Dan O'Brien
Senior Journalist, Wiltshire at BBC
Senior Journalist Wiltshire, BBC News. [email protected] | https://t.co/6a17l59EDQ
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Dan O'Brien
'People here see themselves as less important'Dan O'BrienWiltshire Politics ReporterReporting fromPenhill, SwindonBBCPenhill residents Marie Eagle and Thelma Rees praise the estate's "proper community" but say "it's about time" it got some cashAhead of the full details of how the scheme will operate, BBC News spoke to local residents, campaigners, community leaders and politicians about what they would like to see change.
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2 weeks ago |
thecurrency.news | Dan O'Brien
Employment is up. Inflation is down. Exports are booming. Tax revenues are surging. These are just some of the indicators showing that the Irish economy continues to motor. But before looking in more depth at how Ireland is doing, consider the global economic context. It has become clichéd to talk about how uncertain the international environment is, particularly when it comes to trade and tariffs. Almost everyone in business is affected.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Dan O'Brien
Final decision due on Porton Down science labsDan O'BrienWiltshire political reporterSophie ParkerBBCPorton Down has government labs for the UK Health Security AgencyA decision is finally expected on whether to move hundreds of government science jobs out of Wiltshire to Essex. The Health Security Agency at Porton Down researches how to tackle the world's most infectious diseases, and prepare the UK for future pandemics.
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2 weeks ago |
thecurrency.news | Dan O'Brien
Wherever archaeologists excavate, they find evidence of human trading going back tens of thousands of years. Over the millennia, as people developed more products to trade and as transportation technology advanced, the exchange of goods happened in greater quantities and over longer distances. The world has been effectively globalised since silver extracted from South American mines ended up in the pockets of Asian spice growers via European merchants 500 years ago.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Dan O'Brien
Image caption, Lots of household rubbish has been left at a recreation groundPlastic, duvets, gas canisters and large piles of wood have been cleared from a recreation ground after travellers were ordered to leave. Dozens of caravans had been parked at Westcott Recreation Ground, in Swindon, where bollards were broken through to access the site last week. Following the departure of the group on Wednesday, Swindon Borough Council has had teams on the site clearing up waste that was left behind.
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I’ve been watching the last six weeks of evidence at the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry. Here is a summary of some of the key things we’ve learned as this inquiry moved to the next more secretive phase https://t.co/fSHrJdGqDu
Next week the inquiry begins into the death of a Wiltshire woman from exposure to one of the most dangerous chemical weapons. @marieklennon @AndyLHoward & me will be covering it for the BBC, with a new podcast including exclusive Baroness May interview https://t.co/A60myXQU3R
The general election in Wiltshire: see here for all our @BBCWiltshire debates - county-wide, and specifically for Swindon and Salisbury - and information about your new constituencies ahead of polling day https://t.co/mbamsxIjAF
