New BBC Radio 4 podcast, Shadow World: The Smuggler presented by Annabel Deas follows a former British army soldier turned people smuggler BBC Sounds podcastingtoday.co.uk/new-bbc-radio-…

If you listen to one thing this week, make it ‘The Smuggler’

Thankyou Radio Times & Vanessa Thorpe for making The Smuggler your pick of the week! You can listen on BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

How do you become a people smuggler? instagram.com/reel/DKKlqgQoo…

“However Deas got hold of Nick (not his real name) and convinced him to spill the beans we’ll likely never know (no money changed hands), but this is surely the scoop of her career so far” telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/the-smugg…

Thank you @fionasturges @ft for your review of ‘The Smuggler’: “illuminating character study’, “meticulous and wide ranging reporting”, “slickly made”. ft.com/content/a125c7…

It's Monday so here's my Financial Times pod column on The Smuggler, an eye-opening new BBC series about the business of human cargo and featuring the testimony of "Nick", a builder-turned-people trafficker. ft.com/content/a125c7…

"I hesitated before committing myself to all two-and-a-half hours of The Smuggler (Radio 4, 26 May-6 June). But, after the first two episodes, I was hooked," writes Rosie Dawson. Read the full #radioreview below 👇 churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/…

“Nick is living evidence that most crime is circumstantial” Thank you Miranda Sawyer for your review of The Smuggler observer.co.uk/culture/podcas…

Yet more of our findings from our BBC Radio 4 @bbcsounds investigative podcast The Smuggler revealed here - listen here for the full story bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Loved going on The Media Show and discussing the ethnics of working with a convicted criminal. Thankyou for having me ⁦Katie Razzall⁩ & ⁦Ros Atkins⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

LOVED this! 👏 such incredible access Made me really nervous in parts Defo worth a listen!

A man who was left paralysed and brain-damaged after a scuffle with police and nightclub doormen 12 years ago has died, aged 31. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A police force that repeatedly met the family of a nine-year-old boy who was later murdered in his home did not sufficiently train front-line officers to identify child abuse, a police watchdog's report concluded. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

They were strapped down, hidden and living on bread bbc.com/news/articles/…

Astounding investigation by Noel Titheradge

Snap Octopus Energy except they’ve taken between 600-800 from me and despite promises have failed to repay me.

You’ve replied to me and dm’d me apologising but still made no promise of when my money will be returned? I don’t need an explanation I need my money back.

NEW Five women who say they were victims of Rotherham grooming gangs also say police officers 'sexually abused' them in the town. One woman told the BBC she was raped aged 12 in a police car by an officer in uniform. Full story with Ruth Green. bbc.com/news/articles/…

It should be obvious now that smartphones are designed to be addictive. You're not supposed to win. I really think the only answer is to get rid of your iPhone. Genuinely not as hard as it seems and there are increasingly decent alternatives out there.