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Chief News Correspondent on @theipaper . Write about pretty much anything newsworthy. Dad of two living in Devon. DMs open.

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Public has no right to swim in sea, claims firm that dumped sewage at bathing spot. As South West Water defends a court action from Devon swimmer, it also claims it has no legal duty to keep waters clean. By me for @theipaper #SewageScandal
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EXCLUSIVE: G7 summit was ‘super spreading’ event for Cornwall as cases rocket 2,450% after world leaders' meet. Calls for surge testing in G7 Covid clusters as young hospitality staff fall ill forcing the closure of dozens of businesses. @theipaper
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: HS2 evictees to be told they can buy back their old homes, but at a higher price. 🔴Those who sold properties along the axed northern leg of HS2 may have to pay hundreds of thousands more to return home. @theipaper #HS2 #hs2tomanchester
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EXCLUSIVE: Government scientist accuses ministers of throwing people with long Covid ‘under the bus’. Failure of ministers to take advice in April 2021 has led to millions suffering from long-term symptoms, claims advisor. @theipaper #LongCovid #COVID
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Government bought £1.5m house on HS2 line less than 24 hours before Rishi Sunak cancelled it. 🔴Gov failed to tell HS2 manager to stop buying properties under CPOs. 🔴Taxpayer still has to pay tens of millions in property deals. @theipaper
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🚨NEW 🚨Local elections: Tories tell people in Labour stronghold they don’t need ID to vote. Norwich Tories have suspended delivery of leaflets, saying “we apologise, unreservedly”, after the Electoral Commission expressed concern. @theipaper #Norwich
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3 years
Sir Geoffrey’s constituency office at the top of a shopping mews just off Duke Street has a pile of post on the doormat suggesting no one has been here for some time.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rishi Sunak to give HMRC ‘draconian’ powers to reclaim hundreds of millions in Covid-19 support payments. Business and individuals HMRC believes did not deserve bailouts or broke rules will face 100% tax and could face criminal prosecution.
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Another Conservative Club member says: “A Dartmoor pony could get elected for the Tories here. That would probably make more of an effort to meet the locals too.”
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Bernard Deacon, a Redruth resident, said: “The council needs to employ some map readers. Haven’t they seen the figures? Why is it that St Ives has had this huge rise and Penzance, just eight miles away hasn’t? If it’s not G7 then what is it? @bernarddeacon
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G7 Covid rates St Ives and Halsetown - 733.2 per 100,000 (+2,450%) Falmouth East - 600 per 100,000 (+2,000%) Cornwall & Scilly - 81.7 per 100,000 (+815.7%) UK average - 77.4 per 100,000 (+33.3%)
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Tories speak in Geoffrey Cox’s Devon seat: ‘I’ve never seen him here for years. Except at election time’. @theipaper visits Tavistock and finds the local MP isn’t flavour of the month, even at the Conservative Club. #GeoffreyCox #Tavistock @TWDCA1
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Kim Conchie, CEO of the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce: "If the Government wants to save the staycation . . . it should look at providing extra doses in places like Cornwall to ensure the hospitality sector isn’t being forced to close due to staff shortages." @cornwallchamber
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3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Police ‘furious’ that a member of the House of Lords was not prosecuted over hunting video. Lord Mancroft has been a fierce opponent of the hunt ban. @theipaper #foxhunting @LeagueACS @HuntSabs
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3 years
Munira Wilson MP, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for health, said: “This surge in cases in Carbis Bay and St Ives must be met with a surge in vaccinations and testing throughout the area." @munirawilson @LibDems
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One senior advisor to the Cabinet Office told i that in the event of an attack, especially if the war in Ukraine escalates to Nato nations, the UK is “totally unprepared” to advise the public on how to best protect themselves.
