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Previously at the BBC and the Sunday Times and published in the Sun & the Evening Standard.
Shortlisted Young Journalist of the Year at the Society of Editors' Press Awards 2016.
The Daily Mail
AT first glance, it appears to be a typical student advert. ‘I want an apartment with good soundproofing, because I have social needs and would like to have a party,’ Zhenhao Zou wrote. In reality, the University College London student’s desire for ‘good soundproofing’ had a darker significance.
This is the moment a rapist Chinese PhD student showed no emotion as police forced him to watch a video of a sick sex attack he launched on a sleeping victim.
PhD student Zhenhao Zou was convicted of 11 rapes against ten women, but police fear he may have attacked a further 50 - with around half this number in London and the other half in his native China.
The courts, police, social services and teachers missed at least 15 chances to stop her being savagely murdered by her evil father and stepmother
The inescapable truth is that without Batool, Sara Sharif almost certainly would never have been placed in an environment where beatings and abuse were commonplace.
EXCLUSIVE: Nestled in a gated cemetery surrounded by woodland in a quiet corner of eastern Poland lies a small marble grave not even five feet long - that of 10-year-old Sara (left).
Urfan Sharif and Sara's stepmother Beinash Batool were found guilty of her murder and her uncle Faisal Malik was convicted of causing or allowing her death.
At first glance, it appears a heartfelt letter from a loving daughter to her father. But in reality, Sara Sharif's haunting note, discovered after her death, was nothing more than a desperate bid for mercy.
A High Court judge has ordered that none of the professionals involved in the family court decision to hand Sara Sharif back over to her murderous father can be named.
The executive director for Children and Families at Surrey County Council, is under pressure over revelations that social workers who worked in her department knew Sara was at risk in 2023.
What Sara Sharif’s stepmother told police as they boarded plane to arrest her, Sara’s father and his brother over their girl’s death
The BBC allowed Gregg Wallace to remain on air despite at least four complaints being made against him.
Thousands of public buildings could be hit by the concrete crisis that has shut schools days before the new term, experts warned last night.
Former Masterchef contestant Dr Kate Tomas, 42, said she complained about Gregg Wallace's treatment of her on the show in 2008, claiming he 'sexually harassed' and 'bullied' her.
An elderly British couple have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan for reportedly teaching parenting to mothers.
Banned 'bushmeat' smuggled into the UK is being sold for home delivery via social media, the Mail can reveal - as experts warn it could be contaminated with deadly ebola.
During a three-year probe, the watchdog for charities in England and Wales discovered just 8 per cent of the almost £4.8million raised at star-studded events reached good causes.
Personal trainer Michelle Sparman, 48, from Battersea, in south-west London, died days after apparently trying to take her own life at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton.
EXCLUSIVE: CCTV images show a group of five youths wielding knives running away from Bedford bus station shortly after the fatal knife attack on Thomas Taylor ,17, on Wednesday night.
Sixth form student Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked as he walked through the centre of Bedford last night.
THE Prince of Wales expressed his ‘shock and sadness’ yesterday after it emerged that the stepson of his and Prince Harry’s former nanny was killed in last week’s New Orleans terror attack.
Dominic Hampshire long acted as a 'fixer' for members of the Royal Family and other 'high net-worth individuals', court documents said.
But when it came to staff selling the 'hand-selected brands', things were not as fragrant, it has been alleged.
Jonathan Sacerdoti, a Jewish journalist and Oxford alumnus, was heckled and abused during a speech opposing a student motion branding Israel an 'apartheid state responsible for genocide'.
The Post Office is dumping its replacement for the scandal-hit Horizon IT system after setbacks caused costs to skyrocket to as much as £2billion, the Mail can reveal.
In a July 2022 video shown to the jury, Urfan Sharif, 42, is seen holding a baby while little Sara Sharif appears to desperately want to play with the child, saying 'come to me'.
Appearing before MPs on the Business and Trade Committee, the former sub-postmaster called for 'fast and fair redress' for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
Edward Henry KC said one Mark Underwood sent an email to bosses which discussed the idea of asking victims to pay to be able to apply to the Horizon Shortfall Scheme.
After the wrongful accusations in 2005, the couple lost their Post Office business, their home and their car and were forced to move into rented accommodation.
Ex-racing driver Billy Monger smashed into three parked cars and demolished a garden wall in Limpsfield, Surrey, when he crashed his Toyota sports car earlier this year.
