Victoria Derbyshire
Journalist, broadcaster, Mum of 2 boys, owner of 2 cocker spaniels
BBC Newsnight 🎥
Ukrainecast 🎧
And Then Came Breast Cancer 🎧
BAFTA RTS Sony Pink News AIB British Podcast Award winner
- #Newsnight 1030pm LIVE Assisted Dying in Scotland passes its first stage, days before Assisted Dying bill returns to Commons We’ll speak to a leading supporter Plus Zarah Sultana MP on PM’s ‘island of strangers’ phrase while announcing his immigration plans - language which No 10 defended today
- #Newsnight 1030pm PM promises to cut net migration - will his measures succeed & be enough for voters? And we speak to EU’s top foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas - does she think President Putin will turn up for peace talks with President Zelensky on Thurs?
- Look who’s joining our team at #Newsnight 👇 …..only the sublime Matt Chorley and the awesome Paddy O’Connell :) Live 1030pm BBC 2 & BBC News each weeknight
- Final results local council elections in England:
- Went to Buckingham Palace last night and met the King and Queen who were holding a reception to recognise community-based cancer support. It was a very moving & uplifting evening; so many shared experiences and there is so much incredible work going on to take care of people affected by cancer
- Virginia Giuffre who accused Jeffrey Epstein of trafficking her to Prince Andrew when she was 17, has been found dead. Her family say she took her own life
- ‘"Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the Peace Deal DONE!" President Trump to President Putin..
- Memories :)
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- #Ukrainecast - @BBCSteveR discusses whether 🇷🇺 is serious about bilateral talks with 🇺🇦 + Alex Vindman - ex-US National Security Council official, a witness in Donald Trump’s 1st impeachment inquiry. What happens if Washington pulls out of peace talks? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- #Newsnight 1030pm • Chancellor’s arriving in Washington tonight - can she make progress on UK/US trade deal, as IMF downgrades growth for the 🌍 due to Prez Trump’s tariffs trade war • NN is told there’s a ‘ketamine epidemic right here right now’. We’ve visited a detox centre in Wrexham
- Trans men & women shld use loos acc to their biological sex, the equalities minister has indicated Responding to last wk’s UK Supreme Court's ruling, Bridget Phillipson said: ‘The ruling was clear that provisions & services should be accessed on the basis of biological sex’
- The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said
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- UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex
- #Ukrainecast - Viktoria’s story - 3 years on Viktoria Kovalenko saw her husband & 12 yr old daughter killed in front of her when they tried to escape Chernihiv in 2022 She’s now trying to forge a new life with her 4 yr old in the UK. She’s back with us … ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- #Newsnight - we talk to the boyfriend of Martyn Hett who was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing Russell Hayward tells us it is ‘sickening’ & ‘outrageous’ that Hashem Abedi, serving 55 yrs for plotting the attack, was able to attack 3 prison officers 1030pm BBC News here in UK & around 🌍
- An ex-Tory MP & 14 others have been charged with gambling offences after an investigation into alleged cheating related to bets placed on the timing of the 2024 General Election Craig Williams, ex-aide to PM Rishi Sunak, is accused of betting on date of election 3 days before Mr Sunak announced it
- Reposted by Victoria Derbyshire🏠 The house the Independent built: First safe haven for women fleeing domestic abuse is finished Construction of the first purpose-built safe house was completed this week, after the hugely successful campaign launched in partnership with leading domestic abuse charity Refuge.
- President Trump has exempted smartphones and computers from reciprocal tariffs, including the 125% levies imposed on Chinese imports
- Last week for you to vote for TRIC Awards Presenter of the Year If you wish to vote, do it :) poll-tric.org.uk
- Tomorrow MPs are being recalled to Parliament debate an emergency law to ‘save’ British Steel www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Lily Phillips: ‘I first watched pornography aged 11’ #Newsnight www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgpe...
