Constance Kampfner
@constancekampfner.bsky.social
Northern Correspondent at The Times
Named one of 30 under 30 to watch (2025, Press Awards)
Young journalist of the year (2022, Scottish Press Awards)
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Named one of 30 under 30 to watch (2025, Press Awards)
Young journalist of the year (2022, Scottish Press Awards)
Tips ➡️ constance.kampfner@thetimes.co.uk
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Why wasn’t the Southport attacker stopped?
The public inquiry has revealed Axel Rudakubana’s chaotic homelife and how both his parents and the authorities failed
There was no silver bullet, and yet so much could have been different
On today’s Story podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The public inquiry has revealed Axel Rudakubana’s chaotic homelife and how both his parents and the authorities failed
There was no silver bullet, and yet so much could have been different
On today’s Story podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Why wasn't the Southport attack stopped?
Podcast Episode · The Story · 07/11/2025 · 42m
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November 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Why wasn’t the Southport attacker stopped?
The public inquiry has revealed Axel Rudakubana’s chaotic homelife and how both his parents and the authorities failed
There was no silver bullet, and yet so much could have been different
On today’s Story podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The public inquiry has revealed Axel Rudakubana’s chaotic homelife and how both his parents and the authorities failed
There was no silver bullet, and yet so much could have been different
On today’s Story podcast 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
My undercover takes a look at anti-abortion groups operating in the UK
Women are being given dubious medical advice and dogma-driven counselling
With mental health services overstretched, experts warn these groups are likely to attract the most vulnerable women
www.thetimes.com/article/4b7c...
Women are being given dubious medical advice and dogma-driven counselling
With mental health services overstretched, experts warn these groups are likely to attract the most vulnerable women
www.thetimes.com/article/4b7c...
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
My undercover takes a look at anti-abortion groups operating in the UK
Women are being given dubious medical advice and dogma-driven counselling
With mental health services overstretched, experts warn these groups are likely to attract the most vulnerable women
www.thetimes.com/article/4b7c...
Women are being given dubious medical advice and dogma-driven counselling
With mental health services overstretched, experts warn these groups are likely to attract the most vulnerable women
www.thetimes.com/article/4b7c...
England fans have brought the weather as well as the vibes to Basel today
Lots are telling me soggy conditions are no bad thing against our Mediterranean rivals!
Let’s hope they’re right 🏴🤞 #cominghome
Lots are telling me soggy conditions are no bad thing against our Mediterranean rivals!
Let’s hope they’re right 🏴🤞 #cominghome
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
England fans have brought the weather as well as the vibes to Basel today
Lots are telling me soggy conditions are no bad thing against our Mediterranean rivals!
Let’s hope they’re right 🏴🤞 #cominghome
Lots are telling me soggy conditions are no bad thing against our Mediterranean rivals!
Let’s hope they’re right 🏴🤞 #cominghome
Investigation: A British property developer is being sued over a £330m ‘crypto Ponzi scheme’
Peter McInnes, who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections, told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash
www.thetimes.com/article/27b5...
Peter McInnes, who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections, told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash
www.thetimes.com/article/27b5...
Briton sued over £330m ‘crypto Ponzi scheme’
A former pub landlord who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash
www.thetimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Investigation: A British property developer is being sued over a £330m ‘crypto Ponzi scheme’
Peter McInnes, who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections, told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash
www.thetimes.com/article/27b5...
Peter McInnes, who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections, told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash
www.thetimes.com/article/27b5...
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Utterly delightful line in this story by @constancekampfner.bsky.social
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May 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Utterly delightful line in this story by @constancekampfner.bsky.social
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"HORROR AT LIVERPOOL PARADE"
Full Story: t.ly/IByUA
@constancekampfner.bsky.social / @stevenswinford.bsky.social / @willisbennett11.bsky.social / #PaulJoyce / #DuncanGardham for @thetimes.com.
Car drives through #LiverpoolFC's victory parade celebration.
#TheTimes
#IBPAPERS
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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Car drives through #LiverpoolFC's victory parade celebration.
#TheTimes
#IBPAPERS
#TomorrowsPapersToday
May 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
"HORROR AT LIVERPOOL PARADE"
Full Story: t.ly/IByUA
@constancekampfner.bsky.social / @stevenswinford.bsky.social / @willisbennett11.bsky.social / #PaulJoyce / #DuncanGardham for @thetimes.com.
