Sarah Corker
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Social Affairs Correspondent @ITVNews Got a story? [email protected]
North Yorkshire and London
Joined May 2009
"I'm not in a position at the moment to give the undertakings that they're seeking but I know how seriously they've been affected." Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP tells ITV News she will meet again with campaigners calling for an apology for historic forced adoption
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For more than a decade Claire has worked alongside @womensaid to protect other children, to make sure they are not silenced in the family courts. To make sure they are heard, and that Jack and Paul are never forgotten. A remarkable, brave, courageous woman who has saved lives.
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It was an honour to interview @clairethrossell for @itvnews who has tirelessly campaigned to change parental rights for abusive partners, after her 2 sons were murdered by their father during a court ordered visit. The PM promised the law WILL change
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Watch the latest from ITV News - Following a decade of campaigning after her sons were killed in an act of domestic abuse, Claire Throssell finally has the government's backing.
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Campaigners from @AdoptionApology met with @bphillipsonMP at @educationgovuk today to discuss the injustice of historic forced adoptions. @SarahCorkerNews provides coverage and commentary. What next for @UKLabour and @Keir_Starmer? https://t.co/GQ5eyYsYVV
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ITV News understands that Bridget Phillipson has agreed to help facilitate a meeting between the Prime Minister and survivors of the forced adoption scandal. | ITV National News
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Forced adoption campaigners describe today’s meeting with @bphillipsonMP as a ‘positive step forward’ in their fight for justice and a public apology. Members of @AdoptionApology met with the SOS at Westminster for the first time, & have been promised a meeting with the PM next.
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EXCLUSIVE on @STVNews today about a Scottish woman who was diagnosed with cancer after her grandmother was exposed to pregnancy drug DES, known to cause a number of health implications. https://t.co/LKQlF8z7x5
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The pregnancy drug DES was given to an estimated hundreds of thousands of women between the 1940s and 1980s.
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DES drug scandal: UK Medicines regulator apologises for 'inaccurate' statements after ITV News investigation Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews & Senior Producer @LKilraine report https://t.co/9Wm38xwQJs
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The MHRA has admitted making 'inaccurate' statements for up to 25 years about the withdrawal of the pregnancy drug DES for use, after an ITV News investigation. | ITV National News
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If you missed last night's programme 'Toxic Legacy: Our Hidden Drug Scandal' with @SarahCorkerNews you can catch up here https://t.co/gYTfvyDagN
#DESdaughters #DESsons #Diethylstilbestrol
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Compelling current affairs stories that get to the heart of what matters
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Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews investigates one of the biggest medical disasters in NHS history and the ongoing fight for justice and compensation for @ITVTonight Watch 'Toxic Legacy: Our Hidden Drug Scandal' on Thursday September 11th at 8.30pm on ITV1 and @ITVX
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Toxic legacy: Why has Britain fallen behind the rest of Europe in tackling the DES drug scandal? ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews writes Watch @ITVTonight 'Toxic Legacy: Our Hidden Drug Scandal' at 8.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX https://t.co/4hsAHFxd2K
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A drug once hailed as a medical breakthrough is now at the centre of one of Britain’s most disturbing health scandals, and its legacy is still being felt today. | ITV National News
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📻 Listen to @SarahCorkerNews on @BBCWomansHour discussing our ongoing @itvnews investigation uncovering the medical scandal of the drug Diethylstilboestrol (DES) and the ongoing fight for justice. 📺 Watch @ITVTonight 'Toxic Legacy: Our Hidden Drug Scandal' at 8.30pm on ITV1
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The government has admitted the state failed women who were prescribed the dangerous pregnancy drug DES after an ITV News investigation by Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews Watch @ITVTonight 'Toxic Legacy: Our Hidden Drug Scandal' at 8.30pm on ITV1 and @ITVX
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Absolutely shocking @ITVTonight programme from @SarahCorkerNews this evening, who has led the way in exposing this scandal through meticulous reporting. The way pregnant women and new mothers were treated continues to shame the state, which still hasn’t apologised.
Exclusive: Government admits ‘state failed’ women given toxic pregnancy drug DES after ITV News investigation Read the full report by @SarahCorkerNews here: https://t.co/yyTpclrxyR
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For the last year, our @itvnews investigation has exposed horrific stories of the mistreatment and forced adoptions that took place in church and state-run mother and baby homes in Britains for decades. To get in touch with myself & @SarahCorkerNews, email socialaffairs@itv.com
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A year-long ITV News investigation has been uncovering the mistreatment and cruelty suffered inside church and state-run mother and baby homes. We’ve seen evidence in official files that the government was funding, through local health authority grants, 171 institutions across
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Latest @SarahCorkerNews piece for @itvnews makes for hard reading. Contrasting the misery of purported redemption in mother and baby homes and adoption with the life in poverty that single mothers lived, focusing on @uk_karen’s story. https://t.co/3LyKQRjrzh
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An ITV News investigation has been uncovering the mistreatment and cruelty suffered inside church and state-run mother and baby institutions. | ITV National News
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Britain's forced adoption scandal: Government admits practice was a 'stain on society' but still no apology for the state's role in the practice ITV News Social Affairs Correspondent @SarahCorkerNews & Senior Producer @LKilraine report https://t.co/XytY8rgC8U
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Recently @SarahCorkerNews interviewed @gordonbrown who called on the UK Government to apologise. He joins a growing chorus of voices which recognise this injustice, and can see that any delay to justice is simply denying it.
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Our two-part @LongLostFamily Special ‘The Mother and Baby Home Scandal’ wouldn’t have been possible without our Specialist Advisor Dr Michael Lambert @GrandCamouflage - @LancasterPress spoke to Michael about his ground-breaking research. https://t.co/sCgHsnqhNl
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A Lancaster University researcher has shared his expertise on the history of forced adoption in a two-episode special of ITV’s Long Lost Family, focusing on the Mother and Baby Home Scandal.
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