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Correspondent for ITV News. Made in Manchester. Grown on the Wirral.

London, England
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Lucy Watson
8 months
At the gates of Iran’s #evinprison today activist #MajidTavakoli said goodbye to his wife & 3yr old daughter. He won’t see her again until she is 8. Jailed just for wanting a liberal democracy
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Ben Davies @cymru told @itvnews that “we’ll remind him on the pitch” in response to ⁦ @BorisJohnson ⁩ seeming to forget Wales was in #euro2020 when wishing Eng & Scot well
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Lucy Watson
4 years
I dropped my purse outside work tonight. Someone handed it into a pub. Someone else saw my press pass & took it to my office. Someone else, a colleague, put it in a taxi to my house.I have it back with everything inside. Angels do exist ⁦ @itvnews ⁩ ⁦⁦ @Channel4News
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Lucy Watson
3 years
They stand. We wait. #dukeofedinburgh spends 5th night in hospital following visit from his son, Prince Charles #itvnews
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Lucy Watson
2 years
Train carrying around 50 refugees has derailed in Poland @itvnews Women & children onboard. Police assured me nobody is hurt.
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Big day for me - let loose in the #itvnews studio at lunchtime!!!
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Lucy Watson
2 years
This little girl who featured in my report last night is, we believe, now at a special oncology centre in Chorzow, Poland 🙏 @itvnews and Julia’s husband texted her this morning. He is ok for another day #solidarityWithUkraine
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ITV News
2 years
A child, who has fled the war in Ukraine, now faces her next challenge - finding treatment for her cancer. @lucywatsonitv meets the four-year-old at a refugee centre in Poland
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Lucy Watson
2 years
24hrs ago these people lived normal lives. Now, they are refugees facing the unknown #UkraineRussia #ukrainepolandborder @itvnews
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Lucy Watson
2 years
Desperate scenes from #lyviv train station overnight #ukrainerussia @itvnews
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Lucy Watson
3 years
BONG! My Evening News debut on @itvnews Total thrill to do it. Someone far cleverer than me managed to upload it!
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Lucy Watson
5 years
Their future. Climate change marches taking place from Sheffield to Taunton, Spain to Australia #Mothersriseup #InternationalMothersDay
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Lucy Watson
1 year
Our latest report on the crackdown in Iran. Brave, brave women. ‘It has to end': Protesters tell ITV News of sexual violence at hands of Iranian regime | ITV News
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Lucy Watson
3 years
The ultimate showdown between ⁦ @anthonyfjoshua ⁩ & @tyson_fury will be middle of next year Joshua told @itvnews although he’d like it in Feb/March
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Ready & raring to go! #Brits2020 @itvnews
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Lucy Watson
9 months
A beautiful, soulful woman and friend with an amazing brain and genuine, heartfelt compassion for whoever she met within her role.
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ITV News
9 months
ITV News Health and Science Editor Emily Morgan, who died from lung cancer in May aged 45, was awarded 'Editor of the Year' at tonight's Medical Journalists' Association Awards #MJAAwards
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Lucy Watson
5 years
Mums, dads, kids fighting to save the planet (whilst having a dance!) #MothersRiseUp climate change march #InternationalMothersDay #itvnews
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Lucy Watson
1 year
Just finished ⁦ @Great_Swim ⁩ for ⁦ @Anti_Slavery ⁩ with my sis! The most beautiful of days in the Lakes. Never too late to donate for the cause though!
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Change can only come if the stories that reveal the true extent of the problem continue to be told #gymnastalliance
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ITV News
4 years
Allegations made against Britain's top women's gymnastics coach Amanda Reddin, writes @stevescott_itv
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Lucy Watson
10 years
The faces of many of those onboard #mh370 http://t.co/yqaoCrQOmR
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Lucy Watson
3 years
I have #COVID19 It is Day 4 since my symptoms began. I am choosing to document them on here because it may help just 1 person not panic or fret. It is the uncertainty of each day & how I feel that is most unsettling for me so far #COVIDWomensVoices #COVIDSecondWave
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Lucy Watson
2 years
The Jamaicans prepare to bobsleigh!!! #winterolympics #beijing #coolrunnings #jamaica We met the team for ⁦ @itvnews ⁩ today
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Standing out in the garden letting the rain fall on my face was the best thing to happen all day with #COVID19 Very few symptoms this evening after a day in bed 👍🏻Just a fuzzy head to contend with.
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Don’t want to speak too soon but the sun is up & it feels like a new dawn has risen for this family today. Only a slight headache & that could just be too much coffee in all the excitement of feeling vaguely normal again! #COVID19
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Head of Logistics Steve Randle now lives at work @poole_hospital to be on call 24hrs a day, 7 days a wk. Another of our #nhsheroes keeping the wheels turning. See him on @itvnews tonight
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Lucy Watson
4 years
It was a privilege to share the moment these 4 courageous women met @catherinelyonsx @lisamasongym @jennifersey @r_dehollander
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ITV News
4 years
Truth gives power to abused gymnasts | By @lucywatsonitv
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Lucy Watson
9 months
That is how it was explained to me this week & I thought it was powerful. Thanks Omid @itvnews
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Omid Djalili
9 months
Important last words from an @ITV correspondent on the situation in Iran about to unfold.
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Lucy Watson
2 years
As a barbaric, senseless war rages, seeing the capacity for human kindness is necessary. Marysia opened up her home & heart to Larisa & Alexa in Poland this week. I will never forget them @itvnews #solidaritywithukraine
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Lucy Watson
5 years
A cacophony of jeers as Trump motorcade passed Parliament Square #TrumpProtest #TrumpUKVisit
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Lucy Watson
4 years
The full, exclusive report is on @itvnews at Ten tonight
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ITV News
4 years
Romania's sex trafficking trade: 'There is no other life they know' | words by @lucywatsonitv
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Lucy Watson
10 years
Incredible distress in Beijing as families told "no survivors" on #mh370 http://t.co/sZzPYHSU0h
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Lucy Watson
4 years
We at @itvnews will continue to pursue this story until change comes & BIG steps are made to repair the damage #gymnastalliance
@dsj_itv
Dan Salisbury-Jones
4 years
GB Women's Head Coach Amanda Reddin "temporarily steps aside" just 18 hours after @stevescott_itv first broke the news that she was under investigation #gymnastalliance
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Astonishing #flashflooding @itvnews partially-submerged vehicles on A406 near Woodford, East London. Emergency crews there. Go carefully
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Lucy Watson
6 months
This was my 33rd birthday. Henry Kissinger was 90 & my smile was an illusion. The most nervous I’ve been before any interview. A pivotal & polarising man but he was charming that evening when @dantvusa & I met him in NYC many moons ago #henrykissinger
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Paul Hicks has been a cleaner at ⁦ @Poole_Hospital ⁩ for 20yrs. One of our #NHSheroes working behind the scenes keeping it moving. See him on ⁦ @itvnews ⁩ tonight
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Promise to take the slippers off for ⁦ @itvnews ⁩ later #newsatten #wfh #quarantine
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Lucy Watson
2 years
The most AMAZING of Sundays with my boys watching history #Lionesses
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Lucy Watson
4 years
The strength and persistence of @amytinkler2 to get to the bottom of her case is admirable & brave, but also shouldn’t be necessary #gymnastalliance
@stevescott_itv
Steve Scott
4 years
NEW | Rio Olympic medallist Amy Tinkler reveals she complained about Britain's top women's coach Amanda Reddin and has slammed the British Gymnastics' process that followed. "This is why we don't speak up. This is why we suffer in silence." #gymnastalliance
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Let the games begin! ⁦ @Cymru ⁩ and us ⁦ @itvnews ⁩ have arrived in Baku at the Wales training camp!!! Sneaky peek inside to follow......
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Lucy Watson
3 years
A little taste of what passport control is like when you come home. The queue before the queue! #euro2020
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Chatting to @DameSarahStorey and her family over the past few weeks for @itvnews has been one of the highlights of my summer. A wonderful family with A LOT of celebrating to do when her plane lands! @ParalympicsGB
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Azerbaijan’s aspiring young footballers tell @itvnews how hosting ⁦ @Cymru &⁩ @euro2020 in Baku is putting their country on the map....but they prefer Messi over Bale!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Lucy Watson
4 years
From dusk til dawn for 3 days filming across Romania with @NathanLeeTV & camera legend Kenny for @itvnews A country with plenty of tales to tell!
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Lucy Watson
3 years
They have arrived!! ⁦ @Cymru ⁩ buses bring team into Baku #euro2020 #togetherstronger
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Where dreams could be made! @itvnews got a look inside the @cymru training camp #togetherstronger
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Waiting for #joewicks PE lesson at 9am in #isolation . “Will he come down the chimney, mummy?!” 🤣🤣🤣
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Lucy Watson
4 years
As someone who is fascinated by people’s faces & expressions & chat, I will never get used to this #NewNormal2020 #coronavirus
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Lucy Watson
3 years
It’s what a great day at work looks like. Thanks ⁦ @anthonyfjoshua ⁩ for the chat about how you’re helping support grassroots boxing in the pandemic!
