Simon Murphy
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Senior news reporter, Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People
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Thrilled to have won the Orwell Prize for reporting homelessness among such an impressive group of finalists. Thank you to the judges,
@orwellprize.bsky.social
, my brilliant
@mirror.co.uk
colleagues & editors, charities who helped with our coverage & to those who trusted us to tell their stories.
about 1 year ago
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EXC: One of Nigel Farage’s Reform MPs accepted £6,000 from a waste firm boss who did jail time over an employee’s death.
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Farage’s Reform MP bankrolled by waste boss who did jail time over worker death
Exclusive: Sarah Pochin was funded by repeat offender Jonathan Gaskell, who also served behind bars after illegally paying to have driving licence points wiped
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/sarah-pochin-money-reform-farage-37355802
9 days ago
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Exc: Nigel Farage enjoyed Brexit anniversary celebration at French eatery – as MPs debated defence spending.
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Farage’s Brexit anniversary bash at French eatery – as MPs debate defence budget
Exclusive: Reform UK’s leader, Nigel Farage, is believed to have spent hours at Saint Jacques, a fancy restaurant in St James’s, central London, where diners can order snails and foie gras
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/farage-brexit-jacques-defence-budget-37342945
12 days ago
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EXC: Nigel Farage revamped his grade II-listed woodland home – after pocketing a crypto billionaire’s £5million.
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21 days ago
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EXC: Nigel Farage is planning a luxury beach pad makeover costing an estimated £700,000 – after pocketing £5million from his crypto billionaire pal.
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Exc: Reform's Robert Jenrick vowed to cut a flights tax – after accepting donations from the owner of an airline which would benefit.
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Robert Jenrick vowed to cut flight tax after getting £40k from airline owner
Reform’s Treasury spokesman, who pledged to cancel the tax on short-haul flights for adults travelling with kids, got £40,000 from airline Condor's owner
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-robert-jenrick-air-duty-36998835
3 months ago
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In the shadow of death, a proud Ukrainian woman tells me about life. Standing by a poignant Kyiv memorial honouring the fallen, Olha Guyazdovska says she is tired of war. But it is far from over.
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(report from Kyiv, pictures by Andy Stenning)
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In the shadow of death- Ukrainians blast war at site of massacre
Mirror speaks to locals in capital Kyiv’s historic Maidan Square, with one saying: ‘Every day our heart is stressed... Every day and every night we don’t sleep.’
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/shadow-death-ukrainians-blast-war-36774795
4 months ago
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As Snow White glides across the stage, it could be a scene enjoyed by children in almost any theatre. But these kids are watching ballet deep underground near Ukraine’s frontline… against the backdrop of an air raid warning.
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Ukraine frontline underground theatre 'lets kids forget reality' of war horrors
A captivating performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was put on in stricken Kharkiv, less than 20 miles from war-torn Ukraine’s border with Russia, despite an air alert
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ukraine-frontline-underground-theatre-lets-36726328
5 months ago
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Just miles from the frontline, a Ukrainian mum tells how she longs to go home. But Vika Ivanova’s family faces a problem… war keeps chasing them further away. Dispatch from Hnylytsia Persha, in Kharkiv Oblast:
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Inside Ukrainian frontline village where displaced family have lost everything
We visited snow-covered Hnylytsia Persha, only about 20 miles from fighting, in Kharkiv oblast and spoke to family forced to flee three times since Russia’s full-scale invasion
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-ukrainian-frontline-village-displaced-36724725
5 months ago
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Exc: Reform defector Suella Braverman has been bankrolled by a think-tank backing the US immigration agency behind a deadly shooting.
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Farage's recruit Braverman bankrolled by think-tank backing Trump's ICE
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s latest high-profile recruit, Suella Braverman, had a trip paid for by The Heritage Foundation — a supporter of the controversial US immigration agency ICE
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-shameless-recruit-braverman-36630914
5 months ago
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Exc: Reform’s London Mayor wannabe is accused of hypocrisy by pitching a tough stance on tackling crime — after campaigning with a disgraced Tory exposed for “cocaine” antics.