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🚨Gove slams housebuilders hoarding a million plots of land as ‘completely unacceptable’. 🔴The top ten housebuilders alone have 700,000 building plots lying idle as the housing shortages continues to worsen. By me and @Victoria_Spratt for @theipaper
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It’s 2pm at the local Conservative Club. No one wants to provide their name. “We’re told not to talk on behalf of the party,” says one man. “But it’d be nice to see him in here.” “He’s too posh for us here,” says a female member of the club.
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Cornwall councillor @AndrewGeorge_said : “The fact is the more we have political leaders who prefer to chase favourable headlines, ignore the science and play to the Libertarian right the more we risk creating a more virulent vaccine resistant strain.”
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NEW: Misleading website that diverted voters to Tory MP is taken down. 🔴Simon Jupp has unlinked web domains in his Lib Dem opponent's name after @theipaper revealed he was being accused of deception. #sidmouth #honiton @simonjamesjupp @RichardFoordLD
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EXCLUSIVE: Government accused of Cornwall ‘cover-up’ as it bans release of G7 risk dossier on Covid. Local leaders demand surge testing and extra vaccines as Cornwall suffers fastest rise in infections in UK. @theipaper #G7Cornwall #G7Summit #G7Summit2021
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2 years
EXCLUSIVE: Jacob Rees-Mogg to dump links to Russian propaganda machine. Business Secretary and Trade Minister Dominic Johnson are co-founders of Somerset Capital Management, which holds a £41m stake in Russian internet giant Yandex. @theipaper #Ukraine
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2 months
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨National security concerns raised over firm linked to £1.7m in Tory donations. Pat McFadden, Labour’s election campaign chair, says Tories should look into donations from Aquind and its directors, after concerns raised by MoD. @theipaper
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More than 7,000 tickets already sold for the @Premier15s Final between @Glos_PuryWRFC and @ExeChiefsWomen . That's more than double the record crowd for a final and there's still two days to go. Don't miss out and get your tickets here: Gonna be massive!
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3 years
BREAKING: Prosecute ministers who acted with ‘gross negligence’ during pandemic, demands People’s Covid Inquiry. Private sector contracts and underfunding NHS contributed to high death rate, inquiry claims. @theipaper #Covid19UK
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Oxford Covid vaccine creator Professor Sarah Gilbert calls for caution as pupils return to school. Despite the sense of there being light at the end of the tunnel, she says there should be no return to the old normal. @theipaper @UniofOxford
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3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Government plans October ‘firebreak’ restrictions if hospital Covid admissions remain high. Senior Government scientist and Sage member tells i half-term could be extended to two weeks in late October if NHS is pushed to the brink. @theipaper
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@DonaldJTrumpJr I wasn't aware NYC was ever a country.
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Hello @LibDems . . . who is it you want the people of Withington in Manchester to vote for and when? I'm a tad confused . . . @WithingtonLDs
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3 years
Speaking in personal capacity, senior Gov scientific advisor Prof John Drury said: "The Government has basically said ‘it’s safe now, it’s fine, you’re not going to die’. The problem is that 100 people a day are dying. We need to support new norms around safety at the festivals.”
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2 years
Multiple sources have also revealed that both military chiefs and emergency services have urged the Government to update its advice to the public on how to best protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack, but that ministers have resisted.
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@IainLittle1 @theipaper I'll get over it. I was at Tory campaign office in Honiton at 5am, 5.20am and 6am this morning. I was the only one. I was at Lib Dem campaign HQ at 5.04am & 5.30am. There was a steady stream of campaigners there picking up leaflets. That's what I saw, and that's what I reported.
