Aisha was born during the night and found dead in her mother’s cell the next morning. Her mother, a vulnerable 18 y/o suspected victim of exploitation was in prison for the first time, gave birth alone at HMP Bronzefield.
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Journalism from the ground up: our plan to find the stories that go untold
A blog by on how is embedding community into our investigations
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Visited a family who have been living in temporary accommodation in Newham since 2018.
The family of 7 all sleep in one room on blow-up beds and sofas because black mould has infested every single room upstairs and is terrifying their kids, who think their house is cursed.
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People who worked on farms through the UK government's farm worker visa in 2022 have faced wage theft, with some owed more than £1000.
This follows on from our investigation last week, which uncovered widespread mistreatment on UK farms
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In case you missed it, Nuffield Family Justice Observatory's Associate Director Beverley Barnett Jones wrote about the importance of early support for children and parents for Comment is Free.
Read the article here:
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🚨 Great journalism jobs🚨
We're looking for a new editor to lead 's stellar team investigating how the UK enables corruption and wrongdoing around the world.
We just published front page exposés in the Guardian and Sunday Times. Here are some of the crackers we've done
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Like our work? Here’s how to keep up with us on and off Twitter 🧵
publishes investigations on global issues with a focus on global health, corruption, Big Tech and the environment
focuses on community-led investigations based in the UK
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🚨There’s still time to apply!
1/ We're looking for a new editor to lead the Enablers team, which investigates how the UK enables corruption
thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2023-03-1
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🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION
Roman Abramovich appears to have secretly financed another football club while he was the owner of Chelsea FC 👀
Click to read more: tinyurl.com/33vknmnm
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An investigation by and has uncovered widespread mistreatment of migrants working at more than 20 UK fruit farms, nurseries and packhouses. Buckle up for a 🧵 (1/12)
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Every year tens of thousands of migrant workers come to the UK to do the work British people don't want to do.
Sybil was one of them. This was her experience.
Read the full investigation here:
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023-0
And here:
vice.com/en/article/88x
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An investigation by @VICEWorldNews and @TBIJ has uncovered widespread mistreatment of migrants working at more than 20 UK fruit farms, nurseries and packhouses.
Read more: trib.al/EcmwAeu
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"The way they work people, I wouldn't even do to my worst enemy"
Government visa scheme leaves migrant workers open to exploitation on UK farms, a new investigation by & finds.
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🚨Job alerts
Our long time friends at The Bureau of Investigative Journalists ()are currently hiring for 2 exciting roles. Check this thread for more 🧵⤵️
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🚨We went undercover and discovered an industry rife with misinformation, hidden fees and murky advertising tactics, where poorly regulated middlemen exploit desperate people for money
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We worked with on this story looking at the dangers of mis-sold Individual Voluntary Agreements (IVAs). Worryingly, we’ve found that many people aren’t getting good advice first - and it’s causing real harm
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Borrowed money and can't pay it back?
@Channel4News and @TBIJ have been investigating some coercive tactics used by companies to hook in customers to debt repayment plans.
@ameliaajenne reports.
channel4.com/news/charities
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Great report by on the companies that “prey on the vulnerable” during the cost of living crisis by pushing them to sign up to debt arrangements that aren’t in their interest, citing the brilliant work of for
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Borrowed money and can't pay it back?
@Channel4News and @TBIJ have been investigating some coercive tactics used by companies to hook in customers to debt repayment plans.
@ameliaajenne reports.
channel4.com/news/charities
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Alright folks, last chance! THIS IS TONIGHT 🚨
Come join my workshop on becoming an investigative reporter. We'll cover how to find the best investigative angle for your feature, how to make (and keep) hard-to-reach sources, and more!
Online, 5:30pm. Grab your ticket here:
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Heads up students and early-career reporters: I’m running my @journoresources workshop on how to become and investigative reporter again!
Last year was a sell-out, so pick up a ticket early. We’ll be online, March 13 at 5:30pm. £4. More info here 
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🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION
You wouldn’t think a stranger could put a tracking device on your car and get away with it, would you?
