Daniel De Simone
Correspondent at BBC
Investigations Correspondent for BBC News /[email protected] / Threema secure messenger ID: D3EHEVBK
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1 week ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Daniel De Simone |Doug Faulkner
The government has suspended kitchen use in prison separation centres that are used to house a small number of the UK's most dangerous and extremist inmates, it is understood. It comes after the Manchester Arena bomber Hashem Abedi attacked three prison officers on Saturday in HMP Frankland. Two male officers remain in hospital with serious injuries. A female officer was discharged from hospital on Saturday.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Daniel De Simone |Sima Kotecha
Three prison officers have been attacked by Hashem Abedi, one of the men responsible for the Manchester Arena bombing. The officers sustained life-threatening injuries on Saturday including burns, scalds and stab wounds in the attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham, the Prison Officers' Association said. Abedi threw hot cooking oil over the officers and used "home made weapons" to stab them, the organisation said.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Daniel De Simone |Jeremy Britton
Norwegian teen arrested in UK hotel over national security caseDaniel De Simone & Jeremy BrittonGetty ImagesA Norwegian teenager has been arrested in a West Yorkshire hotel room and charged with firearms offences in a case connected to national security, the BBC can reveal. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 18, was arrested by firearms officers in Huddersfield on 19 March. He had flown into Manchester Airport two days earlier from Stavanjer, Norway.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Daniel De Simone |Chris Bell |Nikolai Atefie
Two women who were part of a Russian spy network run from the UK are named for the first time today by a BBC investigation. Bulgarian nationals Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva took part in elaborate surveillance operations against people spied on by the cell. Neither woman answered questions when contacted by the BBC. Ms Gencheva, an airport worker, hung up when contacted by phone, and said she did not want to comment on the case in response to a subsequent letter.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Daniel De Simone |Chris Bell
Two women who spied for Russia tracked down and named by BBCDaniel De Simone, Chris Bell and Tom BealFacebookCvetelina Gencheva (L) and Tsvetanka Doncheva (R)Two women who were part of a Russian spy network run from the UK are named for the first time today by a BBC investigation. Bulgarian nationals Cvetelina Gencheva and Tsvetanka Doncheva took part in elaborate surveillance operations against people spied on by the cell. Neither woman answered questions when contacted by the BBC.
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Anna Thalhammer is a hero for her investigative work She became a target of Russian spies because of it Everyone should stand up for free journalism against such intimidation and aggression
Thanks @DdesimoneDaniel for writing about it. It's good to know that I can rely on colleagues to ensure that it's revealed. The Austrian judiciary has done little to nothing so far. This woman is still free - while we (and others) have to ensure our security on our own.