Charles Thomson
@CEThomson
Journalist, Newsquest Investigations — 4x Weekly Reporter of the Year — Paul Foot Award shortlistee
Not sure I've seen this story of a Rotherham man jailed for grooming raping a young girl reported in the national press and then followed up by angry tweets from the likes of Tommy's followers... I can't qwhite fathom why... nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/operation…
Attention all lawyers: If you want ANY reporting restrictions, you have to tell representatives of the press IN ADVANCE This idea is not new, but has been so widely ignored that it's had to be written explicitly in the Procedure Rules newsmediauk.org/blog/2025/07/2…
A Reform MP has committed brazen contempt of court, seen over a million times. Failure to prosecute will set an extremely dangerous precedent. The press bend over backwards to obey this law, yet watch people break it all day online without consequence. Actual two-tier justice.
. @PJLynchjourno is an incisive, proper local reporter. Attempts to dismiss him as biased and refusing to work with him reflect poorly on Hillingdon Council. mylondon.news/news/west-lond…
The Home Office is abusing Freedom of Information Act by repeatedly delaying responses by alleging needs further time 4 public interest tests. It has 20 working days to do this but the last 3 I made it said it needed further 20 working days. Pattern of behaviour have alerted ICO.
The Metropolitan Police has been accused of giving 'false, misleading' information to Haringey Council about supposed crimes at a Hornsey pub. A lawyer said he was considering reporting a police officer for a criminal offence under the Licensing Act. hamhigh.co.uk/news/25329543.…
we are watching the mass starvation of an entire population & no one even bats an eye anymore. the affair between a ceo & his colleague got more attention & outrage than men, women, & children starving to death right before our eyes. we should all be ashamed.
85% of Gaza’s population have entered the "fifth stage" of malnutrition — the most critical and dangerous phase, which is often irreversible even if food becomes available in the future.
Reform UK has refused to acknowledge/respond to questions about Facebook posts in which its Basildon by-election candidate seemingly refers to somebody as 'monkeyfied', a 'monkey c***', a 'monkey piece of s***', and says they 'swing from trees'. echo-news.co.uk/news/25313883.…
Terrorist Ali Harbi Ali, who murdered Southend MP Sir David Amess, was described as a 'great person' and discharged from Prevent after one session, a report has found. Lord David Anderson has found 'a long string of failings' in the case. echo-news.co.uk/news/25318246.…
Really? This is appalling if so. Could you provide evidence to support what you’re talking about? This is genuine. If you can show me where Starmer has suggested offering murderers a 70% reduction in their sentence, I will join your campaign and beat the drum alongside you.
A man who says he was abused in a children's home in 1996 has been denied a support payment, as the council only pays victims up to 1995. “It’s the same sort of abuse by the same staff in the same home. It’s absolutely ridiculous," said @theIslingtonSN. islingtongazette.co.uk/news/25303350.…
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Coroner purports to require members of the public who wish to attend inquests to register TWO DAYS in advance of the hearing or face being refused entry. How on earth has it come to this?....
*EXCLUSIVE* Thames Water has launched an investigation after an employee accidentally left a racist message on a customer’s voicemail. hamhigh.co.uk/news/25294600.…
A man who cares for his disabled sister claims Camden Council has falsely accused him of abusing her. He believes he was placed under investigation as ‘revenge’ after challenging cuts to her services and raising concerns about her social worker. hamhigh.co.uk/news/25293675.…
We are about to witness trial by jury in E&W being curtailed by the Govt The cause of the Ct backlog is primarily the previous Tory Govt & their incompetence re: criminal justice. Labour are increasingly culpable But to say “there’s no choice” is factually untrue. Here’s why: