🚨Grateful to be a recipient of the 2026 Tenacious Journalism Award from @publicinterestnews.org.uk . Putting the money toward an incredibly exciting investigative project with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social at Democracy for Sale🚨 Stay tuned & all that www.publicinterestnews.org.uk/blog/announc...

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher yesterday claimed that journalist Vincent Kearney was not treated as a criminal suspect. However, police documents from 2013 explicitly label him as one — Piece with @lukejbutterly.bsky.social in @thedetailtv.bsky.social this morn open.substack.com/pub/thedetai...

Asif Aziz evictions story is going mainstream. Telegraph and Independent have covered in recent days. Now the FT has done a brilliant piece - including finding another property affected, where a Ukrainian refugee and their disabled son are being evicted by Aziz. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Have a short piece in off @thefence.bsky.social newsletter today about the appearance of an Irish lawyer (who represented Britney Spears and Gerry Adams) in the Epstein Files

Been a lot happening over last 24 hours, obviously, but worth flagging again this story again We really need more accountability in British politics. Should have been mechanisms to properly investigate Simons weeks ago

Breaking: *Asif Aziz's mass evictions of Londoners appear to be BACK ON *Sadiq Khan personally demands immediate response from the landlord *Leading homelessness charity cuts ties with the Aziz family and refuses donation *Questions over legality of paperwork www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

pipeline from @thefence.bsky.social to guardian going strong

The latest @londoncentric.media piece in the “largest mass eviction in London’s modern history” saga. The day started with @jim.londoncentric.media and I heading out for Omar Aziz’s mansion (once home to Schopenhauer) at 6 this morn. Read below open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

Had my first piece in @theguardian.com yday about the campaign of illegal interference waged by PSNI & Mi5 against former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney. Reading this paper everyday, cover to cover since I was about ten - so I'm delighted to have written for them www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

My scoop this morning in @thedetailtv.bsky.social about PSNI surveillance including a detailed 'profile' of journalist Vincent Kearney's private and public life www.thedetail.tv/articles/psn...

Excellent reporting by @jim.londoncentric.media, @pollysmythe.bsky.social, @coramazov.bsky.social with a robust and swift response by @tomcopley.bsky.social www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...

One of my favourite pieces from the last edition of The Fence. It’s about the silence surrounding the mysterious death of a young British man in the West of Ireland.

Our piece this morning about a billionaire halting one of the largest mass evictions in London’s recent history after London Centric’s weekend report — open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

Exclusive: Josh Simons claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf. He had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda. w/ @dansabbagh.bsky.social

Piece in the newsletter this week about the business affairs of Shahid Butt— a man once jailed for attempting to blow up the British consulate in Yemen, now running to be a councillor in Birmingham open.substack.com/pub/thefence...

An absolutely disgraceful attack on the free press. Solidarity with @direthoughts.com & @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social and others affected

'We tried to cock a snook at faceless ones in power, but we knew well that if the cock was just that bit too snooky, we would suffer the consequences.' John Banville remembers his time on the subs desk at the Irish Press. www.the-fence.com/banville-pub...

We're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong! Please read and share. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

I'm being sued for libel by a man who ran a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London's priciest properties. The Londoner have been brilliant in standing behind me & refusing to give into this naked attempt at silencing the truth. Read below - www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

solidarity with top hack @coramazov.bsky.social

We're being sued.... www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...

Thanks to @charlottetobitt.bsky.social for covering the case in @pressgazette.co.uk. "The nagging spectre of financial ruin haunted the back of my mind for a few months" @coramazov.bsky.social tells her. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...

Massive story here, do have a dig in

Big first story here

I’ve been reading The Fence since around covid time. It just keeps getting better and better.

🚨My first @thefence.bsky.social investigation reveals how an enigmatic Greco-Russian billionaire is transporting billions of dollars’ worth of sanctioned Russian oil and gas to Europe and beyond.🚨 Read "Barrels of Black Gold" below! thefence.substack.com/p/off-the-fe...

🚨 A @computerweekly.bsky.social Investigation by @billgoodwin.bsky.social and I found that the Policing Board has asked the PSNI for clarification after it emerged they hadn't reported IT issues affecting their ability to record reports from the public🚨 www.computerweekly.com/news/3666370...

Who knew that in 2024 I would subscribe to a *print* edition of, well, anything?

An excellent hire of an excellent man!

Lovely. Well done, The Fence. Print media, hiring. Couldn't love this more.

Fantastic news

Great hire! (And great to see Irish investigative hacks leading the charge ;))

HIRING NEWS We are delighted to welcome Cormac Kehoe (@coramazov.bsky.social) as our new investigations correspondent. Prepare for marmalade-droppers in both the newsletter and the print magazine.

🚨Unbelievably excited to be starting as @thefence.bsky.social magazine's new Investigations Correspondent. We have investigations about major financial fraud, murder, money laundering and oligarch's in the pipeline already. First one drops next Tues. Stay tuned folks! 🚨

“The whole system is near-criminal in its ability to harvest public money so that exploitative providers can provide inadequate housing & support to vulnerable people" For our last Naked Week-Observer investigation of the year, we delve into exempt accommodation observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Season finale of the Naked Week out last night— been an absolute pleasure to work on. Investigation from me @catneilan.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social below — it’s about the scandalous mess that is Supported Exempt Accomm & its massive economic and social costs observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

One minute warning for the final episode of the current series of The Naked Week, and it's a (Christmas) cracker. Fabulous work from our fab investigations team @coramazov.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social yet again - all will be revealed soon!

As ever, this was a massive team endeavour, with @coramazov.bsky.social, @freyashaw.bsky.social and myself reporting, & @garethceredig.bsky.social @jonholmes.bsky.social and @andrewhunterm.bsky.social on the Naked Week side - listen below if you haven't yet www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Unbelievable stuff once again from @direthoughts.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

@insidehousing.bsky.social follow-up to our April investigation (www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold...) into a "dishonest" developer using a loophole to takeover council blocks across LDN and then attempting to build extra flats on the roofs. Wild West stuff www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mp-urge...

"Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal" @theobserveruk.bsky.social @catneilan.bsky.social

This weeks joint BBC Naked Week and Observer investigation with @catneilan.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social. Read/Listen below. observer.co.uk/news/nationa... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Fence is launching a fighting fund to help us keep doing what we do, and grow in just the right ways to do much more. To help us do this, we're also offering some insanely bougie things as part of our first ever full festive Fence-tastic prizedraw. Treats and treasures galore - while slots last!

London’s unemployment rate keeps rising. We spoke to the people behind the statistics. www.the-londoner.co.uk/there-are-a-...

The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...

Investigation in the world’s oldest Sunday paper this morn. It’s about sponsored workers being exploited by a franchisor at Papa John’s. When they complained, he threatened to cancel their visas. Dire stuff. An increasingly common issue in the industry. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

🚨 Read our investigation into "Papa Johns saviour", how he exploited migrant workers and threatened to cancel visas if they complained This week, he was still on the Home Office's list of approved sponsors. As a result of our work, that's no longer the case 👇 share.google/VFDvHHCxcfza...

Investigation with @coramazov.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social - which you can also listen to as part of BBC Radio 4's The Naked Week

No, it's nothing to do with witches But The Naked Week's latest investigation is something to do with Papa Johns, the exploitation of migrant workers - and action taken by the Home Office as a result of our work With @coramazov.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...