Sara Thornton
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TV/radio presenter, esp BBC. Writer/journo/content maker/traveller/app dev. I go to the theatre a lot and write about it. TheRSC FRMetS NUJ Mezzo2 Former tickee
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This thread has aged extraordinarily well...
On January 6, armed Trumpist militias will be rallying in DC, at Trump's orders. It's highly likely that they'll try to storm the Capitol after it certifies Joe Biden's win. I don't think this has sunk in yet.
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#Gladiators
is the first live Sat night TV we’ve watched as a family for years. We were practically forced by my husband to tune in - much rolling of eyes ensued. Within minutes the whole family was hooked. Even (especially?) the 17 year old girl… It’s 1992 and I’m happy. Bravo.
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Hold onto your hats (literally) as we see another named storm this weekend, but no, it's STILL NOT Ellen!
#StormJorge
, named by the Spanish Met Service, IS on the way though... more rain and gusts 50-60mph widely, 70mph coastal.
#ukweather
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So many “should I cancel my plans/will I be safe?” type questions coming my way. I can’t tell you how to live your life, but I’ll just mention that I have organised for my children and I to stay in and cook, play board games and make lego all day tomorrow...
#StormCiara
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@CannonReturns
@BBCNews
A very talented person who brought joy and laughter to their fans and also worked as a mental health nurse to try to help others.
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🧵I’ve been sat on some thrilling news, and now I can share that today I’ve started an incredible new chapter in my professional life by joining the team at
@TheRSC
! I’ll be a content creator, highlighting all of the amazing, world-class work this org does on and off stage 1/n
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PHIL MCCANN! On a fuel shortage story.
@TheSimpsons
couldn’t have written anything funnier than that. Well played
#BBCBreakfast
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Today has been a shit day. A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. My friends, colleagues, esteemed ones, all of you... you don’t deserve this. And once more, for the record.. We. Are. Not. Netflix. Good luck finding your regional news, radio or tv, on there. Now, tequila.
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Meanwhile, just outside of Aylesbury, someone’s really not having a good morning. Turns out they couldn’t do it...
(Photo credit: Damian Tarnowski)
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Flash flooding
@WaltDisneyWorld
@DisneyParks
Hollywood Studios this eve. One cast member said he’d never seen the like in 17 years…
#florida
#disney
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So distressing to see pics like this (reportedly from Porthcawl this morning) as
#StormBrian
runs through...
#staybackstayhighstaydry
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Ooh I saw my girls in person today! And it was fabulous. Look how happy we all are!
@Kate_Kinsella
@lizzieweather
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Always wanted to do this…
@WaltDisneyWorld
on my actual birthday! Every bit as magical as I thought it would be. Thank you so much
#Epcot
for a wonderful day!
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Happy happy happy New Year! To each and every one of you, I hope you have a much happier, healthier and less stressful 2021. Much love to you all. x
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Gotta get something off my chest (not for the first time)... have read it a lot of times in the past couple of days... For the record, we weather presenters, whether with met background or not, do not “just read off an autocue”. There’s no autocue for us, it’s for newsreaders.
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And that’s it! Fully vaccinated! A miserable day but my heart is full of joy and gratitude. Thank you again
@NHSuk
💕
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So let me take this moment to say a very Happy New Year! Have a lovely time whatever you’re up to this evening and here’s to a fabulous 2023. x
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Just out of
#ElvisMovie
and it is brilliant, if rather giddy, but really its success is down to the phenomenal
@austinbutler
who is so unbelievably convincing that you forget an actor is playing The King, and almost miss the join when the film morphs into real footage at the end.
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So I cut my own hair today... about four inches off! Stops me drinking I guess... Need to throw away the scissors before the
#lockdownextension
kicks in though...
#homehaircut
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Well that made me cry and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Thank you RAF for all you do.
