Andy Gill
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BBC News reporter and presenter in North West England & occasionally elsewhere. Instagram: andygillbbc
Joined November 2010
People help to repair damaged wall at #Southport Mosque after violence last night. Latest in @BBCNWT at 1.30
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Residents in Grappenhall near #Warrington keep to #coronavirus rules by performing socially distanced conga to celebrate #VEDay75. More in @BBCNWT 6.40
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.@seftoncouncil repair road damaged in last night’s riot. The chair of the local mosque says he’s “humbled” that local people came to help with repairs. @BBCNWT 1.30
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Musicians gather in #Liverpool’s famous Mathew Street in a silent protest at what they say is lack of government financial support for artists like them. They fear new restrictions will mean even less income. More in @BBCNWT at 6.30 #liverpoollockdown
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Big crowd of several hundred people who are opposed to anti immigrant protests have gathered outside refugee support centre in #Liverpool tonight. @BBCNWT #Southport
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The Queen has donated 70 books to the Spellow Lane Library in #Liverpool which was attacked in rioting earlier this month. She’s written to @MetroMayorSteve expressing her sorrow at recent events. @BBCNWT @RoyalFamily
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.@MerseyPolice name one of their horses in memory of our much missed friend & colleague Dianne #Oxberry. Dianne, who loved horses, died of ovarian cancer in January. We’ll be live with Oxberry the horse in @BBCNWT at 1.30
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Crew of #PandO ferry Norbay currently docked in #Liverpool apparently refusing to leave vessel after company made 100s of workers redundant. More in @BBCNWT 1.30 and 6.30.
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A flotilla of @RNLI lifeboats sails past the #Liverpool waterfront to mark the institution’s 200th anniversary. More in @BBCNWT at 6.30
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A local resident cleans a Penny Lane street sign in #Liverpool after it & others were defaced. It comes ahead of more planned Black Lives Matter protests this weekend. James Penny was a C18th slaver, though there’s no evidence Penny Lane is named after him. @BBCNWT 1.30
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On 48 hour strike at @bbcmerseyside and @BBCNWT over cuts to local services. The BBC says it’s putting more resources into digital. @NUJofficial says BBC plans for Local Radio will diminish public service broadcasting #keepbbclocalradiolocal
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“His enthusiasm for life just exploded out of him.” A tribute from @SeftonClub & @LBCBasketball to #Liverpool teacher Maroun Mourani, who’s died after testing positive for #coronavirus. @StEdwardsColl plans a requiem mass for him which it’ll share on line. @BBCNWT 6.30
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"I've never known the force as stretched as it is now in 33 years experience." #Merseyside Police Ch Con Andy Cooke. @BBCNWT 6.30
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September 9th marked 40 years paid work as a broadcast journalist. Very much looking forward to the next 40. @St_Catz .@cardiffuni @LBC @CapitalLONnews @BBCCambs @BBCSouthNews @BBCNorfolk @GranadaReports @itn @BBCNWT @BBCNews @bbcmerseyside
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“There was this diminutive, shy. mother who was just so tenacious & passionate & indefatigable.” @ksampsonwriter on the story of #Hillsborough campaigner #AnneWilliams, whose story is currently being dramatised on ITV. @BBCNWT 1.30 & 6.30
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Life’s a Beach. Crosby’s Iron Men get tlc to put them upright after shifting sands make them wonky. Artist Sir Antony Gormley tells me “10 had disappeared entirely from sight. One was 4metres down in the mud.” @BBCNWT 1.30 & 6.30
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.@cunardline newest ship The Queen Anne at #Belfast today. We’re on board as she sails into #Liverpool tomorrow for her official naming ceremony. Updates throughout the day on @BBCNWT and @bbcmerseyside
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Response from Euro Parking Services: sincere apologies to the ambulance service concerned & to the crew on duty. EPS will be making a donation to the ambulance service as a gesture of our appreciation for the fantastic service they provide. @BBCNWT 6.30
Watch the moment an ambulance was given a ticket for parking on double yellow lines outside a supermarket.
