Anna Collinson
@AnnaCollinson
Journalist and senior reporter BBC News | Former Newsnight and BBC health Correspondent | ARIAS Podcast of the Year winner. DMs open 📨[email protected]
10 years since coercive control became a crime, some police forces are failing to support and protect victims. Caroline says she became a detective in her own abuse case due to police failings. I’ve heard this a lot. She's bravely allowed us to follow her fight for justice...
My investigation is the most read story on the BBC this morning: Medications which cause sexual urges as a side effect are leading to women and children being exploited Men have been convicted, become addicted to illegal porn and sexually coerced women bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
MI5 is in this mess because they covered for a violent misogynist state agent who used his role to coerce and abuse Abuse must never be excused, nor abusers protected MI5 underestimated our determination to hold them to account Now they know bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
'I had to investigate my own abuse case because the police failed me' - BBC News Such an important issue. Compelling journalism from @cmkendall71 and @AnnaCollinson bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Really important and powerful report by the brilliant @AnnaCollinson and Claire Kendall who have worked so hard to bring this story to light
10 years since coercive control became a crime, some police forces are failing to support and protect victims. Caroline says she became a detective in her own abuse case due to police failings. I’ve heard this a lot. She's bravely allowed us to follow her fight for justice...
A really important article on Coercive Control and domestic abuse and how much more work needs to be done to bring perpetrators to justice: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Pleased to contribute to this important investigation by @AnnaCollinson and @cmkendall71 demonstrating how victims of coercive control are too often failed by the police and CJS bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
A huge thank you to @cmkendall71 and @AnnaCollinson two @BBCNews journalists continually raising awareness of where victims of coercive and domestic abuse are being failed. Thank you for sharing your voice too @rachelhorman 👏 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
I've been investigating paedophile Jacky Jhaj for two years He's been charged in connection with organising a "mock wedding" to a 9yo at Disneyland I've previously reported how he's repeatedly staged productions involving children hired as his "fans" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
New from me: scores of patients are owed thousands of pounds after their IVF clinic went bust practically overnight bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
NEW - Nearly 70 families & 5 whistleblowers previously told me about safety concerns - today Maternity services at Leeds NHS trust have been downgraded from good to "inadequate" by CQC, because their failings posed "a significant risk" to women & babies. bbc.com/news/articles/…
New - nearly 50 new families & three new whistleblowers contact the BBC about inadequate maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust. It follows our investigation earlier this year into potentially avoidable harm to babies & mums. bbc.com/news/articles/…
This began with a woman who’d been abused by an MI5 agent - so badly that she had a mental breakdown Today MI5 is in the high court over its false evidence in the case Violence against women and girls is unacceptable, as is protecting abusers bbc.com/news/articles/…
🚨Excl: Former clients of a tech entrepreneur say they were let down after paying his company up to $245,000 to help launch their dream start-ups. I’ve spoken with more than 20 ex-staff and customers around the world about their experiences with ConvrtX. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
For a year, I’ve been investigating concerns about the use of calming rooms in special schools Now we’ve obtained footage of an autistic pupil being placed in a prone restraint involving five staff in Leeds One expert says it's “brutal” and “unlawful” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…