David Gregory-Kumar
@DrDavidGK
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RTS Journalist of the year. I’m married to the amazing @suji007 and we’re dads to Marnie, Maeve and Marie 🏳🌈 Find me on Bluesky
Joined February 2009
The BBC is calling on the Government of Israel to allow independent journalists into Gaza. Please share. (You may find some images in this short film upsetting)
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The Hall of Memory is a beautiful and solemn memorial to the fallen and I can’t help thinking that if we could bare to wait another week before erecting a garish ice rink next to it we could do this there instead of having to wheel out an embarrassing portable cenotaph every year
It was an honour to attend the Birmingham #RemembranceParade this morning. Here @AyoubKhanMP lays a wreath on behalf of Birmingham’s MPs
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Woohooo
Hot off the press: Yakinori New Street is FINALLY re-opening on 21 November!!!
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It’s the stuff in the second tweet that brings the receipts.
Years ago, while I was doing consulting work for the City of Sydney, Australia, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state minister of transportation was stuck in traffic, and saw bike riders zoom by his limousine in a safe, protected bike-lane. He had a petty
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In a rare outing for our opinion site, I’ve written about why councils seeking to ban bikes from city centres due to delivery bikes are treating it as a “cycling problem” when it’s actually a law enforcement problem - these are mainly electric mopeds. https://t.co/23L3gh3WT3
theguardian.com
Birmingham’s plan to ban bikes from pedestrianised streets ignores the real problem of food couriers’ illegally souped-up cycles, writes Peter Walker, the Guardian’s acting deputy political editor
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Sadly not, because I live in the West Midlands.
Have you spotted a CYCLOPs junction recently? By separating people walking, wheeling and cycling from motor traffic, we can make routes safer and easier to use for all road users, just like this one in Cambridge 🚶🦽🚴🛴🚗
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Diwali 🪔 and Halloween 🎃 fall on the same day for the first time in a century! The BBC explains how to celebrate both which is what our little family will be doing!
bbc.co.uk
For the first time this century, thousands of people will enjoy Diwali and Halloween on the same day.
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Government saying changes to Inheritance Tax will only affect about 2000 estates? Interested to hear reaction from farmers here. #Budget2024
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This is the moment Nick Owen received his MBE from the Princess Royal at Windsor Castle today.
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It’s clear that the main cause of the terrible rate of death and serious injury on Birmingham’s roads is reckless driving. We need to enforce traffic law, redesign our roads to encourage good driving and mitigate the impact of the bad. We need to do it now.
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Look at this lovely art work to cover an empty shop unit at Touchwood Solihull 😍 'if I'm not home on the stroke of six my pussy goes mad' 😂 #AreYouBeingServed
#MrsSlocombe
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The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear — it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife
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*makes journalism notes* swans... bad.
In the interest of balance, Swans swimming on your 10 day old wheat is sub-optimal.
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This is genuinely the dumbest car ever. And I’ve owned a Lotus
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📣 Applications for the first wave of our apprenticeships open tomorrow at 5pm! Head to https://t.co/Oe4ChltlYr to find out more. #BBCApprenticeships #BBCGetIn #LifeAtTheBBC #BBCStudios #ThisIsYourBBC #CareerOpportunities #GraduateJobs #Apprenticeships #WorkWithUs
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'A cycling doctor who performs home visits by bike says people would reduce their risk of poor health & an early death if they got out of their car & climbed into the saddle instead' Cycling doctor says get on your bike in Worcester & you won't regret it
worcesternews.co.uk
Doctor Jonathan Leach has stressed the health benefits of cycling in fighting obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart attacks and strokes
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I like the idea of more cargo bike hiring options.
10 ways to make car-free living mainstream for families. Helen Chandler and Thomas Ableman ask for: Free family railcards. Pre-boarding trains for families at rail termini. Free cargo-bike hire from councils so families can do the weekly shop without a car https://t.co/qtrm54aCzv
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