Jabed Ahmed
@JabedAhm
News Reporter, @independent • [email protected]
'Without support, my son would not be here’. A mother warns Labour against scrapping legal protections for children with special educational needs. My latest for @Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
🇬🇧 Streeting: Doctors' Strike For 29% Rise Risks Breaking NHS ▫Wes Streeting urges doctors to call off the strikes as action is likely to see tens of thousands of operations and appointments cancelled ▫@rebeccasmt @JabedAhm ▫is.gd/crz3lt #frontpagestoday #digital…
🗞️Scoop: The family of a British couple detained in Iran feared they were in one of the country’s most notorious prisons when it was bombed by Israel – and are still yet to hear from them weeks later despite assurances from Tehran that they are alive. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
🚨Exc: Son of 70-yo Irish woman in Israeli detention has pleaded for her release. Susanne Björk, also detained in West Bank, says they had to "fight" to be allowed to go to the toilet during interrogation + calls Israeli claims false. Both live in the UK. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
‘I’m terrified’: Disabled benefit claimants on the impact of Labour’s £5 billion cuts to welfare independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Revealed: Scale of Chinese financial investment in UK universities Exclusive: New figures reveal the scale of Chinese investment in presitigious UK universities, amid concerns bout Bejing’s influence independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
For some, Christmas can be a terrifying and isolating time - if you need help please contact @RefugeCharity on 0808 2000 247. Thank you to the women who shared their own experiences of abuse during the festive season: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
Many parts of the UK face being turned into cultural wastelands as money problems mean hundreds of theatres, museums and galleries face closure. Reeves ' Budget has made a crisis even worse. By me and @JabedAhm for @Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
🇬🇧 Hundreds Of Theatres And Museums Face Closure As Costs Spiral ▫Alarm in sector as four in 10 of Britain’s theatres as well as many regional museums containing local and national archives are on the brink of closure ▫@DavidPBMaddox @JabedAhm tinyurl.com/28hmxglo…
Evicted couple set to lose business and home after no fault notice served independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
🇬🇧 Day Of Celebration For Syria Rebels As Assad Regime Falls ▫Assad family’s iron-grip rule on Syria toppled as insurgents take control of Damascus ▫Abdalghany alAryan, @beltrew @JabedAhm 👉v.gd/X1GEbh👈 #frontpagestoday #digital #UK @Independent 🇬🇧
Exclusive: Vulnerable young people could be hit by national insurance hike as homelessness services face major cuts The CEO of EveryYouth has written to Angela Rayner to warn they will lose £1.73million due to employee national insurance increases independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
It warms my heart to be able to publish this. After a decade of being locked away in hospitals and care homes, Nicholas Thornton, a young man with Autism is finally free It comes a year after @Independent and @Channel4News told his story independent.co.uk/tv/news/autism…
Our reporter @Rebeccasmt has been shortlisted for a @newsmediaorg investigations award - and voting is now open Rebecca exposed the huge scale of abuse in NHS mental health hospitals Read here: bit.ly/IndyAwardStory Vote here: bit.ly/VoteHereNMA #JournalismMatters
Excl: New FOI data shows rise in domestic abuse-related calls #Euros2024 ➡️ Domestic abuse-related calls surged 13% above daily averages on England match days ➡️ Northamptonshire had highest rate – 5.2 per 1,000 people ➡️ London’s Met - 5,114 calls independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
‘I don’t have bruises, but he destroyed me’: Tech-linked domestic abuse soars to unprecedented levels The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign to build a safe home for domestic abuse survivors has now surpassed £350,000 as donations continue to pour in independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