Henry Staunton has claimed the government and Post Office had 'no appetite for exoneration' of sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted over shortfalls caused by the faulty Horizon IT system.
Michal Wlodarczyk, 39, murdered his wife Monika, 35, son Dawid, three, and 11-year-old daughter Maja before killing himself in June last year at their home in west London.
Kim van de Velde, 31, who was playing at a pro event, spoke just days after her husband complained that media coverage of the intense backlash to his inclusion was 'hurting' her and their two-year-old son.
Posing for selfies with young girls, this is child rapist volleyball player Steven van de Velde at a volleyball tournament - just days moaning about the backlash he received at the Olympics.
Lily King, 18, went on a week-long holiday to Rabat with mum Aicha, 56, in June to visit family and celebrate getting top marks in the first year of her economics degree at the University of Exeter.
BRITAIN’S last Wimbledon singles hope Emma Raducanu crashed out of the competition last night after taking a dramatic on-court tumble.
THERE wasn’t a dry eye in the stands of Centre Court last night as Wimbledon paid an emotional tribute to Andy Murray
THE all-white dress code for players is a quintessential part of Wimbledon’s elegant charm.
ANDY Murray’s Wimbledon singles career was officially over yesterday, to the heartbreak of his legions of British fans.
TENNIS fans often despair at the hours they spend waiting to get into Wimbledon, but bosses appear to be cashing in on this year’s Queue by funnelling them past sponsors.
With his model looks, Britain’s new No1 set to woo Wimbledon
Newlyweds Connor Lorimer, 29, and his wife Lauren, also 29, partied alongside guests at their boozy reception on the holiday island - just days after the group of men were arrested on the stag.
The residents of a Menorcan village dubbed the 'Spanish Mykonos' have denied declaring 'war' on tourists by chaining up their streets at night.
EXCLUSIVE: The gang, believed to be made up of builders from St Albans, Hertfordshire, spent Friday afternoon laughing and downing beers without a care in the world.
Eight British men were hauled before a court in Palma yesterday evening after several staff and two police officers were hurt in the fracas at the Balneario Illetas beach club restaurant in Calvia.
The fight at the Balneario Illetas beach club restaurant in Calvia yesterday was described as a 'stag do' incident by local authorities, and resulted in multiple injuries
Matron Anyta Field and fellow nurse Mollie Evershed's formidable courage is now being remembered by a D-Day memorial trust.
MPs demand bias inquiry as MoS reveals that medical staff at centre of harrowing report are long-time supporters of Hamas -- as these vile anti-Semitic social media posts show.
Vennells asked her 'computer literate' husband for a 'non-emotive' way to describe issues with the Horizon IT system, the public inquiry heard yesterday.
Post Office bosses plotted to raid the pensions of wrongly accused sub-postmasters to make up discrepancies in accounts, it was revealed yesterday.
T BBC is facing calls to suspend two journalists who shared anti-Israel posts or ‘liked’ videos celebrating the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on social media.
BBC journalists behind a damning report which accused Israeli soldiers of beating and humiliating medics at a Gaza hospital have ‘liked’ videos celebrating Hamas terror attacks and antiIsrael posts online
Prince also said he’s considered U.S. citizenship — but would forfeit titles
An inquest this week heard she was subjected to a vicious campaign of bullying by male pupils at school and online, which saw her targeted in a degrading boys-only Snapchat group.
A FUJITSU boss has pledged the firm will ‘get to the truth wherever it lies’ over the Post Office scandal as he apologised for its part in this ‘appalling miscarriage of justice’
A FUJITSU manager branded an innocent subpostmaster a ‘nasty chap’ ‘out to rubbish’ the firm’s reputation, the Post Office inquiry heard yesterday.
Fujitsu staff had 'unrestricted and unaudited privileged access' to Post Office branch systems and could make changes without postmasters' knowledge
The Post Office last night suspended its chief spin doctor after he was caught saying victims of the Horizon IT scandal 'downright stole' the money.
This week, Rishi Sunak said new legislation would give victims a £75,000 compensation settlement option. The 'fixed sum award' is available to sub-postmasters who were not convicted
Rwanda-style scheme was considered as ‘nuclear option’
Lianne Gordon, 42, was allegedly gunned down during a shock triple shooting at her home in Vine Close, Hackney, in east London on December 5, which left two others injured.
A LOCKSMITH who created key moulds at one of Britain’s largest prisons while boasting of selling them for £100,000 was jailed yesterday
BORIS Johnson and his family joined more than 100,000 people at a peaceful march against anti-Semitism in central London yesterday.