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Lucy Watson
4 years
When you leave work in central london on a Thursday night nowadays #CoronaVirus #stayhome #emptylondon
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Pressure is mounting on @pritipatel to look at this #stopthedemand #enditmovement
@APPG_CSE
APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
4 years
The @APPG_CSE ’s Chair @DianaJohnsonMP is urging @pritipatel to take action following an @ITVNews investigation into sex trafficking. Read about the investigation here:
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Caught in the act!! #euro2020
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Olly Denton
3 years
At the Stadio Olimpico, outside watching the match on a laptop in a portacabin. How tv is actually made, with @lucywatsonitv and @lukeitn #Wal #Ita #EURO2020 #ITAWAL
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Lucy Watson
3 years
“I believe I am the man who will beat ⁦ @Tyson_Fury “⁩ ⁦ @anthonyfjoshua ⁩ tells @itvnews Full interview on News at Ten, plus he tells me why he’s financially supporting grassroots boxing through the pandemic.
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Lucy Watson
3 years
A pleasure to be a part of the @cymru journey. Bowing out of #euro2020 and bye bye Amsterdam!
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Police escort for @cymru players as team coaches make their way through streets of Baku #euro2020 #togetherstronger
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Women show solidarity for violence against them. The response. #reclaimthestreets #SheWasJustWalkingHome
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Lucy Watson
5 years
Penelope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodovar & I have a date on ⁦ @itvnews #newsatten tonight!
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Woo hoo! Fantastic programme. Top programme-makers @itvnews
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Lucy Watson
3 years
The #covid19 lottery of symptoms today is handing me a splitting headache, hot flushes & horrid fatigue. Oxygen levels are at 95% 👍🏻 Decided to get out of my pjs, so I’m seeing that as progress!
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Lucy Watson
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Lucy Watson
7 years
Staff at Heathrow just don't have the answers for passengers after #ba IT system fails & flights are grounded
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Nothing like a bit of Scouse humour from the homeland in #lockdown
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Daisy Ayliffe
4 years
This Wirral pub has changed its name to ‘The Three Bellends.’ In protest at the new Tier 3 restrictions placed on the Liverpool city region.
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Lucy Watson
8 months
What lovely men Brian & Steve were to chat to!
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fleetstreetfox
8 months
And if you missed it, great reporting from @lucywatsonitv and the team. Thank you for giving Brian the chance to tell his story to 3m viewers:
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Official vehicle just arrived at back of King Edward VII hospital where #dukeofedinburgh is being treated
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Lucy Watson
2 years
Up to 4 million refugees expected to arrive in Poland in coming days. Country is opening up to ALL Ukrainians. No COVID certificates. No valid ID. No insurance required acc to Poland PM’s Chief of Staff #Ukraine @itvnews #solidarityWithUkraine
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Lucy Watson
3 years
What a night inside here for @itvnews Thanks @cymru Onto Rome we go #euro2020
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The spirit of #manchester
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Still November. Still in lockdown. Still too early, but 2020 is different. The time is now #ChristmasIsComing
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Ben Galton was on his first day as a porter at ⁦ @Poole_Hospital ⁩ when we met him & his colleagues Ian & Mitch for our report on @itvnews tonight. All are our #NHSheroes
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Let the politicians sit up & listen #stopthedemand #enditmovement
@CPG_CSE
Cross-Party Group - Commercial Sexual Exploitation
4 years
The Scottish Parliament’s @CPG_CSE is calling on @scotgov to take action in response to revelations in @itvnews investigation into sex trafficking. ➡️Read the @itvnews report:
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Thank you, Hamish. That means a lot to the whole team @stevescott_itv @dsj_itv @Ltowersoflondon
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Lucy Watson
3 years
It’s thanks to the bravery of gymnasts that this issue came to light on 2020. An issue championed by @itvnews @stevescott_itv @dsj_itv @Ltowersoflondon @JackAbbey97 & rightfully recognised by the #RTSAwards for Scoop of the Year. Thank you for your trust
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Lucy Watson
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Incredible bravery by 5 women & incredible commitment & tenacity by the journalists involved @C4Dispatches @thetimes That’s what it takes. For years. Well done.
@C4Dispatches
Channel 4 Dispatches
9 months
EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand denies accusations of rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour. Five women share their stories with @C4Dispatches in a joint investigation with @thetimes . Watch Russell Brand: In Plain Sight tonight at 9pm on @Channel4
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Marshmallow Pond #wonderfactory Where else would anyone be on a Monday afternoon?!
