“I was like, ‘oh my god, he raped me’”
A woman shares her story about her experiences with Russell Brand with
@C4Dispatches
in a joint investigation with
@thetimes
.
Brand denies all accusations including rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour.
“If you are irresponsible enough to think that you don’t mind if you get the flu, remember it’s not about you - it’s about everybody else.”
Intensive care specialist Professor Hugh Montgomery explains why this coronavirus is different from the ordinary flu.
"We try not to eat a lot in one day, even though most of us are really hungry."
Almost 1 in 3 children in the UK are now growing up poor, like Cameron and his two sisters whose family rely on a food bank to help fill the fridge.
8 year old Courtney and her family live off £5 a day - they rely on a food bank to eat and wear coats to bed when there's no money for heating.
This is Britain today, where more than 4 million children are growing up in poverty.
Illegal child labour is being used to supply cocoa beans to Cadbury – Britain’s favourite chocolate brand.
#Dispatches
has been undercover in Ghana where children as young as 10 have been working gruelling hours to supply cocoa beans to Cadbury.
THREAD: 1/10 Dispatches has found that secret meetings have taken place between senior civil servants and representatives of US pharmaceutical firms where the price the NHS pays for its drugs has been discussed.
WARNING: Distressing content
"Why have you followed me into my hotel room?"
Journalist
@ellieflynn
exposes the harsh reality of sexual harassment for women in the UK by pretending to be drunk and alone in a busy nightlife area. What happens next is shocking.
#C4SexualHarassment
“The amount I receive is not for public disclosure.”
Dispatches reveals that Brexiteer and Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg may have earned at least £7 million since the 2016 EU referendum, from an investment firm he partly owns - which has seen its profits increase since the vote.
“I know of no other example where the prime minister has overruled intelligence advice.”
@C4Dispatches
uncovers how Boris Johnson chose to ignore security advice and make the son of an ex-Russian spy with alleged links to the Kremlin a member of the House of Lords.
EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand denies accusations of rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour.
Five women share their stories with
@C4Dispatches
in a joint investigation with
@thetimes
.
Watch Russell Brand: In Plain Sight tonight at 9pm on
@Channel4
This British fruit farmer is almost entirely dependent on EU migrants to work on his farm - he also voted for Brexit.
Leaving the European Union means the UK will control its immigration policy - Dispatches investigates how a lack of EU migrants could affect Britain's workforce.
“Russian money has eaten quite deeply into the British elite.”
@C4Dispatches
tells the story of Russia’s covert efforts to try and interfere in British politics.
If Britain had locked down a week earlier, around 8,000 hospital deaths up to the end of April could have been avoided,
#Dispatches
has found. THREAD 1/
THREAD: The next UK Prime Minister will soon be chosen by around 160,000 members of the Conservative Party – that's 0.2% of the population. Almost half of the members are now over 65, 71% are male and 97% are white.
[1/8]
#Dispatches
“He kept me alive for 18 years, so I’m going to get him through the next 6 months.”
Peter Snow is in his 80s, he’s self-isolating after his son Dan Snow asked him to. As millions in the UK prepare to self-isolate we meet families trying their best to look after each other.
Dispatches discovers how Donald Trump’s allies and US drug giants want to force the NHS to pay more for US medicines.
Tahir Amin is a British lawyer based in America who is an expert on drug pricing and on previous trade negotiations.
Boris Johnson told Italy’s Prime Minister he ‘wanted herd immunity’,
#Dispatches
has learnt. The government denies herd immunity was ever a strategy. THREAD 1/
Behind the warplanes and weapons the UK supplies to Saudi Arabia, Dispatches investigates the thousands of British contractors helping keep the Saudi planes in the air.
With so many Yemeni civilians being killed by Saudi Arabian airstrikes, is this Britain's hidden war?
“It wouldn’t be fun living on the streets because you have to beg people for food and they’ll say no.”
Eight-year-old Kai is among the thousands of British kids growing up in poverty.
Dispatches examines the influence of Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne, the controversial and unelected advisors to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn - and asks if they are the ones truly shaping the upcoming general election and Brexit.
Now we’ve left the EU, the government is trying to do a trade deal with the US.
@Dispatches
can exclusively reveal dangerous levels of contamination in American meat that could soon be stocked in UK supermarkets. 1/
“It has to be told... the truth has to be told."
In August 1971 the British Army shot and killed 10 people in a Catholic estate in Belfast - claiming they were terrorists. One of the victims was a mother of eight children. This is her story.
