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Sports Presenter/Reporter/Commentator. Born in N.Ireland, without a full complement of limbs. Enjoys a quiz. Enquiries: [email protected]
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Oh Henry, you were a true gent and a joy to work with. We’ll raise a glass to you, love. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

For the last 10 minutes I’ve been watching a sport being played on Eton playing fields, with no clue what was going on. Turns out to be this complicated little pastime… www.etoncollege.com/news-and-dia...

Please can Matt Taylor on Only Connect buy some glasses that fit him?

Welsh Open snooker final. Mark Selby vs Stephen Maguire. I’ll be commentating on opening four frames for BBC Wales, alongside Ken Doherty.

Only just seen this. Enjoyed the glasses tribute. youtu.be/Nn-UR5YBZBk?...

That wonderful feeling when you remember you have a Kit Kat Chunky to eat.

Jackson Page tells me he forgot Valentine’s Day on the first phone call home this morning, but remembered on the second! Takes on Luca Brecel in the Welsh Open quarter final later. #bbcsnooker

PLEASE SHARE THIS JOB AD: Wheelchair-using journalist (me) seeks support workers for social, domestic, work and personal care activities. Must have a UK-eligible driving licence and be able to start in early March. Full details below. (NB: NOT a @news.sky.com job)

Tomoki Iwata’s goal for Birmingham was better than the Leyton Orient one.

I wish we could have shown it on TV but someone genuinely opened the curtains of their hotel room RIGHT next to where I was reporting from at Coventry today. I don’t know who was more startled. #bbcfootball

Looking forward to on-camera updates from Coventry City vs Ipswich Town in the FA Cup on BBC Final Score. Lots of reminders about of 1987 and Coventry’s glory years before that under Jimmy Hill. #bbcfootball

Sat in a car dealership and have so far seen three episodes of ‘Homes Under The Hammer’. Great prep for being at Coventry City tomorrow on Final Score, with Dion Dublin in the studio. Hope to avoid damp and subsidence but generate a good yield.

A new press box for me (no.43 I think) and two teams I’ve not reported on before. Updates from Portsmouth vs Burnley to come on BBC Final Score #bbcfootball

Dream job: Social Media Manager for the @Olympics. Applications open. All details here: career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...

I wouldn’t be surprised if Axel Scheffler is wealthier than Scottie Scheffler.

Just to make me feel old whilst reporting for 5 Live, Tottenham’s first goalscorer tonight, Dane Scarlett, was born on my 23rd birthday in 2004.

UEFA Europa League action on BBC Radio 5 Live. Tottenham fans still making their way in. Elfsborg supporters here in great numbers. The ‘Yellow Ones’ or ‘The Elegants’ living up to their nicknames in yellow and black.

An Ally Pally diversion on my way to Tottenham.

I’m in a cafe (in Hemel Hempstead). Happened to be reading an article about the French rugby team when the lady served me. Out of nowhere I said ‘Merci’. Which surprised me as much as it did her.

Midweek, mid-afternoon Carvery decadence.

Dark humour from the band playing in the Southampton fan zone after the match? Or ignorant bliss? Belting out ‘Mercy’ by Duffy.

Despite what it looked like, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe tells me in BBC MOTD interview that it wasn’t a farewell for Miguel Almiron at the end of the Southampton game. Certainly not a planned one.

Love #TheTraitors and it’s undoubtedly amazing television, but I didn’t enjoy that final.

I had no idea it was National Pie Day and it's now getting late for me to find and eat a pie. Why has this important occasion been so poorly publicised. We need six weeks' build-up to it, like Christmas.

Eric Cantona’s kung-fu kick on a spectator was 30yrs ago this Saturday. 10yrs ago I spoke to John Salako about the notorious incident. Salako was playing that night for Crystal Palace. bleacherreport.com/articles/233...

Very sad to hear that Pinewood is ending its weekend cinema offering at the end of February. For not much more than the price of a high street multiplex ticket, you were whisked into a quiet, comfortable, stylish cinema (and cafe) with an incredible history.

Bit aggressive from @octopus.energy… …oh I see, they mean a smart meter.

Is the nursery teacher Madame Gazelle in Peppa Pig named after Madame Gisele who features in some Agatha Christie novels?

Often, when paying my rent or swishing some water in a bottle of fairy liquid so it goes a little further, I am reminded of this Charles Moore spectator column from 2015, and the fact that financial hardship knows many forms.

I love the fact the weather presenters still get changed into casual gear for the Countryfile forecast.

Oooh, look at Sainsbury’s, with their fancy new Latin motto like they’re bleedin hogwarts Grow up

Updates on Chelsea vs Morecambe to come on BBC Final Score. Photo credit @niallmgray.bsky.social #bbcfootball