Neil Johnston

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Senior News Reporter at The Telegraph

Senior News Reporter @telegraph | Previously Midlands Correspondent and general news @thetimes | [email protected] | DMs open

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Plastic surgeon tried to kill boss after 10-year feud

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Neil Johnston

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Plastic surgeon tried to kill boss after 10-year feud

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston

Brooks armed himself with 20 litres of a highly flammable petrol mix, matches, a crowbar and a kitchen knife before cycling a mile to The Old Vicarage, his colleague's house, in the middle of the night. After Mr Perks was woken up by a loud noise and went downstairs to investigate, Brooks stabbed him. Mr Perks was found by his wife and son and taken to hospital, where he was placed in an induced coma after losing six litres of blood.
I risked my reputation by supporting Prince Andrew

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston |Victoria Ward

In the 37-page statement, Yang said that Pitch@Palace China had been "recognised as one of the top international entrepreneur and start-up platforms in the country" but that after the Duke's November 2019 interview with Emily Mailtis, "everything changed". "Following that interview, all international partners of Pitch pulled out or distanced themselves from it," he said. "The Pitch Global team moved from their offices out of Buckingham Palace.
Robbers on loose in Hertfordshire town where police arrested parents in WhatsApp row

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston |Charles Hymas |Richard Tice

Armed robbers and a gang that attacked children are still at large in the town where police arrested two parents who complained in a school WhatsApp group, The Telegraph can reveal. Police in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, have failed to arrest several balaclava-clad males who robbed two teenage boys and a girl in December and three men who left a resident injured after breaking into their house in November.
Emma Barnett complained about 'overbearing' Today co-host Nick Robinson

3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston

Emma Barnett complained about "overbearing" Nick Robinson, her Today programme co-host, after joining the flagship BBC Radio 4 show, it has been claimed. The presenter is said to have made the complaint to Deborah Turness, the chief executive of the BBC 's news and current affairs division. Barnett and Robinson have gone 90 days without appearing on air together amid rumours of "clashing egos". The pair have co-presented the show only on 13 occasions.
How Heathrow became reliant on a single electrical substation

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Gareth Corfield |Steve Bird |Neil Johnston |Tom Mcardle

Questions are being asked why Britain's busiest airport was so vulnerable to a fire and why back-up power was so woefully lackingShortly before midnight, a glaring flash of light and then ear-splitting explosion was heard across a huge swathe of West London. Those residents in the town of Hayes who looked out of their windows saw the night sky lit up with the orange glow from arcing flames amid billowing plumes of thick, dark smoke.
Covid Inquiry spends £200k asking public whether it is any good

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston |Amy Gibbons

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, said the spending was a waste of public money and an example of the wider costs of the inquiry. "This is a total waste of taxpayers' funds," he said. "It's completely unnecessary and is just the tip of the inquiry iceberg of excessive cost."A spokesman for the UK Covid-19 Inquiry said its listening exercise had heard the views of thousands of people.
Duchess of York offered to try to source PPE from China during lockdown, inquiry hears

1 month ago | msn.com | Neil Johnston

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Duchess of York offered to try to source PPE from China during lockdown, inquiry hears

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston

The inquiry was shown an email dated April 2020, weeks after the first lockdown was announced, as it heard evidence from Ms Matthias. The email, shown as Ms Matthias gave evidence and sent among her colleagues, states: "The Duchess of York has been in contact with Lord Deighton [the government's PPE adviser] to try and help source PPE.
BBC boss won't rule out putting Gaza film back on iPlayer

1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Neil Johnston

The BBC's director-general refused to rule out putting the broadcaster's controversial Gaza documentary back on iPlayer after it emerged the boy narrating the film was the son of a senior Hamas official. Tim Davie admitted "serious flaws" in the documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, and expressed his frustration that it had to be pulled after he "lost trust" in the film.