#proud
#RAF100
#flypast
#GreatBritain
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Horrendous. Absolutely horrendous. And if your politics lead you to publicly say anything to the contrary you should be ashamed and reconsider your position as a human being.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has coronavirus, has been taken to intensive care
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So proud and honoured to have been made a Fellow of
@RMetS
. 20 years of weather broadcasting and lots of studying/learning along the way... a very different career after starting with BA Hons English/Drama and PG Broadcast Journalism. Thank you
@hammondweather
🙏🏼
@weathertrending
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Hot, hot, pop! That just about sums up the coming days... here’s the forecast for
@BBCLondonNews
@BBCRadioLondon
!
#ukweather
#heatwave
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This acer in my garden puts on a tremendous display every autumn but it’s absolutely outdone itself this year. I’m standing, sipping coffee, just staring at it in awe. 🍂
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It is NOT our normal summer.
It is NOT the same as 1976.
It is NOT something we can easily cope with in the UK.
Our homes and infrastructure are not geared up for this.
It IS extreme.
It IS life-threatening.
Listen to your bodies
#UKHeatwave
. Here’s our
@weathertrending
guide:
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Now you can go. It’s official as of 10.43am -
#StormDennis
is a go for Saturday. Particularly relevant after
#StormCiara
weakened trees and other structures.
⚠️Yellow Warning for Wind has been issued ⚠️
#StormDennis
has been named and will bring very strong winds and potential for disruption to many parts of England and Wales on Saturday.
More info here 👉
Stay
#WeatherAware
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Six months ago I fell and broke my arm. It was a small break but it hasn’t healed well and won’t straighten. I’ve been told it may never be fully straight again, but I need to do some regular physio on it so I’m taking some time off to do that and travel a bit. Anon x
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9.37amUTC - this minute the Northern and Southern hemispheres are receiving the sun's rays equally... now we emerge into spring, and the southern hemisphere falls into autumn. Longer days, warmer sunshine, emerging flora and fauna - it's the best season isn't it?
#SpringEquinox
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Thank you so much
@NHSuk
and everyone including wonderful Nurse Doris who have just helped to protect me. Feeling very emotional right now 💕
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Well it was utterly beautiful and brilliant and awe-inspiring and soul soothing and life-affirming and worth the wait. The softness. The stillness. The glow. And now hot chocolates. Perfect Sunday. Perfect.
#snow
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The happiest of birthdays to my gorgeous work wife and dear friend
@Kate_Kinsella
. One of the absolute best people in the world, she’s funny and acerbic, and kind and compassionate, and creative and tremendously talented and endlessly interesting and surprising. I love you lady x
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What a ride 2023: so many highs and very few lows. Leaving the year behind after a wonderful Christmas trip, with vodka, blinis (not pancakes!) and
#doceuvas
later. Seen so much great theatre, travelled extensively, done amazing work things and 2024 looks very exciting. HNY! Xx
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That’ll be autumn then. Stunning morning in North Bucks. Happy hump day everyone!
#ukweather
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Meanwhile in Kissimmee, Central Florida, Jack Frost comes to call… -1°C
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So my daughter just did this! She raised over £500 for
@Dreamflight
and is sending her
#hairtospare
to
@LPTrustUK
to make a wig for children with cancer. Very proud of her. In honour of all the children who aren’t as lucky with their health as her. Xx
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The media: it’s social media’s fault.
Social media: it’s the media’s fault.
It’s all our faults.
Is this really the world I’m battling so hard to bring my children up as decent, kind human beings to live in? Horrendous.
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Broken wing! A bad fall yesterday left me with a classic radial head fracture. I’ve also got a shoulder impingement so we’re not strapping it and trying to keep me moving to avoid surgery. Only mention it because I can’t makeup/hair properly…so pls be kind when you see me on TVx
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After a really shit day, I’ve started drinking (more), so as per guidelines I’ll be stepping away from the social media now. Happy Halloween and all that. x
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I know Three Billboards was amazing blah, blah, blah... but it’s CRIMINAL that
@HackedOffHugh
Hugh Grant didn’t win the BAFTA for his tour de force in
#Paddington2
. Utterly fantastic. Career defining, you might say. Even Sam Rockwell must agree?
