Ed Thomas
U.K. Editor at BBC News
UK Editor @BBCNews RTS News Coverage of the year 2017/2022 Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils. [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Ed Thomas
Putting up asylum seekers in Hull's Royal Hotel still divides the cityBBCAnei was living inside the Royal Hotel as riots took hold outsideTake the train to Hull, walk out of the station, and it takes just seconds to arrive at the Royal Hotel. It once hosted royalty - but for the past five years it's been home to hundreds of asylum seekers in the city.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Ed Thomas
The view on immigration from a town transformed by itBecky WearnBBCViolet Gutu's social care hub uses 99% foreign workers - without them, the vulnerable would struggle, she saysIt's fair to say Oldham is no stranger to immigration. It has transformed the town, a place that has witnessed a faster than average population rise between the last two Censuses (2011 – 2021) and where almost one in five residents (17.8%) were born outside the UK.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Ed Thomas
Police officers smash through the back doors of a bright, modern barber shop in the market town of Shrewsbury. Inside they immediately detain two men - who we are later told are Kurdish asylum seekers. Both men are later released. It is the first of six raids that day where police seize thousands of pounds in cash and illicit vapes. The officers are here with a warrant to search the premises because of suspected money laundering.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
msn.com | Ed Thomas |Sean Seddon |Callum May
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RT @RebeccaWearn: Last year @EdThomasNews & I spent months investigating an incident in Feb 2019 where 18 people were caught up in a ceil…