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Senior Newsgathering Producer @LBC Feel free to get in touch with tips: [email protected]

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Connor Hand
7 days
Numan's CEO, Sokratis Papafloratos, has apologised directly to Debbie and is pledging to bring in a series of extra verification tools to avoid a repeat of her case.
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Connor Hand
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Debbie says her heart "collapsed" upon discovery of jabs. She's called for greater regulation across the sector, including face-to-face checks on all prescriptions, to ensure her daughter, and the 1.25 million people in the UK with eating disorders, can't access such medication
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Connor Hand
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Caitlin, whose name we've changed, used an AI-manipulated image to prove her identity. Her mum, Debbie, implored Numan - which has served 650,000 patients - to cancel her order but was told they couldn't for GDPR reasons. Her prescription was only stopped after @LBC intervened
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Connor Hand
7 days
Shocking story w/@helenhoddinott this morning. Anorexic woman - who clinicians deem at major risk of "sudden death" - sold weight-loss jab by industry-leading online pharmacy Numan - exposing huge flaws in regulation. https://t.co/dRsm4A4Eh9
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The woman's mother, Debbie, was horrified and is now calling for greater regulation across the sector
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Connor Hand
15 days
Jim Gamble share his withdrawal letter. Said he had to be "true to [his] word" and not proceed with his candidacy given he did not have a consensus of trust among survivors. On the Inquiry more broadly, @Nigel_Farage tells @LBC "the whole thing is collapsing before it begins."
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Jim Gamble
15 days
I withdrew from the process to chair the National Inquiry today. To prevent further misinformation and unhelpful speculation I am sharing my letter of withdrawal.
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Connor Hand
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@HenryRiley1 @LBC Statement adds: “The grooming gang scandal was one of the darkest moments in this country’s history. “The Home Secretary has been clear: there will be no hiding place for those who abused the most vulnerable in our society.”
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Connor Hand
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@HenryRiley1 @LBC Govt issue response to @LBC 's story "We are disappointed that candidates to chair that inquiry have withdrawn. This is an extremely sensitive topic, and we have to take the time to appoint the best person suitable for the role.
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@JamesCleverly
James Cleverly🇬🇧
15 days
The level of incompetence would be funny were it not for the fact that it will add further pain to those women and girls who suffered at the hands of rape gangs.
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Connor Hand
15 days
Excl w/@HenryRiley1 @LBC can reveal that the only remaining candidate to lead the government's Grooming Gang Inquiry has withdrawn Jim Gamble has withdrawn his candidacy - with the Inquiry process looking increasingly chaotic.
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Connor Hand
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@HenryRiley1 @LBC It means that the government's two candidates to lead the Inquiry have now BOTH dropped out of the process. Big questions for the Home Office after four survivors also stepped down from the panel earlier this week.
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@HenryRiley1
Henry Riley
15 days
EXCL Jim Gamble has withdrawn from the process to lead the Grooming Gang Inquiry The former police chief was the only candidate in the running after Annie Hudson withdrew @LBC @LBCNews
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Connor Hand
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Excl w/@HenryRiley1 @LBC can reveal that the only remaining candidate to lead the government's Grooming Gang Inquiry has withdrawn Jim Gamble has withdrawn his candidacy - with the Inquiry process looking increasingly chaotic.
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Connor Hand
15 days
Grooming gang survivors have accused the government of trying to exert too much “control” over the Inquiry’s process. Fresh questions for the Home Office on this point as emails seen by @LBC show that survivors were instructed to pre-submit questions to prospective chairs.
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Connor Hand
21 days
NEW: Kemi Badenoch claims the "Prime Minister misled the House" yesterday over its handling of the collapsed China spy case in an interview with @LBC Misleading the House is a potential resignation matter - big development for the Leader of the House to bring this charge.
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Connor Hand
1 month
Starmer ditches Blair-era target of half of young people going to uni. “50% of kids going to university is not right for our times,” the PM said. PM wants two-thirds either going to uni or enrolling on a “gold-standard apprenticeship.”
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Connor Hand
1 month
Four-term Sir Sadiq Khan very much on the cards… Mayor suggests to @mrjamesob he’s intending on running again - which could take his tenure into the 2030s
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Natasha Clark
1 month
NEW: Sadiq Khan signals to @mrjamesob he will run for a fourth term as London Mayor "That's my intention... as long as i continue to feel I can deliver for this great city of ours, I'll carry on being mayor... I've given no indication that I'm not" @LBC
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1 month
Emerging Reform UK split over the use of paracetamol in pregnancy playing out on @LBC Last night, party chairman Dr David Bull was unequivocal with @IainDale: 'obviously there is no link between paracetamol and autism - full stop.' This morning, Nigel Farage says this 👇
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LBC
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"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..." Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
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@Peston
Robert Peston
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Farage: “Science is never settled.” To @NickFerrariLBC when explaining his “don’t know” about whether paracetamol causes autism if taken by pregnant women
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Connor Hand
2 months
Huge privilege to contribute to this
@IainDale
Iain Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧⚒️
2 months
IT'S PUBLICATION DAY British By-Elections 1769-2025 is out today. 732 pages covering 88 by-elections. Thanks to all 87 contributors who wrote the essays. Order your signed copy here https://t.co/VgOtmw0GmU
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Connor Hand
2 months
Shocking Exclusive from @AndyHughesCrime 👇
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LBC
2 months
Imported guns bought online for just £50 flooding Britain’s streets, LBC investigation finds
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LBC
2 months
"They didn't ask you any of those questions??" LBC's @AndyHughesCrime reveals that Border Force are not putting basic questions about people smuggling gangs to asylum seekers arriving on small boats.
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