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EXCLUSIVE: Leading UK banks refusing to provide mortgages to self-employed workers if they took out Covid loans or grants. Self-employed were assured the Covid financial support would not impact credit scores, but banks are blacklisting them. @theipaper
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EXCLUSIVE: Exeter legend Steenson to retire and take up coaching role. The Ulsterman that kicked Chiefs into the top-flight and to Prem glory in 2017 will hang up his boots when the current Covid-hit season ends. @theipaper @premrugby @iPaperSport
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨South West Water drives 240 truckloads of sewage a day through town ‘to pump into sea'. Campaigners claim 'millions of litres' head into popular tourist waters in Exmouth. @theipaper #exmouth #sewage
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1 year
EXCLUSIVE: Trade minister Dominic Johnson paid almost £500,000 by firm that invested in Russian search engine Yandex. Lord Johnson co-founded Somerset Capital Management with Tory grandee Jacob Rees-Mogg in 2007. @theipaper
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3 years
@HugoGye Being in the EU didn't seem to stop France trying to do the deal.
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3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Johnson's three-stage roadmap out of lockdown that could see pubs open by Easter. + Government wants to axe tier system + Schools open from 8 March + Then non-essential shops if infections low + Then all hospitality by Good Friday @theipaper
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2 years
The Government has been working on a new emergency system that will use push text alerts to mobile devices since last year, but disputes between ministers over which Government department will pay for it has led to delays in its implementation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Private hospital groups set to profit from massive NHS backlog in wave of new deals. New deals are expected to ramp up the involvement of independent healthcare firms in non-urgent procedures in a bid to free up NHS capacity. @theipaper
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3 years
@JayneKirkham4 , another Cornwall councillor, added: “Many people that went to Boardmasters were 16-29. Very few were double vaccinated, and I don’t know any who went that did not get Covid.”
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2 years
A nuclear strike on a UK city would kill everyone within a 1.2-mile radius instantaneously. Anyone exposed within 6.8-mile radius would almost certainly suffer third-degree burns, while hundreds of thousands would die due to radiation fallout.
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Sylvia describes herself as the “Thursday girl” in a local store: “Businesses are hurting at the moment and it’d be nice to know he supports us. Just to pop his head in and say hello on a Saturday afternoon would be nice. Don’t forget us Geoffrey. We’re important to you.”
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3 years
Official working on pandemic response in the south-west said many of the infections among young people in the region had been identified as coming directly from the festival in Newquay, which now has the highest rate of infection in England at more than 2,000 per 100k people.
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Three web domains that purport to link to websites connected to Lib Dem candidate @RichardFoordLD for the new seat of Honiton and Sidmouth direct people to the campaign website of Tory MP @simonjamesjupp .
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Oxford Covid vaccine boss ‘pleasantly surprised’ by effectivness data as world uses jab. Every piece of new research show the Oxford vaccine is even more effective than the previous data did. @theipaper
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The UK Government has no active system in place to provide the public with early warning of a nuclear attack despite the possibility of Nato nations becoming embroiled in Russia’s war in Ukraine, i can reveal.
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1 year
BBC director general Tim Davie and Mr Lineker are understood to have reached an agreement, which will allow the Match of the Day presenter to return next weekend.
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1 year
@MadScientistFF My mum waking me up to tell me Elvis had died. I was five and just didn’t care.
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3 years
Something to ponder here . . .
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3 years
EXCLUSIVE: Private company running Covid test sites spent millions of taxpayer money on free snacks and meals for workers, while NHS staff have to pay for food. @theipaper
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1 year
Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Daisy Cooper said: “It’s a damning indictment of the government’s record on the NHS that Ukrainian refugees are returning to a war-torn country to access health care.” @libdemdaisy
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2 years
UKRAINE - NIGHT TWO: The missiles have just begun arriving here in Kyiv again. Volume suggests they are closer to centre than last night. Nights are long here. So are the days. I spoke to a colleague also here last night. He swore we met on Monday. It was Wednesday.
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3 years
While the Prime Minister is expected to green light visa’s to EU drivers, the head of the European Road Haulers Association (UETR) has said drivers on the continent are likely to ignore the UK in favour or “higher pay and better working conditions” across Europe.
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@HelenMorganMP added that the Conservatives should confirm how many of the campaign leaflets had been printed across the country, and how many voters were “wrongly told they don’t need photo ID to vote” in the local elections.
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See for yourself on this link . . . .