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Lucy Watson
6 years
How #itvnews rocks out Christmas week at lunchtime! @jonsnowC4 @nightingaleitv among them @itvnews
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Lucy Watson
2 years
Many moons ago. Aged 25. Learning my trade @uclanjournalism alongside @JamesTGallagher @NickHopeTV @smithytwits Part of an exhibit illustrating 60yrs of journalism. Feeling very old.
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UCLan Journalism
2 years
Dug this out of the archives @JamesTGallagher @lucywatsonitv is this you? Do you know who the other two are? Brian Moss says hi!
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Is Cummings about to sack Bojo? #Cummingate
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Lucy Watson
4 years
There is nothing quite so beautiful as communities coming together for one thing. Reduced me to tears #ClapForCarers #coronavirus
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Lucy Watson
4 years
An incredible man who has been able to put what happened to him behind him. But it’s taken years. Truth is their power #gymnastalliance
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ITV News
4 years
‘You get pushed to your limits without realising you're not OK’: The gymnast driven to suicidal thoughts and self-harm | @lucywatsonitv writes
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Day 1 in Baku for @cymru We @itvnews got a look inside before the team arrived late last night!
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Red Army is in fine voice ahead of #euro2020 @cymru clash with Switzerland. 3hrs & counting!
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Getting to sleep & staying asleep with #COVID19 is difficult. You’re so tired, but in the dark & the stillness you find yourself listening intently to your breathing. You find yourself questioning, is my breathing normal? Why is my mouth dry? And your heart starts to race.
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Lucy Watson
3 years
A much-needed 🤣 #lockdown2021
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Lucy Watson
2 years
Little Catherine & her mum Julia are safe in Lublin, Poland with friends, no longer sleeping on a shopping centre floor. Dad has sent his daily text today from the frontline. He is ok @itvnews #solidaritywithukraine
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Lucy Watson
4 years
The creator of masks for ITV’s #maskedsinger is putting his skills along with those of 8000+ other makers in ⁦ @3dcrowduk ⁩ to make face shields for #nhs #AllInThisTogether
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Drinks time for Bale & boys @cymru after morning training in #baku #euro2020 @itvnews
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Lucy Watson
9 years
A very special day, taking my Mum to the Queen's Garden Party #hrh http://t.co/aOKVjdSldc
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Day 1 of #isolation with 2 children under 4. “Mummy, I just want to go somewhere....anywhere.” #coronavirusuk
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Lucy Watson
1 year
UN warns Iran to end violence against children as ITV News told 61 killed amid protests | ITV News ⁦ @omid9 ⁩ ⁦ @GaryLineker ⁩ Please retweet to raise awareness about the horrors being inflicted
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Lucy Watson
5 years
Back!
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Lucy Watson
4 years
We’re making a book! First-hand accounts from those who’ve been fighting daily 4 OUR lives. All profits go 2 NHS Charities Together. Support & share if u can ⁦ @ben_machell ⁩ ⁦ @nathalielees_ ⁩ ⁦⁦ @LWhateley ⁩ ⁦ @curtismattp
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Lucy Watson
3 years
And back to it. Blistering Azeri heat for ⁦ @Cymru ⁩ & @itvnews in Baku today #euro2020
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Lucy Watson
3 years
Late surge in energy with #COVID19 this evening. Aches & head heaviness subsided. I’m even managing to bath & bed my sons. Yes, it is this changeable! #COVIDWomensVoices
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Lucy Watson
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Road blocks at every turn whilst trying to cover #Yangtzeshipsinks story. Obsessive control by Chinese http://t.co/7TvO1zCQAr
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Lucy Watson
4 years
Too lovely! I want one for my mum
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Sean Goldsmith
4 years
Introducing the cuddle curtain #lockdown #COVID19 #
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Lucy Watson
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It’s getting closer ⁦ @Great_Swim ⁩ & we REALLY need to get the distance in! Both my sister & I are lousy swimmers so a mile is a huge feat for us! Doing it for @Anti_Slavery PLEASE sponsor us if you can share a few bob!
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Lucy Watson
3 years
A year ago we decided to create a living archive recording the stories of #NHS frontline workers facing #covid19 Those who’ve borne the physical & emotional brunt of the pandemic. Please read/support at
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Lucy Watson
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Incredible man I met in Bosnia who survived genocide in Srebrenica talks to me about searching for those who didn’t ⁦ @ITVOnAssignment ⁩ tonight @itvnews
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