Josh Halliday
@joshhalliday.bsky.social
North of England editor, the Guardian. Dad. Paul Foot Award winner 2025.
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This is top-tier reporting from @paddyedrich.bsky.social into the disturbing world inside Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s home and the terrifying signs of what was to come
Inside the Rudakubana house where parents let 'evil go unchecked'
SPECIAL REPORT: The ECHO lifts the lid on what life was like in the Rudakubana household after listening to every minute of the family's inquiry evidence
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November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is top-tier reporting from @paddyedrich.bsky.social into the disturbing world inside Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s home and the terrifying signs of what was to come
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Parents, multiple authorities, X and Amazon, loads of failures.
Not just more holes than a sieve, it was like a hole with bits of loose string over it.
Not just more holes than a sieve, it was like a hole with bits of loose string over it.
After nine weeks of evidence and more than 100 witnesses, my big read on how the Southport atrocity could - and should - have been prevented:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Parental failure and gaps in the law: why the Southport atrocity was preventable
After nine weeks of inquiry evidence, a picture has emerged of systemic breakdown and poor information sharing
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Parents, multiple authorities, X and Amazon, loads of failures.
Not just more holes than a sieve, it was like a hole with bits of loose string over it.
Not just more holes than a sieve, it was like a hole with bits of loose string over it.
After nine weeks of evidence and more than 100 witnesses, my big read on how the Southport atrocity could - and should - have been prevented:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Parental failure and gaps in the law: why the Southport atrocity was preventable
After nine weeks of inquiry evidence, a picture has emerged of systemic breakdown and poor information sharing
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
After nine weeks of evidence and more than 100 witnesses, my big read on how the Southport atrocity could - and should - have been prevented:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Over nine weeks and more than 100 witnesses, the Southport inquiry heard in shocking detail how the atrocity was completely preventable.
Testimony from the families was the most harrowing and heartbreaking I’ve heard in 15 years of reporting.
Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Testimony from the families was the most harrowing and heartbreaking I’ve heard in 15 years of reporting.
Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Parental failure and gaps in the law: why the Southport atrocity was preventable
After nine weeks of inquiry evidence, a picture has emerged of systemic breakdown and poor information sharing
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Over nine weeks and more than 100 witnesses, the Southport inquiry heard in shocking detail how the atrocity was completely preventable.
Testimony from the families was the most harrowing and heartbreaking I’ve heard in 15 years of reporting.
Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Testimony from the families was the most harrowing and heartbreaking I’ve heard in 15 years of reporting.
Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Crumpsall is an amazing melting pot where so many cultures, classes and religions have lived peacefully alongside each other. That mustn't be forgotten amid the horror of the Heaton Park synagogue attack
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I didn’t realise how much I loved my home town until a terrorist attacked it. I pray unity prevails there | Simon Hattenstone
Last week’s attack on the synagogue in Crumpsall, Manchester, was also an assault on a model and diverse community, says Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Crumpsall is an amazing melting pot where so many cultures, classes and religions have lived peacefully alongside each other. That mustn't be forgotten amid the horror of the Heaton Park synagogue attack
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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November 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Excl: Neighbours of Manchester synagogue attacker say they reported concerns to police
- police were at the house earlier this year over safeguarding concerns, they say
- killer said to have suffered brain injury after cliff fall in his teens
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- police were at the house earlier this year over safeguarding concerns, they say
- killer said to have suffered brain injury after cliff fall in his teens
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Neighbours of Manchester synagogue attacker say they reported concerns to police
Exclusive: Concerns about apparently fanatical interest in Islam shown by Jihad al-Shamie and another family member were reported, Guardian told
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excl: Neighbours of Manchester synagogue attacker say they reported concerns to police
- police were at the house earlier this year over safeguarding concerns, they say
- killer said to have suffered brain injury after cliff fall in his teens
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- police were at the house earlier this year over safeguarding concerns, they say
- killer said to have suffered brain injury after cliff fall in his teens
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Huntington’s disease, my family, and hope at last. I spoke to my good friend @helenpidd.bsky.social for this podcast. Spoiler alert: one of us cried.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
My dad, his ‘incurable’ disease, and hope at last - podcast
Guardian’s Josh Halliday talks about Huntington’s disease, the impact it has had on his family and the hope there may now be a treatment
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Huntington’s disease, my family, and hope at last. I spoke to my good friend @helenpidd.bsky.social for this podcast. Spoiler alert: one of us cried.
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
EXCL: Manchester synagogue terrorist was on police bail for alleged rape when he carried out Yom Kippur attack
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape
Exclusive: Jihad al-Shamie had been due to appear in court over alleged sexual attack earlier this year, sources say
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
EXCL: Manchester synagogue terrorist was on police bail for alleged rape when he carried out Yom Kippur attack
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Amazing to be nominated for Society of Editors awards for mine and @patrickjbutler.bsky.social's work on Carer's Allowance. Congrats to all nominees!
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September 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Amazing to be nominated for Society of Editors awards for mine and @patrickjbutler.bsky.social's work on Carer's Allowance. Congrats to all nominees!
www.societyofeditors.org/events/media...
www.societyofeditors.org/events/media...
