Charlotte Wace

Special Projects Correspondent at The Times

Special Projects Correspondent @thetimes [email protected]

Articles

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace |Paul Morgan-Bentley |Mario Ledwith
Improvements to A47 accident blackspot delayed by rare snails

2 months ago | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace
How ‘quick and easy’ plastic surgery in Turkey left me suicidal

Sep 30, 2024 | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace

Turkish clinics offer fewer barriers, but also fewer safeguards. One woman tells of her struggle after having an operation without mental health checks
Turkish plastic surgery clinics let sales staff do assessments in UK

Sep 30, 2024 | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace |Poppy Koronka |Paul Morgan-Bentley

Marketing operations in Britain will be investigated after an undercover Times reporter was assured by non-medical staff that she was suitable for surgery
How I was pressured to sign up for high-risk plastic surgery in Turkey

Sep 30, 2024 | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace |Poppy Koronka |Pauline den Hartog Jager |Yasmin Butt

Medical tourism for ‘Brazilian butt lifts’ and liposuction is surging despite the risks. The Times exposes the firms recruiting customers in London
Mohamed Al Fayed’s inner circle: from his PR man to ex-detective who silenced victims

Sep 22, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mario Ledwith |Charlotte Wace

For more than two decades, Mohamed Al Fayed used the splendour of the Harrods department store to seek out dozens of young women who claim to have been subjected to horrific sexual abuse. More than 100 women have come forward to allege being raped or assaulted by the Egyptian tycoon at locations across the world, from his Knightsbridge headquarters to the Ritz in Paris.
Customer with Parkinson’s denied alcohol at Sainsbury’s

Aug 30, 2024 | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace

A pensioner with Parkinson’s disease has described being “humiliated” by Sainsbury’s shop staff after they wrongly accused him of being drunk. Dave Ferris, 74, said he had tried to purchase a bottle of prosecco on bank holiday Monday at his local branch and was refused — even after he had explained the neurological condition to a shop assistant and later to a manager.
Doctor warned Nottingham attacker Valdo Calocane ‘might kill someone’

Aug 11, 2024 | thetimes.com | Laurence Sleator |Charlotte Wace

A doctor gave written warning that Valdo Calocane, who has paranoid schizophrenia, could “end up killing someone” three years before he fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham. In June last year Calocane stabbed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, as they walked home from a night out and Ian Coates, 65, a school caretaker, who had been on his way to work. Calocane, 32, was tried for manslaughter and given an indefinite hospital order rather than a prison sentence.
NHS radiographers told to check if men are pregnant

Aug 11, 2024 | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace

Radiographers in multiple NHS hospitals have been advised to check if men are pregnant before conducting scans as part of inclusivity guidance. Patients are said to have been left embarrassed by the suggestion that their sex was not obvious, with men reportedly storming out of appointments. The advice is included in a document developed by the Society of Radiographers called “inclusive pregnancy status guidelines for ionising radiation”.
Russell Brand quietly replaced in Despicable Me franchise

Aug 8, 2024 | thetimes.com | Charlotte Wace

Russell Brand has been quietly replaced in the Despicable Me film franchise after allegations of rape, sexual assault and abuse. The actor and comedian, who has denied the claims against him, had previously voiced the role of Dr Nefario, the elderly scientist, in three of the animated comedy films. This included the first two, released in 2010 and 2013, as well as Minions: The Rise of Gru, a prequel released in 2022.