Peter A Smith
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Journalist @ITVNews at @ITN. From Glasgow. DMs are open for story tips. “Plucky investigative reporter” - @frankieboyle
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Joined April 2010
Keir Starmer wants to “smash the gangs," Rishi Sunak wanted to “stop the boats". But from what we witnessed in Dunkirk, the efforts of French police do not match the cunning of people smugglers, or the desperation of those willing to risk their lives.
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Stopped just outside Fort William to edit a report when some impromptu entertainment turned up.
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Scotland’s ‘notional deficit’ (the gap between tax receipts raised in Scotland vs public spending in Scotland) has grown to around £26.5bn, according to the latest GERS figures from the Scottish Gov. This is 11.7% of GDP, more than double the UK deficit of 5.1% of GDP. @itvnews.
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RT @itvnews: Nicola Sturgeon tells ITV people who 'commit the most heinous crimes against women forfeit the right to be the gender of their….
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Now, Nicola Sturgeon’s position was “trans women are women except in certain contexts.”. Whether she meant to or not, Nicola Sturgeon was now saying trans rights are not an inalienable right. After time to reflect, she admits she should have engaged more.
@julie_etch Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon says she didn't engage as much as she should have with concerns around the gender reform bill. The bill, which she supported, would have made it easier for transgender people to change their legally recognised gender. The bill
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Nicola Sturgeon says she should have paused legislation on changing gender. At the time, prominent voices asked for a pause. The one who refused consistently was Nicola Sturgeon. She was resolute: “trans women are women.”. Then, Isla Bryson came along.
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RT @itvnews: 40% of people with learning disabilities and autism who are detained in hospitals don't need to be there, according to the NHS….
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Please also follow the work being done by @DanielHewittITV & his team on the neglect faced by those who do live in the community, where the solution thus far has been to give more and more tax payers' money to private companies dominating the sector.
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ITV News has uncovered allegations of multiple failings at residential and supported-living homes run by private care company Lifeways. | ITV National News
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This is the latest in our series of investigations for @itvnews produced by @reshrums. She has worked tirelessly, along with @mencap_charity, to analyse the available data. The latest article from Reshma about this scandal is here:
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Josh is one of more than 2,000 people with severe learning disabilities and autism trapped in a hospital inpatient unit. | ITV National News
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Just under half of this group remain locked up despite there being no reason for them to be in hospital at all - they could live in the community with the right accommodation and social care. But that care hasn’t come. Years of underinvestment and cuts means they stay locked up.
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Josh has spent his entire adult life locked up. There is no date for his release because he never committed a crime. Josh is one of around 2,000 people in England with a learning disability and/or autism kept locked up in England. @itvnews
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Glen Michael and the Cartoon Cavalcade provided so much joy for children in Scotland. A life well lived. They don’t make them like this anymore.
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Empty houses, broken communities: Ballymena has visibly changed after the riots. @itvnews investigates what was behind the violence that has driven out almost an entire Roma community from this town.
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RT @itvnews: “His was a great life, generously and courageously lived.". Legendary ITV News presenter Sandy Gall dies aged 97 https://t.co/….
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Gall joined ITN in 1963 and became one of the UK's most familiar faces as co-presenter of News At Ten. | ITV National News
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New: Colin Norris (also known as Colin Campbell), the former nurse convicted of murdering patients, has lost his appeals. “We have no doubt about the safety of any of the five convictions. The appeals are dismissed.” @itvnews .
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President Trump clearly furious, and openly criticising Israel as well as Iran. Has any US President ever before used this kind of language while knowingly being recorded? Nixon comes to mind but he didn’t intend it to be heard in public.
President Trump on Israel and Iran: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing."
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RT @itvnews: As Trump strikes Iran, the US - which launched Iran’s nuclear programme - now seeks to end it, writes International Editor @em….
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In the Israel-Iran conflict, Donald Trump gave diplomacy a two week deadline. That deadline lasted less than two days. | ITV National News
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Iran’s response after US bombers target its nuclear facilities. The Iranian foreign minister was told in Geneva on Friday the threat of military escalation from America was real & fast approaching. He’d also been told President Trump would decide within 2 weeks. It took 2 days.
The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law and the NPT by attacking Iran's peaceful nuclear installations. The events this morning are outrageous and will have everlasting.
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