Sue Charles
@suecharles.bsky.social
BBC Wales journalist, weather presenter and DJ. Former TV newsreader and music reporter for Radio 1 and 2. Posts from me...not the BBC.
#LostInMusic
#LostInMusic
So sad to say goodbye to another music legend. Farewell, Jimmy Cliff.
If you’ve ever sung or danced to Many Rivers to Cross, The Harder They Come, You Can Get It If You Really Want, Wild World, Wonderful World, Beautiful People’… raise a glass to the reggae pioneer.
#JimmyCliff
If you’ve ever sung or danced to Many Rivers to Cross, The Harder They Come, You Can Get It If You Really Want, Wild World, Wonderful World, Beautiful People’… raise a glass to the reggae pioneer.
#JimmyCliff
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So sad to say goodbye to another music legend. Farewell, Jimmy Cliff.
If you’ve ever sung or danced to Many Rivers to Cross, The Harder They Come, You Can Get It If You Really Want, Wild World, Wonderful World, Beautiful People’… raise a glass to the reggae pioneer.
#JimmyCliff
If you’ve ever sung or danced to Many Rivers to Cross, The Harder They Come, You Can Get It If You Really Want, Wild World, Wonderful World, Beautiful People’… raise a glass to the reggae pioneer.
#JimmyCliff
The Stone Roses were the soundtrack for my generation. The album we played on repeat. Stars of the greatest music magazine covers.
Mani, you were taken too young. Thank you for the music. Your legend lives on.
#Mani #StoneRoses
Mani, you were taken too young. Thank you for the music. Your legend lives on.
#Mani #StoneRoses
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Stone Roses were the soundtrack for my generation. The album we played on repeat. Stars of the greatest music magazine covers.
Mani, you were taken too young. Thank you for the music. Your legend lives on.
#Mani #StoneRoses
Mani, you were taken too young. Thank you for the music. Your legend lives on.
#Mani #StoneRoses
Terrible scenes in Monmouth. Homes and businesses underwater, roads cut off and serious flood damage, after the River Monnow burst its banks.
Aerial shots of the town centre from Your Herefordshire (on Facebook).
#StormClaudia #Flood
Aerial shots of the town centre from Your Herefordshire (on Facebook).
#StormClaudia #Flood
November 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Terrible scenes in Monmouth. Homes and businesses underwater, roads cut off and serious flood damage, after the River Monnow burst its banks.
Aerial shots of the town centre from Your Herefordshire (on Facebook).
#StormClaudia #Flood
Aerial shots of the town centre from Your Herefordshire (on Facebook).
#StormClaudia #Flood
⚠️ Quick breakdown of the weather warnings for Friday.
Yellow warning for strong winds and heavy rain covers much of Wales, with 30-50mm falling widely.
Amber warning for parts of mid, south and east Wales, where we could see some of the highest rainfall totals.
#StormClaudia
Yellow warning for strong winds and heavy rain covers much of Wales, with 30-50mm falling widely.
Amber warning for parts of mid, south and east Wales, where we could see some of the highest rainfall totals.
#StormClaudia
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
⚠️ Quick breakdown of the weather warnings for Friday.
Yellow warning for strong winds and heavy rain covers much of Wales, with 30-50mm falling widely.
Amber warning for parts of mid, south and east Wales, where we could see some of the highest rainfall totals.
#StormClaudia
Yellow warning for strong winds and heavy rain covers much of Wales, with 30-50mm falling widely.
Amber warning for parts of mid, south and east Wales, where we could see some of the highest rainfall totals.
#StormClaudia
Some news stops you in your tracks. Unbelievably sad to hear the Squeeze legend, Gilson Lavis has died.
For fans, Gilson will forever be the heartbeat of the band. A giant of a drummer in one of the greatest ever British groups.
#RIP #GilsonLavis
For fans, Gilson will forever be the heartbeat of the band. A giant of a drummer in one of the greatest ever British groups.
#RIP #GilsonLavis
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some news stops you in your tracks. Unbelievably sad to hear the Squeeze legend, Gilson Lavis has died.
For fans, Gilson will forever be the heartbeat of the band. A giant of a drummer in one of the greatest ever British groups.
#RIP #GilsonLavis
For fans, Gilson will forever be the heartbeat of the band. A giant of a drummer in one of the greatest ever British groups.
#RIP #GilsonLavis
Plans for the weekend? Sunday looks the better bet for most of us!
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Plans for the weekend? Sunday looks the better bet for most of us!
“Pretentious… moi?”
One still. One punchline. One of many unforgettable Fawlty Towers moments. Medallion man Mr Johnson flirting with Sybil.
Farewell, Prunella Scales. One of the shining stars of sitcom.
#PrunellaScales #FawltyTowers
One still. One punchline. One of many unforgettable Fawlty Towers moments. Medallion man Mr Johnson flirting with Sybil.
