Justine Gerardy
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@AFP video journalist, London. Ex-Pakistan/ Afghanistan, Hong Kong and South Africa
Joined September 2011
Subz knocking out a quick alert in AFP’s Kabul office
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NEW on our site Inside AFP’s fight to protect its Gaza reporters “Some of our freelancers have lost 20-30 kilos. Their battle to find food and to feed their family is immense,” says Global News Director @philchet in this interview with @Marina__Adami
https://t.co/d05FhC4h6r
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
“Some of our freelancers have lost 20 or 30 kilos. Their daily battle to find food and to feed their family is immense,” says Global News Director Phil Chetwynd.
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VIDEO: 🇬🇧 🐌 'Ready... Steady... Slow!' UK village hosts World Snail Racing Championships Congham in Norfolk hosted the 2025 edition of the championships during which dozens of entrants were seen off by a rented snail called Bilbo Sluggins 📹 @JustineGerardy
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UK Flooding: Volunteers build natural flood barriers in Leicester by using logs @JyotsnaKumar13 brings you this report
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🇬🇧 VIDEO: Centenarian Dorothea Barron, who now teaches yoga and saw in her big 100th birthday with a celebratory flight in a Spitfire fighter plane, is among an ever-shrinking number of veterans with first-hand memories of the war.
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Vétérane et prof de yoga : à 100 ans, Dorothea Barron fait toujours preuve d'une détermination sans faille. La même détermination qui lui a permis d'intégrer la branche féminine de la Royal Navy en 1943.
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🇬🇧 VIDEO: A Tesla, destined to be scrapped, is destroyed with baseball bats and sledgehammers in London at an event organised by UK campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon". The damaged vehicle will create an art piece "London vs Musk" that will be sold to raise funds for food banks.
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🇬🇧 VIDEO: At the bottom of a long-abandoned mine that supplied the gold for Britain's royal family wedding rings, the search for rare Welsh gold is back on as gold prices hit fresh highs in the turmoil of US trade tariffs.
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VIDEO: At the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, southwestern England, visitors don extravagant costumes and pose with a Mr Darcy mannequin. This year, the city and the wider UK kick off celebrations in the run up to the literary icon's 250th birthday on December 16.
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VIDEO: Cider and animal bones in pagan-rooted British ritual for bountiful apple crop. A cider bowl is passed around and people in animal bone costumes dance a jig as a crowd wishes good health to apple trees. It’s a tradition with pagan roots in the UK known as wassailing,
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VIDEO: Drag queens have gathered in London for the third RuPaul's DragCon UK, a two-day event celebrating drag culture. Now in its 17th season, the TV show has grown into a global phenomenon with audiences worldwide.
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Larry editing the PM. Possibly the best day any journalist has ever had at Downing Street. Ever
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VIDEO: One British nonprofit has brought horseback riding to a wider audience with 450 centres around the UK helping those with extra needs get into the saddle
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VIDEO: From a life-size English queen to a Roman sea god, an international fair in Birmingham is drawing cake artists from around the world to showcase their multi-tiered talents.
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Thameslink train to work in London cancelled this morning. Afternoon Avanti train from Birmingham to London delayed by 29 mins. Thameslink train home from work cancelled this evening. Four trips today - one on time, one delayed and two cancelled. £75 in tickets, £750 in hassle
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UK president Larry surveying his realm, ahead of President Zelensky’s arrival at Downing Street. Can confirm red carpet inspection followed
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🎥 Oasis fans in Manchester and London welcome the news that the band will reunite for a series of shows next year, ending a 15-year feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher ⬇️
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VIDEO: A Liverpool house, whose basement is famous for hosting some of The Beatles' first gigs and which still features John Lennon's name scratched into the ceiling and Paul McCartney's paintwork, has been given a new lease of life, listed on Airbnb
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VIDEO: At the Tower of London, the survival of the UK rests in the hands of the 'Ravenmaster'. A 17th century British legend has it that the Tower of London will collapse if the 900-year-old fortress's ravens ever leave, taking the kingdom with it. It's up to the Yeoman Warders,
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I have written about the recent anti-migrant riots in the UK, drawing on my experiences from Kabul. You might find it interesting.
a very moving piece from @ClassySharifi on the far-right violence. "In Afghanistan, I witnessed first-hand how such hate strips away our humanity. I left Kabul to escape the brutal intolerance of extremists, hoping for peace and acceptance in the UK..."
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