Charles Thomson
Investigations Reporter at Romford Recorder
Investigations Reporter at Ham & High
Investigations Reporter at Herts Advertiser
Investigations Reporter at The Comet
Journalist, Newsquest Investigations — 4x Weekly Reporter of the Year — Paul Foot Award shortlistee
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3 weeks ago |
echo-news.co.uk | Charles Thomson
Data exclusively obtained by the Echo shows Essex County Council shelled out £217,235 in pothole compensation payments in the last financial year. Of that, £47,709 was for more 100 reports of vehicles being damaged by potholes. However, the highest pay-outs uncovered by Newsquest were all for injuries. The largest went to a pedestrian who tripped over a pothole in Mountnessing Road, Billericay, in September 2023. In August 2024, they were paid £27,500.
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3 weeks ago |
echo-news.co.uk | Charles Thomson
However, despite the report being destroyed a council document has been uncovered shedding new light on how former chief executive David Marchant’s employment terms were changed, allowing him to charge the council for untaken holiday. The Echo’s evidence, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, suggests the decision was taken without consulting councillors at all. They were simply told it had already happened.
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3 weeks ago |
yourlocalguardian.co.uk | Charles Thomson
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has blocked an attempt by this paper to uncover documents detailing a 1982 raid on a former Richmond brothel called the Elm Guest House. The property in Rocks Lane, Barnes, was described by the national Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) as “a tawdry establishment where child sexual abuse took place”.
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4 weeks ago |
romfordrecorder.co.uk | Charles Thomson
Lynda-Mai Stewart, 59, was found dead in her room at an assisted living complex in Magnum Close, Rainham, after a friend raised concerns she was not answering her phone. She had taken what a coroner described as “dangerous, excessive amounts of powerful drugs” – one an opioid painkiller, the other an epilepsy drug. Mrs Stewart had struggled with homelessness, alcohol and drug addiction and the death of her daughter, an inquest heard last Friday (May 23).
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4 weeks ago |
newhamrecorder.co.uk | Charles Thomson
Henry Kwadwo Boafo Donkor, 40, was found dead by a support worker at a property in Romford Road on February 3. An inquest was opened into his death on Wednesday, May 28, after East London Coroner’s Court received the results of toxicology tests from a pathologist. Police deemed his death non-suspicious and referred it to the coroner’s court, which ordered a post-mortem examination.
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