Farewell, Prunella Scales. One of the shining stars of sitcom.
#PrunellaScales #FawltyTowers
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Pretentious… moi?”
One still. One punchline. One of many unforgettable Fawlty Towers moments. Medallion man Mr Johnson flirting with Sybil.
Farewell, Prunella Scales. One of the shining stars of sitcom.
#PrunellaScales #FawltyTowers
One still. One punchline. One of many unforgettable Fawlty Towers moments. Medallion man Mr Johnson flirting with Sybil.
Farewell, Prunella Scales. One of the shining stars of sitcom.
#PrunellaScales #FawltyTowers
⏰ The clocks go back this weekend… which means it’s 10 years since this live televisual cock-up. Feel free to have a laugh at my expense…
#BST #GMT #ClocksGoBack
#BST #GMT #ClocksGoBack
October 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
⏰ The clocks go back this weekend… which means it’s 10 years since this live televisual cock-up. Feel free to have a laugh at my expense…
#BST #GMT #ClocksGoBack
#BST #GMT #ClocksGoBack
🎙 When live TV goes wrong... had a few texts about this! The microphone dropped inside my outfit and I had to grab the emergency mic.
What you don’t see - but do hear - is presenter @jenniferjoneswales.bsky.social running across studio to pass the stick mic, like a baton-relay champion. What a pro!
What you don’t see - but do hear - is presenter @jenniferjoneswales.bsky.social running across studio to pass the stick mic, like a baton-relay champion. What a pro!
October 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🎙 When live TV goes wrong... had a few texts about this! The microphone dropped inside my outfit and I had to grab the emergency mic.
What you don’t see - but do hear - is presenter @jenniferjoneswales.bsky.social running across studio to pass the stick mic, like a baton-relay champion. What a pro!
What you don’t see - but do hear - is presenter @jenniferjoneswales.bsky.social running across studio to pass the stick mic, like a baton-relay champion. What a pro!
That moment when people start standing up at a gig… but those behind you are still sitting down… then Neil Hannon invites everyone to come on down!
Marvellous concert from the Divine Comedy in Swansea. Very impressed by the new(ish!) arena too!
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
@swanseaarena.bsky.social
Marvellous concert from the Divine Comedy in Swansea. Very impressed by the new(ish!) arena too!
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
@swanseaarena.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
That moment when people start standing up at a gig… but those behind you are still sitting down… then Neil Hannon invites everyone to come on down!
Marvellous concert from the Divine Comedy in Swansea. Very impressed by the new(ish!) arena too!
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
@swanseaarena.bsky.social
Marvellous concert from the Divine Comedy in Swansea. Very impressed by the new(ish!) arena too!
@divinecomedyhq.bsky.social
@swanseaarena.bsky.social
Plans for the weekend?
There’s a good excuse for a lie in on Sunday…
There’s a good excuse for a lie in on Sunday…
October 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Plans for the weekend?
There’s a good excuse for a lie in on Sunday…
There’s a good excuse for a lie in on Sunday…
☁️ Dull, grey, overcast? It’s a good week to drop the phrase ‘anticyclonic gloom’ into conversation. Here’s the science bit…
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
☁️ Dull, grey, overcast? It’s a good week to drop the phrase ‘anticyclonic gloom’ into conversation. Here’s the science bit…
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Morning. A quiet, settled, predictable week to come… weather-wise, anyway!
October 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Morning. A quiet, settled, predictable week to come… weather-wise, anyway!
A moving night watching Edwyn Collins say goodbye to fans in Manchester, on his farewell tour.
Edwyn’s performance, resilience and humour was incredible, despite suffering a stroke 20 years ago. So much love at the Albert Hall for one of our alternative national treasures.
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
Edwyn’s performance, resilience and humour was incredible, despite suffering a stroke 20 years ago. So much love at the Albert Hall for one of our alternative national treasures.
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A moving night watching Edwyn Collins say goodbye to fans in Manchester, on his farewell tour.
Edwyn’s performance, resilience and humour was incredible, despite suffering a stroke 20 years ago. So much love at the Albert Hall for one of our alternative national treasures.
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
Edwyn’s performance, resilience and humour was incredible, despite suffering a stroke 20 years ago. So much love at the Albert Hall for one of our alternative national treasures.
@edwyncollins.bsky.social
Thanks for the lovely messages, folks! Big fan of #CardiffHalf… great to see brilliant banners and so much support en route.
Testing out your dancing legs after running 13.1 miles might not be the best recovery plan… but a great Simply Red 40th anniversary gig in town tonight!
Testing out your dancing legs after running 13.1 miles might not be the best recovery plan… but a great Simply Red 40th anniversary gig in town tonight!
October 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Thanks for the lovely messages, folks! Big fan of #CardiffHalf… great to see brilliant banners and so much support en route.
