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Rich Preston

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Rich Preston

@RichPreston

London, UK

Joined April 2009

Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Feb 25, 2022
"Please...pronounuce it the Ukrainian way... This is the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian culture" - @bbclysedoucet on #r4today this morning giving the best explanation as to why BBC pronounces the Ukrainian capital Kyiv (KEE-yiv), not the Russian Kiev (kee-ev).
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Oct 12, 2020
Exactly 9 months ago, just after 5am UK time on the 12 January, the first BBC TV report ran about the death of a man in central China from a peculiar new disease. Officials insisted it was all under control and would be nothing like the 2008 SARS outbreak which killed 770 people.
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Jul 11, 2024
I spent 45 minutes doing CPR on a neighbour this morning. Sadly, they didn't make it. And this tweet isn't about me or the neighbour - it's my regular encouragement to please, if it's not something you've done before, considering learning CPR 🧵 @GoodSamApp @Ldn_Ambulance
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
May 8, 2021
This is Alireza. He lived in Ahwaz, in Iran. He was killed, beheaded, by his brother and cousins for being gay. He was only 20. He was about to flee to Turkey, where many LGBT Iranians live.
Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Jul 30, 2024
Delighted to share that I've got a new job: Dad. I'll be off your screens for a bit as I embark on this next adventure. I can already tell it's going to be a lot of fun. See you in a few months!
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Nov 21, 2021
After a few days feeling a bit rough, I've tested positive for covid. I am *triple* vaccinated, and always super careful (masks, distance, etc). Just goes to show how transmissable this virus is. Please don't be complacent just because you're vaccinated. It's still out there 🦠
Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Apr 12, 2021
On way to work this morning found this beautiful young pup wandering, seemingly abandoned. Very timid and afraid, very skinny, her chain rusted in to her fur, no tag, didn’t smell like she’d been washed in months. Left with local vet and hope to find out what happens to her 💔
Rich Preston
@RichPreston
May 2, 2021
We’d never come out of a pre-recorded package by saying the correspondent was “…reporting from England” on the BBC. We’d say Manchester…Devon…Kent…Sheffield. So why it’s considered ok to say “from Scotland” or “from Wales” is beyond me.
Rich Preston
@RichPreston
May 7, 2023
To the editor who said “You’ve only done radio, you’d never be able to do TV”: Hiya! 👋 Just spent my day anchoring BBC News around the world. To the editor who said “You’re too TV now to do radio”: Hiya! 👋 Just spent my weekend on the radio covering the coronation of a King 🤷‍♂️
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Nov 2, 2022
My dad died three years ago today. I got a phone call from my mum about 9.30am, and it was one of those situations where I knew what she was calling to say before I even answered. These were his cufflinks (he was in the navy, so lots of maritime details in his life).
Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Apr 18, 2017
On this day (18 April) in 1930, the BBC ran a bulletin saying 'There is no news' and played piano music instead. I miss those days.
Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Apr 5, 2024
Oh look - I made my #Gogglebox debut! (Love the "Oh, a new face Mary!" Only been doing this four years 😅)
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Mar 21, 2023
Huge congrats to the man who married me* @arishapiro on the publication of his new book "The Best Strangers in the World."👏 I'm so sorry I can't be there to celebrate with you...here's us together in NYC a few years ago instead *You'll have to read Chapter 8 for that story 😊
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Rich Preston
@RichPreston
Oct 30, 2022
Decompressing after a run of night shifts, including last night’s exhausting ~seven hours of live TV news~ with this very good boy