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Vincent McAviney
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Freelance Correspondent and Presenter: BBC News, ITV News, Channel 4 News, Global News and Monocle Radio.
John Schofield Trust Senior Fellow.
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Presented today’s Monocle Globalist podcast:
🇺🇦🇹🇷 Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul
🇦🇪🇺🇸 Trump’s ongoing Middle East tour
🇨🇭🎤🇪🇺 Eurovision fever sweeps Switzerland
You can listen here:
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Trump in Qatar and the UAE; Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul
Podcast Episode · The Globalist · 15/05/2025 · 59m
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May 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏃🏻‍♂️Finished my first #LondomMarathon yesterday, it was tougher and more emotional than I expected. Thank you to everyone who has donated in support of the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and CALM, it really means a lot
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
April 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
🏃🏻‍♂️Final prep for tomorrow’s #LondonMarathon! I’ll be running for two great charities @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and CALM - thank you so much to everyone who has supported me already, if you’d like to donate please go to ➡️ givewheel.com/fundraising/71…
April 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🏃🏻‍♂️Just collected my #LondonMarathon bib number, amazing atmosphere at the ExCel! I’ll be running for two great charities @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and CALM - thank you so much to everyone who has supported me already, if you’d like to donate please go to ➡️ givewheel.com/fundraising/71…
April 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In 4 days time I’ll be running the #LondonMarathon for the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social and C.A.L.M.

It’s my first ever marathon, after a long 6 months of training. Thank you to everyone who has already kindly donated, if you would like to please use this link
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
April 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Vincent McAviney
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social and @vinnymcav.bsky.social on the day's stuff, plus Artem Chapeye on his tremendous new Ukraine war memoir "Ordinary People Don't Carry Machine Guns". monocle.com/radio/shows/...
UK hosts Sudan summit and Lisbon’s Strategic Noise Map
A potential path to peace in Sudan’s two-year conflict begins in London. Donald Trump cuts billions in funding to Harvard, the expulsion of French officials…
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April 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hi, in 2 weeks time I'll be running my first #LondonMarathon raising money for two great charities the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social + www.thecalmzone.net. Today I ran a half marathon before I taper my training, any support you can give would be hugely appreciated
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
April 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🧗🏻‍♂️Reporting for BBC London today on the incredible Lux Losey-Sail who’s aiming to represent Great Britain in paraclimbing at the LA 2028 Games!
April 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reporting for BBC Breakfast this morning on Prince Harry’s fight at the Court of Appeal for his tax-payer funded security in the UK be restored.
April 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Hi, in 3 weeks time I'll be running my first #LondonMarathon raising money for two great charities the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social + www.thecalmzone.net. It's been a tough but rewarding 5 months of training, any support you can give would be hugely appreciated
www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
April 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Me for BBC News: Government to drop asylum hotel provider Stay Belvedere Hotels after a Home Office audit uncovered unspecified concerns about performance and behaviour.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to drop asylum hotel provider Stay Belvedere Hotels
The hotel group provides around a quarter of asylum accommodation.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What fresh hell is this?
February 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Great to have my first meeting with Roxanna Wright, whom I'll be mentoring for the next year as part of the @johnschofieldtrust.bsky.social's early career journalists' scheme johnschofieldtrust.org.uk
January 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social from Birmingham this evening:
January 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reporting for @channel4news.bsky.social on the potential demise of TikTok in the US, featuring authors @yassmin.bsky.social and @shelbyleighpoetry.bsky.social on how important BookTok has been for platforming new voices and boosting reading in younger generations

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Biden is leaving US TikTok ban for Trump to decide
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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January 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s batlle to approve the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, as Palestinians in Gaza continue to be killed in airstrikes🇵🇸🇮🇱
Bluesky still short on video so watch here:
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January 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews.ca.web.brid.gy on reports negotiators in Qatar are on the brink of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas 🇮🇱🇵🇸
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Israel and Hamas “on the brink” of Gaza ceasefire deal, Biden says
YouTube video by Global News
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January 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Another death-knell for Jeremy Hunt’s fledgling local TV initiative as Culture Secretary over a decade ago - London Live goes off air just days after being sold by Evgeny Lebedev:
January 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
🇨🇦Reporting for Canada’s @globalnews this weekend on the reactions in Greenland🇬🇱 and Denmark🇩🇰 to Trump’s threat to take the world’s largest island by military force from a fellow #NATO member
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Greenland "can't be bought," says resident after Trump's comments
YouTube video by Global News
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January 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Spent the afternoon at Kentish Town City Farm for BBC London where people have been able to make a donation to recycle their Christmas trees, providing feed for the goats and sheep, plus funds towards a new goat house 🐐🎄🐑

Watch here:
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January 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Well that “special relationship” didn’t last long…
January 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Watch me try to interview Kentish Town City Farm’s goats on BBC London tonight 🐐🎄
January 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reporting for BBC London on how the cold snap is affecting those experiencing homelessness in the capital. If you’re worried about a rough sleeper in these freezing temperatures you can flag them to support services via the Streetlink website. Watch here:
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January 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#TheTraitors just sealed another BAFTA with this chef’s kiss moment
January 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
OMG Maddy from The Traitors is actually acting in the Call The Midwife Christmas special!
December 25, 2024 at 8:10 PM