Chris Baynes

Sheffield

Investigations Journalist at BBC

Investigations journalist at BBC Yorkshire. Email: [email protected]

Articles

'Holiday home dream left us crippled with debt'

Oct 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Chris Baynes |Lincolnshire Investigations

When Andrew and Sue Dawson bought a static caravan at a holiday park on the East Yorkshire coast in 2022, they planned to spend their retirement whiling away weekends at the seaside with their daughters and grandchildren. Then they received some devastating news. In February this year, Mr Dawson, 59, was diagnosed with incurable cancer. "The doctors gave me between six months and – as they described it – a few short years," he said. "Obviously we started talking about the future.
'Holiday home dream left us crippled with debt'

Oct 23, 2024 | flipboard.com | Chris Baynes

Ozempic and Wegovy are trimming waistlines—and showing how quickly U.S. health care can turn into a gold rushIs there anything GLP-1s can’t do? Diabetes and obesity are increasingly looking like the tip of the semaglutide iceberg. The Food and Drug …
World War One centenary: Lights go out as Croydon remembers the Great War

Sep 3, 2024 | yourlocalguardian.co.uk | Chris Baynes

Manju Shahul-Hameed, mayor of Croydon, with members of the armed forces Light went out across Croydon on Monday as the borough marked 100 years since the outbreak of the Great War. Some of Croydon's oldest soldiers attended a ceremony at the town hall, which joined in the nationwide switch-off by dimming lights and lighting candles between 10pm and 11pm. St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Addington also held a candle-lit vigil.
We want change after Tories 'flop', say voters

Jul 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Chris Baynes

Labour won every seat in South Yorkshire as Sir Keir Starmer's party swept to power. But they faced stiff competition in Barnsley from Reform UK in the general election. Could Nigel Farage's party threaten the so-called Red Wall in the future? The BBC spoke to voters in the wake of the results. In his first speech as Prime Minister in Downing Street, Sir Keir Starmer vowed his Labour government would “rebuild Britain with wealth”.
South Yorkshire Police seize 300 weapons in knife crime crackdown

Jul 4, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Baynes

Nearly 300 weapons seized in police crackdownBy Chris Baynes, BBC NewsBBC/Oli ConstableSouth Yorkshire Police said its officers had seized nearly 300 bladed weaponsSouth Yorkshire Police (SYP) seized nearly 300 weapons during a month-long crackdown on knife crime. Officers recovered 233 knives during an operation aimed at taking bladed weapons off the streets, the force said. Dozens of machetes, swords and axes were also uncovered in targeted searches, patrols and land sweeps.
'If my lifeline is cut, it will be devastating'

Jun 25, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Chris Baynes

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Sheffield families' fears over benefits changes after election

Jun 25, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Baynes

'If my lifeline is cut, it will be devastating'By Chris Baynes, BBC NewsChris Baynes/BBCCatie Latus (left) lives in Sheffield with her mother, Karen (right), who is also her carerAt least 3.3 million people in Britain who have long-term disabilities or ill health currently receive what are known as personal independence payments (PIP) to help them with the extra living costs caused by their conditions.
Sheffield DocFest

Jun 13, 2024 | bbc.com | Chris Baynes

Festival premiere for Battle of Orgreave filmBy Chris Baynes, BBC NewsStrike: An Uncivil WarMounted police charged at picketing miners in Orgreave in 1984A new documentary about the Battle of Orgreave, in which striking miners clashed with police in South Yorkshire, is to premiere at Sheffield's DocFest. Strike: An Uncivil War will be screened for the first time on Sunday, two days before the 40th anniversary of the events at Orgreave.
Chris Brain: Sheffield priest denies sexually abusing congregation members

Apr 30, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Chris Baynes

A former priest who led an evangelical church movement has denied sexually assaulting members of his congregation. Chris Brain, 66, ran the Nine O'Clock Service in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s. Mr Brain, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, pleaded not guilty at Inner London Crown Court on Tuesday to one charge of rape and and 33 counts of indecent assault relating to 11 women. His trial is scheduled to begin at the same court on 30 June next year.
Infected blood scandal: Tainted medication was kept in family's fridge

Apr 22, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Chris Baynes |Jamie Coulson

As a child, Louise Edwards thought nothing of seeing vials of blood plasma in her family's fridge. Every couple of days, her father Jack would take a bottle from the salad drawer and inject its contents into his body. The vials contained Factor VIII, a potentially life-saving treatment for his haemophilia. But the same medication would ultimately lead to his death.