A NOTORIOUS convicted murderer and rapist who spent 52 years in prison before being released on licence has been jailed again after sexually assaulting a woman at the age of 81.
Ronald Evans, 82, (pictured) was jailed for a string of rapes in Bristol between 1977 and 1979. He had previously served 11 years for the murder and rape of a woman in 1963.
Speaking from the territory, veteran Palestinian activist Mahmoud Zwahre told an online meeting last Thursday evening that the West Bank was 'closed', with villages locked down by Israeli security forces.
A retired news presenter has won a legal battle to free his beloved dogs after they were detained for ten months by police over the fatal mauling of a professional dog walker.
A MALICIOUS poster campaign targeting the Princess of Wales’s parents has taken a saucy turn after being hijacked by a scantily clad adult entertainment model.
A RABBI quit the Football Association’s Faith in Football group – as the backlash over the FA’s refusal to light up the Wembley arch in Israel’s colours grew last night
The woman said she parked their car on the first floor of the multi-storey at the airport last night as she waited for her daughter to arrive from a holiday with her grandparents.
THE schism between Harry and the rest of the Royal Family was laid bare yesterday after the Palace chose not to publicly acknowledge his birthday for the first time.
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex were treated to a rock star welcome in Germany as they attended their first sporting event of the Invictus Games together yesterday.
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex were reunited at the Invictus Games last night after she flew into Germany from Los Angeles.
Prince Harry missed six attempts to be beaten by the country's 63-year-old Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius - who only needed his first kick to beat the prince
PRINCE Harry borrowed a famous comment from former US President John F Kennedy last night when he joked ‘Ich bin ein Dusseldorfer’ during a rousing speech to open the Invictus Games in Dusseldorf.
Mystery surrounds what role, if any, the Duchess of Sussex will play in her husband's upcoming Invictus Games after she disappeared from the media schedule.
THOUSANDS of holidaymakers trapped abroad by the flight disruption faced soaring bills yesterday as some began agonising journeys to get back to Britain.
What drove Letby, 33, to murder seven babies and harm six others during a year-long spree at the Countess of Chester Hospital remains a mystery.
A TOP NHS manager accused of dismissing warnings about Lucy Letby has been suspended from her current role.
Top doctors have called for a clampdown on 'unaccountable' NHS bosses in the wake of the killing spree by neonatal nurse Lucy Letby (pictured).
POLICE are investigating whether Britain’s worst baby killer first struck at another hospital and could face more charges
Experts are urging families to ensure that children are in bright, neon colours. Mother-of-two Yianoula Philippou filmed her young son, Lucas, 'disappearing' under water wearing a blue shark-print swimsuit.
Sue Blazye was given two teapots which set her on the collecting trail. Her family joined in, and they have since spent an astonishing £250,000 amassing 8,500 of them.
Valdo Calocane, 31, was today charged with murdering 19-year-old students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and school caretaker Ian Coates.
Sebastine Kava Liliu - the first Solomon Islander to join the service - raped his vulnerable victim in bushes just yards from a Portsmouth nightclub and left her in tears
Sebastine Kava Liliu, 24 - the first Solomon Islander to join the Navy - spent two-and-a-half hours 'observing the scene' in the club to identify vulnerable women.
Senior party figures, who are tracking the BBC's news coverage, contrast wall-to-wall coverage of Tory scandals with that of problems afflicting Labour , such as the Angela Rayner council house row.
A PRIEST dubbed the Vicar of Baghdad last night paid tribute to the late financier and hostage negotiator Tom Kingston.
The trip saw Mr Burnham ride the country's bullet train and enjoy a Noel Gallagher gig in Osaka, according to photos on his Twitter account.
Stephen Bradshaw interviewed a string of postmasters wrongly accused of stealing money under caution, berating them for telling 'a pack of lies'.
Kyiv says thousands of minors were taken either to Russia or to Russian-held territory following the invasion. But six children will be, or already are, back with their families thanks to negotiations.
On the streets of London yesterday it was pro-Palestinian protestors who called for 'justice, now' for the killings, and an immediate ceasefire in hostilities between Israel and Hamas.
After a period of relative calm, Prince Harry reopened old wounds with fresh swipes at the Royal Family today, claiming no one helped him as his life 'unravelled' after returning from Afghanistan.
Mother-of-two Julie Martin, who lives in Essex, welcomed some of the government's proposals, but called for a clampdown on gambling advertising and better checks to protect young people.
