Victoria Valentine
@VValentineNews
@BBC broadcaster. @UCL Brain Sciences postgrad student. Eternal optimist. 🌱
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Victoria Valentine Gingerbread This is utter madness, a friend of my wife's has been trying to get a new place and due to working reduced hours for child care issues, they won't even entertain the thought of renting, she will be homeless in the next 2 months.
Made an offer at asking for a rental for me & my kids. Also offered to pay a year’s worth of rent up front & cleared their bar of income > 2.5 x rent rule. Offer rejected. Why? Landlord wanted a dual income.
Anyone else struggling w single parent discrimination? Gingerbread
I’m lucky enough to have met some incredible people. Steven Moore was one of them. Kevin & Rob were great inspirations to him. Steven was defiant about his MND & trained at this gym. Here, today, we pay tribute to him. MND Association The Royal Family BBC Breakfast
Interesting to hear Tucker Carlson claim that “no western journalist has bothered to interview” Putin since the invasion of Ukraine. We’ve lodged several requests with the Kremlin in the last 18 months. Always a ‘no’ for us.
Our thirty-fourth #myfavouritepainting is 'Mon Paysage,' (1967) by the American artist Joan Mitchell and has been chosen by journalist, newsreader, and television presenter Victoria Valentine Victoria Valentine
Victoria writes:
'I have a great affinity with Joan Mitchell’s work.…
Pain of #Gaza journalist وائل الدحدوح Wael Al dahdouh - his son killed in an Israeli airstrike, his 5th family member to die. #IsraelGazaWar
Just in case you missed it, this is how you wish the entire world a Happy New Year from London, via the BBC World Service
Have an excellent 2024 everyone!