Car drives through #LiverpoolFC's victory parade celebration.
#TheTimes
#IBPAPERS
#TomorrowsPapersToday
Full Story: t.ly/IByUA
@constancekampfner.bsky.social / @stevenswinford.bsky.social / @willisbennett11.bsky.social / #PaulJoyce / #DuncanGardham for @thetimes.com.
Car drives through #LiverpoolFC's victory parade celebration.
#TheTimes
#IBPAPERS
#TomorrowsPapersToday
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🗣️ 'A moronic mission to cause mindless vandalism'
Everything you need to know about the Sycamore Gap trial, on The Story podcast ⬇️
🎧 @constancekampfner.bsky.social | @jonesluke.bsky.social
Everything you need to know about the Sycamore Gap trial, on The Story podcast ⬇️
🎧 @constancekampfner.bsky.social | @jonesluke.bsky.social
How the Sycamore Gap killers were caught
open.spotify.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🗣️ 'A moronic mission to cause mindless vandalism'
Everything you need to know about the Sycamore Gap trial, on The Story podcast ⬇️
🎧 @constancekampfner.bsky.social | @jonesluke.bsky.social
Everything you need to know about the Sycamore Gap trial, on The Story podcast ⬇️
🎧 @constancekampfner.bsky.social | @jonesluke.bsky.social
NEW: The woman thrown out of the Magic Circle for pulling off the ultimate illusion, disguising herself as a boy, has been found after The Times sparked a campaign to track her down
Sophie Lloyd was readmitted to the club
“A wrong was made right," she said
www.thetimes.com/article/456c...
Sophie Lloyd was readmitted to the club
“A wrong was made right," she said
www.thetimes.com/article/456c...
Magic Circle welcomes back woman expelled for the ultimate deception
Sophie Lloyd was ejected from the society of illusionists for duping them into believing she was a man — its first female chair convinced her to come back
www.thetimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NEW: The woman thrown out of the Magic Circle for pulling off the ultimate illusion, disguising herself as a boy, has been found after The Times sparked a campaign to track her down
Sophie Lloyd was readmitted to the club
“A wrong was made right," she said
www.thetimes.com/article/456c...
Sophie Lloyd was readmitted to the club
“A wrong was made right," she said
www.thetimes.com/article/456c...
Spending the day with Sam and Archie - who couldn't see eye to eye on what to have for lunch, let alone anything else - was an interesting lesson on the art of disagreement
For today's T2:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
For today's T2:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
One twin votes for Reform, the other is vegan, gay and a Green voter
How did two brothers end up with completely different views — and stay close? Constance Kampfner finds out
www.thetimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Spending the day with Sam and Archie - who couldn't see eye to eye on what to have for lunch, let alone anything else - was an interesting lesson on the art of disagreement
For today's T2:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
For today's T2:
www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...
I have no words for the bravery of the parents who spoke to me about the pain and trauma their family has faced since their two little girls were stabbed in the Southport attacks
This is their story: www.thetimes.com/article/eaff...
This is their story: www.thetimes.com/article/eaff...
Southport survivors’ parents: We don’t feel lucky
Seven months after their daughters were injured in the attack, a family speaks for the first time about the day that shattered their world
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February 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I have no words for the bravery of the parents who spoke to me about the pain and trauma their family has faced since their two little girls were stabbed in the Southport attacks
This is their story: www.thetimes.com/article/eaff...
This is their story: www.thetimes.com/article/eaff...
This has been the toughest day of reporting I've ever done, with so many grim details of these poor little girls' murders read out in court and the myriad ways their killer should have been stopped. The composure of the families in the face of it all was awe-inspiring.
January 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This has been the toughest day of reporting I've ever done, with so many grim details of these poor little girls' murders read out in court and the myriad ways their killer should have been stopped. The composure of the families in the face of it all was awe-inspiring.