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Reform anti-crime London mayor wannabe campaigned with disgraced ‘cocaine’ Tory
Rising star and Reform London mayor hopeful Laila Cunningham happily posed with Philip Stephenson-Oliver following our exposé of how he offered “fun flour” on a David Cameron photo
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/reform-anti-crime-london-mayor-36608790
5 months ago
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Exc: Reform's new London Mayor candidate co-owns an unsafe “squat hotel” plagued by mould and bed bugs, guests have claimed.
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Reform’s London mayoral hopeful co-owns ‘unsafe squat hotel plagued by bed bugs’
Laila Cunningham – who owns a £3.9million flat – has shares in firm behind £50-a-night New Dawn Hotel, which has attracted negative online reviews, the Mirror can reveal
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/reforms-london-mayoral-hopeful-co-36590670
6 months ago
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A vulnerable woman with no food in the house. A suicidal man on a bridge. And a 78-year-old lady apparently surviving without heating. These are just some of the heartbreaking calls dealt with by workers at mental health charity Mind's call centre.
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Heartbreaking calls of woman with no food and suicidal man on bridge
During a visit, staff taking calls for Mind gave the Mirror a harrowing insight into the frontline of helping to tackle the country’s mental health problems
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/heartbreaking-cries-help-woman-no-36473530
6 months ago
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Day 2 of Mirror's mental health series — 'Always reach out. Never suffer alone. Because you're not alone.' Mum speaks out after surviving postnatal depression.
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‘I didn’t want to live but got help — now I aid other mums with mental health’
Helped by a mental health support service for mums run by the charity Mind, Bethanie Powell managed to climb out of the darkness, and is now helping others in a similar position
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/i-didnt-want-live-help-36468005
6 months ago
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EXC: Stephen Fry today issues a powerful plea to tackle the men’s mental health “national emergency” – warning lives are at stake. The star kicks off a three-part Mirror series on mental health with a hard-hitting piece.
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Stephen Fry warns lives at stake as he makes powerful ‘national emergency’ plea
Writing for the Mirror, The Celebrity Traitors star – who has shared his own battle with bipolar disorder – calls for action on men's mental health
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/stephen-fry-warns-lives-stake-36461125
6 months ago
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Exc: Mansion tax critic Nigel Farage’s own wealthy Reform UK colleagues face being hit by the new duty, we can reveal.
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Mansion tax critic Nigel Farage’s Reform MPs face being hit by the property duty
The Mirror can disclose how some of the Reform UK leader’s colleagues owning multi-million pound properties might have to fork out for the charge
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/mansion-tax-critic-nigel-farages-36327748
7 months ago
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Exc: Succession star Brian Cox’s powerful U-turn call on adopted kids therapy fund cuts. "All children have the right to feel safe, thrive and reach their potential," the actor says.
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Succession star Brian Cox’s U-turn call on adopted kids therapy fund cuts
The acclaimed actor, whose sisters rallied to care for him as a child, is campaigning against cuts to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/succession-star-brian-coxs-powerful-36251612
8 months ago
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Exc: Sacked US ambassador Peter Mandelson has been stripped of a prestigious honorary Design Museum role in the wake of controversy over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Peter Mandelson stripped of honorary role in the wake of Epstein controversy
We can reveal how Lord Mandelson has lost his honorary role at the publicly-funded Design Museum, in London, which he used to chair, as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal rumbles on
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/peter-mandelson-stripped-major-honorary-36247155
8 months ago
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Exc: YouTube is cashing in on Joey Barton spouting vile views – after being convicted of grossly offensive posts targeting female TV pundits.