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Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial
Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial
UCL trialled hours-long surgical procedure to treat disease which causes dementia and paralysis
Huntington’s disease, a devastating degenerative illness that runs in families, has been treated successfully for the first time in a breakthrough gene therapy trial.
The disease, caused by a single gene defect, steadily kills brain cells leading to dementia, paralysis and ultimately death. Those with a parent with Huntington’s have a 50% chance of developing the disease, which until now has been incurable. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Huntington’s disease treated successfully for first time in gene therapy trial
This is so amazing! Anyone who knows how devastating this disease is (my dad has it) will know the feeling today. Huge congratulations to all the researchers and volunteers. Incredible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is so amazing! Anyone who knows how devastating this disease is (my dad has it) will know the feeling today. Huge congratulations to all the researchers and volunteers. Incredible.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
Exclusive: Ministers have vowed to fix benefit after Guardian revealed thousands had been plunged into debt for accidentally breaking rules
The government is considering compensation payouts for unpaid carers who have been unfairly hit with huge financial repayments in recent years after inadvertently falling foul of harsh carer’s allowance benefit rules.
Ministers vowed to fix problems with the benefit after a Guardian investigation revealed how draconian penalties coupled with Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administrative failures had plunged hundreds of thousands of carers into debt. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
“I’m very sore, very shaken, very emotional and I’m frightened to be honest.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Woman, 74, tells of pain and fear after arrest at Liverpool pro-Palestine rally
Exclusive: Video shows veteran campaigner being dragged and handcuffed and she says bail conditions effectively confine her to her house
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July 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
“I’m very sore, very shaken, very emotional and I’m frightened to be honest.”
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It’s official - the north could not be in safer hands with @joshhalliday.bsky.social in charge. Defo recommend a midlife career pivot. www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/the...
The Guardian announces new appointments
The Guardian has announced a number of appointments.
www.inpublishing.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
It’s official - the north could not be in safer hands with @joshhalliday.bsky.social in charge. Defo recommend a midlife career pivot. www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/the...
Three bosses at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
More on @guardian soon.
More on @guardian soon.
July 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Three bosses at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
More on @guardian soon.
More on @guardian soon.
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This is a great piece, and by no means all bleak. One of the things it highlights for me is the difficulty of scaling up good ideas when the ideas’ attractiveness is so bound up with the commitment and talent of the first ones to carry them out
💊The NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about £50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget.
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
July 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is a great piece, and by no means all bleak. One of the things it highlights for me is the difficulty of scaling up good ideas when the ideas’ attractiveness is so bound up with the commitment and talent of the first ones to carry them out
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Fascinating piece on (another) unseen health timebomb, which also helps explain a lot about both pressures on A&E and arguably on sickness benefits www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Britain in 2025: sick man of Europe battling untreated illness crisis
As poverty deepens across Britain, the Guardian visited some of the hardest-hit places where leaders are aiming to shift healthcare from hospitals to communities
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Fascinating piece on (another) unseen health timebomb, which also helps explain a lot about both pressures on A&E and arguably on sickness benefits www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
💊The NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about £50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget.
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
June 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
💊The NHS is battling "medieval" levels of untreated illness in some of Britain's poorest communities – at a cost to the health service of about £50bn a year, or the same as the defence budget.
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
My big read from Barrow, Blackpool, Burnley and Blackburn:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Let’s hope some good comes out of this horrifying death: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘It’s life and death’: parents of baby killed at nursery call for mandatory CCTV
Nursery worker would not have been convicted of Genevieve Meehan’s manslaughter without footage, parents say
www.theguardian.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Let’s hope some good comes out of this horrifying death: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Carer's Allowance latest: The mother of a teenager with cerebral palsy has demanded an end to the “sickening harassment” of unpaid carers after a significant legal victory against the government.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Carer’s allowance: woman who won case against DWP calls for end to ‘sickening harassment’
Nicola Green, 42, speaks out after significant legal victory against department that accused her of fraud UK politics live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carer's Allowance latest: The mother of a teenager with cerebral palsy has demanded an end to the “sickening harassment” of unpaid carers after a significant legal victory against the government.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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In this era of media disruption and falling trust, it can become unfashionable to point out that good journalists and good journalism are a thing.
Great piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social, through the lens of the work done by the great Duncan Campbell:
Great piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social, through the lens of the work done by the great Duncan Campbell:
It has become the new normal to denigrate, mock and discredit journalists. Which is why it’s so important to remember and celebrate the best, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
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What the Trump administration doesn’t get about the ‘fake news’ media
It has become the new normal to denigrate, mock and discredit journalists. Which is why it’s so important to remember and celebrate the best
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In this era of media disruption and falling trust, it can become unfashionable to point out that good journalists and good journalism are a thing.
Great piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social, through the lens of the work done by the great Duncan Campbell:
Great piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social, through the lens of the work done by the great Duncan Campbell:
This is such a powerful piece.
A brilliant, bracing read from our former Jerusalem correspondent Bethan McKernan on the reality of reporting the horrors that are still unfolding in Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
‘I worried I might start finding it normal. But I never did’ – what I learned as the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent
After four years reporting from Israel and Palestine, our correspondent is returning to the UK. She reveals the grief, horror and hope that defined her time there
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This is such a powerful piece.
This piece floored me and will stay with me for ages.
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit.
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
This piece floored me and will stay with me for ages.