Emily Hunt said the suspended jail term given to Christopher Killick this week after he flouted a restraining order by repeatedly tweeting about her was 'not a real sentence'.
The Prince of Wales, 40, who is currently undertaking his first visit to Poland since going to the country with his wife Kate in 2017.
Prince William, 40, told troops today that 'everyone back home thoroughly supports you' after travelling amid massive security to the country.
Samantha Smith, 20, said she was called the N-word at a late-night gathering of the Durham Union, the university's oldest and largest society.
It is illegal to sell vapes containing nicotine to under-18s, but in some parts of the country many shops sell the devices to youngsters for around £5 - with no questions asked.
A DEVOUT Christian mother who claims her four-year-old son was not allowed to opt out of his school’s Gay Pride parade has accused the institution of trying to ‘indoctrinate’ parents into accepting the ‘LGBT lifestyle’, a court heard.
ITV programme Harry: The Interview is the Duke's first primetime sit-down to promote his memoir, Spare. He is being questioned by his friend, Tom Bradby.
The former boss of the Post Office Paula Vennells (pictured) should consider returning her CBE over the scandal that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted, a Tory minister said today.
Sir Tony Blair believed Vladimir Putin was at heart a 'Russian patriot'. But UK officials feared Putin represented a return to Cold War attitudes and questioned whether he could be trusted.
Nelson Mandela's diplomatic intervention in the Lockerbie bombing case sparked tensions with Tony Blair's Labour government, the files reveal.
A Downing Street mandarin thought Charles and Camilla would not want to get married due to the 'awkward issues' which might arise.
Stephen Lambert (pictured), 63, and his wife, Jenni Russell, submitted an application in May to construct a pond 3,000 m2 and three metres deep in the grounds of their property.
Housing chiefs are being paid fat cat salaries while tenants live in squalor, an investigation has found, with some paid three times as much as the Prime Minister.
Devastated families were left asking 'how many more babies must die' following the latest 'catastrophic' maternity scandal to shame our health service.
A SEXUAL predator suspected of abducting and killing Leah Croucher evaded arrest 18 times after he went on the run following a sex attack.
THE mother of murdered Leah Croucher broke down in tears last night as she watched a body being removed from a house over three years after she went missing.
THE distraught parents of Leah Croucher were last night waiting to learn if their daughter's body had been found after human remains were discovered in the former home of a convicted paedophile.
Asked how long-lasting the Sussex brand can be across the world now the couple are semi-outside the royal fold, she said Prince Harry, 38, would 'always be royal' as the son of Charles and Diana.
A STRING of criminal trials were halted yesterday as barristers staged walkouts in a row over legal aid pay rates and working conditions.
More than 100 members of Animal Rebellion plan to use bolt-cutters and ladders to get through security fences and sneak into Aintree, before gluing themselves together to form a human barricade.
Laura Trevelyan's aristocratic relatives had more than 1,000 slaves across six sugar plantations on the Caribbean island in the 19th century.
Ten days before the Budget, Lord Kempsell has written to Rachel Reeves warning Labour 'should not be punishing military families at a time of such global instability'.
The former home secretary warned of a 'culture of collusion' and claimed the inquiry, branded a witch-hunt by allies of the ex-prime minister, will damage democracy.
In an article for the launch of the News Media Association's Journalism Matters campaign, the Prime Minister said journalism is the 'lifeblood of democracy'.
FAMILIES of victims have urged Dominic Raab to urgently press ahead with plans to force criminals to face their sentencings.
Eilidh McFadden, 20, was free to vault a security barrier and vandalise the statue of Charles - a noted environmentalist - despite arrests at two previous protests.
Police and probation services have admitted failings and 'lost opportunities' over the disappearance and murder of teenager Leah Croucher, a pre-inquest review has heard.
Bjoern Hoecke, the AfD's top candidate in Thuringia, where the Nazi party first came to power in 1930, hailed the 'historic result' in which the party secured 32.8 per cent in Sunday's vote.
Girlguiding chiefs have been accused of promoting 'woke claptrap' after advising leaders to learn almost 100 terms linked to gender and sexual identity.
Mail Force is today expanding its £1million scheme to fund summer camps for Ukrainian children in the UK after its phenomenal start.
Mail Force, the charity set up by the Mail, is paying for thousands of places at camps all over the UK. Among those looking forward to making new friends is Polina Levitska, five.
With services slashed to 20 per cent of their normal frequency, some places cut off entirely and passengers warned not to travel unless their journeys are absolutely necessary
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