BBC investigative journalist #Fileon4 @bbcradio4 // Former political reporter @bbc [email protected]
Gloucestershire / Salford
Joined July 2012
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We won a radio Oscar!!! 🏆📻
So proud to win GOLD with @annabeldeas for best single factual programme at the @radioacademy #UKARIAS
Thanks to @CarlJohnston2 @craigboardman and to Isobel who trusted us with her story for #Fileon4
Latest for File on 4 Investigates - white working-class girls are being overlooked in efforts to tackle underachievement in schools in England. But what’s behind the sharp decline in attainment and can anything be done to reverse it?
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002tz…
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I was on the Huntingdon train.
I only know of one attacker, he got on the train from Peterborough. He was black mid 20’s. We ran from the back of the train to the end as everyone was screaming to run, explaining there was somebody stabbing everyone and everything.
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This hurts. I had the joy and honour of spending time with Jilly. She was fabulous, mischievous and so very kind. She became an unlikely pen pal and friend and I will cherish her cards and letters. A national treasure and a force of nature. RIP to the iconic Jilly Cooper x
Rivals author Dame Jilly Cooper, famed for best-selling raunchy romps, dies aged 88 bbc.in/4nEazre
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NEW Five women who say they were victims of Rotherham grooming gangs also say police officers 'sexually abused' them in the town.
One woman told the BBC she was raped aged 12 in a police car by an officer in uniform.
Full story with Ruth Green.
bbc.com/news/articles/cn9y0l…
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More than 17,000 people have arrived by small boat this year. That’s an increase of 49% on the same period last year.
Our new podcast series The Smuggler is now available on @BBCSounds - How did a former British soldier become an international people smuggler?
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cp…
Latest investigation - A former British soldier who became a people smuggler has told the BBC how he transported dozens of Vietnamese migrants by yacht into private marinas in seaside towns across south-east England
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c706…
All the best television series, season three is better than season two 🥶 #COYS
Finally 🤍 Champions of Europe! This moment with my Dad and our supporters club is priceless #COYS @GloucesterSpurs @SpursOfficial
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'I was drugged and raped by my husband for years' bbc.in/4khN9G6
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Record number of migrants cross Channel in 2025 so far. bbc.com/news/articles/cddezj…
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NEW - we’ve had exclusive access to police raids on high street barber shops and mini marts across England.
The @NCA_UK suspect some are linked to organised crime gangs.
The BBC found the majority were staffed by Kurds from Iraq and iran - some working here illegally.