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Grange Hill is 40. Yes, you are that old. New exhibition now on at @MuseumLiverpool which we’ll feature in @BBCNWT at 6.30. If you watch, I promise the Grange Hill jingle will be stuck in your head. Forever. #GrangeHill40
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On @BBCNWT at 6.30, the story of the only black boy (4th from L) in this 1896 photo in #Liverpool. He was born in poverty as William Masters; he found international musical fame as Gordon Stretton, credited with bringing #jazz to Latin America.
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.@BAS_News polar research ship RRS Sir David Attenborough today leaves @CammellLaird in #Birkenhead for sea trials. Probably the most important ship built by Lairds in recent years. @BBCNWT 6.30
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“I wouldn’t do another walk that long… but I’m not hanging me knickers up.” @speedomick completes his latest 2500 miles charity walk in his home city of #Liverpool. Full report in @BBCNWT 6.30 #Everton
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Workers dig stranded private jet out of mud at side of runway at @LPL_Airport where it ended up this morning. Idea is then to try drag out on metal tracks. No one hurt. Latest @BBCNWT 6.30
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A marble “halo” bearing 22 names is the centrepiece of a new memorial to those who died in the #Manchester Arena bombing in 2017. The memorial garden opens to the public today. @BBCNWT 1.30 & 6.30
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“It’s just another year without my son.”.“The hurt never goes away.”.Thoughts of 2 #Hillsborough mums on the 30th anniversary of the disaster. @BBCNWT 6.30 #Hillsborough30 #LFC
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The Fab Four (with @thebeatles in background) in #Liverpool. @BBCNWT 6.30 #ArmedForcesDay @ArmyMediaNW
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Nelson #Mandela’s granddaughter Tukwini & his daughter Dr Maki Mandela visit Prince’s Park in #Liverpool where a permanent memorial to him is planned. @BBCNWT 1.30
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Restored frontage of famous #Liverpool kosher butcher’s #Galkoffs goes on display at @MuseumLiverpool tomorrow. @BBCNWT 1.30 and 6.30
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A choir of #Manchester Arena bombing survivors sings on the 2nd anniversary of the attack. @BBCNWT 6.30 #ManchesterRemembers
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100s of people march to Port of #Liverpool entrance to protest at planned relief road which would cut through #Rimsose Valley Park.@BBCNWT 1.30 @saverimrose
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“We’re just going to be here until the end.” Meet the staff of #Marple Lodge Care Home near #Stockport who’ve left their own homes to join residents in lock down until the #coronavirus danger has passed. @BBCNWT 6.30
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.@MerseyPolice help @ComIntCare delivery vital #coronavirus PPE to those working with vulnerable ppl in #Liverpool. It comes as @MetroMayorSteve issues an urgent appeal for #PPE donations for frontline staff. More in @BBCNWT at 1.30 and 6.30
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Drs at @AlderHey have developed an app which means heart patients like 7 month old Matilda from #Cumbria can be monitored remotely at home instead of having to travel to #Liverpool. One of the breakthroughs developed at the hospital’s Innovation Centre. @BBCNWT 6.30
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The Long Goodbye. Last ever #LivepoolGiants show due to start in 1 hour. We’re told to expect surprises. @BBCNWT 5.30 @GiantSpectacle
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#Liverpool ‘s @PhilharmonicPub gets Grade 1 listed building status from @HistoricEngland. Here’s a quick tour, including the famous gents’ toilet. More in @BBCNWT 1.30 and 6.30
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After 111 days in 3 different hospitals with #coronavirus , Nurse Barbara Moran from #Liverpool came home to an emotional welcome today. This is Barbara before she became ill. @BBCNWT 1.30 and 6.30
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Donna Shaw brings flowers to @beatlesstory in #Liverpool for #JohnLennon80 . She’s been doing this for 40 years. More on this and other #LENNON80 events in @BBCNWT at 6.30.
