In the Bellingcat MH17 Podcast Bellingcat's award winning investigative journalists examine what led to 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 being shot out of the skies above Eastern Ukraine. Available now on iTunes and other podcast apps podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

1/ Many of you ask me why I take the COVID-19 outbreak so seriously. Current numbers of cases and deaths are *not* why. 👇 A thread on why I’m worried and what I do personally in this situation.

What can we expect in the coming months? Last night I read this report from Imperial College. It makes very clear how extremely serious this COVID-19 pandemic is. I recommend reading it. It is very well written and not only understandable for experts. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

NEW: Sunday 29 March update of coronavirus mortality trajectories • UK still tracking Italy. Death toll doubling every 2.8 days • US curve still steepening, could reach 1,000 new daily deaths within next 3-4 days Live version FREE TO READ: ft.com/content/a26fbf…

Is there evidence for a supportive way to discuss withdrawal/not starting 'life-sustaining' treatments? Here's a blog & advice from RealTalk . This suite of comm skills advice is one of the most interesting projects I've ever been involved with. Thanks Natalie Pattison (she/her) Ruth Parry 💙

NEW: a lot of data on reported Covid deaths is highly suspect, so we’ve been looking into excess mortality — how many more people than usual have been dying around the world in recent weeks? Story by me, Chris Giles & Valentina Romei (free to read): ft.com/content/6bd88b…

Simply incredible scenes in the Lake District this morning, well worth the early start!😍

Have you ever had to do a needle decompression of a tension pneumoperitoneum in an unstable patient prior to the induction of general anaesthesia? Matt Bickerton et al write about their experience here: …-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…