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Robby West

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If news & bits about my life don't fill you with excitement, probably best not to follow.

 London, England
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Joined September 2010
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If this exit poll is correct, the political map of East Anglia is about to be re-drawn in a way we’ve never seen before. Conservatives telling me they are bracing themselves for big losses and where they don’t lose they expect very small majorities.
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Excl: The UK’s biggest supplier of unused Covid PPE has claimed £1.4 billion of its stock may have been incinerated or written off by the government because it was left to spoil in shipping containers. 1,000s of containers of PPE became stuck at Felixstowe in 2020. Thread 1/
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Today I've been to meet the @takethat fans waiting 40 hours for #Norwich gig bbc.com/news/articles/cmllng…
Take That concert fans in Norwich show Patience waiting for gig

Take That concert fans in Norwich show Patience waiting for gig

One fan from Swindon said she had travelled to see the pop group “probably about 100” times.

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Villagers 'relieved' after quarry plans rejected bbc.com/news/articles/c199ep…
Haddiscoe: Quarry plans rejected by Norfolk County Council

Haddiscoe: Quarry plans rejected by Norfolk County Council

Campaigners celebrated outside County Hall when the announcement was made.

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What would a 'megafarm' mean for a small Norfolk village? Everthing we know about the #Methwold plan. bbc.com/news/articles/c0dez0…
What would a 'megafarm' mean for Methwold?

What would a 'megafarm' mean for Methwold?

Millions of chickens and tens of thousands of pigs may be reared on the site.

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Top score goes to @bbclookeast Political Editor @AndrewPolitics who - 17 days ago - plumped for a JULY #GeneralElection .. when the politicians on the #politicseast sofa plumped for Oct, Nov and Jan.
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Child seriously injured after fall from Norwich block of flats bbc.com/news/articles/cgrrkj…
Child seriously injured after fall from flat window in Norwich

Child seriously injured after fall from flat window in Norwich

The child is receiving care at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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'We're in our 20s but live in the 1940s' bbc.in/3QTBqBk
Norfolk couple in their 20s live like it is the 1940s

Norfolk couple in their 20s live like it is the 1940s

They dress in traditional clothing every day, own vintage furniture and limit time with technology.

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Our investigation into how more patients are being placed in corridors, sometimes for days to free up ambulances at hospitals. Full film on ⁦@BBCNewsnight⁩ ⁦10.30pm BBCLookEast⁩ and across the BBC. bbc.co.uk/news/health-689218…
More NHS hospitals leaving patients in corridors to free up ambulances

More NHS hospitals leaving patients in corridors to free up ambulances

A new policy sees people treated in NHS hospital corridors as admissions outstrip beds.

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Can I take my children on holiday during school term-time? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgxw…
The families split over taking school term-time holidays

The families split over taking school term-time holidays

Families tell the BBC about why they have - or have not - broken school absence rules.

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Diss Town Juniors thank parents for football pitch renovation. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99z…
Diss Town Juniors thank parents for football pitch renovation

Diss Town Juniors thank parents for football pitch renovation

The local community in a small Norfolk town come together to renovate the football pitches.

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Taking dogs to Norwich cinema 'means so so much to us' - @CinemaCityNrw bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p…
Taking dogs to Norwich cinema 'means so so much to us'

Taking dogs to Norwich cinema 'means so so much to us'

A special screening of the Amy Winehouse film means owners do not have to leave their pets at home.

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Grimes Graves - New entrance to Thetford underground labyrinth of tunnels bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no…
New entrance to Thetford underground labyrinth of tunnels

New entrance to Thetford underground labyrinth of tunnels

English Heritage says the site in Norfolk with its grassy "lunar landscape" is "an absolute jewel".

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Drowning in King's Lynn: Dad speaks about drug addiction bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqqn…
Drowning in King's Lynn: Dad speaks about drug addiction

Drowning in King's Lynn: Dad speaks about drug addiction

An inquest hears a 28-year-old man drowned in a river after a night of alcohol and drugs.

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Man denies murder of Tara Kershaw in Great Yarmouth bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6py…
Man denies murder of Tara Kershaw in Great Yarmouth

Man denies murder of Tara Kershaw in Great Yarmouth

The body of Tara Kershaw, 33, was found in a property in January.

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Anglian Water reports England's biggest rise in sewage discharges bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g5…
Anglian Water reports England's biggest rise in sewage discharges

Anglian Water reports England's biggest rise in sewage discharges

The company says the increase is due to better monitoring and "exceptional" rainfall.

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I have to say I am struggling to find many people at ⁦@NorfolkCC⁩ who believes that this road will now be built bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no…
Plans for Norwich Western Link in doubt over new bat rules

Plans for Norwich Western Link in doubt over new bat rules

Norfolk County Council says it is determined to press ahead with plans for the Norwich Western Link.

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Here's a sneak preview of BBC Look East's new set. Catch it in full later.
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Officials raise concerns over Steve Barclay's role in local waste project bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
Officials raise concerns over Steve Barclay's role in local waste project

Officials raise concerns over Steve Barclay's role in local waste project

The environment secretary has been a vocal opponent of a planned waste incinerator in his seat.

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Budget headlines for east of England: several major investment announcements to encourage housing transport and development in cambridge. Money to improve town centres of harlow, thetford, kings lynn and wisbech. Next stage of east west rail gets go ahead
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