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29-year-old NCTJ accredited journalist based in London.
Formerly ITV News, London Evening Standard & Surrey Comet.
Tap above to watch video report by Martin Stew, words by Jonathan Mitchell Play video On March 10, 2020, Londoners were enjoying their last days of pre-pandemic freedom. Thousands crammed onto Tube trains and filled the capital's bars and pubs, while the UK Government was defending its decision not to close schools, insisting that a "balanced response" was needed.
Tap above to watch video report by Ria Chatterjee Play video An east London free school has admitted some of its methods are "completely unacceptable" after an ITV News London investigation revealed allegations of extreme levels of discipline and pupils are referred to as "detainees".
Video report by Rachael Brown, production by Jonathan Mitchell Play video 2021 has seen the worst year for teenage killings in London on record. Following the death of Zaian Aimable-Lina, 15, in Croydon and a 16-year-old in Hillingdon , both of who died within an hour of each other on Thursday evening, a total of 30 teenage homicides have happened in the capital so far this year, passing the previous peak of 29 seen in 2008.
Tap above to watch video report by Rags Martel, words below by Jonathan Mitchell Play video Nearly 40 per cent of theatre and arts workers in London have been made redundant since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, ITV News can reveal.
Paralympic-great David Weir has blamed a lack of sponsorship and media interest for a failure to capitalise on interest in disability sports following the London Games. The wheelchair athlete, who has won a record six gold medals for Great Britain, says Paralympic sports have fallen victim to a "four-year-cycle of interest" around the Games and more money needs to be invested.
Tap above to watch The Late Debate with Simon Harris Play video London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he would have "thought twice" about running for office had he known about the level of violence and abuse being aimed at politicians.
Just under 750 cases of female genital mutilation were referred to the Met Police over the last five years, though prosecutors are still yet to make a conviction. According to figures obtained by ITV News, 748 people have approached authorities with fears over victims or potential victims since 2013.
For many Jewish people, any mention of the Second World War would bring nothing but the pain of memories for relatives lost in the horrors of that conflict. But at the home of 96-year-old Alfred Huberman, the memories of that war are impossible to escape.
Distraught residents of the estate where at least 17 people were killed in a horrific tower block blaze have told how they believe safety concerns were ignored because officials "don't care" about working class people.
As the Noisettes first toured the United States in search of stardom over a decade ago, on first appearances they baffled the watching crowds. On bass there was Shingai Shoniwa, the Zimbabwean-British frontwoman performing in bare foot. And on guitar there was Dan Smith, the floppy-haired gothic dressed in all black.
Police have seen a spike in the number of violent and sexual crimes in London's nightclubs, bars and pubs, the Standard can reveal. Met Police statistics showed that officers were called out 9,598 times in 2016, including 1,706 cases of serious wounding and 55 rapes.
A woman has described hearing screams and cries for help as a car ploughed into her house, leaving one young man dead and another fighting for life. Bianca Simpson, 45, was in bed at her home in West Cromwell Road, Kensington, when the vehicle smashed into her basement just after 3am.
Thousands of 'hidden homeless' people sleep in dangerous conditions in London every night, a damning report has found. As many as 12,500 people are forced to stay with strangers and sleep on public transport every night in the capital, leaving them at serious risk of assault, according to a study compiled by the London Assembly.
Not a single home has been built by Kingston Council within the past 10 years, despite London facing a critical housing crisis. The Cambridge Road estate will become one of 31 "housing" zones across London The zero figure was revealed as part of a Freedom of Information request that asked the authority how many homes it had built between 2005 and 2015.
The junior doctors' union has said it "deeply regrets" the disruption caused by strikes this year after it was revealed at least 5,000 operations, procedures and appointments were cancelled at hospitals across south-west London. According to figures obtained through freedom of information requests from this website, at least 5,319 vital hospital service appointments were cancelled, with Kingston Hospital worst affected.
A major six-month Kingston police drugs operation resulted in just 15 convictions - despite officers making almost 250 arrests. Kingston police station According to statistics obtained through a Freedom of Information request, 249 people were arrested and 15 convicted as part of Operation Odin - an initiative launched in October 2014 to "reduce crime and anti-social behaviour associated with drugs supply" in the borough.
