Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education Julie was born in 1974 in Oxfordshire, England. But you know, when you come to some of these areas, I think there are just some people who feel they can still say that word. As well as South East Today, she also fronts the regional programme on Sundays with Julia George . He continued: We got talking and he said, Are you a doctor? So I started laughing, because as an Asian its the kind of question you might get asked. AI chatbots 'may soon be more intelligent than us', Russia troop deaths hit 20,000 in five months - US, France May Day protests leave dozens of police injured, 'My wife and six children joined Kenya starvation cult', On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Seaford, England, United Kingdom . Stephen Sackur, the presenter of HARDtalk, BBC World News' flagship current affairs interview programme, has been a journalist with BBC News since 1986. Rob Smith: Presenter to step down from BBC South East Today. Yet broadcast journalist Ian Palmer's career could have easily taken a number of different paths, had it not been for a . It was just so unbelievably dramatic and still feels quite shocking; imagine living next door and just not knowing. Video, On board the worlds last surviving turntable ferry, Met Gala 2023: Stars celebrate Karl Lagerfeld, Shooting suspect was deported four times - US media, Photo of Princess Charlotte shared as she turns 8, Yellen warns US could run out of cash in a month, King Charles to wear golden robes for Coronation, More than 100 police hurt in French May Day protests, Street piano confiscated as public 'break rules'. Rob Smith has been presenting BBC South East Today since 2009. 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The size of the region was gradually reduced in stages, starting in 1993 when the Heathfield transmitter serving East Sussex was switched from BBC South East to BBC South. bbc.co.uk. Rob Smith left the programme in November 2020. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. In 1980, the building was severely damaged by fire. I was in a place called Altrincham, which is a bit of a hole. Warning there is bad language.. "Her role is to raise the public profile of The Access Project and increase awareness of the work we do. He is lost, a trapped fox, drunk & lonely, cornered by your kindness, shadow boxig himself, in search of meaning. They then headed into a marquee for a meal of crab, lamb chops and Eton mess at news themed tables the top table was called Breaking News Since she started at Sky, Nazaneen has become close friends with Eamonn, who tells HELLO! He then goes on to say that the BBC is not cutting its spend but moving 10% of its funding to strengthening the local online services and the impact of our storytelling. Both Look East and Radio Norfolk which dubbed itself the voice of the county are now pale shadows of their former selves. BBC South East I grew up on John Pilger and World in Action, and Alan Whicker the latter showed us how similar we all are, that given all the different cultural mixes, we are all just the same. I saw this man sitting outside. Unlike ITV Meridian (East), it does not serve southern Essex (received from a Bluebell Hill overlap), this area being part of the BBC London region instead. The 51-year-old radio host was asked if he was a doctor before being called a p*** and then the N-word. Even this region is a stretch to call local. I was doing live hits for the news channel then suddenly got a call to get to the live point, I went straight on air and as we were still on air they brought up the first of the bodies. 08:22, 12 DEC 2019. My report South East Today on . Something went wrong, please try again later. From the white cliffs of Dover to Canterbury Cathedral, football fans across the South East are preparing for England men's first major tournament final in 55 years. News and video from Kent, Sussex and Surrey. List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists - Wikipedia Tunbridge Wells certainly has that pull and because of the juxtaposition to the capital, it will always have that freshness and cosmopolitan feel.. Taking to Twitter to share the video, Nihal told his 115,000 followers: So, last night this happened to me and I am still trying to process the weirdness of it. Its fun. Julie Reinger is a British journalist, reporter and weather presenter. And I went, Why would you ask that?. 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This issue was addressed to a degree with the launch of South East at Six on Monday 4 January 1982 and later, on Monday 3 September 1984, by London Plus which saw the introduction of short daytime bulletins of the type seen in other BBC regions. The main transmitters that carry the regional news are Heathfield, Bluebell Hill and Dover, with associated relays including Hastings, Tunbridge Wells and Whitehawk Hill. 1 Early life; 2 Career. 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Marcella Whittingdale - Freelance Presenter / Newsreader / Reporter ITV News Anglia's presenters David Whiteley and Becky Jago present items of far more interest to people living in Norfolk, agues Peter Franzen, In a recent riposte in the EDP to criticism of the service now being broadcast by the Beeb he contends. Read more. Polly Evans has left BBC South East Today - Kent Live BBC South East on Twitter He travelled across Europe to cover major stories around the continent, including Europe's worst terror attack of recent times in Madrid in 2004, and the expansion of the European Union from 15 countries to 25. Nazaneen Ghaffar returns to South East Today - 4.1.2022 It was so weird. I love folk music, being in Greenwich Village in 1963 would have been an absolute dream for me, he reveals. You are the absolute shizzle!, Another follower said: These are the people who said it openly back in the day, then had to learn to say it in the privacy of their homes when they started getting called out on it, and now are happily saying out in the open again. While working on attachment for the radio newsroom at Television Centre he was offered the chance to work for a new regional television news programme, South East Today: It took me about two seconds to accept the position, he laughs. BBC South East Today - Wikipedia Theres no excuse not to be up to date. In a shocking video posted on social media, BBC 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake explained how he got talking to a drunk man outside a pub in Altrincham as he waited for his wife. The main presenter is Natalie Graham with weather presenters Nina Ridge and Sara Thornton. Former BBC South East Presenter Rob Smith opens up about inner turmoil 6 months after leaving the media outlet (Image: Kent and Sussex Courier) Former BBC South East Today star Rob Smith has described the rollercoaster journey he's been on since leaving the media outlet after 25 years. Charlie says he was overcome by emotion when Nazaneen made her entrance. For What's On content such as the latest openings, events, and shopping news see here. Reporter/presenter BBC News. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Nazaneen looked stunning in a white lace Berta gown, with a train that "literally took up the whole aisle of the church", says the bride. Nazaneen, who appears on the Sunrise programme, was joined by colleagues Eamonn Holmes and his wife Ruth Langsford, plus Dermot Murnaghan for a traditional church ceremony, which was followed by an outdoor Persian blessing in honour of the bride's Iranian heritage, and by a reception at the historic Buckhurst Estate in Withyham near Tunbridge Wells. Editors' Code of Practice. See production, box office & company info, Self - Home Affairs Correspondent (2002-), The Great Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK. We'll be sad to see Rob go. Nihal went on to detail what happened on Friday night, but stopped short of revealing the name of the pub he was outside. And I said, Well why did you say that word, why did you need to say that word?. He refers to the East repeatedly in his justification of the current output. "Polly is an award winning journalist who worked for the BBC for two decades as a multi-media news Correspondent and Television Anchor. Weathergirl Nazaneen Ghaffar marries BBC reporter Charlie Rose. Before taking over HARDtalk, Stephen was based in Brussels for three years as the BBC's Europe Correspondent. BBC South East's television output consists of the flagship regional news service South East Today and its main programme is broadcast weeknights at 6:30 pm, with short bulletins throughout the day and during the weekend.