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Just had a tyre blowout on the motorway. Absolutely terrifying. Thank goodness for the triple calming voices of my husband,
@TheAA_UK
, and my boss - who immediately asked how I was - first thing, and didn’t care about anything else. Feeling very lucky. Waiting for rescue.
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So.. we’ve all got Covid in our house. My main symptom is back and hip pain, then on/off shivers, and now loss of smell. V lucky that’s all. So grateful I have been reporting on
@timspector
@KingsCollegeLon
C-19 app which offered us tests as none of us had fever/cough/anosmia.
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It’s been an absolute blast working with
@ElizabethGlinka
this week and an honour to launch the fabulous new
@bbcmtd
studio with her! A couple more days from me this week and then you’ll just see me on Fridays here; thanks for all your kind words and support over the last month x
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After a whirlwind but marvellous few weeks at various tv and radio studios across England, about to do my last broadcast
@bbcsoutheast
before the out-of-office goes on until Sept. See you on the other side. Hope you all enjoy a marvellous summer fling!
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15 years ago today I was working on Ents team
@BBCR1
@BBCNewsbeat
. Reports started flashing up of a “power surge” on the tube. Then the world turned evil. I ferried material between the newsroom and Tavistock Sq all day. I’ll never forget the horror of what I saw.
#londonbombings
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And that’s it - the slog is over! Today is the shortest day, from tomorrow our days get longer.
#reasonstobecheerful
#WinterSolstice
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Well. Had an awful afternoon with a terrible commute, delays, heavy rain, a row, and some bad news. Trudging home, I ordered a coffee
@pret
and in a surprise turn of events, the barista said, “no charge today”; a random act of kindness which lifted me no end. So thank you x
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It was properly
#backtoschool
for me today, on my first early shift for 2 months... so my gorgeous daughter secretly got up at 3.30am to make me a packed breakfast and surprise me with it on the way out the door!! 💕
#earlyshifts
#gratefulmama
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My mum and dad went to lunch in a restaurant in Florida (where they live) this week and some chaps at a nearby table were looking over at them. As the men left, they smiled and waved at my parents. Turned out they’d bought their whole lunch. A lovely
#randomactofkindness
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At-home green-screen sickness cover for one our regions this eve… but where in the BBC will I pop up?? Anyway, less humid and showery with some sunshine - that’s your weekend*! Enjoy! Happy Friday evening!
*applicable to most
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Thank you so much to all of you who sent birthday messages today! I started the day by picking my parents up at Heathrow, unexpectedly crying with happiness, and then did some live light trail broadcasting at Cobtree Manor Park and ended with champagne. A great, happy day. x
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Made it! And crossed the street without being hit by a tram…
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Jackpot. Gorgeous September day made all the finer by a bit of foraging. Who’s for crumble?
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Back from five weeks away and back on tv...will I remember how to do this though?? Lovely
@bbcsoutheast
walking me gently though it!
#onair
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Brilliant to have my parents here after 2 years. I was worried it might not happen again. So far…
“That shower is far too fierce.”
“Well you NEED a second pair of oven gloves.”
“I’m freezing.” “I’m too hot.” “I’m dying of hypothermia.”…
It’s bliss. How’s yours?
#familychristmas
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Yay! Snow! Back in bed with a coffee, watching through the window, enjoying the magic.
#bucks
#Buckinghamshire
#uksnow
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So pleased to be back (distanced) at the BBC Weather Centre to bring the weather for
@BBCLN
Shame I have to spoil things by talking about
#StormFrancis
for the last days of the school holidays!
#weather
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Anyone want a scone? I’ve just pulled some out of the oven…
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Well they’ve only gone and given me my own show
@BBC3CR
! Join me tomorrow morning from 9-12 and we’ll get through the Christmas—>New Year transition together. Chat, chat, chat, and some great music too... kicking off with two absolute bangers!
#beds
#herts
#bucks
#localradio
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Anyone else crushing hard on Dr Jenny Harries? Even when she’s delivering devastating news, I still somehow feel that she’s telling me it’s all going to be ok...
