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Tim Johns

@timoncheese.bsky.social

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Producer, BBC Radio 2, Jeremy Vine. News bloke. Audio nerd. Cynic. Prone to occasional camping.

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Nov 28

I wrote this - about the fact that social housing is typically let with bare floorboards, and about the brilliant woman from St Albans who's on a mission to help people on low incomes carpet their homes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The woman helping council tenants carpet their homes

Pia Honey is campaigning for social housing to come with flooring as standard.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · 9d

Happy 60th birthday to Thunderbirds. Here you go. A PDF instruction manual of how to create your very own Tracy Island: www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic...

www.bbc.co.uk

Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · 14d

A vital plea from the BBC, along with news agencies AFP, AP and Reuters, to allow journalistic access to Gaza.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVK...

The BBC Calls For Access To Gaza

YouTube video by BBC

www.youtube.com

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 27d

If you’re a uk politics/transport/urban policy person (you’re on Bluesky) then the winter timetable on east coast mainline will be such an interesting mess. The public in mid-sized towns slowly realising they’ve been sacrificed for faster London > Edinburgh trains. www.thecomet.net/news/2544425...

MP says Stevenage 'paying the price' as LNER set to stop trains to and from London

Stevenage MP Kevin Bonavia says residents are "paying the price" for LNER's new timetable which is set to stop passengers from Stevenage…

www.thecomet.net

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · 29d

beautiful - and even better are the nation’s best donuts in the car park!

Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Sep 4

Loo scroll
www.newscientist.com/article/2494...

Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids

People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids

www.newscientist.com

Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Sep 1

Love the effort to make it local

A Bournemouth Echo headline which reads: 'Emergency alert test to take place in Dorset and across the UK'

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Aug 29

That’s the first time I can ever remember a guest getting a parking ticket live on air

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Aug 29

M8 GET OUTTA THERE

A cat is stalking a pigeon on top of a fence

Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Aug 28

Might start a petition to make it illegal to tag @ everyone in Facebook groups.

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Aug 7

Bit tricky with hooves

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Jul 31

This dude landed on my hand and even hung around for a photo!

Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Jul 21

meanwhile people called Al are having to endure endless headlines about how they’re going to take everyone’s jobs, and how Al could change the course of society. Tough time to be called Al.

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Jul 16

For radio journalists, the iPhone’s built-in call-recording facility (since iOS 18.1) is incredible.
Today I called a contributor on FaceTime Audio and hit the record button, then emailed it to myself and it was on air shortly after.
There have been other ways to do this for years but this is better

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Eve Livingston @everebecca.bsky.social · Jun 20

🧵 In February, I got a message from Anna*, a female police officer. She was a domestic abuse specialist, responding daily to calls from women abused by their partners.

But she was also in an abusive marriage herself, for more than a decade - and her abuser was another officer.

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Jun 20

incredible and detailed report. Just awful.

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Tim Johns @timoncheese.bsky.social · Jun 20

Chapter #1329 in expensive rail travel.
We're a family of four planning a three hour journey next month.
Return trip fuel cost by car ~£40 (plus car wear and tear etc).
Return trip by rail - if booked with advance fares over a month in advance: £242.
Sustainable travel, unsustainable pricing.