Well done to Michael Palin and #Newsnight for covering the importance of hospices and their funding crisis I visited Marie Curie's site in Bradford earlier this year for @theipaper.com - the care of the staff and volunteers there was so moving: inews.co.uk/news/health/...

👮 We R Blighty has been convicted - for a second time - of "shameless" illegal street fundraising Ben Mills and Danielle Vidler pleaded guilty at City of London Magistrates' Court The group was caught while it was awaiting its first trial this year inews.co.uk/news/crime/w...

Jana Bakunina is Russian but has lived in the UK since 1999. She couldn't understand why so many friends and family support Putin - so she went back to find out What she learnt about people's attitudes was deeply worrying My interview with her for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/world/r...

“There is no way back" 😾 My interview with Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina for @theipaper.com on: - Life after escaping Russia, supporting Ukraine - Tough conditions for Putin's political prisoners - Her worries for poet Artyom Kamardin, jailed for seven years inews.co.uk/news/world/p...

🚨 The Charities Aid Foundation strengthened security at its HQ to protect employees following alleged “threatening behaviour” by Ben Mills, the founder of We R Blighty, the controversial CIC raising money for homeless military veterans My exclusive for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/busines...

Shocking article in the Sheffield Tribune. A solicitor, Andrew Milne, buying up freeholds of houses and then making (false) threats to the leaseholders to bully them into buying the freehold at a huge premium.

Many months in the reporting - my investigation into Amazon warehouses is finally live today. A huge thank you to the workers and others who spoke to me, on and off the record. inews.co.uk/news/human-c...

⛑ A cracking and very discomforting read from my colleague Jane Merrick on how unprepared we are for war - well worth your time 🤞 One lead author of the Strategic Defence Review said the UK is “running on luck” when it comes to war readiness and we are "relying on our enemies to leave us alone"

Today we're launching Politics Unwrapped, a new weekday newsletter from The i Paper that breaks down the big stories and how they actually affect you Sign up for free here: trib.al/CLd4iLD

It was great to interview Chen Yongling - the Chinese diplomat who sensationally defected He spoke to me for @theipaper.com about China's threat to the UK, his experiences at Tiananmen Square in 1989, and his father's murder in the Cultural Revolution: inews.co.uk/news/world/d...

Growing up in a polygamous cult, Pamela Jones had 57 siblings. Her husband had five other wives. As well as nine children, she had eight miscarriages. Speaking to me for @theipaper.com, she reveals what life was like before her escape and her fears for others still there inews.co.uk/news/escaped...

It was great interviewing Lyse Doucet for @theipaper.com We discussed: 🇵🇸🇮🇱 Covering “unbearably painful” news from Gaza 🤬 Constant online criticism of BBC reporting 📖 The fab book she's written about a hotel in Kabul 🐡 Her goldfish Tango and Mango inews.co.uk/news/world/l...

Two months ago, a close friend received awful news: his younger sister had been killed while out running. A car crashed into her. The driver was high on drugs. 🧵1/10

The UK is becoming a dumping ground for slave labour goods in between tougher protections in place in the US and EU markets. This story should accelerate action to beef up our anti-slavery laws. inews.co.uk/news/uk-800m...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: UK's £800m+ "slave labour" imports from Xinjiang revealed Vast numbers of products flown into Britain from Uyghur region of China - revealed for first time by my @theipaper.com investigation Stop Uyghur Genocide calls it a "national disgrace" 🧵1 inews.co.uk/news/uk-800m...

It's been disturbing to see how this anonymous blogger seeks to distract from and downplay serious and widespread human rights abuses in Xinjiang, which have been evidenced numerous times, and the risks of UK imports encouraging them. Worth having a read of the responses following this post...

Significant new investigation from @robhastings.bsky.social for @theipaper.com shows significant 📈 in imports from Uyghur Region to the 🇬🇧 UK. The report builds on UHRP research by @peterirwin.bsky.social and @henrykszad.bsky.social showing a surge in cargo flights into the EU and UK.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: UK's £800m+ "slave labour" imports from Xinjiang revealed Vast numbers of products flown into Britain from Uyghur region of China - revealed for first time by my @theipaper.com investigation Stop Uyghur Genocide calls it a "national disgrace" 🧵1 inews.co.uk/news/uk-800m...

One way Trump could win concessions from Putin at their summit on Friday would be if he used his famed unpredictability - by surprising Russia with more arms to Ukraine and new sanctions That's the advice of former UK ambassador to Ukraine @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/world/u...

A year ago Rachel Reeves scrapped plans to cap the amount a person should pay toward their care at £86,000 forcing thousands to sell their homes to pay for critical support 🔎 Big Read by ‪@robhastings.bsky.social‬ https://trib.al/DiTq9ub

The most extraordinary story of love and Libor www.thetimes.com/article/bc48...

Bigger fines are needed to tackle rogue fundraising groups that take cash donations illegally on UK high streets, says Met Police Follows convictions of two CICs - We R Blighty and Inside Success Union - for unlicensed collections My report for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/crime/r...

Back in November, AstraZeneca - the UK's most valuable firm - admitted its China President had been arrested Eight months on, Leon Wang's condition and whereabouts remain unknown My long read for @theipaper.com on the mystery and warnings for UK businesses: inews.co.uk/news/busines...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's husband was just freed after five years in jail, but Belarus’s leader-in-exile is still fighting inews.co.uk/news/world/p...

