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Adam Care
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Cambridge-based data journalist - local newspaper survivor, now news editor at @radar-ai.bsky.social

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Pinned
With that in mind, an introduction - I'm news editor at RADAR AI - we're a small team of data journalists based across the country, using national-level datasets to produce original reporting at scale for local publications across the UK
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NEW: Homeless Deaths

Research by @ourmoh.bsky.social found 1,611 homeless people died across the UK in 2024, marking a 9% increase on the previous year

Research project director Matthew Turtle warned the data "shows how homeless people continue to be deeply failed"

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October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Cambridge-style traffic jam this morning … and they weren’t inclined to moove 🐄 🚲
October 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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NEW: Wheelchair Provision

Over 7,000 patients did not receive their required NHS wheelchair within four months this year, a 21% increase on last year. Muscular Dystrophy UK said people in dire need are being denied "life-changing equipment"

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August 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Ever wondered how things work here at RADAR?

Editor @l-a-kelly.bsky.social and data journalist @claramargotin.bsky.social recently hosted a group of media executives from Germany to talk about it.

You can read all about it here:
newsmachines.substack.com/p/radar-ai-n...
How Radar AI Transforms One Dataset into 300 Local Stories
Radar AI, a UK-wide data-driven news agency, makes local news sustainable at scale
newsmachines.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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NEW: Football-Related Arrests

Home Office figures reveal there were over 1,900 football-related arrests in the 2024-25 season

Meanwhile, there were 2,400 active banning orders in force last month – preventing fans from attending matches

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July 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Manchester. Very good.
July 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Enjoyed the new artwork on the Chisholm Trail bridge this morning
July 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Cricket!
July 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Research data management at its finest outside a building in Cambridge!

#RDM #research #librarians
June 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Duck Gang
June 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Today in 'Adam belatedly catches up with things everyone else knew years ago', Dear England is really good
March 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My very first job in journalism was at the Wiltshire Times, which was great - but now I'm devastated I never got to go behind the scenes of the Shredded Wheat factory www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/2502884...
The Times and the Shredded Wheat factory
The purest of foodstuffs, the crispest of breakfasts, the simplest of choices… what more can be said about one of Britain’s most recognisable…
www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Nice to see Iain Duncan Smith has done so well for himself
March 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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New ONS data shows there were some 282,000 first-time buyer mortgage sales in 2023

⬇️ It was down 22% on the number of sales in 2022

⬇️ It was the lowest number of sales since 2013

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March 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It's been a long time, but being in the room when The Hold Steady do their thing is still every bit as good as it used to be #UnifiedScene
March 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Want to be my boss?

We're now on the hunt for a new editor at @radar-ai.bsky.social - someone with excellent data skills who can apply them to help explain the world around us to local news audiences.

Happy to answer any questions via DM
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
RADAR AI hiring Editor in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 3:46:23 PM. About us. Never before has the public shown such interest in AI-led, data-driven journalism, and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Resurrecting an old thread from the Other Place: every musical @lucywoolhouse.bsky.social has brought me to in 2025:

1. Sondheim's Road Show at @gatehouselondon.bsky.social
January 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Seated at Twickenham for the best Care family Christmas tradition #BigGame16
December 28, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Latest piece for RADAR/PA - a look into arrests following the disorder after Southport:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/sout...
One in six arrested over Southport riots were children, data shows
More than 1,200 arrests were made in connection with the Southport riots, freedom of information requests have shown.
www.independent.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Spotted in Cambridge this morning
December 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM
The Mill Road Winter Fair this weekend has been cancelled due to bad weather forecast - a massive blow to all involved (and anyone due to be entertaining their in-laws in Cambridge this weekend...) www.millroadwinterfair.org
Mill Road Winter Fair
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December 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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The number of people accessing drug and alcohol treatment services in England last year reached its highest level since 2010, at over 310,800 adults.

▶️ 44% of those in treatment were struggling with opiates

▶️ 30% of people had issues with alcohol alone

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December 4, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Leading experts have warned the NHS is facing a 'gynaecology care crisis', with treatment waiting lists more than doubling in England since the pandemic

Here's what I found in my latest for @radar-ai.bsky.social

www.mylondon.news/news/health/...
London faces gynaecology crisis with thousands stuck on waiting lists
One London area saw waiting lists jump by 79 per cent in 5 years
www.mylondon.news
November 27, 2024 at 5:14 PM
At the Cambridge Ice Arena for my first ever ice hockey experience tonight, as Cambridge Kodiaks pretty ruthlessly take apart Coventry Phoenix
November 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM