Becky Johnson
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Social Affairs Correspondent, Sky News
Joined March 2009
It’s not just the sexism - it’s the casual classism and blatant elitism in the MoS piece. Mocking the very idea that a woman, especially a working class one who went to a comprehensive school, might actually be able to hold her own intellectually with an Old Etonian.
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Stuck at home with Covid for the 7th day running… feeling a bit meh until a very special moment happened. Chatting to my son who’s 4 and has a severe language delay I said “I love you”. And for the first time ever he replied “I love you too”. Day (week and month) made!! 🥰.
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This is my wonderful Dad. He retired as a consultant surgeon last year but will be working in the fight against Covid-19. #MyHero #NHSheroes
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“Don’t teach our children that gay is ok” - a protester outside Parkfield community school addresses parents in the first demonstration since the school announced its No Outsiders equality lessons will resume.
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Parents - is anyone else starting to feel like the last year has moved way past memes about needing wine to survive homeschooling and is now at the stage when you feel genuinely worried about your children and the long term impact all of this is going to have. (1/3).
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Interesting which “non essential” items Welsh Government have said need to be removed from sale. It would seem socks and tights are not essential, but Halloween decorations, Christmas crackers and advent calendars are?
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They’re on the move. hundreds of climate protesters march through Birmingham #ClimateChange #ClimateStrike
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Physiotherapists are on the frontline in the fight against coronavirus. We have been hearing about the critical role they play in ITU for the latest in our Healthcare Heroes series on @SkyNews this evening.
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When the number of people who have died with coronavirus is published later, my lovely Grandma is one of them. 💔.This was the last time she was able to cuddle her Great Grandson, all the way back in February. It was the last time we were able to see her. This virus is so cruel.
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The man who is now going to have to deal with protests outside primary schools against teaching that it’s okay be gay voted against same sex marriage.
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To Gina who works at the checkout in @sainsburys in Hankridge in Taunton:.Thank you so much for looking after my elderly parents-in-law and taking the things they needed to their home in your own time when new stock came in. It meant a lot to them (and us) 🙏.
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The problem with the Govt telling people to get back to work is that many have found (perhaps unexpectedly) that working from home works. It also saves time and money because no commute. For those people it’s no longer about Covid - they’ve just found a better work life balance.
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Imagine if they’d been pulled over by police on the way to Durham and asked the purpose of their journey. “Well, she’s got coronavirus and I might have it too so we’re on our way to stay with family”.Can’t imagine the police would have waved them on their way 😬.
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Tens of thousands of council houses are empty despite a national housing crisis. Some we’ve found have been vacant for more than 20 years. We’ve been working with @Kwajotweneboa to find out why. Our report here:
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GPs of Twitter - I’ve never known such a long queue on the phone to get an appt as yesterday and today. Called at 8am to find I’m caller number 27 in queue 😳 message says GPs experiencing unprecedented verbal abuse - is this mainly vaccine related or something else??.
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The plinth where the statue of Edward Colston stood in Bristol, until yesterday. The city’s mayor says what happened is now a part of the story of Bristol. #BlackLivesMatter
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Feel like it should go without saying but just in case it’s of interest to anyone. my husband (a lawyer) spends a lot of his time prosecuting drug dealers. Not once, at any stage of any transaction in any case he’s been involved with, has a food voucher been used as payment.
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Mr Justice Warby says the protests against teaching of LGBT issues at Anderton park grossly misrepresented what was being taught and falsely claimed the school was promoting homosexuality. He says there is no sex education and teaching on LGBT issues there is “limited and lawful”.
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My five year old - happy, kind, outgoing - now tells me she has this feeling of sadness that “wasn’t there before the virus.” My three year old who had a slight speech delay before lockdown 1 has been diagnosed with anxiety and required intervention from a paediatrician (2/3).
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Over a thousand children from schools across Birmingham are expected to join a protest and march round the city centre #ClimateStrike
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These are just my own experiences. I know others have similar experiences and much worse. I really do fear there will be serious implications for children who’ve gone through all of this. (3/3).
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To be clear “girly swot”, used as an insult, is offensive. When “girly” is used to imply weakness it is sexist. Girls who work hard at school (yes, those girly swots) grow up to be strong women who won’t accept this kind of misogyny from the PM or anyone else 💪.
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Some job news to share: from next month I’ll be taking up an exciting new role at Sky News - Social Affairs Correspondent. If you have stories you want to share with me please email becky.johnson@sky.uk.
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There are 23 ambulances currently queueing outside the Royal Stoke Hospital. And another one just pulled in. #NHS
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An absolute masterclass of a political interview by @StephenNolan just now on @bbc5live - we learned Brexit party MEP Jonathan Bullock does not think the UK should pay £39bn to the EU - but the EU should still pay his pension.
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People here in Snettisham parade from the church to the war memorial to remember the 45 men from this village who perished in World War 1
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Smashed windows at the Witton Islamic centre in Birmingham - it was one of four mosques targeted in the city last night. Counter terror police investigating.
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“Non essential” items sealed off in a supermarket in Monmouth. One customer tells me he thinks “the Welsh Government have lost the plot”.
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Also worth remembering that despite what politicians say now (and some voters have been persuaded to believe) nobody voted for no deal in 2016. Brexiteers told voters it would be the “easiest deal in human history”.
Political elites over the next few months are going to invoke the Blitz, 1940 and the Second World War repeatedly, appealing to a deep sense of national pride and defiance. Beware of it. If we go for no deal it's a political choice. No-one (unlike WW2) forced it on them.
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As thousands march on London calling for a People’s Vote - Nigel Farage will lead a rally in Harrogate starting with a bus tour
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Like many Bristolians, this family have come to see the plinth where the statue of Edward Colston was removed yesterday. Mother Kiran tells me “the statue was part of history, but taking it down is part of history too”
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I feel very sorry for the Cummings family that their son needed hospital treatment, it must have been very scary. However, this is an admission that they took Covid to a hospital in Durham. When, according to the rules they should have been more than 250 miles from the city.
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Stumped by year 1 maths this morning. This despite having a masters degree in maths. FML 🤦♀️.
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Out and about in Birmingham today speaking to people about how they feel about the gradual lifting of lockdown. It’s striking just how weary and down people are. One lady told me by the time she’s allowed to visit her partner in his care home he won’t remember her. (1/2).
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“They picked the wrong school” parents tell me as they hold rainbow flags across the road from protesters setting up for a demonstration against teaching about LGBT relationships outside a Nottingham primary school.
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In lovely news unrelated to all the awful news around - I’m pretty confident I met the real Santa today. When son who has learning difficulties became completely overwhelmed at a Christmas event Santa sat with him, talked him round and basically restored my faith in humanity 🥰.
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Coronavirus: Physiotherapists help COVID-19 patients in intensive care.
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Court hears Paul Mitchell decided “as a joke” to go on the pitch. His mum is crying in the public gallery.
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The specially commissioned sculpture at Anfield - a light for each #Hillsborough victim. http://t.co/7V1o19YJ5X.
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Paul Mitchell gets 10 year football banning order as well as custodial sentence.
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Four years on, thinking of all the families devastated by the Manchester Arena bombing. It remains the single most difficult news I have ever reported. Families are still broken by it. RIP 🐝.
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15 years ago - first date - I was the new newsreader at Fox FM, he was one of the presenters. A proposal, wedding and 2 children later it’s fair to say I’m very pleased I took that job #WorldRadioDay
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Reallly excited to be taking on the role of Communities Correspondent at @SkyNews for a while. Working with @nmsonline we’ll be reporting on issues facing communities all around the UK. If you’ve got a story pls email - details in bio. Can’t wait to get started next week.
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Telling them to go home but repeating the lies that incited them in the first place.
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Having reported on several of the maternity scandals of recent years and now reading today’s report on birth trauma it is so clear that similar themes consistently emerge. A short thread:.
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My daughter’s teacher gave this to all the children in her class today and it’s just beautiful 🌈💖
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Over the last year we have been trying to help our nearly 4 year old who has developmental language disorder and challenging behaviour. Tonight we’ve realised he’s had 3 good days in a row. Parents in a similar situation will understand the happiness, relief and hope that brings.
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Are any other parents horrified by the amount of packaging on toys? All boxed up in cardboard and plastic purely for display as it all has to be removed immediately in order to play with the toy. It’s really bothered me this Christmas.
