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Chief Correspondent and Presenter, Channel 4 News.
United Kingdom
Joined July 2009
Organised waste crime and ‘mass intimidation’ in English village https://t.co/R1SyaAP0Qx via @Channel4News
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Last week, the growing outcry over a mountain of waste in Oxfordshire shone a spotlight on the murky world of organised waste crime.
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@Channel4News tonight how illegal waste dumping links to organised crime and a Police Commissioner accuses police, councils and Environment Agency of buck passing. It is Kent but could be anywhere in England.
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“The new narcotics” coming up on C4N - communities living in fear of the illegal dumping gangs and the police chief who says England has lost control to the gangs @Channel4News watch this space
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Fmr Labour minister Tulip Siddiq mp found guilty in absentia by Bangladesh court. Here part of our investigation of her links to corrupt former regime.
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This is what happened when we asked Labour MP Tulip Siddiq whether she will help free a British-trained barrister held in Bangladesh. Siddiq's aunt is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Siddiq is...
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I was sad to hear that Dave Hewitt, founder of the inestimable Angry Corrie 'hillzine', has passed away. As well as TAC, his 'Walking the Watershed' book is required reading for anyone who professes to love the Scottish outdoors. English by birth, Scottish by spirit. RIP, Dave.
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Ok ok it is serious but….The organism calling itself the Office for Budget Responsibility takes full responsibility for being irresponsible. Leaking the budget by accident. That’s the budget already widely leaked on purpose anyhow. Beyond satire…
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At least 33 people have been killed as record floods rip through Thailand. Hat Yai, Thailand’s hardest-hit city, recorded its heaviest rainfall in 300 years - 335mm of rain in one day.
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Some oddly mixed messaging in the budget. The keeping of manifesto promise to end N Sea oil and gas drilling is truly historic - but then EV drivers are getting taxed at 3p/mile.
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Man, 39, arrested over Oxfordshire fly-tipping waste mountain https://t.co/AelojW4mvY via @alextomo
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The Environment Agency says a 39 year old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the illegal dumping of waste at a site near the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire.
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UK’s mountain of illegal waste declared ‘critical incident’ - as man arrested A local issue in Oxfordshire involving alleged illegal fly-tipping gangs has become a major national political talking point with questions in Parliament, writes Chief Correspondent @alextomo in our
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An enormous illegal tip in Oxfordshire has been growing in size, and has become a growing issue for the local community. After months of illegal dumping, the mass of waste is polluting soil, and is likely to pollute a major river which runs right next door.
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There's something very special on this Scottish island, but it's a race against time to get there...well, a race against tide times. This is Davaar Island by Campbeltown and for a few hours each side of low tide, a sandy causeway appears from the sea!
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Mountain of illegal waste risks polluting river in Oxfordshire https://t.co/0hWhX7baK5 via @alextomo
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It's a mountain of rubbish that has been declared a critical incident by the Environment Agency.
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#PostOfficeScandal On @Channel4News tonight by Chief Correspondent @alextomo & Senior producer @NanettevdLaan they featured the new book by leading @PrivateEyeNews journalist @rbrooks45 called ‘Post Mortem’ The @PostOffice scandal saw thousands of postmasters wrongly accused of
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New book on how Post Office scandal ruined innocent lives https://t.co/feCgkMlevb via @alextomo
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The Post Office scandal saw thousands of postmasters wrongly accused of stealing money because of faulty computer software.
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Unsurprisingly, the hardy guys at British Backcountry were on Cairn Gorm this morning for sunrise, putting in some turns on fresh champagne powder. https://t.co/tuixo16hsm
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The plan was clean. The escape? Not so much. Midway City doesn’t play fair. Wishlist this 4-player coop heist FPS on Steam today.
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BREAKTHROUGH - not 1, or 2, but 3 govt ministers finally agree to meet families of the RAF Chinook Crash next month as families fight the decision to lock away papers about the disaster for decades
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Finally - govt ban on plastic wet wipes is to be signed into law today - comes into effect 2027. So many false starts to eradicate this serious pollutant .
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Drone footage has shown hundreds of tonnes of "revolting" illegal waste, fly-tipped in a field next to the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire. The cost of removing the waste is estimated to be more than the entire annual budget of the local council 🔗Read more https://t.co/KgXaGyWUbR
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Debate: will a tougher stance fix the UK's asylum system? https://t.co/VHFnv1JNnh via @alextomo
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We're joined by Jo White, the Labour MP for Bassetlaw and the chair of the Red Wall Caucus of Labour MPs, who's also on the Home Affairs Select Committee - and also Sunder Katwala, the head of...
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