Rahil Sheikh
@RSheikh26
Investigative journalist | Reporter & Producer for BBC Panorama 🎥
For Panorama we reveal how mouldy homes are ruining lives of tenants in both private and social housing and the lack of action against landlords who aren’t fixing it And an elderly couple living in a rundown rented home, owned by a billionaire family bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Liverpool football player Diogo Jota dies aged 28 in car crash in Spain bbc.in/3I9qGx4
I’ve produced and directed this investigation into funfair safety with the brilliant team @BBCPanorama I’m hugely grateful to our brilliant contributors for allowing us to tell their stories It’s on iPlayer now and BBC One this evening at 8pm bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Millions of us enjoy the thrill of the funfair But how safe are the rides we’re getting on? Reporter @RSheikh26 investigates bbc.in/3TsrcIM
Funfair accidents raise questions about industry safety bbc.in/3HJnV5m
I’ve been working with @BBCPanorama on a documentary about the pressures on the UK’s public finances - and why the state is struggling to provide public services that meet our expectations. This is the first minute. The whole film is here: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
"There are 14,000 babies [in Gaza] that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them." Tom Fletcher, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, explains the dire situation facing families in Gaza.
Ex-UK Special Forces break silence on 'war crimes' by colleagues bbc.in/431ARuc
In Gaza, no medical facility offering obstetric & newborn care is fully operational. Ongoing attacks & the aid blockade are putting women & children at grave risk. @UNFPA is working to support their needs, but humanitarian access is critical to save lives.
NEW: Internal DWP figures show 700,000 families *already* in poverty are forecast to be hit by planned disability benefit cuts That's on top of the 250k+ who are predicted to be newly pushed into poverty by the changes By me, for the Guardian: theguardian.com/society/2025/m…
Pakistan to respond militarily - if there was any doubt about it With multiple casualties and strikes inside Pakistan as well as Pakistani Administered Kashmir - expect sizeable retaliatory action Neither side wants a full war - but neither side will blink first
"The Armed Forces of Pakistan have duly been authorized to undertake corresponding actions in this regard.", reads statement -- Pakistan's National Security Committee Authorises corresponding actions against India on its aggression in Pakistan. #Pakistan #India
Great to see people reacting to my new doc #TheSettlers - a reminder that if you’re in the UK you can watch it on BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
@mehdirhasan ‘I think journalists who didn’t say a word about their fellow journalists being gunned down and bombed in their homes in Gaza for 16 months... I think history will judge them harshly.’ prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people/6…
Nobody should be evicted for speaking out against having to live in poor conditions:
Confirmation that Lambeth council has evicted a mother and her three teenage children who featured in our Panorama film. The family were placed in a temporary one-bed hostel 8 years ago, that was riddled with black mould Lambeth council’s full response in thread 👇🏽
As the council has made an offer of suitable permanent accommodation to them, its main homelessness duty to her been discharged. We are in the process of recovering the hostel unit as we no longer have a duty to provide her with accommodation. 3/4
This is the family who were featured in our film ‘Britain’s Mouldy Homes’, for BBC Panorama When we asked Lambeth council for a response it said it would continue to support the family The family have told us since the film aired they’ve been issued an eviction notice
🚨Lambeth Council have issued an NHS worker and her kids with an eviction notice after they complained about the poor state of their temporary accommodation👇🏽 PLEASE SHARE 🙏🏽
Proud to be hosting the Child Poverty Summit in Sheffield today, bringing together experts and people with lived experience of poverty to develop solutions that politicians can adopt to tackle this vital issue. Let's get to work 🤝 #APlaceOfHope yorkshirepost.co.uk/health/calls-t…
Four released Palestinian prisoners have been transferred to hospital immediately due to their "critical health condition", the Palestinian Red Crescent has said. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
'Black mould is making my son ill' #BBCPanorama has spoken to the private renters struggling to be heard Britain’s Mouldy Homes is on @BBCiPlayer now and @BBCOne at 8pm @RSheikh26 reports bbc.in/3WUWbzj