Exc: A boy who was assaulted by Axel Rudakubana is being wrongly accused of bullying him and his home targeted by people blaming him for the horrific attacks in Southport
Another instance of how misinformation is channelling anger onto the wrong people
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Another instance of how misinformation is channelling anger onto the wrong people
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Thugs target victim of Axel Rudakubana for ‘sending him off the rails’
The family has been forced to call police after people turned up at their home and wrongly claimed that the pupil had bullied the Southport attacker at school
www.thetimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Exc: A boy who was assaulted by Axel Rudakubana is being wrongly accused of bullying him and his home targeted by people blaming him for the horrific attacks in Southport
Another instance of how misinformation is channelling anger onto the wrong people
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Another instance of how misinformation is channelling anger onto the wrong people
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
My profile of Axel Rudakubana reveals:
- His years as a troublemaker at school who made female students uncomfortable
- Details of a previous attack
- His family's traumatic experience of the Rwandan genocide
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece
www.thetimes.com/article/7738...
- His years as a troublemaker at school who made female students uncomfortable
- Details of a previous attack
- His family's traumatic experience of the Rwandan genocide
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece
www.thetimes.com/article/7738...
Axel Rudakubana: from class clown to killer
As the 18-year-old pleads guilty to the Southport attacks, The Times can reveal he was expelled from school — then returned with a hockey stick to target children
www.thetimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My profile of Axel Rudakubana reveals:
- His years as a troublemaker at school who made female students uncomfortable
- Details of a previous attack
- His family's traumatic experience of the Rwandan genocide
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece
www.thetimes.com/article/7738...
- His years as a troublemaker at school who made female students uncomfortable
- Details of a previous attack
- His family's traumatic experience of the Rwandan genocide
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece
www.thetimes.com/article/7738...
Labour insiders said Mike Amesbury, who has pleaded guilty to punching a constituent, was in a ‘dark place’ after missing out on a government job
Story with @geraldinescott.co.uk
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Story with @geraldinescott.co.uk
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Mike Amesbury wanted to be a minister. Now he’s a criminal
Labour insiders say the MP, who has pleaded guilty to punching a constituent, was in a ‘dark place’ after missing out on a government job
www.thetimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Labour insiders said Mike Amesbury, who has pleaded guilty to punching a constituent, was in a ‘dark place’ after missing out on a government job
Story with @geraldinescott.co.uk
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Story with @geraldinescott.co.uk
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Was the horrific abuse Kiena Dawes suffered at the hands of her fiancé before she killed herself enough to convict him of manslaughter?
Not according to a jury
Yet experts told me the case highlights the often overlooked link between domestic abuse and suicide
👇
www.thetimes.com/article/6e53...
Not according to a jury
Yet experts told me the case highlights the often overlooked link between domestic abuse and suicide
👇
www.thetimes.com/article/6e53...
‘Ryan Wellings killed me,’ she wrote. But the jury disagreed
Kiena Dawes died by suicide after a long campaign of domestic violence at the hands of her fiancé. Now he has been cleared of manslaughter in a historic case
www.thetimes.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Was the horrific abuse Kiena Dawes suffered at the hands of her fiancé before she killed herself enough to convict him of manslaughter?
Not according to a jury
Yet experts told me the case highlights the often overlooked link between domestic abuse and suicide
👇
www.thetimes.com/article/6e53...
Not according to a jury
Yet experts told me the case highlights the often overlooked link between domestic abuse and suicide
👇
www.thetimes.com/article/6e53...
This is an incredible - and disturbing - piece of reporting by the Africa Eye team: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigeria's fertility scam: ‘Pregnant’ for 15 months
Women in Nigeria desperate to conceive are drawn into a disturbing scam involving trafficked babies.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
This is an incredible - and disturbing - piece of reporting by the Africa Eye team: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There is nothing special about the group of men who can often be found sipping pints outside a brasserie in Avignon.
Yet they are actually co-defendants in France’s largest ever rape trial.
My dispatch from the Pelicot case:
www.thetimes.com/article/1f03...
Yet they are actually co-defendants in France’s largest ever rape trial.
My dispatch from the Pelicot case:
www.thetimes.com/article/1f03...
Revealed: the post-court lunches and jokes shared by Pelicot accused
Dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have descended upon the medieval French city for the trial. Residents find their presence deeply unsettling
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:18 AM
There is nothing special about the group of men who can often be found sipping pints outside a brasserie in Avignon.
Yet they are actually co-defendants in France’s largest ever rape trial.
My dispatch from the Pelicot case:
www.thetimes.com/article/1f03...
Yet they are actually co-defendants in France’s largest ever rape trial.