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Once again, many parents are now unsure what is best, safest and the right thing to do for their children. Surely, given the chaos and confusion around schools reopening, publishing all the scientific advice would be the best way to allow people to make up their minds.
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Asked what the Goverment position is on LGBT education in schools Education sec @DamianHinds tells @SkyNews he “absolutely backs teachers and headteachers” and says “you can’t really start too early in teaching about mutual respect and understanding”. @MrsSHC @moffat_andrew.
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There are thousands of over 70s who aren’t able to live in their homes without the help of carers coming in up to 4 times per day and meals and medication being delivered. How on earth people unable to cook/wash/go to the toilet without help self-isolate?.
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They drove 270 miles (4.5 hours ish) with a 4 year old in the car. Unless the 4 yr old was driving at least one of them was ok. And if my journeys with kids are anything to go by they probably needed to stop at services about 4 times. With Covid. #cummings.
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Workers from Leicester’s textile factories have gathered to demand better working conditions and pay. Three years ago we found workers paid a fraction of the minimum wage. Now they say brands are pulling out and promises to improve conditions in the factories haven’t happened.
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When you text the news desk to find out if they still want a live from you and get an unexpected answer…
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Cameraman Martin and I joining diners in Birmingham allowed to eat in for the first time in ages
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Magistrate tells Paul Mitchell it was an unprovoked assault on a footballer who was simply doing his job. witnessed by many families, children and young people. Sentence must be punishment and deterrent.
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Our report from Birmingham and Tamworth today as riots and unrest continue across the UK. Produced by @nmsonline with big thanks to our cameraman and security officer too. via @YouTube.
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Dear adults who feel tempted to tut at little children who dare to walk within 2 metres of you,.Please remember the world is a big, exciting, overwhelming place for children right now. Many can’t even remember what life was like pre-pandemic. 1/2.
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Harry Dunn’s mother Charlotte says she doesn’t understand how Anne Sacoolas can carry on living her life knowing she hasn’t faced justice for Harry’s death. The family are appealing the High Court’s decision that Mrs Sacoolas did have diplomatic immunity. More on @SkyNews
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Going home to:.get the kids ready for school in the morning/prepare them for school being closed.pack their school bags/prepare home learning kit.book after school club/book a babysitter for the day. Delete as appropriate.
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When I asked another woman what she was most looking forward to doing once lockdown finally lifts it took her a while to think of anything. “I think I’m just so stuck in a rut now” she said. (2/2).
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My husband and I got our vaccine appointments today! 💉 GP having a one off Pfizer clinic on Friday for us youngsters (🤣) pretty impressed that they’re already doing people in their 30s 👍.
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Thank you @OFFICIALWMAS for your amazingly quick and reassuring response when our baby son was so poorly. Six minutes from when I made the call you were at our door. And huge thanks to @Bham_Childrens for making him better. Our NHS is amazing.
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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner says “The police’s job of enforcing the lockdown has been made much harder after both the actions of Dominic Cummings travelling over 260 miles and the flexibility with which the government now seem to interpret the guidance. 1/2.
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People gathering ahead of a socially distanced Black Lives Matter demo in Kettering. #BlackLivesMatter
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How workers in Leicester's textile industry are still being exploited.
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3. Giving birth involves risks and pain. But the “medicalisation” of child birth is viewed by some as a bad thing. Are there any other areas of healthcare where involvement of doctors, use of safer procedures and better pain relief are still seen by some as not best practice?.
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6 yr old daughter: we’re going outside, we’ll tidy up when we come in. Me: I’ll tidy up for you today, that’s ok.Her: thanks Mummy, that’s super helpful. We’re only little, we can’t do everything. I mean, no one can do everything…Except David Attenborough. 🤣🥰.
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My amazing sister just put a bag of Easter eggs for my children on the doorstep. We spoke through the window. “Wipe the bag, I’ve washed and gelled my hands but I’ve been on the Covid ward all day ” she said. Then headed off to put her kids to bed. Completely selfless. #NHShero.
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Out of office - on. Heading North for a holiday with my parents tomorrow and never have I felt such a huge sense of relief to be able to see them, relax and have some help with our amazing (and exhausting) little ones. Enjoy this half term parents - it’s been a marathon.
