Ed Thomas

Oct 25, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ed Thomas |Shayan Sardarizadeh

How did one single social media post, taken down within hours for being false, still end up being viewed millions of times online and presented as credible evidence about the Southport attack? The fatal stabbings at a children’s dance class on 29 July sparked riots in England and Northern Ireland. Unrest was fuelled by misinformation on social media that the suspect was an illegal migrant.

Oct 2, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Ed Thomas

The BBC has confronted a neo-Nazi in Finland who shared online instructions on how to commit arson with UK rioters during the summer. The 20-year-old was an administrator in the Southport Wake Up group on the Telegram messaging app, where he was known as “Mr AG”. He posted the arson manual, which was pinned to the top of the group chat. In late July and early August, the group was key in helping to organise and provoke protests that turned to violence in England and Northern Ireland.

Jul 1, 2024 | bbc.com | Ed Thomas

‘Who do you trust?’ Election struggles to offer hope for food bank BritainBBCPam is used to poverty and desperation, but she’s never known it this bad. She runs the Rock Foundation Food Bank in Grimsby. “We are feeding 800 people a week, it was 300 five years ago,” she says. The food bank is in a derelict public toilet, and the food is passed out through a small hatch. “At another food bank someone pulled a knife out,” Pam explains.

Jul 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Ed Thomas

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Jun 25, 2024 | bbc.com | Ed Thomas

In Peterborough, Ed Thomas hears voters' concerns about social cohesion and pressure on public services.