Scott Hesketh
Contributor Senior Journalist at BBC
BBC investigative journalist. Co-author Deep Cover: How I Took Down Britain’s Most Dangerous Gangsters. Producer Gangster podcast - BBC 5 Live/Sounds
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May 23, 2024 |
bbc.com | Scott Hesketh |Daniel O'Donoghue
'I thought: He’s going to stab me, I’m going to die'Scott Hesketh & Daniel O'Donoghue,BBC North West InvestigationsFamily photographEthan was nine when he was attacked by a pupil carrying a knifeA nine-year-old boy who made a school poster about the dangers of knife crime after being pinned down by a fellow pupil wielding a six-inch blade went on to lose one of his friends in a frenzied stabbing attack.
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Apr 8, 2024 |
bbc.com | Daniel O'Donoghue |Scott Hesketh |William Higgens
A widow who was preyed upon by online scammers wants to help others after losing her life savings.
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Mar 21, 2024 |
bbc.co.uk | Scott Hesketh |Daniel O'Donoghue
Former inmates of a prison where several women have taken their own lives have condemned it as "no place for a vulnerable young woman". There have been at least 11 suicides at HMP Styal in Cheshire since 2007 - more than any other women's jail in England. The youngest, Annelise Sanderson, was 18 when she was found dead in her cell in December 2020. An investigation by BBC North West has learned of failings not only in her care but that of several other inmates.
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Feb 29, 2024 |
exbulletin.com | Daniel O'Donoghue |Scott Hesketh
Since 2018, it has become legal to prescribe medical cannabis to certain patients. A BBC North West investigation has revealed that the number of ADHD patients receiving services from cannabis clinics is rapidly increasing amid a nationwide drug shortage. One medical cannabis clinic said there was an 86% increase in ADHD patients nationwide last year. In the North West, the number of patients receiving cannabis treatment at a clinic halved in 2023.
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Feb 29, 2024 |
bbc.com | Daniel O'Donoghue |Scott Hesketh
ADHD medication shortage: Cannabis clinic sees spike in patientsBy Daniel O'Donoghue & Scott HeskethBBC North West Investigations TeamReutersMedicinal cannabis has been legal to prescribe to certain patients since 2018Cannabis clinics have seen a spike in ADHD patients accessing their services amid a national medication shortage, a BBC North West investigation has found. One medical cannabis clinic said they had seen a 86% increase in ADHD patients nationally over the last year.
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The misuse of a widely used prescription drug linked with a sharp increase in deaths has prompted a government review into how it is controlled. Home Office told our investigations team it will carry out a ‘harms assessment’ into pregabalin. https://t.co/7RdjZuCCsY
RT @MrDanDonoghue: In the last four academic years, police in the North West of England received 602 reports of primary or secondary pupils…
RT @HayleyHassall: It’s been a long day but our report on child exploitation has reached far and wide, from the North West to the South coa…
