Paddy O'Connell

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Some personnel news. Just filed my final piece for Yahoo. The dreaded budget cuts have found me again. Thanks for reading, and let me know if you need owt doing.

"I never thought it was going to go on forever... I don't feel particularly shocked, worried or upset.” Emma Soames, the granddaughter of Winston Churchill, disagrees that it is “wokery” that the wartime Prime Minister will not feature on new £5 notes. #Newsnight | @bbcpaddy

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This Roll of Honour at Waterloo Station in London has had a tag added - a name - and I’ve passed this spot for years and no one has seen fit to do this before

@andrewpeach @NaomiLWood @BBCRadio3 Great job Andrew

Good morning from @BBCRadio3 in Salford! Music today from Debussy, Scarlatti and Strauss… plus the joy of #TheTraitors and the thing you’ve been putting off until after the holidays. Please join me 📻 🎧 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Westerton Male Voice Choir prepare to sing ⁦@BBCRadio4⁩

I’m extremely pleased and proud to be awarded an MBE for services to Journalism in the New Year’s Honours List. And I think I’m right in saying that I’m the first Broadcast News Camerawoman to be honoured in this way. I believe this award is in recognition of the many years ...

Happy Christmas! My last on here - whatever it’s now called.

Pub etiquette puzzler. Kicked off table because it was reserved and the punters arrived 10 mins early. Is this like single file queuing or am I Scrooge ?

“I do think there is a problem with appointees who were appointed by Government” Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy tells #Newsnight that politically appointed BBC board members are a “problem” for public confidence in the broadcaster as a "neutral and independent institution”

Why do dog owners do this ?

This morning I played the Brahms Lullaby on ‘Broadcasting House’ @BBCRadio4 Wishing everyone, everywhere calmer, more peaceful times.

Newscast - Trump Says He'll Sue the BBC for up to $5 Billion - BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…