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Matthew Barlow

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BBC radio and TV hack based in the sunny High Peak. What I write are my views not the BBC's - but you knew that.

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Joined July 2012
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Matthew Barlow
29 days
Two of many, many spellbound children ⁦@WBHomeEnt⁩ enjoying the magic of ⁦@jk_rowling⁩ . Harry Potter capturing their imagination.
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Matthew Barlow
29 days
Loving ⁦@WBHomeEnt⁩ the ⁦@harrypotter⁩ studio
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Matthew Barlow
4 months
One of the ‘portable dams’ that ⁦@DerbyshireFRS⁩ was using to fight the moorland fire in the Goyt Valley last night ⁦@bbcemt⁩ ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCDerby
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Matthew Barlow
4 months
The helicopter that was scooping water from a reservoir in the #goytvalley to dampen down a moorland fire there today. ⁦@bbcemt⁩ ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCDerby⁩ ⁦@DerbyshireFRS
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Matthew Barlow
4 months
Gail and Phillip Heath were returning from a trip when they saw the flames of a moorland fire getting closer to their cafe, just off the Cat and Fiddle. #fire #peakdistrict @bbcemt @BBCNews
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Matthew Barlow
1 year
I have regularly reported on stories in Dovedale since starting with the BBC in 2006 but this one has sparked the most interest… https://t.co/JSr27Kj2Hg
bbc.co.uk
Dovedale's stepping stones have been closed since 2023 but people have continued to visit them.
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Matthew Barlow
1 year
Mums in the High Peak with children with special needs are calling for more help in school holidays.. https://t.co/bojWdqRVUj
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bbc.co.uk
Two support facilities have closed in one area of Derbyshire in the last year.
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Matthew Barlow
1 year
I was lucky to get a peek of a big new building under construction on Pride Park. It's a new college that will help plug the manufacturing skills gap https://t.co/XpC0xcntl9 @EastMidlandsIoT @lborouniversity @derbycollege
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Institute of Technology being built in Derby to plug manufacturing skills gap.
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Matthew Barlow
2 years
‘It’s 10 degrees but it feels like minus 4’ Well nearly. Josh and I have been driving around for ages waiting for it to warm up one degree but it didn’t. ⁦@buxtonfc1877⁩ ⁦@AleStop⁩ ⁦@buxtonfc_ITC⁩ ⁦@BuxtonFCUpdates
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Matthew Barlow
2 years
One of the few times I’ve left a pub celebrating seeing a nil nil. @ManUtd
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Matthew Barlow
2 years
Is ‘Baz Ball’ just another term for ‘England batting collapse’? #Ashes2023 #Cricket #testcricket
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Matthew Barlow
2 years
Katy Perry looks like a walking Quality Street #CoronationConcert #Coronation
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
Getting in the house ⁦@BBCDerby#buxton
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
Snow sculpture #weather #buxton
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
Getting creative in the snow in ⁦@GardensBuxton⁩ ⁦@HighPeakBC⁩ ⁦@BBCDerby⁩ ⁦@bbcemt#snow
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
I wish I could take credit for this in Pavilion Gardens in Buxton..⁦@BBCDerby⁩ ⁦@bbcemt⁩ ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCNewsround#snow
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
Pavilion Gardens in Buxton ⁦@BBCDerby⁩ ⁦@BBCNews#snow
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
@bbcemt⁩ ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ⁦@BBCDerby#snow #buxton people not attempting to clear their cars
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
And still it snows… ⁦@bbcemt⁩ ⁦@BBCDerby⁩ ⁦@BBCNews#buxton #snow
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Matthew Barlow
3 years
The drive home. Newhaven. ⁦@BBCDerby⁩ ⁦@bbcemt
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