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James Melley

@jamesmelley

@BBCNews journalist | Social Affairs Editor @alisonholtbbc ’s producer | Panama Papers | Paradise Papers | [email protected]

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Noel Titheradge(@NoelTitheradge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

3 years ago a sealed box of memory sticks was discovered at a special school containing 500 hours of CCTV

The police investigated but no charges were brought

But we've discovered that pupils faced appalling abuse and neglect

Full prog:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Annabel Deas

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Michael Buchanan(@BBCMBuchanan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: A group of five women have accused a judge of bullying & sexist behaviour. They all appeared in separate cases before the judge and only realised they’d had similar experiences after their cases had been heard. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688778…

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Alison Holt(@AlisonHoltBBC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The families struggling to pay for care: After Kate Garraway tells the story of the high care costs for her late husband, we hear from other families who find paying for the support they need a constant battle.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-686672…

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Alison Holt(@AlisonHoltBBC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Vital services or financial ruin? The dilemma facing councils and their residents. For BBC Panorama, I've spent 5 months in Havering Council as it tries to balance it's books- meeting those who rely on services +those feeling the impact of cuts.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-685640…

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Divya Talwar(@DivyaTalwar1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: unprecedented number of women facing investigations suspected of illegal abortions. We’ve spoken to women who’ve NEVER told their stories. Hear When Abortion is A Crime, on File on 4 @bbcRadio4 tonight @ 8pm. By Ellie Doward, AnnaMeisel & me!

Read>bbc.co.uk/news/uk-683059…

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Andy Verity(@andyverity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Accompanying this investigation is an experiment in radically open journalism. Go to the timeline at the bottom, click the links - and inspect for yourself the uploaded evidence we've been looking at. If you can find out more information - message me. You investigate as we do....

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Andy Verity(@andyverity) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Post Office scandal doesn't stop with the Post Office. Read this for the low-down on a story that emerges from documents released under Freedom of Information. Assembled in a timeline, they become a little unsettling...This is top story this morning: bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

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Michael Buchanan(@BBCMBuchanan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A dramatic start to an inquest I attended this morning.
I've never seen anything like it. Perhaps more importantly, neither has the coroner.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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Adam Eley(@Eley90) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tired and alone - more than 100 families of severely disabled adults and children have told the BBC of their fight to secure vital NHS support

My latest story, with Alison Holt

bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

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Simon Bottery(@blimeysimon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Terrific reporting here by Alison Holt Adam Eley. It’s hard to grasp the issues with NHS continuing healthcare using just data (though you can see big regional variation in receipt). But these stories of people bring home the problems. bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

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Alison Holt(@AlisonHoltBBC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tired and alone-families of disabled people tell BBC of their fight to get NHS support outside hospital. My colleague Adam Eley has spoken to family after family for this. We've heard from so many people desperate for more help -it is an eye-opening story.
bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

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James Melley(@jamesmelley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Since this story has come out we've been contacted by dozens of more people with similar concerns. Its seems incredible that this stuff was happening in plain sight- in and around courts.

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Alison Holt(@AlisonHoltBBC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The legal scammer who cost vulnerable clients thousands. Over the past months my colleagues James Melley ,Chris Bell and I have spoken to dozens of people about this story - it is a tale of made-up court hearings, fake documents and a lot of heartache.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-681416…

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