A horrific dystopian reality: ‘If you secure any food and avoid being shot by the Israelis, you may not escape the gangs waiting outside,” said Abdallah, who has brought back supplies from only one of his seven trips. 🙏 @financialtimes.com colleagues for this reporting on.ft.com/4lzxFOQ

I can live with his social post about me, but it’s important people know that the historian Laurence Westgaph is threatening us with High Court action if we don’t take down our stories. We haven’t done so, and my colleague @abi-whist.bsky.social explains why. www.livpost.co.uk/cutthroats-a...

🕵️ There were many warnings about Iran's hostile operations in the UK last week, after a big official dossier was published by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee What most reports missed were the fascinating, frightening details of real-life cases scattered in its 246 pages... (🧵1/3)

Our new report with @labourlabel.bsky.social is out today - after a REALLY long time trying to unpack Amazon's complex and deliberately opaque supply chains and third-party relationships! Read it, and take action: labourbehindthelabel.org/amazon

BREAKING: Time for Amazon to open the box! 📦 Behind those fashion bargains lurks labour exploitation. Find out more in our new report and take action to demand transparency, regulation and justice: labourbehindthelabel.org/amazon

'Exploited’ workers in Pakistan are making clothes for British companies that sell them using Amazon without proper checks, an investigation has found Read more: https://trib.al/OP7n1ks

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Amazon accused of “turning a blind eye” to modern slavery by failing to prevent companies from using its website to sell clothes allegedly made by abused workers 👗 Findings from investigation by @labourlabel.bsky.social shared with me for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/amazon-...

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

Directors of the controversial fundraising firm We R Blighty have been fined after each pleading guilty to 14 offences, having collected money from the public “for private gain” without licences Follows my investigation for @theipaper.com My report: inews.co.uk/news/crime/v...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Ex-CIA head Leon Panetta warns that Donald Trump‘s lack of trust in his own intelligence chiefs and ignorance of their advice while launching military action is “very scary” and “dangerous” to world security He spoke to me for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/world/c...

🚨🪖Prepare for war on British soil, Government warns in security plan for UK inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Iran's crown prince wants the world to end "appeasement" of his country's regime, to help oust it But the UK and other European nations want talks Today at his press conference in Paris, I asked Reza Pahlavi what he hopes will convince them My report for @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/news/world/m...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🇺🇳 Hans Blix, the UN weapons inspection chief who correctly told US & UK that Saddam Hussein had no WMDs in 2003 but was ignored, fears Iraq War's disastrous consequences will be repeated in Iran if Israel & US pursue regime change My @theipaper.com interview inews.co.uk/news/world/h...

A clue on who I've interviewed today... And another clue: it's not Kim Jong-il www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIPS...

🚨 My exclusive: The British public must be taught how to shelter from a mass missile attack by Russia, potentially through air-raid drills using sirens That's according to General Sir Richard Barrons - co-author of the Strategic Defence Review My @theipaper.com report: inews.co.uk/news/politic...

The city forced to move underground: my @inews.co.uk report from secret Kharkiv where schools, bars and ballet are being hidden beneath the ground inews.co.uk/news/world/b...

The antidote to depressing political news is to read about a decent man trying to make a difference Lunch with the FT with James Timpson, by Emma Jacobs www.ft.com/content/9c06...

I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Gutted that we have lost Andrew - a brilliant journalist, a dear friend and a Spurs matchday comrade Can't believe you won't be with us on a trip to Bilbao next week The back corner of the beer garden at the No 8 pub on Tottenham High Road will always belong to you www.thetimes.com/article/c589...

Remarkable warning from Nato's ex-leader: A new alliance is needed to deter the "autocratic" Trump from trade wars - so all members can impose retaliatory tariffs if the US President tries to extort one of them My interview with Anders Fogh Rasmussen for @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/politic...

With China now controlling some 80 per cent of the key chemicals used to make the world's supply of vital medicines, there are calls for Britain to rethink its supply chains. 🔎 Big Read by @robhastings.bsky.social trib.al/Hb8susT

💊 80 per cent of the world's medicines rely on chemicals made in China - it also dominates pharmaceutical ingredient processing 💉 Imagine if China cut our drug supplies to win a confrontation... 😷 Experts tell me why they're worried, in this @theipaper.com long read: inews.co.uk/news/health/...

🇮🇷 A former UN weapons inspector warns that Iran could build a nuclear bomb in just six months, if talks with the US fail and the regime believes it needs a deterrent to survive 🔥 My interview with David Albright for @theipaper.com, explaining the risks ahead: inews.co.uk/news/world/n...

Last year, my dear friend David Knowles passed away. He was 32, and had an undiagnosed heart condition. This weekend, the cricket team he founded will be playing a game to raise money for the BHF, to help fund their research. Please share and donate if you can www.justgiving.com/page/rhcc-vs...

🚨 EXC: We R Blighty, a controversial veterans fundraising firm, has been warned by British Transport Police and Kensington & Chelsea council over collecting cash without permission - and banned by Morrisons supermarkets Also remains under investigation by Kent Police: inews.co.uk/news/veteran...

🚨 My exclusive splash for tomorrow's print edition of @theipaper.com Mini nuclear plants network for UK raises security fears