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YouTube cashes in on Joey Barton’s vile views after ‘offensive’ posts conviction
We can reveal the tech giant has been running adverts on Barton’s videos – including one in which he claimed TV pundit Eni Aluko ‘shouldn’t be talking about the men’s game’
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/youtube-cashes-joey-bartons-poison-36213115
8 months ago
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Exc: Motherland's Anna Maxwell Martin is urging the government to reverse “cruel” cuts to a vital therapy fund for adopted children.
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Motherland’s Anna Maxwell Martin makes U-turn plea on adoption therapy fund cuts
The Line of Duty actor is backing campaign urging a reversal of ‘cruel’ government cuts to a scheme paying for therapy for adopted and kinship kids
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/motherlands-anna-maxwell-martin-makes-36128376
8 months ago
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EXC: Moment BMW driver parked in disabled bay caught using 85-year-old's stolen blue badge. We joined the Blue Badge Fraud Investigation agency on patrol:
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Moment driver parked in disabled bay caught using badge stolen from 85-year-old
The incident unfolded as we joined the Blue Badge Fraud Investigation (BBFI) agency on patrol near Westfield shopping centre, west London
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/moment-bmw-driver-parked-disabled-36051403
9 months ago
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Children with gunshot wounds. Emaciated patients. An exhausted surgeon collapsing at the operating table. British medic shares harrowing Gaza diary:
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Brit medic's harrowing Gaza video diary – screaming kids and surgeon collapsing
Operating department practitioner Jay Matthews, who spent six weeks working Gaza for charity UK-Med, kept a sobering record of events
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brit-medics-harrowing-gaza-video-36051297
9 months ago
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One has hopes of being a globe-trotting famous writer. Another wants to be a doctor. A third longs for pizza and ice cream. Children in war-torn Gaza reveal dreams in heartbreaking drawings:
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Children in Gaza share dreams in heartbreaking drawings ahead of ceasefire
As Israel and Hamas agree ‘first phase’ of US peace plan, the Mirror publishes poignant series of pictures drawn by kids in the war-torn enclave sharing their hopes and dreams
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/children-gaza-reveal-dreams-heartbreaking-36041434
9 months ago
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We stand united — tomorrow’s Sunday Mirror splash.
9 months ago
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Exc: Terror survivors' powerful message after Manchester synagogue attack
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Terror survivors and victim families' powerful message after synagogue attack
Members of Survivors Against Terror have penned a thought-provoking open letter calling for support for grief-stricken families in the wake of Thursday's synagogue attack
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terror-survivors-victims-powerful-message-36014860
9 months ago
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EXC: Rogue fake disabled badge seller caught red-handed on camera by Mirror undercover probe.
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Rogue fake disabled badge seller caught red-handed on camera by undercover probe
Posing as a buyer, a Mirror reporter secretly filmed a callous salesman flogging knock-off blue badges on Facebook for £150
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/rogue-fake-disabled-badge-seller-36013984
9 months ago
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Exc: A millionaire donor of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK can today be exposed as a fan of far-right hero Enoch Powell.
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Millionaire Reform UK donor praised far-right hero Enoch Powell's 'vision'
We can reveal how businessman Gary Dutton told how he admired Enoch Powell, who predicted a race war in his infamous 'Rivers of blood' speech, 'for his vision'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/millionaire-reform-uk-donor-praised-35932823
10 months ago
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Exc: Moving moment orphaned girl, 9, walks with new artificial leg in stricken Gaza.
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Powerful moment orphaned girl, 9, walks with new artificial leg in stricken Gaza
Malak, who lives in a tent, suffered severe injuries and underwent an above-the-knee amputation earlier this year… but is back on her feet after charity’s help
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/powerful-moment-orphaned-girl-9-35853589
10 months ago
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Exc: A hereditary peer who owns a castle failed to pay an employee the minimum wage, we can reveal.
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Castle-owning peer who got £361-a-day to attend Lords failed to pay minimum wage
The 19th Earl of Devon, whose Powderham Estate in Devon has been in his family for hundreds of years, was named and shamed for not paying a worker nearly £10,000
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/castle-owning-peer-who-361-35814566
10 months ago
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Exc: Nigel Farage branded dealing with the Taliban “a huge mistake” before his party’s unveiling of plans to pay the tyrannical regime to take back migrants.
