Joshua Aitken

Journalist from Gateshead
ITV Tyne Tees
(formerly BBC & The Tab)
Christian, lover of all things Doctor Who, F1, and baking.
Phil. 4.5-9

[ITV News Tyne Tees @itvtynetees]

Rachael Maskell MP reacts to suspension

The York Central MP said she has been 'really focused on speaking up for my constituents because they really matter to me' as she reacted to the suspension.

https://t.co/LaOy6PKP29

[ITV News Tyne Tees @itvtynetees]

Sycamore Gap: Britain's Lost Landmark

As two men are sentenced for felling one of the world's most iconic trees, Tom Barton reports on the crime, the police investigation and asks why they did it

Watch the documentary now on ITVX

https://t.co/py9SFNaCgO

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@flint_1984 @flint_1984 Hi Crystal, I'm a journalist with Tyne Tees. Please could you send me a DM (I can't send you one) I just want to ask you about what you've seen and some of the images you've shared. Thanks! 🙂

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@GILESY1973 @GILESY1973 just sent you a DM

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First story in teal
https://t.co/XNmDcWWiyI

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LIVE on BBC 1 NE&C #BBCPoliticsNorth
@BBCRichardMoss and @BBClukewalton digest Fridays game-changing election results with...
🌹Luke Akehurst MP (Lab)
➡️ Chris Eynon (Ref)
🔶Amanda Hopgood (LibDem)
🌳 Glen Sanderson (Con)

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Some technical gremlins getting #BBCPoliticsNorth to you this week - if you missed the first discussion here's a write up of what went on as our guests discussed this week's #welfare changes.
https://t.co/GSJgaM1cZ4

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Kim McGuinness and Ben Houchen represent neighbouring areas but are from different parties. How can the mayors possibly get along and get things done for the whole North East region? The (perhaps surprising) answer is: rather easily...

https://t.co/hCn8iCktgP

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This week on #BBCPoliticsNorth we've got the region's two mayors. We're talking transport, poverty, getting people back to work... And asking how well they work together.
10am on BBC One NE&C!
@KiMcGuinness @BenHouchen @BBCRichardMoss

[Jim Scott @jimscottjourno]

Nice colour from @_JoshuaAitken

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Live NOW on BBC One & iPlayer
#BBCPoliticsNorth with @BBCRichardMoss @CMcKinnellMP @keane_duncan & @NickHartley

💼 We've got all the latest reaction and analysis to Wednesday's budget from @BBClukewalton + @BBCRobertCooper

🌳 We'll react to Kemi Badenoch's win as Tory leader

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On #BBCPoliticsNorth this week
@luke_myer @dfrancisgreen & #GlenSanderson.

🏗️Annual house building targets @BBCRichardMoss
📈How can the govt get the NE growing? @BBCHelenR
⛲Are more council cuts fatal for parks? @bbcdmacmillan (+dog🐕)
💯 A hundred days of Starmer

BBC1 10am

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A little late to this, but just as with Sunderland on Friday, Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has also made a statement on the weekend's violence in his area also.

[Ben Houchen @BenHouchen]

My statement on the horrific scenes we saw in Middlesbrough, and across the country, this weekend.

My message is simple.

This must stop.

[Jim Scott @jimscottjourno]

Zaf is a taxi driver. He’s born and bred Sunderland

He broke down when he described the hate he’d received

This was seconds before racial slurs were thrown, telling him to “go back to his own country”

A short clip. Hard, but important, so please watch

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The best thread you're going to see all day. As always coverage from @AndyWatson148 @jimscottjourno and more on all platforms across the BBC today

[Andy Watson @AndyWatson148]

Meet the people cleaning up #Sunderland:

Irene Tomkinson, 75, Southwick, said: “I feel incredibly emotional this morning to be here and show we’re grafters and we’ve put two fingers up at the rioters.”

Mavis Stamp, 64, Pennywell, said: “This is our city and they won’t win.”

[Jim Scott @jimscottjourno]

It's so, so sad that our city is now in need of a major clean up

Plans for locals to meet at Keel Square, which has taken damage and mess, in the AM to help clean up the mess left in Sunderland

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A Sunderland city centre police station is now on fire - footage from @TeesPix

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The new #Sunderland Central MP also condemns the violence.

[Lewis Atkinson MP @LewisAtkinson]

I am appalled by the disorder in the centre of Sunderland tonight.

Our city is not represented by a tiny minority causing trouble.

@northumbriapol have my full support as they respond to criminal thuggery and work to protect all the communities of our city.

Tomorrow the people of Sunderland will come together and continue to build the bright future that we have - a future where every community of our city feels safe and prospers.

[Jim Scott @jimscottjourno]

Statement from deputy Labour council leader after scary scenes in Sunderland

- Social media clips appear to show attacks on officers
- A car was set alight on High Street West near the Fire Stn
- Flagship Keel Square taken brunt of unrest with furniture, glass and kegs thrown

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North East Mayor Kim McGuinness has her say on tonight's #Sunderland protest. Local figures all unsurprisingly in absolute agreement condemning the action tonight.

[Kim McGuinness @KiMcGuinness]

I’m appalled by scenes from Sunderland. Make no mistake, if your response to tragedy is to use it to commit violence, to abuse others, attack the Police and damage property you stand for nothing except thuggery. It’s not protest. It’s crime and disorder. You don’t speak for Sunderland. You don’t speak for this region. Those grieving in Southport will take no comfort from this.