#MassacreAtBallymurphy
Sat 9 pm C4
Delays at the heart of government may have risked thousands of lives,
#Dispatches
can reveal.
Scientists advising the government warned nearly a month before lockdown that as many as 500,000 people may lose their lives if the virus spread unchecked across the country.
Dispatches went undercover to reveal the worrying truth about the production of American chemically washed chicken.
US politicians want agriculture to be part of a post-Brexit trade deal, but there are worries it could lead to lower UK animal welfare and worker safety standards.
“If you ask if I am afraid, I will say yes. But retreat is not an option.”
High schooler Vincent has joined Hong Kong’s dangerous fight for freedom, risking his life to defend the future of his city.
“You can scream as loud as you want, nobody’s listening.”
Two thirds of us no longer trust the trains. So what’s gone wrong with our railways?
Ben Elton takes a journey across Britain and argues privatising the rail network was a costly mistake.
#C4BenEltonTrains
Prince Andrew & paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were close friends for 12 years. Dispatches compared Epstein's flight logs & address book with Andrew's schedule and found that over their years of friendship the pair met at least 10 times. The Prince often stayed with Epstein for days.
Referring to a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and US, Jeremy Corbyn says Channel 4 Dispatches has revealed "secret meetings have taken place" between UK government officials and representatives of US pharmaceutical firms, "where the price of NHS drugs has been discussed".
On the streets of Britain a police officer is attacked every 20 minutes.
Dispatches asks why serving officers are now a target for violence and abuse - and looks at the devastating impact it's having on their mental health.
The Queen’s cousin, Prince Michael, appears willing to use his royal status to seek favours from Russian president Putin, & use a royal palace & his links to the Queen for personal profit -
#Dispatches
& The Sunday Times reveal. 1/
Royals For Hire Monday at 7.30pm on
@Channel4
You thought chlorine washed chicken was bad?
How about hormone-injected beef? Drug-fed pork? Chemically washed meat? As the UK works towards a post-Brexit US trade deal, are these heading towards your dining table?
Warning: scenes of butchery, carcasses& poor animal welfare.
2/10 A source with knowledge of the trade talks told Dispatches that British trade negotiators have already held six official meetings with their US counterparts to talk about what might be in any trade deal.
"I don't feel safe in the UK.”
For
@C4Dispatches
, reporter
@IsobelYeung
confronts a suspected Chinese government spy.
The man, claiming to be a journalist, approached a Hong Kong dissident who escaped to the UK.
“I would think our costs are about 20% higher”.
It's been nearly a year since the UK signed a new free-trade deal with the EU, implementing Brexit. But for some businesses this deal has come with extra costs and forced them to make drastic decisions.
Black women are just over 4 times more likely to suffer a maternal death than white women.
For mixed ethnicity women it’s three times as likely and Asian women are nearly twice as likely to die.
@RochelleHumes
meets the mothers who say enough is enough.
3/10 Precise details of what has been discussed has been kept strictly confidential. But a Whitehall source has told us that drug pricing has been on the table in all six meetings.
5/10 Dispatches has been told that as well as meeting with the US government, senior British trade officials have held face-to-face meetings with representatives of US drug firms, none of which have been declared.
"The fact that people still look down on people with less money is very sad, because we're all equal - apparently."
Caitlin speaks for more than 4 million children in the UK growing up in poverty - in her own words, this is what it's like growing up poor.
"Hongkongers have risen. They’re finally waking up and protesting."
Lomi was one of the 2,000 protestors trapped inside Hong Kong's Polytechnic University when police surrounded it in November. This is what it was like inside the battle for Hong Kong.
“The fact that there were mistakes that were made by people in positions of influence and prestige, is incredibly difficult.”
@michaelgove
and
@DavidGauke
respond to the allegations that Boris Johnson and his team were having parties during COVID-19 lockdowns.
"It's like I'm Superman... In the daytime I'm a security guard and at night-time I'm homeless."
This man works as a security guard at Prada, but at night he sleeps rough.
Watch tonight
@Channel4
8pm - Homeless and Working
#homelessness
#homelessandworking
#Dispatches
“They didn’t just kill Abraham, they killed me too.”
This mother's only child was murdered ten years after he rescued a girl from a gang rape, she believes he was killed for giving evidence at the trial.
Watch
#Dispatches
tonight
@Channel4
, 8pm: Witness Intimidation Revealed
6/10 Our source also told us that there have been five secret meetings between senior British civil servants and the US pharma industry. Two in Washington and three in London.
“Most of the meat is contaminated with dangerous pathogens.”