#CoronaUpdate
#StayAtHomeAndStaySafe
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Just been treated to the brightest, closest double-rainbow I’ve ever seen in real life. My phone doesn’t do it justice, but here’s a taste.
#buckinghamshire
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Morning from the sophisticated at-home radio studio! Obviously talking all things
#uksnow
❄️☃️
#blanketbroadcasting
#notdownawell
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My parents, who live in Florida, received the Pfizer vaccine and I feel like I’ve just exhaled for the first time in a year. Drive up service at the convention centre, all over in a matter of minutes. Not even a sore arm between them btw.
#vaccine
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👇🏻That’s exactly what happened to me after my booster…
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Bon voyage! That’s me off the tv for the next month as I go stateside! But I will still pop up on
@weathertrending
where I’ll be Travel/Weather and Mummy blogging. Whatever you’re up to this summer have a happy and safe one! x
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9.13am. It’s become apparent that nothing has been done or organised. Nothing. A whole house of people looking at, pointing at and blaming each other.
The fault, dear reader, lies with me, because I do absosoddinglutelyeverything in this house.
Lucky to have them.
#MothersDay2022
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Already had a “it’s the crazy lady”, “she’s so scary”, “it’s your turn to knock this year” and “I don’t want to have nightmares”. So a big success so far.
#halloween2019
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And more footage from a very wet
@WaltDisneyWorld
@DisneyParks
Hollywood Studios after a very intense band of t-storms moved through.
#florida
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In other news, took my daughter to
#HarryStyles
for her 16th birthday last night and he was phenomenal and here’s a snippet:
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Colleagues steeling themselves for some difficult BBC restructuring announcements later this morning. Sending love to all of my friends across BBC Local Radio especially. What we provide is special and beloved.📻💔
To all friends and colleagues in BBC Local Radio, we stand together this evening.
BBC local radio stations face big cuts to content made for their area | Radio | The Guardian
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Woo hoo! That was worth setting the alarm for (although I woke up in excitement before it even went off), because the snow is turning to rain now. But so glad to see our first
#uksnow
of the season!
#chilterns
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Making (frozen) lemonade! Missed the work Christmas lunch due to snow, so went for a lovely wfh lunch snow-walk instead (and watched my kids sledding a bit). So gorgeous and refreshing. Happy day!
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Pre-late bull cup of
#solidaritea
Thinking of any suffering domestic abuse, esp this week, you are loved
#FreeHelen
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Absolutely disgraceful Twitter user twisting my words this evening. I despair at the world. I like to think it's pretty clear what kind of person I am: friend to all, unprejudiced, just a touch sarcastic. But hark, a complete stranger trying to drag me into their awful agenda.😞
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Made it out of the house en famille! A gentle walk and we’re all tuckered out, but feeling so lucky and grateful to have had a relatively “easy” Covid ride even though we felt dreadful for a while. Thank you so much for all the get-well wishes, they were so appreciated x
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Vintage hair and a frock for tonight’s forecast
@bbcsoutheast
in deference to
#VEDay75
. If you’re commemorating
#VEDayAtHome
tomorrow the weather’s looking great - but what’s that squeal of a weather handbrake-turn on Sunday🥶?? Come find out at 6.30, BBC1. x
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Let me tell you, sometimes it’s hard to be in the newsroom watching the output and then have to go on-air and chat weather. Tonight is particularly tough. Barbara 💔.
#bbcnews
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Honestly, all the judges going on about how odd poached egg and fish is as if Kedgeree isn’t a thing (and about the most delicious and comforting thing in the world to eat).
#MasterChefTheProfessionals
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Dear God, it’s the night before
#gcsemaths
. There is door-slamming and storming and stropping and tears. Apparently the whole of the last 2 years was a total waste. I’m assured that a ruins of a life lies ahead. There’s got to be a better way than this surely?
#examseason
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I love my jobs, but I recently worked 18 days in a row. 🎭🎙️📹
Time for a reset.
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