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South west correspondent for @LBC @LBCNews rally navigator & sometimes football commentator - all views are my own

Devon
Joined March 2012
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LIVE from 10 with @SteveHReports: ▶️@heart_andy on Storm Austen's power. ▶️@NatashaC speaks to Wes Streeting on being prepared for emergencies. ▶️@phoebeajourno at the Mercury Prize in Newcastle. 🎧l-bc.co/LBCNews
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Andy Ballantyne retweeted
LIVE from 10 with @SteveHReports: ▶️@Fraser_Knight in Windsor as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's former home is searched. ▶️@GillWaltonRCM on the struggles of newly qualified midwives. ▶️@heart_andy in the wettest place in the UK. 🎧l-bc.co/LBCNews
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Andy Ballantyne retweeted
LIVE from 10 with @SteveHReports: ▶️@NatashaC reacting to the Home Secretary's Call The Cabinet appearance. ▶️@heart_andy on disruption from Storm Chandra. ▶️@HarryScoffin on ground rents being capped in England and Wales. 🎧l-bc.co/LBCNews
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Andy Ballantyne retweeted
EXCLUSIVE w/ @heart_andy: Pharmacies spent £2 million and 2 hours a day dealing with abusive ineligible customers during latest covid vaccine campaign. Shouting, spitting and punching …. from customers who didn’t know they couldn’t get a jab. READ: lbc.co.uk/article/phharmacie…
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LIVE from 10 with @SteveHReports: ▶️The latest on Storm Goretti with @heart_andy , @CaitlinParr_ & @georgeickeradio ▶️@CornwallCouncil leader Leigh Frost on warnings to residents across Cornwall. ▶️@stuartmiles on Lego's big gamble. 🎧l-bc.co/LBCNews
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Andy Ballantyne retweeted
LIVE from 10 with @SteveHReports: ▶️@heart_andy on the tragic bus crash in Minehead. ▶️@GuyLinleyAdams on a steep rise in water pollution incidents. ▶️Marking 25 years of Big Brother, which began on this day in 2000. 🎧l-bc.co/LBCNews
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I’ve been out with @DC_Police in #Exeter targeting prolific shoplifters with plain clothed officers 6 out of the top 10 are now in prison Shops are being told the only way to solve the problem is to report to police EVERY time items are stolen #shoplifting @LBC | @LBCNews
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Andy Ballantyne retweeted
At midday with @SimonConway: 🚆Major Eurostar disruption: @Guy_ar_Stewart 📱MPs debate Bill aimed at making phone use safer for children: @NatashaC 🪥Toothbrushing lessons rolled out for kids in England: @heart_andy Listen LIVE: l-bc.co/LBCNews
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Long trek up North with the gang for @Argyle v Blackburn Let’s hope for a good game and something from Miron and the lads #pafc With @hnad
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We did it… finished 138th overall and the view from hotel ain’t too shabby Now for a day of rest.. before the long trip home but we’ll worth it #RMCH25
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Wow what a blast the last 24hrs have been on Monte Carlo Historique #Reims was amazing as a start city on #RMCH25 More if this please UK Rallying Survived concentration run with no penalty
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Big fun welcome in #Reims for the #MonteCarloHistorique Police convoy through city centre tomorrow - the let the fun begin
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The fog has/is lifting - trust me, better than when we first got here Come on @Argyle could do with a nice end to 2024 - please! And a surprise visit to my 102-year old Great Auntie Vee
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Weird day being my first Christmas on my own - after losing both parents - thanks for the offers but didn’t want to ruin your day Anyhow, I reckon mum would have loved chef Andy’s Christmas lunch But need to perfect the gravy (let down) #Christmas2024 Merry Christmas 🎄
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Best 2hrs ever - Superb @LeNavetBete hilarious 🤣 laugh a minute 😁 for adults and children and plenty of #Exeter puns Didn’t catch a sheep or a ball but did get wet @ExeterNorthcott should be proud 😊 What a performance 🎭 10/10 #Cinderella #Panto exeternorthcott.co.uk/events…
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Thanks to @VisionZeroSW @Adrianleisk for showing me the UK’s first interactive breathalyser Nearly 15 hundred people caught drink driving in 2024 so far
UK pub debuts first interactive breathalyser to help tackle drink-driving during festive season buff.ly/3BfPe4o
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Always a pleasure to announce a goal that leads to a semi-final and a well deserved win for @ArgyleWFC took their chances when in mattered #pafc
The semi-final securing goal 🤩 #pafc
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