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'Con-man' Farage red-faced as previous Taliban comment contradicts migrant plan
Reform UK’s mass deportation proposal involves handing cash to countries such as Afghanistan – but we can reveal Nigel Farage once hit out at idea of dealing with the Taliban
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage-is-hypocrite-resurfaced-35808147
10 months ago
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EXC: A top Reform UK donor sleazily rambled about women’s breasts – including being drawn “like magnets” to a mum’s “enormous bosom” as she fed her baby.
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Top Reform donor gawped at woman's 'enormous bosom' as she breastfed baby
We unearthed Andrew Perloff’s remarks in reports – with the property tycoon asking our reporter: "At a business meeting, you wouldn’t pull your trousers down, would you?"
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-reform-donor-wrote-sleazy-35781000
11 months ago
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British medic's heartbreaking words to dead child, 9, while zipping up their body bag in Gaza.
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British medic's heartbreaking two words to child while zipping up Gaza body bag
NHS paramedic Sam Sears recently returned from a three-week stint in the stricken Gaza enclave working at a charity’s field hospitals, and now shares his harrowing tale
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/british-medics-heartbreaking-two-words-35696582
11 months ago
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Exc: A doctor linked to a top British university can be unmasked as the boss of a controversial bot-booking driving test website.
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Top doctor behind bot that ‘skips’ UK driving test queue for eye-watering price
The Mirror's probe comes after the practical test backlog topped 600,000 for the first time earlier this year – with the average wait time now a staggering 22 weeks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-doctor-behind-bot-skips-35582850
12 months ago
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Exc: Kemi Badenoch’s Tory shadow ministers were off to the races enjoying Royal Ascot freebies – on the eve of an historic assisted dying vote.
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Tories enjoy Ascot Ladies Day freebies on eve of historic assisted dying vote
Kemi Badenoch’s shadow ministers Stuart Andrew, Greg Smith and Louie French were off to the races last month – on the same day Parliament sat miles away in Westminster
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/top-tories-enjoy-ascot-ladies-35535986
12 months ago
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Thrilled to have won the Orwell Prize for reporting homelessness among such an impressive group of finalists. Thank you to the judges,
@orwellprize.bsky.social
, my brilliant
@mirror.co.uk
colleagues & editors, charities who helped with our coverage & to those who trusted us to tell their stories.
about 1 year ago
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The Orwell Prize
about 1 year ago
Nearly twice as many women are sleeping rough as official stats show.
@simon-murphy.bsky.social
’s Mirror investigation into hidden homelessness is shortlisted for the 2025 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. 🔗
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Hidden homeless scandal as nearly double the number of women sleep rough than official stats
This article by Simon Murphy, Senior News Reporter at the Mirror and has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, was part of a special investigation on homelessness.
https://www.homelessnessimpact.org/news/simon-murphy-orwell-prize
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Exc: How flash Tory donor cashed in on disposable vape boom before government ban
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Flash Tory donor cashed in on disposable vape boom before ban on sales
The Mirror can reveal shareholders at Sandy Chadha’s Supreme firm enjoyed a multi-million pound dividend bonanza just months before the sale of single-use e-cigs was outlawed
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/how-flash-tory-donor-cashed-35392269
about 1 year ago
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Exc: Illegal sale of disposable vapes exposed just days after government ban
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Illegal sale of disposable vapes exposed just days after government ban
In a bid to safeguard kids and the environment, selling disposable yapes was outlawed… but a Mirror reporter posing as customer was illegally sold nine at a London shop
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/grinning-shopkeeper-filmed-illegally-selling-35353898
about 1 year ago
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Exc: Shamed Thames Water was shortlisted for a string of awards before being hit with a record £122.7 million fine.
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about 1 year ago
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Honoured to be an
@orwellprize.bsky.social
finalist for reporting on homelessness. Thank you to all who helped with coverage and for those who shared their stories.