Dispatches exclusively reveals US meat contaminated with Salmonella, E.coli and antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
“I suffer a lot when I am farming.”
Some of the children working here have been sent by their families to live and work on the farms, stopping them from going to school.
“This is the truest thing I’ve ever done.”
Momo is one of the young people fighting for her city and her future during the most intense months of Hong Kong’s protests. This is what it’s like inside the battle for Hong Kong.
7/10 The most recent being in August after Boris Johnson had become Prime Minister. The source told us that drug “price caps” were discussed in at least one of these meetings.
“If you ask if I am afraid, I will say yes. But retreat is not an option.”
High schooler Vincent has joined Hong Kong’s dangerous fight for freedom, risking his life to defend the future of his city.
“Did it hurt?”
Young children bear scars from the dangerous work they do using sharp knives and machetes on coca farms linked to Cadbury. Other children are seen struggling with heavy loads, long hours and dangerous tools.
“If this isn’t resolved quickly then I cannot survive.”
27-year-old Philippa died by suicide when her disability benefits were cut off. The system can be hard to navigate and complicated. When mistakes are made and the process fails, it can be fatal.
#disabilitybenefits
WATCH NOW
@Channel4
#MassacreAtBallymurphy
In August 1971 the British Army shot and killed 10 people in a Catholic estate in Belfast - claiming they were terrorists.
One of the victims was a mother of eight children. This is her story.
“The big fear is if we take the foot off the brake immediately it will spread again like brush fire.”
Intensive care specialist Professor Hugh Montgomery explains the complexity of ending lockdown.
#lockdownend
“I cry and shout everywhere for my sons, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren. Like someone who’s almost insane.”
These families are searching for their loved ones who've gone missing after being held in China’s “re-education camps” of Muslims in the northern region of Xinjiang.
9/10 They said: “The sustainability of the NHS is an absolute priority for the government. We could not agree to any proposals or medicines pricing or access that would put NHS finances at risk or reduce clinician and patient choice.”
“I know of no other example where the prime minister has overruled intelligence advice.”
@C4Dispatches
uncovers how Boris Johnson chose to ignore security advice and make the son of an ex-Russian spy with alleged links to the Kremlin a member of the House of Lords.
“The suppression from Beijing and the Hong Kong government is getting stronger and stronger.”
Veteran activist Agnes has long called for democracy in Hong Kong. Now she's going on trial & faces up to five years in jail.
The Battle for Hong Kong. Tonight, 10.15pm on
@Channel4
The low price Cadbury pays for its cocoa beans means farmers are often forced to employ children.
From a typical £1 chocolate bar, just 11p goes to the farmer.
In the past four years, nearly 2000 police officers, special constables and PCSOs in the UK have been accused of some form of sexual misconduct,
#Dispatches
can reveal.
Cops on Trial. Tomorrow at 10pm on
@Channel4
1/
“The US authorises 50% more highly hazardous pesticides than the UK.”
The government is trying to do a trade deal with the US, but that deal could mean more hazardous insecticides and pesticides in our food.
With another vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal this week -
#Dispatches
investigates how the uncertainty since the referendum has helped the rich get richer and meets the super-wealthy looking to make big bucks out of Brexit.
The Brexit Millionaires - tomorrow at 8pm on
@Channel4
Water companies dumped untreated sewage into England’s rivers and seas for more than 2.7 million hours last year.
Each pipe should have a permit from the environment regulator. But
#Dispatches
can reveal some are being used illegally.
“Parents are forced to let their children pick coffee.”
#Dispatches
reveals the truth about your coffee. We have uncovered child labour on coffee farms that supply beans to Nespresso and Starbucks. Some children are as young as 11 and are getting paid just pennies an hour.
“I was getting hot flushes, but I thought it was my boiler.”
Fashion designer Karen Arthur’s world fell apart when the menopause hit, and the life-changing effects it had on her mental health nearly cost her her life.
"In the past couple of days... we have been reminded that a member of the other House was appointed contrary to the recommendations of MI5"
@C4Dispatches
: 'Boris, The Lord & The Russian Spy' was referenced today in Prime Minister's questions by SNP MP, Martin Docherty-Hughes.
Here’s where your so-called ‘ethical’ chocolate is really coming from.
Farms supplying cocoa beans for Cadbury’s chocolate are using illegal child labour - including children as young as 10,
#Dispatches
has discovered.
“Was I not listened to because of the colour of my skin?”
Black women are over 80% more likely to suffer a life threatening complication in childbirth than white women according to an independent study. Jade nearly died after giving birth to her twin girls.
