Jared Evitts
@evitts_jared
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Reporter / Newsreader @BBCNewsbeat
Birmingham/Cardiff
Joined August 2018
🚨 Your #GeneralElection2024 debrief to the sound of Dua Lipa et al. ofc. Voters & not. Full passion & none. We’re in all four nations @BBCNewsbeat and I hosted partly in Leeds, a place with the highest % of 16-24yo. It’s worth your 15 mins 🎧 https://t.co/BhcxBZw9EX
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Earlier this week I spoke to drug testing charity The Loop - who’ve warned festival-goers that potentially deadly super-strength MDMA pills are now being sold in the UK. For more: https://t.co/odjANCaMXh
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Josh Baker 2003-2024. Everybody at the PCA is heartbroken. Rest in peace, Josh. đź”— https://t.co/no2zCCbioh
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A really harrowing couple of days covering the sword attack in north-east London for Newsbeat To listen back to the programme this lunchtime: https://t.co/2CJowntLqz
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Number of independent record shops in UK hits 10-year high
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A demand for vinyl is credited with there being 122 more owner-run music shops than there were in 2014.
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Made my first little podcast this week for BBC Sounds. A story of a semi-pro team in the ninth tier of English football and their remarkable start to this season. 5 minutes on… Farnham Town’s Flawless Record https://t.co/PhcbgGNxiy
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The non-league side say they've had the best start to the season of any club in the UK.
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Beyoncé: Star 'can open UK country music floodgates'
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The Renaissance superstar announced two new country songs during the Super Bowl final.
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Great weekend in Belfast covering the return of Northern Ireland’s government and my first experience of Gaelic football definitely didn’t disappoint
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If you decide to read one article I’ve ever written - please let it be this… “Why one man got a tattoo in honour of a floodlight” https://t.co/UoAAot3Ls5
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The 150ft tall lantern at Swansea St Helens stadium has a special place in Max Mckeown's heart.
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Spent yesterday chatting to people in Nottinghamshire after a major incident was declared due to flooding đź“»: https://t.co/kMtklOR1Ku
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Had an absolute blast covering the darts in Warrington and St Helens over the last couple of days 🎯🎯
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Watching the final in the pub Luke Littler’s brother works in I tell you what - it’s tense…
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Huge shout out to @AinYeah for the mic again - promise you’ll it back at some point!
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Made my way round the capital chatting to darts fans about 16-year-old Luke Littler’s historic win and Spurs fans about the European Super League…
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First day spent out and about for @BBCNewsbeat. Junior Doctors’ strikes this morning, and Nottingham Forest’s new gaffer this afternoon…
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The Premier League's new ÂŁ6.7bn TV deal means even more football matches will be shown from 2025, but the Saturday 3pm blackout remains. So is a rule introduced back in 1960 to encourage fans to watch lower league football still needed? https://t.co/fncOaz9fdJ
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Fans of clubs ranging from the Premier League to the Women's Super League to non-league have their say.
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If you want to hear a bit more about what fans think of the 3pm football TV blackout, here’s the write up: https://t.co/9jI8yIEUGS
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Fans of clubs ranging from the Premier League to the Women's Super League to non-league have their say.
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Pretty surreal feeling hearing my first piece go out on Radio 1 for @BBCNewsbeat today Huge thanks to @Pete_Allison and @JackGr4y for all your help putting this one together…
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Displaying food hygiene ratings has been a legal requirement in Wales for the last decade A five indicates standards are “very good” while a zero means “urgent improvement is required” What’s the lowest you’d go? More from Wales: https://t.co/B7V6LObRXl
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