Ruth Clegg (@cleggins82) 's Twitter Profile
Ruth Clegg

@cleggins82

I'm a senior investigative journalist for BBC News. Nominated for the Premio Luchetta award. Any stories? Email me on [email protected].

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Amazing piece of writing Lauren Bensted. We all have new bodies after childbirth but this takes it to the next level. I cried at the description of your dad offering to clean the hospital room ā™„ļøā™„ļøā™„ļø.

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ICYMI: Tim Westwood: The BBC spends more than Ā£3m on the review of what the corporation knew and didn’t know when he was employed by them for 19y after allegations of sexual misconduct. Westwood denied the allegations. The review is yet to be published. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Our documentary into Kat Torres - the former model, wellness influencer and life coach - who trafficked and enslaved her followers - is out now šŸ“ŗ We speak to her former clients and confront the woman herself, behind the walls of a Brazilian jail šŸ‘‡ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

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Tobie is 13, autistic and non speaking. When he was attacked at school by his teaching assistant, he couldn’t tell his mum what had happened. Fortunately it was captured on the school’s CCTV - now his mum wants all special schools to have cameras installed bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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I’ve been looking at shoplifting for a year now. The one person we’ve not heard from is the shoplifter - as it’s not the easiest voice to get hold of. That changed when I met Ross. What he told me shines a new light on the issue. Please have a watch…. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c8…

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After a restraint that caused the blood vessels in her face to burst, Leah decided to take her own school to court. She won. Leah’s story is just one of dozens Jo Adnitt⁩ and I have gathered after months of talking to families across the UK. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Two women speak to BBC claiming they were raped by Andrew Tate before his rise to fame. He denies the claims. On ⁦BBC Panorama⁩ tonight - I’ve worked on the news rollout. The radio pkg below does contain descriptions of sexually violent behaviour. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

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This family are speaking out for the first time. Great grandmother, Susan Pollitt died after being treated by a physician associate (PA), a role in the middle of a toxic debate in the NHS. They don’t blame the PA, but they do want change. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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1. I don’t often tweet about my personal life, but on 1st November, my mum Jane was hit by a large vehicle as a pedestrian in St. Louis, USA. She suffered a severe brain injury & remains in a coma in hospital. Here's Jane & me in happier times.

1. I don’t often tweet about my personal life, but on 1st November, my mum Jane was hit by a large vehicle as a pedestrian in St. Louis, USA. She suffered a severe brain injury & remains in a coma in hospital.

Here's Jane & me in happier times.
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Olimata supports this idea. She thinks some of her teachers could tell she was suffering, but never intervened. She also "never saw anyone that looked like her with an eating disorder" so for a long time knew something was wrong but couldn't put a name to it.

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I’ve spent 3 months investigating how women have been left addicted to gambling and risky sex from drugs prescribed for conditions like Restless Leg Syndrome 25 women say they weren’t warned by doctors about side effects that ruined their lives bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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New role as a health and lifestyle reporter for BBC News - a look at why people are so worried ahead of the disposable vaping ban bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Migraines are complex, debilitating and often come with a twist when it comes to managing them. The latest craze might help some but ā€œtreatingā€ a migraine can be a fine line to tread - as I’ve been finding out! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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This began with a woman who’d been abused by an MI5 agent - so badly that she had a mental breakdown Today MI5 is in the high court over its false evidence in the case Violence against women and girls is unacceptable, as is protecting abusers bbc.com/news/articles/…

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My social media is inundated with posts telling me to destress and lower my cortisol levels, and then they instantly give me a solution. But do they work? And how important is cortisol - one of our main stress hormones? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Emma bravely spoke to me to tell me the lengths she goes to, to try and curb her kids’ vaping. As one lead doc says - she’s fighting against the might of the vaping industry bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…