Testing out your dancing legs after running 13.1 miles might not be the best recovery plan… but a great Simply Red 40th anniversary gig in town tonight!
Testing out your dancing legs after running 13.1 miles might not be the best recovery plan… but a great Simply Red 40th anniversary gig in town tonight!
🏴 Twenty years since my first Cardiff half… ten years since my fastest… probably set for my slowest today!
🏃🏾♂️ But still love the challenge, superb support, landmarks en route, and the buzz it brings to our city. Pob lwc pawb. Let's do this!
#CardiffHalf
@thewallich.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
🏃🏾♂️ But still love the challenge, superb support, landmarks en route, and the buzz it brings to our city. Pob lwc pawb. Let's do this!
#CardiffHalf
@thewallich.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🏴 Twenty years since my first Cardiff half… ten years since my fastest… probably set for my slowest today!
🏃🏾♂️ But still love the challenge, superb support, landmarks en route, and the buzz it brings to our city. Pob lwc pawb. Let's do this!
#CardiffHalf
@thewallich.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
🏃🏾♂️ But still love the challenge, superb support, landmarks en route, and the buzz it brings to our city. Pob lwc pawb. Let's do this!
#CardiffHalf
@thewallich.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
🏃🏾♂️Weather-watching for Cardiff Half Marathon? Me too!
Here’s the latest forecast. Looks like the worst of Storm Amy will have cleared, to leave a better but blustery day on Sunday.
@run4wales.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
#CardiffHalf #StormAmy
Here’s the latest forecast. Looks like the worst of Storm Amy will have cleared, to leave a better but blustery day on Sunday.
@run4wales.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
#CardiffHalf #StormAmy
October 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🏃🏾♂️Weather-watching for Cardiff Half Marathon? Me too!
Here’s the latest forecast. Looks like the worst of Storm Amy will have cleared, to leave a better but blustery day on Sunday.
@run4wales.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
#CardiffHalf #StormAmy
Here’s the latest forecast. Looks like the worst of Storm Amy will have cleared, to leave a better but blustery day on Sunday.
@run4wales.bsky.social
@ukrunchat.bsky.social
#CardiffHalf #StormAmy
🐈 Love this story. Theatre-loving Fizz named UK's cat of the year… I can vouch that he’s the cheekiest too!
Was at an event with Kaleb Cooper in Llandrindod Wells at the Albert Hall. Guess which cheeky ginger strolled onstage and stole the show*?! 🐈
(*It wasn’t Kaleb!)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Was at an event with Kaleb Cooper in Llandrindod Wells at the Albert Hall. Guess which cheeky ginger strolled onstage and stole the show*?! 🐈
(*It wasn’t Kaleb!)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🐈 Love this story. Theatre-loving Fizz named UK's cat of the year… I can vouch that he’s the cheekiest too!
Was at an event with Kaleb Cooper in Llandrindod Wells at the Albert Hall. Guess which cheeky ginger strolled onstage and stole the show*?! 🐈
(*It wasn’t Kaleb!)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Was at an event with Kaleb Cooper in Llandrindod Wells at the Albert Hall. Guess which cheeky ginger strolled onstage and stole the show*?! 🐈
(*It wasn’t Kaleb!)
www.bbc.com/news/article...
🍁 It's the autumn equinox... and feeling more like it, after a cold start with patchy frost.
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
September 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🍁 It's the autumn equinox... and feeling more like it, after a cold start with patchy frost.
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
🍁 It's the autumn equinox... and feeling more like it, after a cold start with patchy frost.
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
September 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🍁 It's the autumn equinox... and feeling more like it, after a cold start with patchy frost.
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
☀️ The brighter, chillier side of autumn to come this week. A welcome change after the wet start to September.
#AutumnEquinox
Sitting at the mixing desk where Queen, Oasis, The Cure, Manics, Weller, Coldplay… and so many more have been before!
Watching my pal Matt Butler, host a production masterclass for the Abbey Road Institute, at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire.
A mecca for music fans!
Watching my pal Matt Butler, host a production masterclass for the Abbey Road Institute, at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire.
A mecca for music fans!
September 21, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Sitting at the mixing desk where Queen, Oasis, The Cure, Manics, Weller, Coldplay… and so many more have been before!
Watching my pal Matt Butler, host a production masterclass for the Abbey Road Institute, at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire.
A mecca for music fans!
Watching my pal Matt Butler, host a production masterclass for the Abbey Road Institute, at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire.
A mecca for music fans!
Outdoor plans for the weekend?
Make ‘em for Sunday if you can… very wet and windy across much of Wales on Saturday.
Make ‘em for Sunday if you can… very wet and windy across much of Wales on Saturday.
September 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Outdoor plans for the weekend?
Make ‘em for Sunday if you can… very wet and windy across much of Wales on Saturday.
Make ‘em for Sunday if you can… very wet and windy across much of Wales on Saturday.