Private investigation agencies use a whole array of tools to get information for anyone willing to pay 💰
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The Gavião people inhabit the Mãe Maria Indigenous land in Brazil. Worldwide, Indigenous people safeguard 80% of the planet’s biodiversity – but much of it is under threat
We spoke to two Indigenous leaders about cattle farmers intruding on their territory 👇
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“Leah” who had been in care herself, had just had her second baby taken into care nearly a year old. She was devastated. I later heard that she’d lost her third baby to adoption too. Why are we not supporting women so this hideous spiral is stopped?
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Ever wondered how collagen is produced? 🤔
Let this animation break it down for you – then check out our latest investigation 🔗 bit.ly/3yiirXl
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🚨Collagen is the wonder product for skin, ageing and health – but what about the health of the planet?
Our reporters , and connected the booming industry to deforestation and invasion of Indigenous lands in Brazil
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Really fantastic opportunity to work with a dynamic team of investigative journalists at the top of their field. Please share with your networks if you know of anyone looking for an editor post.
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We’re hiring!
TBIJ is looking for an editor who will drive the ambition of our journalism, shape investigations, and inspire our teams to be their best
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Interested in shining a light on family courts by taking part in a new pilot scheme?
Reporter and barrister
are running two *free* workshops about the new rules in place at courts in Cardiff, Leeds and Carlisle. ⬇️🗒️
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Ever wondered what those ‘hot women near you’ sites are actually all about?
It turns out they are essentially massive catfishing factories using low-paid workers to get customers hooked into conversations which are often very sexually explicit
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🗣️“We will build trust, power and capacity so that the people we work with are equipped to carry on holding power to account in the future”
Read more from about our new community-led investigations project 👇
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Really excited to lead the Community-Led Investigations project for throughout 2023 🌱
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NEW: Over the next year we will run a pilot exploring Community-Led Investigations - investigative journalism that is guided by communities experiencing injustice, from start to finish
Find out more: thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2023-02-0
Find out more: thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2023-02-08
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Tomorrow is World Cancer Day, so let me tell you about this small box. It has sat quietly on my desk for many months. Inside is a glass vial containing a drug called asparaginase — and a story about how a useless and dangerous childhood cancer medicine flooded the world.
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The move by the supermarket giant comes after a TBIJ investigation into the environmental impact of single-use vape products 🔍
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"There was a lot of xenophobic stuff, like: ‘Fuck off back to your country.’ Somebody heard one senior staff member calling a child a ‘fucking terrorist’."
Home Office says children at the hotel felt "safe, happy and treated with respect."
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Organised crime groups are using the UK as a virtual base for ‘pig butchering’ scams, exploiting lax regulation to carry out fraud on an industrial scale
But what is ‘pig butchering’? 🐖 /1
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Have you read our latest investigation about how a useless childhood cancer drug flooded the world?
Read the full story here 🔗 bit.ly/3HwS6uc
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🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION
This is the story of how a dangerous, useless childhood cancer drug flooded the world…
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🚨HSBC made a *secretive* multimillion-dollar loan to the energy company bulldozing a village in western Germany to expand its huge coal mine.
Just three months ago, the bank pledged to stop funding coal
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An updated piece from about where we and many other families are with fundraising
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Rianna last shower of the year to wash her hair because her wet room current temperature is 8c with the heating on! Pictures of how blue her hands and feet are twitter.com/AnxiousPsych/s…
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⚠️We'd like to see this important story reported in Wales.
▪️ If you're a journalist or content creator and want access to our Wales data, please email vickygayle@tbij.com
#CostOfLivingCrisis
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“People sometimes just put everything down to ‘eating and heating’ but when you've got multiple disabilities, complex disabilities, it’s not as simple as that, and you’re stuck indoors. You have to make different choices all the time.” #CostOfLivingCrisis
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Imagine pain so debilitating “it feels like your bones are being crushed on the inside every time you try to move or walk”
This is Gemma Carter’s reality. Her disability is made worse by the cold – and now her utility payments have quadrupled ...
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🚨 NEW INVESTIGATION
Is vaping an eco-friendly alternative to smoking?
In the US, five vapes are dumped in household bins by young people every second. Together, their batteries contain enough lithium to power about 6,000 Teslas …
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