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about 1 year ago
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Adopted kids and those in kinship care hit by government cut to therapy lifeline - our coverage in today's Daily Mirror.
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about 1 year ago
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Exc: Fatima Whitbread, who was abandoned as a baby, has hit out at cuts to therapy for adopted kids.
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Fatima Whitbread’s stinging verdict on government therapy cuts for adopted kids
The Olympic medallist, who was abandoned as a baby, has labelled the government’s move to slash therapy funding by 40% for each child ‘deeply disappointing’
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fatima-whitbreads-stinging-verdict-government-35203937
about 1 year ago
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Exc: A pack of nappies in war-torn Gaza can cost more than a flight from the UK to Ibiza.
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Nappies in war-torn Gaza cost more than flight from UK to holiday hotspot Ibiza
Charity Christian Aid's research shows a 64-pack of nappies in stricken Gaza, which is suffering under a blockade by Israel lasting more than two months, costs more than a flight to Ibiza
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/nappies-war-torn-gaza-cost-35191641
about 1 year ago
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EXC: The Lib Dems’ biggest election donor can today be unmasked as an axed asylum seeker hotel firm’s boss.
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Lib Dems' biggest election donor unmasked as axed asylum seeker hotel firm boss
Stay Belvedere Hotels enjoyed tens of millions in profits before being dropped by the government last month — now our investigation reveals its co-owner gave Ed Davey’s party nearly £500,000 in the we...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/lib-dems-biggest-election-donor-35040899
about 1 year ago
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Exc: Ten knife or offensive weapon crimes by children have been recorded every day, we can reveal.
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Horror figures show true scale of kids' deadly weapons crimes across country
As many as 3,591 knife and offensive weapon crimes by ten to 17-year-olds were dealt with by the criminal justice system in the year ending September 2024.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/shock-figures-reveal-true-scale-35000643
over 1 year ago
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Mum's desperate wish for two-week-old newborn made homeless by Myanmar earthquake.
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Mum's desperate wish for two-week-old baby made homeless by Myanmar earthquake
Thida gave birth to her baby just days before the 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit, which has reportedly killed more than 3,300 people and injured over 4,800 in Myanmar
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/mums-desperate-wish-two-week-35000495
over 1 year ago
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Exc: Ambulance staff say patients have died in their care due to delays handing them over to hospital.
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Ambulance staff say patients dying in their care due to hospital handover delays
UNISON surveyed nearly 600 road ambulance staff in the UK, with one in 20 (4.7%) saying patients had died in their care in the previous 12 months because of delays in being handed over to hospital.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/ambulance-staff-say-patients-dying-35000423
over 1 year ago
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The boss of a union representing striking bin workers has told deputy PM Angela Rayner the gov can’t “simply sit on its hands”.
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Union boss says ‘government can’t sit on hands’ over Birmingham bin strike row
Leaked letter reveals Unite's Sharon Graham told Deputy PM: 'Let me be very clear that the pay of these workers is being cut by a Labour Council under your watch.'
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/union-boss-tells-angela-rayner-34982182
over 1 year ago
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Exc: Kemi Badenoch's shadow business secretary took the piste enjoying luxury ski resort freebies – before bagging £4,000 BAFTAs tickets with his wife.
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Badenoch’s Tory shadow business secretary enjoyed skiing and BAFTAs freebies
Millionaire Andrew Griffith accepted discounted Davos ski passes, guiding and hospitality before taking his wife to BAFTAs after being handed £4,000 tickets
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/kemi-badenochs-tory-shadow-business-34910727
over 1 year ago
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Grounded — today’s Daily Mirror front page
over 1 year ago
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Delighted our hidden homeless series has been shortlisted in the written investigation category at the Amnesty Media Awards. You can watch our short documentary investigating the issue, which accompanied pieces published in the Sunday Mirror and Daily Mirror, here:
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over 1 year ago
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