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Current situation:.10 hours until my husband needs to leave for work.9 hours until I need to leave for work .2 children at home.0 childcare plan.
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Please, please, if you’re thinking about going to the pub, or to see friends or visit the gym, please read this. We all have to do everything we can not to spread this virus.
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So desperately sad. From my personal experience recovery from anorexia takes a huge amount of support, both professional and social, that has been sadly unavailable to too many, especially during the pandemic. RIP Nikki .Big Brother star dies aged 38.
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1. Mothers are not listened to. This is by far the biggest issue. Their concerns are ignored/dismissed. Sometimes action is not taken until it’s too late.
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Retired police sergeant Bob Salter (on the right) rescued Leslie Bloomer from the burning plane after the Kegworth air crash. They’ve both been looking for each other for 30 years. Today we introduced them and it was emotional. More on @SkyNews
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Happy 1st April… (I think?).
It is an honour to have been asked by the PM to serve as Director of Communications for No10 Downing Street. I am looking forward to working with the PM, Ministers and Members of Parliament on the issues that matter most to our country.
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Lovely weather for ducks as a few hardy souls gather in the pouring rain to watch the coronation on a big screen at Cardiff castle.
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Between us my husband and I have lived in Sheffield, Hull, Seattle, Aldershot, Taunton, Bristol, Cardiff, Murcia, Birmingham, London (twice) and Cheshire… and in the end Birmingham drew us back. #godawful it is not… but don’t tell everyone, they’ll all want to move here 🤫.
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The Mayor of Leicester has been saying all day that he hadn’t seen any evidence that persuaded him a local lockdown was needed. We now find out from the Health sec that the city accounts for 10% of all coronavirus cases in the UK. Where was this data and why was it not shared?.
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Hopefully our new foreign secretary has been brushing up on his Geography. “I hadn't quite understood the full extent of this, but if you look at the UK and if you look at how we trade in goods, we are particularly reliant on the Dover-Calais crossing” - Dominic Raab, Nov 2018.
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Isn’t this pretty much every pub esp now table service only.
Pubs that “operate like a restaurant” and serve alcohol as part of a meal continue to be allowed to open under the “very high” category.
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We’ll be seeing in 2024 here on the banks of the Thames. Please join us live on @SkyNews - wishing you a very Happy New Year.
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We’ve been out on the beat with officers from @WMPolice today as @DaveThompsonCC rejects accusations that police in Britain are being “over zealous” in their enforcement of social distancing. Report on @SkyNews this evening.
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Speaking as someone who had anorexia as a teenager the idea of being weighed at school is absolutely horrifying. For children with a tendency towards eating disorders it’s just dangerous. There has to be a better way to tackle childhood obesity.
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I remember as a child the first time I ran a race and how it sparked a love of running that has lasted ever since. Today, thanks to @parkrun we were able to join our children on their first run and see them totally smash it! 🏃♀️🏃♂️💪💪
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Brilliant interview by @BethRigby - all these answers now on the record. And unless political editors are treated differently when doing these pool interviews she’ll have had a press officer jabbing her arm, gesturing it’s her last question, from around 5 minutes in. Bravo 👏.
PM pool i/v (16 mins).-Denies @Dominic2306 (or anyone) warned him against holding May 20 event.-"Humbly apologises" for misjudgements.- Visibly upset over parties ahead of Prince Philip funeral. Expresses deep regret.- Dodges Qs abt whether he'll resign .
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Please be kind. These children have lost a year of their childhood. Their parents are desperate to make life as normal for them as possible so they can start to rebuild their confidence. So instead of tutting, why not move out the way for children? You’re the adult. 2/2.
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Amir Ahmed who helps organise protests in Birmingham is here in Nottingham telling parents they’re being “indoctrinated” on LGBT issues
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2. The messaging over many years via antenatal classes, society and the information shared with mothers during pregnancy that “natural” birth is what women should aim for. It is a fact that in some situations C sections are a safer way to deliver babies….
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Filming today with the incredible @MAA_Charity . Specialist teams of consultants, critical care paramedics able to take a ventilator to the sickest patients very quickly. Report on @SkyNews later.
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