- #Newsnight 1030pm LIVE in UK & around the world • US’s massive escalation of trade war with China • President Trump’s pause in reciprocal tariffs for 90 days (Remember this from 5 days ago? 👇)
- MORE: It means - a 10% baseline tariff on countries that didn’t reciprocate but China will see increased tariffs of 125%
- President Trump has rowed back on his tariffs announced last Wednesday Not exactly clear which countries are going to benefit Waiting for clarification …
- Investors are selling their long term US government bonds - traditionally considered a ‘safe haven’ asset 👇
- #Ukrainecast - 2 Chinese citizens have been captured while fighting for 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦 General Sir Nick Carter, former chief of UK's defence staff, discusses this latest development, as well as whether the world order as we know it has changed for good www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- #Newsnight 1030 LIVE •President Trump issues an ultimatum to Iran - negotiate with us on yr nuclear capabilities or risk military action • tariffs - where cld the global trade war end? And is the UK doing enough? See you 🔜 @BBCTwo @BBCNews @BBCiPlayer
- Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005 The charges relate to four separate women The 49 yr old has previously denied the allegations, calling them "very, very hurtful", and saying his relationships have been "always consensual".
- This surgeon has just spent 6 wks working in a hospital in Gaza 👇 (full interview on bbc iplayer from last night’s NN)
- “Nothing compared to this… the numbers of children who were severely injured.” Irish trauma surgeon Dr Morgan McMonagle tells @vicderbyshire.bsky.social the number of casualties at Nasser Hospital were “by far the worst” in his medical career. #Newsnight
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- #Ukrainecast - is President Trump losing patience with President Putin? We talk to Trump’s special representative for Ukraine in his first term, Kurt Volker, abt the US leader being ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin With Vitaly Shevchenko and me 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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- #Newsnight 1030pm LIVE • Donald Trump says he’s not joking about the prospect of going for a third term at the White House • Marine Le Pen barred from standing in 2027 - how much will that turbo charge her party? • as UK prepares to abolish non-dom status, we’ll talk to 2 millionaires
- #Newsnight is expanding - we’re going GLOBAL 🌎 From tonight for a trial period we’re LIVE on the global feed of BBC News at 1030pm Am v much looking forward to saying ‘and welcome to our viewers around the world’ :)
- #Newsnight is expanding - we’re going GLOBAL 🌎 From tonight for a trial period we’re LIVE on the global feed of BBC News at 1030pm Am v much looking forward to saying ‘and welcome to our viewers around the world’ :)
- Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling European funds to finance her party She’s been banned from running for public office for 5 years
- Can’t wait for this :)
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- Reposted by Victoria Derbyshire“Your reforms will push an extra 250,000 people including 50,000 children into relative poverty… wow..” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Treasury Minister Darren Jones on the welfare reform impact assessment which he says doesn’t account for "positive benefit of moving into work” #Newsnight
- #Newsnight LIVE 1030pm Chief Sec to Treasury Darren Jones Jeremy Corbyn Munira Wilson, Lib Dems Richard Fuller, Conservatives
- Government’s own impact assessment of its £5 billion cuts to benefits: an extra quarter of a million people including 50,000 children will be in relative poverty by 2029/30
- Welfare reforms/cuts: • 370,000 people on PIP now, will lose it - *average* loss £4500 pa • 2.25m on UC Health affected by a freeze - *average* loss £500 pa • 3.9m on UC only (without health element) better off by £265 pa on average
- #Newsnight 1030pm LIVE • NN can reveal UK intelligence agencies are ‘in despair’ over that Signal security breach • Chancellor is to make a *further*half a billion pounds in cuts to benefits - to be announced tomorrow in spring statement - @nicholaswatt has the details
- #Ukrainecast - Russia and Ukraine agree a Black Sea ceasefire - could it work? And we fact check claims made by President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in an interview with pro-Trump journalist Tucker Carlson www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Am really really happy to be nominated for the TRIC Awards ‘News Presenter of the Year’ You choose who you want to make it to the shortlist, you choose the winner ! If you wish to vote, here’s the link 👇 poll-tric.org.uk
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- Bank of England keeps interest rates at 4.5% Governor Andrew Bailey says ‘there's a lot of uncertainty at moment’ but interest rates remain on a ‘gradually declining path’ The Bank's rate-setting committee says ‘global trade policy uncertainty has intensified’ after US imposed new trade tariffs
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- #Ukrainecast - President Putin agrees to halt strikes on Ukraine energy targets but rejects unconditional ceasefire Ukraine agreed to We get reaction from Russia expert Fiona Hill, who served on National Security Council on Russia under President Trump www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- How will YOU be affected by the changes to benefits announced today? 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