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First of new fleet of #trains on @merseyrail started service on #Liverpool to #Kirkby line today. They’re greener and more accessible than the old ones. More with @MetroMayorSteve in @BBCNWT at 1.30 and 6.30
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“Raheem was lovely. He was such a grounded young man.” The Merseyside couple who acted as foster patents for Raheem #Sterling when he was a teenager at #LiverpoolFC. They’re still in touch & looking forward to the #EuroFinal. @BBCNWT 6.30
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After yesterday’s covid illegal gathering in #seftonpark #Liverpool , when large amounts of rubbish were left, Andrea Ku of @ILoveSeftonPark says @LivUni approached her last night about students volunteering to litter pick. @BBCNWT 1.30 and 6.30
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In #WARRINGTON for service to mark 25 years since 2 IRA bombs killed 2 boys. @BBCNews Channel and @BBCNWT
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2 of the best known easy chairs on British TV. I’ve been talking to #Liverpool’s @LeonAndJune about the new edition of her book on life with and without Leon. @BBCNWT 6.30 #Gogglebox
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Single Mum Michelle Fisher from #EllesmerePort is tonight’s #coronavirus #EverydayHero. She’s doing extra hours in the overnight on line shopping shift at a supermarket, as well as looking after 2 teenage sons & helping neighbours. “How do you cope ?”.“Chocolate.”.@BBCNWT 6.30
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A swastika on a fag packet, toothpaste, tobacco, binoculars, a toy dog. Just some of the 1000s of previously unseen items recovered from a WW2 U Boat, stored at secret location in #Wirral and soon to go on display in #Liverpool. More in @BBCNWT 6.30 @Big_Heritage @WestApproaches
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I’ve been away but would like to belatedly add my tribute to #DianneOxberry. She was an all round professional and an all round good egg.
We have some very sad news this morning, our colleague and friend Dianne Oxberry has died after a short illness. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.
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Been talking to Adrian Dunbar re a @LivUni Samuel Beckett Festival he’s curating in #Liverpool in May. And this on #LineofDuty “We’re possibly hoping to do something else with Line of Duty before the end of next year, we’ll see.” @BBCNWT 6.30
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129 metres long. 10000 tonnes. £200m. Able to stay at sea for 60 days. @BAS_News Polar Research Ship #SirDavidAttenborough launched at @CammellLaird today. @BBCNWT 6.30
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RRS #SirDavidAttenborough ready for launch at @CammellLaird into the #Mersey in just over 2 hours. Report in @BBCNWT 7pm @BAS_News
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Dianne’s husband Ian Hindle (l) and @MerseyPolice Chief Constable Andy Cooke (r) with Oxberry the police horse. @BBCNWT 6.30 for more on this.
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“I’d be a bit of a pain sitting around at home doing nothing.” Consultant John Horsley is 1 of 1500 retired and former health professionals in the NW who’ve gone back to work to help the fight against #coronavirus. More in @BBCNWT 6.30. @LivHospitals @StockportNHS
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“I think I did the country a service at that point” Writer Jimmy McGovern, just nominated for the Freedom of #Liverpool, on how his 1996 ITV drama “Hillsborough” changed the narrative about the 1989 disaster in which 97 #LFC fans were killed. @BBCNWT 6.30 #Hillsborough
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Metro Mayors of #Liverpool and Gtr #Manchester @MetroMayorSteve & @AndyBurnhamGM supporting protests re #PandO at Port of Liverpool. @BBCNWT
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Can’t be bothered taking your old Christmas tree to the dump ? You could take it to a farm in #Lancashire for the #alpacas to eat. @BBCNWT 6.30 #Blackpool #recycling
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Here’s what a #murmuration of #starlings does when birds of prey are near @ @WWTMartinMere. @BBCNWT any second now.
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A look back at the #liverpoolgiants weekend in @BBCNWT at 1.30 and 6.30 1.3 million people watched in #Liverpool and #Wirral #wirralgiants @GiantSpectacle
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Daughter of #Hillsborough victim Christine Burke stands and asks judge tearfully who is responsible for her father’s death after inquest found the 96 had been unlawfully killed. Judge clears court. @BBCNWT 6.30.
