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BBC Journalist, File on 4 @BBCRadio4
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Joined November 2011
File on 4. Teams and Regimes: Sportswashing in Football. Presented by @GoldbergRadio and now available on BBC Sounds.
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Is middle eastern oil money being used to buy more than just success for football clubs?
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Check out my latest File on 4 for @BBCRadio4 - now @BBCSounds 'Bankrupt Birmingham'. The story of how Britain's biggest local authority went bust. https://t.co/ioSDU5izZa
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Why is Europe’s largest local authority facing financial meltdown?
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My programme for @BBCRadio4 about the #CrookedHouse Produced by @BBCFHewison Emma Forde @philipkmar @CarlJohnston2 and others - a great team effort. Now @BBCSounds
https://t.co/A1rAXCYInf
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The Crooked House: The story behind the destruction of Britain’s wonkiest pub.
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Ever wondered why you can’t get a doctor’s appointment? File on 4’s @paulkenyonTV can tell you why. Produced by @BBCFHewison and @TheRealKatC
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Listen to the latest episodes of File on 4 Investigates on BBC Sounds.
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Spent a week with this amazing GP @HeedDoc who used to be a Brit Army doctor in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now on frontline of our Primary Healthcare system in Gateshead. Comparisons are made. Listen tonight at 8 on Radio 4. @BBCRadio4
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File on 4 has spent a week with a doctor in Gateshead to find out more about the pressures facing primary care. #Fileon4 GPs on the front line is tonight at 8pm on Radio 4 and on BBC Sounds
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One GP says the "system is breaking" after a practice closure adds 700 patients to his busy surgery.
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This is an outstanding piece of work by @iamjanedowns and @jo_lonsdale and definitely worth taking some time out of your day to read
The picture of three Jewish girls fleeing Nazi Germany became an iconic image, but for more than 80 years the girls' identities were a mystery. Until now. https://t.co/9lWmFr7I4P
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Listen here to the BBC #Fileon4 I made with producer @mattpintus on sexual assaults in hospitals.
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File on 4 investigates if enough is being done to keep hospital patients and staff safe.
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🗳️ Local elections are taking place on the 4th of May. 🤔 @bbcdmacmillan explains what we're actually voting for...
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Probation in peril. @DannyShawNews and I have investigated the state of the probation service for BBC File on 4, and hear from @kimthorned
https://t.co/iWAOVt0ZIl
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Is the Probation Service doing enough to protect the public and help offenders?
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Spent the last month looking into the disappearance of Levi Davis with @R_Stonehouse. While not a criminal investigation, police tell us of "disturbing" issues with "no logical explanation". File on 4, tonight @BBCRadio4 at 8pm #levidavis
https://t.co/KcGXZCnr7J
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Police in Barcelona say the rugby player's case raises "disturbing" issues without logical explanation.
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Tonight’s #Fileon4: the story of Christie, Nadia and Emily - in their own words - and by those closest to them. Three young women let down by the mental health system. @BBCFHewison & I spent weeks making this. Edited by @CarlJohnston2 Please listen! 8pm https://t.co/dXyjmYr3MY
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Why did three friends die while under the care of same mental health trust?
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File on 4 on @BBCRadio4 tonight at 8pm - Three Friends - a programme about 3 teenage girls who all died whilst receiving mental health care from the same NHS trust. Reporter: @Datshiane Navanayagam Producer: @BBCFHewison
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Tonight: a doc I made with @RobinsonBee about Ingol Community Primary in Preston Spent months there, learnt a lot but mostly enjoyed spending time with a great bunch of people doing their absolute best to survive the cost of living crisis. #Fileon4 - tonight at 8pm @BBCRadio4
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Tonight #fileon4 hears warnings the cost of living crisis will see more children going into care. We investigate why and speak to parents who are battling to keep their families together. @CarlJohnston2 @paulieconnolly
https://t.co/m1l6ct4Cc4
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An investigation finds the cost of living crisis will force more children into care.
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Tonight on File on 4... @paulkenyonTV travels across Albania and hears from young people all over the country to discover the truth behind the biggest migration controversy to hit the UK for years. Radio 4 at 8pm and on @BBCSounds. https://t.co/NhqnZPGvol
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Paul Kenyon investigates why so many young Albanians want to travel illegally to the UK.
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Pleased to have made a small contribution to this detailed investigation into street benzo use in the UK. Thanks to @BBCFHewison for the invite.
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Listen to the investigation @JaneDJourno and I have done into the trade in illegal street benzos. Thanks to all those who spoke to us and told their stories.
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The cheap but deadly pills behind a spike in overdose deaths.
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I've spent the last couple of months investigating this scandal against African doctors in the UK.@BBCfileon4 @BBCNewsnight. It's the kind of report that takes time and resources to make, but needs to be told. Thanks to @meisel_anna @CarlJohnston2
https://t.co/peSCLHWPKS
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Medics working in some British hospitals face “slave-type” conditions, says a doctors’ group.
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