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Scott Hesketh

@sheskethnews

BBC investigative journalist. Co-author Deep Cover: How I Took Down Britain’s Most Dangerous Gangsters. Producer Gangster podcast - BBC 5 Live/Sounds

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This is 94-year-old Ken's final call He was unconscious by the time an ambulance arrived five hours later and died in hospital Tonight #Fileon4 hears how paramedics are struggling to cope with demand Listen at 8pm on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

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Can't recommend Deep Cover highly enough. I ripped through the incredible life story of Shay Doyle, an undercover policeman who infiltrated some of the country's most feared gangs. Brilliantly told by Scott Hesketh

Can't recommend Deep Cover highly enough. I ripped through the incredible life story of Shay Doyle, an undercover policeman who infiltrated some of the country's most feared gangs. Brilliantly told by <a href="/Sheskethnews/">Scott Hesketh</a>
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Anyone who hasn’t read this book and is after a cracking true crime story, read this or buy it someone for Christmas. @shaydoyleuk is a complex character, as fascinating as he is flawed. Walks like a gangster, talks like a gangster - yet he is anything but…

Anyone who hasn’t read this book and is after a cracking true crime story, read this or buy it someone for Christmas. @shaydoyleuk is a complex character, as fascinating as he is flawed. Walks like a gangster, talks like a gangster - yet he is  anything but…
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A harrowing and heartbreaking story of a missing boy and a catalogue of police failings. Brilliantly told and sensitively handled by Winifred Robinson bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

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Met Police domestic abuse scandal showing no signs of going away. And an alarming lack of action at other forces too. EXC in tomorrow’s Sunday Mirror.

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Gangster - The Story of Curtis Warren @bbcsounds nominated in four categories in the New York Festivals Awards. Great work by Livvy Haydock Paul Grant Scott Hesketh Richard Hannaford and @dempsey radio.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/shortl…

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Delighted that Deep Cover has been shortlisted for Book of the Year and Audiobook of the year at the True Crime awards. Congratulations to other nominees including @DavidCollinsST and Robin Eveleigh and Raphael Rowe on their brilliant work.

Delighted that Deep Cover has been shortlisted for Book of the Year and Audiobook of the year at the True Crime awards. Congratulations to other nominees including @DavidCollinsST and <a href="/Robin_Eveleigh/">Robin Eveleigh</a> and <a href="/raphaelrowe/">Raphael Rowe</a> on their brilliant work.
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✨️OUTSTANDING PODCAST DOCUSERIES ✨️ Here are the shortlisted podcasts in the Outstanding Docuseries category at the #TCA2023! To check out the shortlist and to listen to our Curated Collection of shortlisted podcasts on Apple Podcasts, head to: 🔗 truecrimeawards.co.uk

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Check out the ✨️ BEST TRUE CRIME AUDIO BOOK ✨️ shortlist at the #TrueCrimeAwards2023 🥳 To see the full shortlist and to listen to our Curated Collection of shortlisted books on Apple Books, head to: 🔗 truecrimeawards.co.uk #TCA2023 #CrimeConUK

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✨️ BOOK OF THE YEAR ✨️ Check out the Book of the Year shortlist at the #TrueCrimeAwards2023 🥳 To view the full shortlist and to listen to our Curated Collection of shortlisted books on Apple Books, head to: 🔗 truecrimeawards.co.uk #TCA2023 #CrimeConUK

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Birmingham UK’s new ‘gun capital’. Firearms offences up 86% in a year. Doubled the number by the Met, Britain’s biggest police force. Investigation I did for Sunday Mirror. mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

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Rise in number of criminally exploited children being flagged to authorities - but many falling back into hands of predatory gangs. BBC Investigation I did with Hayley Hassall . Thanks to Every Child Protected Against Trafficking 🧡 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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It’s been a long day but our report on child exploitation has reached far and wide, from the North West to the South coast, radio, digital and online. Let’s hope more can be done to help the thousands of children at risk. BBC News (World) BBC North West BBC News (World) Scott Hesketh

It’s been a long day but our report on child exploitation has reached far and wide, from the North West to the South coast, radio, digital and online. Let’s hope more can be done to help the thousands of children at risk. <a href="/BBCWorld/">BBC News (World)</a> <a href="/BBCNWT/">BBC North West</a> <a href="/BBCWorld/">BBC News (World)</a> <a href="/Sheskethnews/">Scott Hesketh</a>
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In the last four academic years, police in the North West of England received 602 reports of primary or secondary pupils carrying or using blades in schools to threaten or attack — latest investigation with ⁦Scott Hesketh⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/…

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The misuse of a widely used prescription drug linked with a sharp increase in deaths has prompted a government review into how it is controlled. Home Office told our investigations team it will carry out a ‘harms assessment’ into pregabalin. bbc.com/news/articles/…