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Martin Evans

Brighton, Louisville, Paris

Writer and Presenter at BBC

Writer, pro wrestling broadcaster, radio presenter, food lover and compere.

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  • 3 weeks ago | bbc.com | Martin Evans

    Unseen works by distinctive artist to be auctionedMartin EvansClevedon SaleroomA young Barrington Tabb with some of his artA collection of paintings by renowned artist Barrington Tabb are going under the hammer. Tabb, from South Gloucestershire and who past away in 2022, had a distinctive style due to an eye condition that causing blurring of his central vision. "Sometimes it can improve my paintings very, very much, due to this distortion," he told the BBC in an interview in 2006.

  • Feb 17, 2025 | bbc.com | Martin Evans

    Community gathers as new mascot unveiled in paradeMartin EvansCatch up on the action from the parade on BBC SoundsA giant crow has been paraded through Henbury to celebrate what people love about the area. The new local library mascot is made up of fabric feathers with residents' messages on and was sewn together by designer Kelly Jago, who created the chicken feet on The Masked Singer.

  • Feb 13, 2025 | bbc.com | Harriet Robinson |Martin Evans

    Woodland partly closes as diseased trees are felledHarriet Robinson & Martin EvansBBC News, West of EnglandNorth Somerset CouncilThe restricted access will only take place during weekdaysParts of a popular woodland area are set to shut for three weeks while diseased trees are removed. North Somerset Council will close several public rights of way in Weston Woods in Weston-super-Mare from 13 February until 7 March after more trees were found to be infected with the fungal disease ash dieback.

  • Feb 8, 2025 | bbc.com | Martin Evans

    New Bridgerton trailer set to boost city tourismMartin EvansLaurence Cendrowicz/Netflix/PA WireHannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington both came to film in BathTourism in Bath is set to see another boost as the trailer for season four of the popular show Bridgerton is released. Many of the scenes from the period drama, based on bestselling books by Julia Quinn, have been filmed in the city.

  • Feb 7, 2025 | bbc.com | Martin Evans |Clara Bullock

    TV star plans 'huge changes' after heart attackMartin Evans & Clara BullockTV host Mark Millar on heart attack scare in ClevedonA BBC DIY SOS star has said he is going to make 'huge lifestyle changes' after surviving a heart attack while cold water swimming. Mark Millar said before the incident he was "feeling amazing" and then suddenly he "got a strapping pain" across his chest while swimming off Clevedon's coast, in north Somerset.

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