A speeding BMW driver has been jailed for five years and three months for killing 21-year-old Kingston University student Hina Shamim by mowing her down while "showing off" in Penrhyn Road. Farid Reza, 36, of Surbiton Road in Kingston, was today found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after jurors gave a majority verdict following a two week trial at the Old Bailey.
Neighbours have paid tearful tributes to a Clapham pensioner who was killed when a crazed man mowed down pedestrians in the Westminster terror attack. Leslie Rhodes, 75, of Macaulay Road, was one of three people killed when Khalid Masood ploughed a hired Hyundai into passersby on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday afternoon.
Just one landlord in Kingston has followed through on a promise to offer a home to some of Syria's most vulnerable refugees - despite Europe's worsening migrant crisis. According to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request, 25 landlords have expressed interest in giving a home but only one came good as part of the Home Office's vulnerable persons relocation scheme.
Outraged residents have slammed Kingston Council for a "diabolical" traffic restriction scheme in Surbiton after it was revealed it had made more than £500,000 in fines in just one week. Temporary bollards and sign posts went up in Surbiton Crescent on September 5 as part of a trial traffic-calming measure for the proposed Tolworth mini-Holland route.
Kingston's Liberal Democrats have come under fire for making a "grubby, basement deal" after it was revealed its leader is in discussions with the Green Party over uniting to oust the Tories in the 2018 council elections.
Builders working on constructing a Premier Inn hotel in Tolworth are facing Christmas on a shoestring after they were told to pack up their tools without being paid - with some losing out on thousands of pounds.
An image has surfaced online appearing to show an Old Malden man, who was part of a vicious acid attack that left a woman blind in one eye, grinning and showing off a picture of a woman lying on the ground and holding her face.
A Korean supermarket has caused upset among shoppers for packaging moving crabs in cling film and selling them while still alive. Korea Foods imports live crabs daily to its main warehouse in Wyvern Industrial Estate, New Malden, and sells them on in the adjoining supermarket.
A New Malden school has paid out to a teacher who was fired after his "sexualised" artist choice led a pupil to Google explicit images online. Peter Knowles, 54, was head of art at Coombe Boys' School when he chose surrealist artist HR Giger for the subject of a GCSE class in autumn 2013 - leading one student to use a school computer to research the artist and discover the images.
Plans to move council housing services such as debt management and repair work into the hands of tenants in a new resident-led service cost Kingston Council more than £20,000 before they were scrapped, the Comet can reveal. In total, the council spent a staggering £20,551 on a four-month long "roadshow" for the Community Housing Trust (CHT) that never was.
A Kingston man has described seeing fellow fans charged at by Russian football hooligans at Marseille's Stade Velodrome at Euro 2016 on Saturday and being forced to clamber over barriers to escape. Sam Blackwell, 34, flew to France on Friday with two friends to watch England face Russia in their opening match of the European Championships.
The grieving father of a 14-year-old schoolgirl that died after being hit by a lorry has said he never knew so many people cared about his young daughter. Lavna Chuttoo was walking with friends to Coombe Girls' School in New Malden on Tuesday morning when she was hit by a lorry while crossing Lime Grove at the junction with Coombe Road.
A Devon man who quit his job to spend two months hiking around the South West coast for charity was astonished to return home to a traffic violation fine from Kingston Council.
A mother of six who used her turbo charged 4x4 as a "weapon" and ran it into an autistic cyclist was "out of control," a judge who jailed her for three years has said.
Kingstonian's worst fears were realised last night as plans for AFC Wimbledon to move out of Kingsmeadow and build a new stadium in Merton were approved. This leaves Ks with the task of finding a new ground within the next two years.
Zumba classes, 1950s music and a rescue dog are at the forefront of an ambitious plan by Kingston Hospital to shift attitudes away from the "clinical approach" of caring for people living with dementia.
The mother of a woman who died a drug-related death in her room at Surbiton's YMCA has described the centre as the "worst place they could have put her". Alexis Fallon, 50, originally from Dartford, was found dead in her room at the YMCA, in Victoria Road, Surbiton with "fatal levels of illicit drugs" in her system on May 11, 2014.