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Joined September 2008
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File on 4 returns with a new series tonight, with candid diaries of doctors and nurses recorded over the past two months of the coronavirus pandemic. Radio 4 8pm and the File on 4 podcast. bbc.in/2WLoK2x
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Justin’s wife left him. He put his house on the market. Then, on the day he was made redundant…. the floods in #Fishlake happened. Listen to his story tonight at 8pm - bbc.in/2Re2EE3 Catch up later - bbc.in/30FeElc
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"I've never had so many deviant sexual thoughts." Sex offenders tell @BBCfileon4 why they think a controversial treatment programme made them worse instead of better. File on 4 - Tonight at 8pm bbc.in/2LVYjD4
Students have told the BBC their universities are “paralysed by fear of reputational damage” and not offering proper support following allegations of sexual misconduct. Hear the full investigation on @BBCfileon4 tonight from 8pm on @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49421735
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Claims of 'illegal' adoption at former Catholic-run mother and baby home in Newry bbc.in/2KEXFWQ
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Tonight my @BBCfileon4 documentary with @BBCMBuchanan reveals the scale of cross-border movement of women and babies from the Marianvale mother and baby home in Newry, County Down. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i…
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A @BBCfileon4 investigation has uncovered allegations of staff at a mental health trust in Essex bringing in drugs for vulnerable patients. Read more from @simoncoxreports and @meisel_anna. Full report tonight on Radio 4 at 8pm bbc.in/2FMSFBy
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They told me staff were 'scared to speak out' about the appalling conditions they were forced to work in. Listen to @BBCfileon4 tomorrow to hear more xitter.gq/DannyShawBBC/status/97…
Two prison maintenance staff blew the whistle on health & safety risks. What happened? Amey sacked them @BBCfileon4 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-me…
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Set your clocks: tonight at 8 on @BBCRadio4 I explore if the private prison contracts awarded by Chris Grayling were worth it @BBCfileon4
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Lisa's son Sean Plumstead died in Winchester Prison in 2016. He asked a prison worker employed by Carillion, 'What's the best way to commit suicide?'. The worker dismissed the comment as banter. Sean later died. Lisa spoke to @BBCfileon4 which airs tonight bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43377420
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@BBCfileon4 radio program goes out tonight on how the UK is used for #MoneyLaundering - looks like it has some good scoops on Ukraine’s stolen billions from @TransparencyUK and on beneficial ownership by @Global_Witness xitter.gq/ti_eu/status/960773757…
Don't miss tonight's edition of @BBCfileon4 at 8pm on the "Great British Money Laundering Service" with our campaigner @murraygw and ground-breaking analysis of true owners behind UK companies bbc.in/2s7Oees xitter.gq/BBCBusiness/status/960…
Potters Bar, Ukraine’s stolen billions and the Eurovision connection bbc.in/2sfKwPW
Tune into @BBCfileon4 8pm to hear about @SaferLondon1 vital work tackling exploitation bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41720980 … #saferldn #exploitation
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Abuse of classification in paralympic sport. A special report by @BBCfileon4 8pm tonight on @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0952qq…
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'I was groomed & sexually abused by 30 or 40 men' From age 13 'Ben' was abused by older men but says he was ignored by the authorities
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Tonight @BBCfileon4 tells our client's story - groomed & abused from age 13 and let down by police & govt agencies at every turn #NoConsent xitter.gq/BBCfileon4/status/8872…
The authorities had enough information to know this 13 year old boy was at risk – but they failed to protect him bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08y134…
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Tonight: File on 4 investigates claims that parents of children with #ME have falsely been accused of child abuse bbc.in/2thYwrY
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Worth a listen this evening: File on 4 - are the police sufficiently open to scrutiny ? @BBCfileon4 @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q60p…
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Corruption behind bars - an inconvenient truth? One prison worker tells his story to BBC Radio File on 4. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39258076
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