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Main street #WhaleyBridge almost deserted after people asked to leave because of damaged dam above town. @BBCNWT 6.30
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Home Secretary @YvetteCooperMP & @MerseyPolice Ch Con Serena Kennedy lay flowers at scene of #Southport stabbings. More in @BBCNWT at 1.30
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"We only did for the families what they did for us - support us." @kennethdalglish on Freedom of #Liverpool award #Hillsborough @BBCNWT 6.30
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The village hall in #Liverpool where Sir Ken Dodd went to school is being renovated thanks to a donation from the late comedian’s widow, Lady Anne. More in @BBCNWT at 6.30
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The 1 tonne Edwardian chandeliers at @TheBplTower have been lowered from the ceiling for their annual clean. It takes 4 men to winch them down by hand, and it can take 2 weeks to clean them. More in @BBCNWT at 1.30 and 6.30 #Blackpool
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One of @TheRoyalBallet youngest Principal Dancers Matthew Ball grew up in #Liverpool. Tonight he performs in front of his home audience for 1st time in @SirMattBourne ‘s Swan Lake at the @LiverpoolEmpire. @BBCNWT 6.30
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Large emergency pump brought up to #WhaleyBridge dam. We’ve now been moved away from the area. @BBCNWT 6.30
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“He went to watch a football match one night & he never came home.” Family of #Everton fan Duncan Browne who died after being assaulted in #Liverpool. Today they revealed he donated his organs to help others. Now they want witnesses to come forward. @BBCNWT 1.30 & 6.30
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Police disperse protestors who’d been blocking Metro tram lines in central #Manchester for about an hour. The protest is against the proposed Police Bill. @BBCNWT @BBCNews
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“They need to have what time we’ve all got left to have a bit of peace in our lives.” Margaret Aspinall on why the #Hillsborough Family Support Group has been wound up, 32 years after the disaster. @BBCNWT 6.30
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New individual chemo-therapy bays at new #Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in #Liverpool. The £162m centre opens to outpatients today. More in @BBCNWT at 1.30. @CCCNHS
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.@PeelPorts reports significant shift in way vital food and medicine reaches UK during #Coronavirus outbreak. More coming by sea to #Liverpool rather than lorries coming overland through affected countries. More in @BBCNWT at 1.30 and 6.30
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Harry Newton from #Macclesfield is 83. On Sunday he’s running the #LondonMarathon to raise money for The Christie Hospital. It’ll be his 21st marathon. The weekend after, he’s running the #Manchester marathon. @BBCNWT 6.30
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Staff at #Liverpool #Blood Centre say a lot of donors cancelled their appointments after last night’s announcement as they didn’t think they’d be allowed to travel. You ARE allowed to travel to give blood. @GiveBloodNHS @BBCNWT
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A musical about #pies* (see photo) opens at @RoyalCourtLiv #Liverpool this week. More in @BBCNWT at 6.30.*Actually about how @HomebakedBakery set up a thriving community business in a deprived area and changed people’s lives. #HomebakedTheMusical
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Dame Julie Walters stars in #FilmStarsDontDieInLiverpool. Special screening @ @FACT_Liverpool tonight. @BBCNWT 6.30
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.@cllrkemp presents flowers to say thank you to Alex McCormick, the woman who raised £250k to repair a #Liverpool library set alight in recent riots. More in @BBCNWT at 6.30
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#Wirral school celebrates a year of cooking meals for local homeless people. @BBCNWT 6.30 @wirralshomeless
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Blue plaque honouring #Liverpool author Helen #Forrester unveiled at her birthplace in #Hoylake #Wirral today. She wrote “Twopence to Cross the Mersey” about life in poverty in the 1930s. More in @BBCNWT 6.30
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Letter of thanks left by 1 of the 83 #coronavairus quarantinees at #arrowepark hospital #Wirral as they prepare to leave after 14 days isolation. Health Secretary says “nation can be reassured their departure presents no risk to the public”. More in @BBCNWT at 1.30.
‘In our time of turmoil you took care of us with compassion.’ — Guests share their heartfelt gratitude to staff at Arrowe Park Hospital. Thanks to all NHS staff, volunteers, local residents and others who made their stay as safe as possible. #ThankYouNHS #Coronavirus
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Officers from @MerseyPolice & @cheshirepolice lay wreaths at new headstone for grave of Edith Smith, first woman to be a warranted police officer. @BBCNWT 6.30
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