Simon Hancock 🦋
@newsmansimon.bsky.social
Freelance Journalist with BBC World Service. Previously heard on BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Wiltshire and BBC Somerset. Message me with stories. Available for freelance writing commissions. He/him.
La Voix to miss Strictly Blackpool specials due to injury
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Strictly Come Dancing: La Voix 'devastated' to miss Blackpool specials due to injury
The drag performer will miss this weekend's shows in order to rest, producers have confirmed.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
La Voix to miss Strictly Blackpool specials due to injury
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La Voix was quite simply a beautiful thing tonight
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Strictly Come Dancing - Series 23: Week 7
Things heat up in the ballroom as Tess and Claud welcome the couples to the halfway point in this year’s competition. Can they impress the judges and the viewers at home with their latest routines?
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November 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
La Voix was quite simply a beautiful thing tonight
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England's most deprived areas named - here's how it's looking in the West of England #Bristol #SouthGloucestershire #NorthSomerset #Bath&NorthEastSomerset #BBCVerify
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November 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
England's most deprived areas named - here's how it's looking in the West of England #Bristol #SouthGloucestershire #NorthSomerset #Bath&NorthEastSomerset #BBCVerify
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Trump presides over Thai-Cambodia 'peace deal'. Our South East Asia correspondent says it was all superlatives.
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Trump presides over Thai-Cambodia 'peace deal' - but what does it mean?
Trump calls it historic, Thailand only calls is
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October 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Trump presides over Thai-Cambodia 'peace deal'. Our South East Asia correspondent says it was all superlatives.
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LOTO: "What on Earth is the point of us having a lawyer rather than a leader as a Prime Minister..."
PM: "...she's clearly not a lawyer or a leader."
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PM: "...she's clearly not a lawyer or a leader."
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October 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
LOTO: "What on Earth is the point of us having a lawyer rather than a leader as a Prime Minister..."
PM: "...she's clearly not a lawyer or a leader."
#PMQs
PM: "...she's clearly not a lawyer or a leader."
#PMQs
NO! Not our national treasure 🤷♂️ #TheCelebrityTraitors
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NO! Not our national treasure 🤷♂️ #TheCelebrityTraitors
'Being gay in men's football is a very toxic place'
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Josh Cavallo: 'Football still has an issue with homophobia'
Australian Josh Cavallo, who moved to England in July to join non-league Peterborough Sports, says football has got
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October 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
'Being gay in men's football is a very toxic place'
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You will absolutely ❤️ the ending. No spoilers. Brilliantly written by Aimee Lou Wood & Ralph Davis & a fabulous cast.
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Film Club review – Aimee Lou Wood’s sweet, smart romcom revives the lost art of yearning
Wood and Nabhaan Rizwan are impeccably cast in this cute and deeply intelligent comedy about two film buff friends with unspoken feelings. It’s quietly confident TV that brims with insight
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October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You will absolutely ❤️ the ending. No spoilers. Brilliantly written by Aimee Lou Wood & Ralph Davis & a fabulous cast.
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Another #BBC programme partially filmed in #Bristol. #FilmClub could have easily found some locations in #Manchester to use as a Bristol backdrop but they decided to be authentic & film around the #Harbourside & other areas. Impressive performance by the @bristolfilmoffice.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Another #BBC programme partially filmed in #Bristol. #FilmClub could have easily found some locations in #Manchester to use as a Bristol backdrop but they decided to be authentic & film around the #Harbourside & other areas. Impressive performance by the @bristolfilmoffice.bsky.social
BBC bosses want defence budget to help pay for the World Service
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BBC bosses want defence budget to help pay for the World Service
Exclusive: Executives at corporation say media monitoring and anti-disinformation are vital to national security
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October 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
BBC bosses want defence budget to help pay for the World Service
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How Are You (Bristol)? #AlanPartridge #SteveCoogan #Bristol makes it into the opening sequence of another BBC series.
October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
How Are You (Bristol)? #AlanPartridge #SteveCoogan #Bristol makes it into the opening sequence of another BBC series.