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A Tory MP has been accused of deceiving voters by using internet addresses in a Lib Dem opponent’s name that direct web users to his own campaign website
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Sarah Beeny is bursting with pride for her ‘Entitled Sons’ as their first single enters the charts. TV’s property guru beams as her four boys hit the charts with their debut single Break. @theipaper @sarahbeeny
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Doubts are now being raised over the future of the corporation’s chairman Richard Sharp. Mr Sharp is currently being investigated after he facilitated an £800,000 loan for Boris Johnson at the same time as he was applying to head the BBC.
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EXCLUSIVE: Hammond says Johnson is ‘seriously damaged’ by confidence vote & faces ‘insidious’ rebellion. Former Chancellor draws parallels with May’s inability stay in No10 after confidence vote in Dec 2018. … @theipaper #BorisJohnson #ConfidenceVote
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In a campaign leaflet sent out to homes in the Norfolk city, the local Tory party, told local residents: “You don’t need to take any ID in order to vote, so long as you are registered.”
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨Tory donor who funded Rishi Sunak's private jet has £14m assets frozen in fraud case. 🔴Akhil Tripathi, who donated £38,500 to PM, faces a string of High Court actions over share sales. 🔴No 10 refused to answers questions over the donation.
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Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union, which represents 18,000 civil servants, said that the refusal of Cabinet ministers to reveal how many days they work in their departmental offices ‘stinks of hypocrisy”. @FDA_union
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EXCLUSIVE: Government accused of losing track of 150,000 people since new travel quarantine laws were launched seven weeks ago. i investigation also reveals the body charged with checking people isolating at home was shut down last month. @theipaper
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🔴 EXCLUSIVE: Tax lawyer who brought down Zahawi says ex-Labour chairman also has questions to answer. Doubts raised over Ian Lavery's £46,600 redundancy payment from Northumberland NUM and more than £90,000 of loan write offs. @theipaper
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3 years
@BrexitDoncNorth @theipaper I would expect it means something to the family and friends of those who died.
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Eldest child in print in @theipaper today. Not the sort of thing a dad should read. But, hey, kids grow up.
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Chicken Kyiv in Kyiv. Had to be done at some point.
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Revealed: Labour’s plan to fix bus crisis with public ownership of failing services. Labour set to effectively renationalise the bus network - allowing local authorities to take control as in London & Manchester. Exclusive from me for @theipaper
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Tory council candidate who ran illegal landfill operation now campaigning on green credentials. Devon council hopeful Richard Parr operated unpermitted waste business on his farm near Exeter. … @theipaper @EastDevonWatch #LocalElections2023
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3 years
While Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claimed Brexit was not behind the driver shortage, representatives right across the industry disagree.
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2 years
“I’m seeing a change,” says Mr Foord. “That doesn’t mean I’m saying we will win. It means I believe it’s going to be very close." Mr Foord is backed by former NFU deputy president Stuart Roberts and local farmer Ella Weech @HertsFarmer
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🚨NEW🚨‘The Tories are the party of NIMBYs’: Developers lining up to court Labour at party conference. 🔴“This shower of a Government hasn’t got a f***ing clue," says one top developer @theipaper #HousingCrisis
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@NigelpMorris Are you surprised? Look over here - lots of vaccines. Not over there - we’re breaking the rules we told everyone else to obey.
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@BrexitDoncNorth @theipaper 9 deaths in Cornwall in past week. 13 deaths in Devon in past week. Both a rise of more than 200%.
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Women’s rugby is ready for the spotlight – if only someone would shine it in their direction. For broadcasters and the RFU not to do more to highlight the quality in the women’s game is a wrong that needs righting. … @iPaperSport @theipaper @Premier15s
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EXCLUSIVE: Paedophile Tory councillor compared to Jimmy Savile stayed in role 3yrs after child sex abuse arrest. East Devon council knew John Humphreys was being probed by police but he continued to mix with children. @theipaper @eastdevon #eastdevon
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