Jo Irving

BBC journalist, gig-rower, tennis player, sock knitter and maker of flour free chocolate cake. All recipes and views my own!

[Devon Alert @DevonAlert]

Snow has fallen on high ground over night across Devon. Our gangs have been working all night to keep the roads passable but drive with extreme care, avoid high roads and stick to main roads where possible. EP @BBCDevon @StagecoachSW

[Jo Irving @Jirvo]

Support and solidarity from @RMTunion and @RyanAldred89 @NUJofficial #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[Jo Irving @Jirvo]

BBC Southwest #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[Marc Gaier @marcgaier]

Save my mum’s job! Two year-old Max MacDonald shows his support for the picket @bbcmerseyside @NUJofficial @NUJBBCRegions #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal #NUJBBCStrike

[Kate Osborne @KateOsborneMP]

Really pleased to have met @NUJofficial Gen Sec Michelle and Gerry from BBC NE & on strike today to #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

NUJ members have my full solidarity in their actions to defend local radio & the service it provides to our communities ✊

[Sarah Morris @SarahFMorris]

Former @BBCRadioLondon presenter and current @BBCSaturdayLive presenter @nikkibedi supports the strike #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[Larry Lamb @larrylamb47]

BBC staff on strike today over cuts to our services. The BBC says it’s putting more resources into digital.
@NUJofficial says BBC plans for Local Radio will diminish public service broadcasting #keepbbclocalradiolocal

[Steve Rotheram @MetroMayorSteve]

✊ Solidarity with all @NUJofficial members on the picket line @bbcmerseyside today and tomorrow.

#KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[Amanda Harper @amandaharper01]

On the picket line with BBC colleagues today. #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal #NUJBBCStrike

[David Smith @dsmithradio]

I’m joining colleagues @bbcglos in 48 hours of @nujofficial industrial action. This is not about pay - it’s about cutting back on local programming. The BBC plans to invest more in local digital content and says the plans “will provide a better service”
#KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[Marc Gaier @marcgaier]

More join the picket line @bbcmerseyside @NUJofficial @NUJBBCRegions #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal #NUJBBCStrike

[Carly Appleby BBC @knittygirl]

BBC Radio Wiltshire’s @NUJofficial journalists striking over cuts to BBC Local Radio. #NUJBBCStrike #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[David Gregory-Kumar @DrDavidGK]

We’re only allowed a small picket outside the BBC in Birmimgham because we work in a shopping centre. But we’re here! Supporting our local radio colleagues in their fight against massive cuts to services.

[Rupa Huq MP @RupaHuq]

Good meeting with @susana_mendonca in Parliament today with
@NUJofficial striking @BBCLOCALRADIO colleagues about the corporation’s disastrous plans to shrink @BBCRadioLondon @BBCLondonNews for identikit national replacements. These misguided proposals need urgent rethinking

[Karen Gardner @KarenJGardner]

I'm at Westminster this afternoon joining the @NUJOfficial lobby of MPs to try & #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal @BBCWiltshire https://t.co/mKXHeSloig

[Luke Pollard MP @LukePollard]

Good to meet with the NUJ today to hear their concerns about BBC cuts to local radio including @BBCDevon.

What the BBC are doing is effectively moving Radio Devon from Plymouth to Truro, cutting dedicated Devon content and effectively merging it with Radio Cornwall.

[Luke Pollard MP @LukePollard]

@BBCDevon This move is bad for jobs, bad for output, bad for Devon and Cornwall.

I will be writing to the BBC Director General asking him to think again.

Local radio matters. If the BBC want regional radio, say so, until then let's protect BBC local radio.

[Jo Irving @Jirvo]

Just met North Devon MP @selainesaxby in Central Lobby. She says she supports the @NUJBBCRegions + @NUJofficial campaign to #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal in Devon. 📻

[Ewan Murrie @emurrie91]

And so begins a 48 hour @NUJBBCRegions strike. @Jirvo and I are on our way to Parliament to discuss the NUJ campaign to #KeepBBCLocalRadioLocal

[Dick Straughan @DickStraughan]

In solidarity with you from West Cornwall👍