Sam Doak

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Henry Vaughan |Tom Cheshire |Sam Doak

Steve first spotted the eye-catching stickers while walking to the shops in Burton upon Trent. Plastered on bins and lamp posts, they featured a shiny, green cannabis leaf with a QR code and the words "get your delivery". The former prison officer, who is in his 50s, wanted to try the Class B drug as an alternative to prescribed opiates to ease his pain after breaking his back in three places. He had only recently moved to the Staffordshire market town and was reluctant to buy off the street.

1 month ago | news.sky.com | Yousra Elbagir |Sam Doak

The smell of explosives is still in the air when we arrive. Hours before, a displacement camp in Atbara housing families who fled the war in Sudan's capital Khartoum was hit by two drone strikes in a four-pronged attack. The first bomb on 25 April burned donated tents and killed the children in them. The second hit a school serving as a shelter for the spillover of homeless families.

2 months ago | news.sky.com | Sam Doak

On 11 April, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its affiliates attacked Zamzam camp in North Darfur. The RSF is a paramilitary organisation comprised of militias that used to be be aligned with Sudan's government. For exactly two years it has been been locked in a civil war with the government's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). Both sides have been accused of human rights abuses over the course of the conflict.

Mar 25, 2025 | news.sky.com | Adele Robinson |Sam Doak

Warning: This article contains graphic material and references to suicide'My daughter is covered in scars'For more than a year, Jo* didn't know her daughter, Mary*, was a victim of the Com (short for Community) - a sadistic network of online gangs that target young girls. Mary was manipulated into sending self-harm and child sexual abuse content. According to Jo, it took a terrible toll on her daughter who stopped sleeping, became isolated from her friends and lost weight.

Feb 14, 2025 | msn.com | Sam Doak

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