might open a distribution centre overseas ... and that would mean job losses in the UK.”bbc.com/news/business-…
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106. #BrexitReality “non-tariff export barriers are threatening the future of many small British exporters & are interrupting the supply of food & agricultural products into Northern Ireland from the rest of the country.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
108. #BrexitReality "ICE plans to move its 1 billion-euro daily market for European carbon emissions contracts to the Netherlands from London in a blow to the U.K.’s attempts to build a green finance powerhouse after Brexit" (h/t @JohnHol32019188) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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89. #BrexitReality: This one isn’t about a specific industry but a systemic problem causing big delays for all traders: @Joe_Mayes 🧵discusses how @BorisJohnson gov failed to train enough new customs agents to handle Brexit red tape. Tens of thousands more needed.
90. #BrexitReality Scottish “Exporters must "negotiate" 18 different steps to send products to Europe, while importers face another eight steps, he told MSPs.” “That is a real nightmare” scotsman.com/news/politics/…
91. #BrexitReality “Costs and paperwork are spiralling because of Britain’s new deal with the EU, designers and executives say” “It’s been an absolute disaster.” ft.com/content/9fb6b5…
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