More questions emerge for the BBC as
@C4Dispatches
uncovers more inappropriate comments made on Russell Brand’s Radio 2 show pre Sachsgate.
In this clip from 2007, Brand suggests to a 15-year-old listener that she should have a sex themed 16th birthday party.
#C4Dispatches
We’ve learned that on the 13th of March Boris Johnson called the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Conte recounted the call to one of his health ministers, Pierpaolo Sileri. He told us: 2/
Using information on Mondelez’ ‘Cocoa Life’ website,
#Dispatches
tracked down several farms that supply beans to the food giant.
On these farms we saw children working to harvest the cocoa pods.
“We’re going to be starved."
Bella is seven. Her family was evicted from their home and had to move into a hotel as nowhere near was affordable. Dispatches follow Bella’s family as they battle to keep a roof over their heads.
“If there is a Brexit - the UK will go into recession.”
The ‘Big Short’ American investor, who made millions predicting the 2008 financial crisis, tells Dispatches he's betting against at least 3 UK banks if Brexit happens.
“I'm shocked that she wasn’t already dead.”
Undercover footage for
@C4Dispatches
shows how a 90-year-old waited for nearly four hours on an icy pavement for an ambulance to arrive after she fell outside her home.
#C4UndercoverAmbulance
“It’s better to die standing than live kneeling.”
Vincent came to Hong Kong from mainland China as a teenager. He’s been taking part in months of pro-democracy protests, he’s worried about the future of his city.
The Battle for Hong Kong. Sunday, 10:15pm on
@Channel4
“I just kind of broke down and was like ‘I don’t think I can do this’.”
Junior doctor Nathan returned to Bangor hospital at the start of the first wave of the Covid pandemic after a year away. But dealing with very sick Covid patients has taken its toll.
“Having a row with a boyfriend and they would take my wheelchair away from me”
Disabled people are twice as likely to experience domestic abuse than non-disabled people.
@sophmorgTV
explores the systemic problems leaving Brits with a disability unable to seek the help they need.
“I have to tell him, he no longer enjoys my support.”
Conservative Andrew Mitchell today withdrew his support of the PM following the publication of the Sue Gray report. This is what he had to say to
@afneil
in last night’s
#Dispatches
: Boris Johnson: Has he run out of road?
“My daughter was locked in a room for 551 days.”
WARNING: distressing themes.
@C4Dispatches
investigates why thousands of autistic people are being locked up in hospitals. We follow Dannielle who has been an inpatient for 13 years.
Meet the man who triggered the
#AntiVax
movement.
Andrew Wakefield is a disgraced British Doctor and the ‘Granddaddy’ of the Anti-Vax movement which threatens the fight against coronavirus and could cost millions of lives.
Batchelor’s figures show that if Britain had locked down on March the 16th. A week before the decision was actually taken, more than a third of hospital deaths by the end of April could have been avoided. That's around 8,000 lives. 3/
"I am a woman and I am a mother. What they are putting me through is outrageous."
Exclusive, unseen footage for
@Channel4
shows the personal conversations and phone calls between Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband Richard over her six years in an Iranian jail.
#C4Nazanin
Second Wave: Did the Government Get it Wrong?
Two thirds of UK Covid deaths happened since September.
#Dispatches
charts the rise of the second wave & examines the extent to which the Prime Minister decisions could be blamed for those tragic deaths.
Tonight, 10pm on
@Channel4
“He yelled at me, 'are you trying to f****** destroy this company?'"
For the first time, insiders speak out against Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, about the reality of working with him and the real impact of his foundation.
“I remember thinking HRT causes breast cancer.”
Only one in 10 women take hormone replacement therapy in the UK
@ThisIsDavina
dispels some of the myths and around HRT and shares her own menopause story.
“Russian money has eaten quite deeply into the British elite.”
@C4Dispatches
tells the story of Russia’s covert efforts to try and interfere in British politics.
If you are Black in England and Wales you are nine times more likely to be stopped by police than a white person.
We asked 40 Black men to share their experiences of Stop and Search.
Manisha died last year after being gang raped in India.
When Manisha tried to tell the police, they wouldn’t listen and an attempted coverup began. This is her story.
Britain's official Covid-19 death toll stands at nearly 40,000. But how many lives could have been saved if lockdown came earlier? We asked a Leading Health Analyst, George Batchelor, to work out the figures. He said: 2/
@Channel4
We set up a fake South Korean gold company, the House of Haedong, and asked Prince Michael to make a speech that trades off his royal status and gives the company royal support in order to impress its investors.
He said “the idea makes me very happy.” 2/