My dispatch from the Pelicot case:
www.thetimes.com/article/1f03...
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Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
“A rape is a rape” draped on the walls of Avignon
I’m here covering the Pelicot trial as it enters its final weeks
Today Gisele Pelicot accused the dozens of men who are accused of raping her while she was unconscious of “cowardice”
Many claim they were tricked by her ex-husband
I’m here covering the Pelicot trial as it enters its final weeks
Today Gisele Pelicot accused the dozens of men who are accused of raping her while she was unconscious of “cowardice”
Many claim they were tricked by her ex-husband
November 19, 2024 at 12:53 PM
“A rape is a rape” draped on the walls of Avignon
I’m here covering the Pelicot trial as it enters its final weeks
Today Gisele Pelicot accused the dozens of men who are accused of raping her while she was unconscious of “cowardice”
Many claim they were tricked by her ex-husband
I’m here covering the Pelicot trial as it enters its final weeks
Today Gisele Pelicot accused the dozens of men who are accused of raping her while she was unconscious of “cowardice”
Many claim they were tricked by her ex-husband
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It's a work in progress but here's a starter pack of regional journalists in the UK, including national reporters working outside of London...
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs
November 15, 2024 at 9:28 AM
It's a work in progress but here's a starter pack of regional journalists in the UK, including national reporters working outside of London...
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs
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Constance Kampfner - Constance is one of our most talented young journalists who now works as our northern correspondent. She did heroic work covering this summer’s riots. bsky.app/profile/cons...
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November 13, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Constance Kampfner - Constance is one of our most talented young journalists who now works as our northern correspondent. She did heroic work covering this summer’s riots. bsky.app/profile/cons...
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Follow some of my excellent colleagues at @thetimes.com go.bsky.app/NqDPCtV
November 14, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Follow some of my excellent colleagues at @thetimes.com go.bsky.app/NqDPCtV
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Among the reasons for quitting X says the Centre for Countering Hate is that from 15 November X is changing its terms of service to require all legal disputes to be settled according to the laws of Texas. That's tomorrow.
November 14, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Among the reasons for quitting X says the Centre for Countering Hate is that from 15 November X is changing its terms of service to require all legal disputes to be settled according to the laws of Texas. That's tomorrow.
Should probably introduce myself now I've joined the exodus!
I'm based in Manchester as the Times's northern correspondent and cover crime, politics, culture + more
Before then I worked in London and before that briefly in Glasgow
Here are some of my favourite stories from over the years 👇
I'm based in Manchester as the Times's northern correspondent and cover crime, politics, culture + more
Before then I worked in London and before that briefly in Glasgow
Here are some of my favourite stories from over the years 👇
November 14, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Should probably introduce myself now I've joined the exodus!
I'm based in Manchester as the Times's northern correspondent and cover crime, politics, culture + more
Before then I worked in London and before that briefly in Glasgow
Here are some of my favourite stories from over the years 👇
I'm based in Manchester as the Times's northern correspondent and cover crime, politics, culture + more
Before then I worked in London and before that briefly in Glasgow
Here are some of my favourite stories from over the years 👇
Right let's see how bluesky compares to the *other place*
I'm looking for a woman called Sophie Lloyd
Expelled from the Magic Circle for pretending to be a teenage boy, she then pulled the ultimate trick and disappeared 🐇🎩
Help me find her?
www.thetimes.com/article/e4c2...
I'm looking for a woman called Sophie Lloyd
Expelled from the Magic Circle for pretending to be a teenage boy, she then pulled the ultimate trick and disappeared 🐇🎩
Help me find her?
www.thetimes.com/article/e4c2...
Magic Circle wants to welcome back woman who duped it
Sophie Lloyd was expelled in 1991 after carrying out the ultimate illusion — posing as a teenage magician in the men-only club
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Right let's see how bluesky compares to the *other place*
I'm looking for a woman called Sophie Lloyd
Expelled from the Magic Circle for pretending to be a teenage boy, she then pulled the ultimate trick and disappeared 🐇🎩
Help me find her?
www.thetimes.com/article/e4c2...
I'm looking for a woman called Sophie Lloyd
Expelled from the Magic Circle for pretending to be a teenage boy, she then pulled the ultimate trick and disappeared 🐇🎩
Help me find her?
www.thetimes.com/article/e4c2...