Boat Race coverage to move from BBC to Channel 4
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Boat Race coverage to move from BBC to Channel 4
The annual race between Oxford and Cambridge universities will move to Channel 4 in a new rights deal.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Boat Race coverage to move from BBC to Channel 4
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This headline has been bothering me for several days now. Having worked in Bristol's financial services industry, I was pretty sure HL moved to its Harbourside location around 2010 (not 4 decades ago). So I decided to do some digging. Read on...
September 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This headline has been bothering me for several days now. Having worked in Bristol's financial services industry, I was pretty sure HL moved to its Harbourside location around 2010 (not 4 decades ago). So I decided to do some digging. Read on...
I know we are on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK but does the rest of the world still have any clue as to why they give out RuPeter Badges?
September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I know we are on season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK but does the rest of the world still have any clue as to why they give out RuPeter Badges?
South Gloucestershire Council co-leaders say Union and St George's Cross flags will be removed because they are "intimidating" and "divisive". They are also not allowed without permission under the Highways Act 1980
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'Intimidating' and 'divisive' flags will be removed, says council
Unauthorised Union Jacks and St George's crosses will be taken down
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September 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
South Gloucestershire Council co-leaders say Union and St George's Cross flags will be removed because they are "intimidating" and "divisive". They are also not allowed without permission under the Highways Act 1980
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"Triple sabotage" - President Trump. The UN says the teleprompter belonged to the US delegation while the escalator safety mechanism might have been triggered by Trump's videographer.
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Trump demands UN inquiry over 'triple sabotage'
The US president called the incidents that included an escalator and teleprompter mishap
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September 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"Triple sabotage" - President Trump. The UN says the teleprompter belonged to the US delegation while the escalator safety mechanism might have been triggered by Trump's videographer.
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ABC's @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social calls out 'anti-American' threats to free speech in tearful TV return
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Jimmy Kimmel calls out 'anti-American' threats to free speech in tearful TV return
The comedian returned from a brief suspension after comments he made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
ABC's @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social calls out 'anti-American' threats to free speech in tearful TV return
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ABC's @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social pulls no punches as he ramps up battle with Trump
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Kimmel pulls no punches as he ramps up battle with Trump
The US talk show host isn't backing down after being suspended; it seems to have hardened his resolve.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
ABC's @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social pulls no punches as he ramps up battle with Trump
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La Voix definitey stole the show for humour tonight!
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Strictly Come Dancing latest: Celebrity partners revealed
Chris McCausland, the 2024 winner, and his partner have once again stunned the stage with their final waltz.
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September 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
La Voix definitey stole the show for humour tonight!
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Nice to see Bristol in one of the opening segments of this season's BBC Strictly (that's La Voix in George's hand)!
September 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nice to see Bristol in one of the opening segments of this season's BBC Strictly (that's La Voix in George's hand)!
President Trump referred to the Princess of Wales by her nickname, "Princess Catherine". HRH is either the Princess of Wales or the Princess William (which is confusing & outdated in the modern world). But she graciously smiled at the President's compliments. Photo credit: PA Media.
September 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
President Trump referred to the Princess of Wales by her nickname, "Princess Catherine". HRH is either the Princess of Wales or the Princess William (which is confusing & outdated in the modern world). But she graciously smiled at the President's compliments. Photo credit: PA Media.
President Zelensky tells Ukraine's allies to "stop wasting time". With alleged Russian violations into Polish and Estonian air space, Zelensky clearly thinks the war in Ukraine is only going one way & needs NATO & the EU to act faster
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Zelenskyy accuses allies of ‘wasting time’ as he prepares for Trump meeting
Ukrainian president will urge his US counterpart to impose more sanctions on Russia when they meet next week
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September 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
President Zelensky tells Ukraine's allies to "stop wasting time". With alleged Russian violations into Polish and Estonian air space, Zelensky clearly thinks the war in Ukraine is only going one way & needs NATO & the EU to act faster
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Season 3 of The Newsreader has landed on @bbciplayer.bsky.social 📺 🇦🇺 🎤
September 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Season 3 of The Newsreader has landed on @bbciplayer.bsky.social 📺 🇦🇺 🎤
Great to read that a Bristol-Somerset person scooped the prize!
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Destination X winner reveals how she will spend her prize money
Spoiler warning: This story reveals who won this year's series.
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August 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Great to read that a Bristol-Somerset person scooped the prize!
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