Gareth Davies
@garethtbij.bsky.social
Investigative journalist @tbij.bsky.social. garethdavies@tbij.com. Supporter of local journalism and Tottenham Hotspur. Runner. PC & board gamer
I’m no expert but this coverage is a bit crap, no? Can barely hear the crowd, took far too long to react to the last out, awkwardly timed analysis, etc
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I’m no expert but this coverage is a bit crap, no? Can barely hear the crowd, took far too long to react to the last out, awkwardly timed analysis, etc
Things are looking up (and over the boundary)
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Things are looking up (and over the boundary)
That didn’t look out. No deviation on the ball
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
That didn’t look out. No deviation on the ball
Susie never fails to deliver
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Susie never fails to deliver
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Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
There's out of touch and then there's living in a different universe. You can always trust Uefa to find a way of souring what was an amazing advert for football www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Uefa orders Scotland fans to remove celebration videos from X
European football's governing body claimed clips of fans cheering Scotland's World Cup qualification in front of TV screens breached copyright.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There's out of touch and then there's living in a different universe. You can always trust Uefa to find a way of souring what was an amazing advert for football www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oof. Nathan Gill sentenced to 10.5 years for accepting pro-Russia bribes.
It feels like, even with the amount of coverage it's had, this should be a bigger story, and a bigger problem for Farage
It feels like, even with the amount of coverage it's had, this should be a bigger story, and a bigger problem for Farage
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Oof. Nathan Gill sentenced to 10.5 years for accepting pro-Russia bribes.
It feels like, even with the amount of coverage it's had, this should be a bigger story, and a bigger problem for Farage
It feels like, even with the amount of coverage it's had, this should be a bigger story, and a bigger problem for Farage
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Reform’s leading councillor in Portsmouth, George Madgwick recently argued that young people are overpaid – backing Nigel Farage’s call to reduce the minimum wage
But what he didn’t mention is that several tribunals found that some of his own companies have failed to pay wages and holiday pay
But what he didn’t mention is that several tribunals found that some of his own companies have failed to pay wages and holiday pay
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reform’s leading councillor in Portsmouth, George Madgwick recently argued that young people are overpaid – backing Nigel Farage’s call to reduce the minimum wage
But what he didn’t mention is that several tribunals found that some of his own companies have failed to pay wages and holiday pay
But what he didn’t mention is that several tribunals found that some of his own companies have failed to pay wages and holiday pay
That Reform councillor who told @lbc.co.uk that young people are paid too much? Turns out his companies have tribunal judgments against them for unpaid wages
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
George Madgwick: Portsmouth councillor failed to pay tribunal awards
George Madgwick has multiple tribunal rulings against him for unpaid wages
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
That Reform councillor who told @lbc.co.uk that young people are paid too much? Turns out his companies have tribunal judgments against them for unpaid wages
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
Cornwall Council advertised £6m contract to staff illegal children's homes
@cornwalllive.com follows up @tbij.bsky.social scoop about local authorities using children's homes without Ofsted registrations to care for young people with extreme needs
@cornwalllive.com follows up @tbij.bsky.social scoop about local authorities using children's homes without Ofsted registrations to care for young people with extreme needs
Council advertised a £6m contract to staff illegal children's homes
'The findings are an upsetting reminder of the pressures facing children’s social care - but it is also deeply disappointing to see the normalisation of illegal, unregistered placements. Unregistered ...
www.cornwalllive.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Cornwall Council advertised £6m contract to staff illegal children's homes
@cornwalllive.com follows up @tbij.bsky.social scoop about local authorities using children's homes without Ofsted registrations to care for young people with extreme needs
@cornwalllive.com follows up @tbij.bsky.social scoop about local authorities using children's homes without Ofsted registrations to care for young people with extreme needs
Catch you later, Steve
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Catch you later, Steve
Football. Bloody hell
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Football. Bloody hell
Holy crap. What a week of international football
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Holy crap. What a week of international football
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Take a bow Brennan. I did not know you had that in you
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Take a bow Brennan. I did not know you had that in you
At a combined age of 81, Gordon and Schmeichel must be among the oldest goalkeepers to represent their countries in the same match
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At a combined age of 81, Gordon and Schmeichel must be among the oldest goalkeepers to represent their countries in the same match
Scott McTominay’s renaissance since joining Napoli is one of my favourite football stories of the last ten years. Like Parrott’s hattrick, it’s a reminder why, despite how ugly it can be, it’s still the beautiful game
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Scott McTominay’s renaissance since joining Napoli is one of my favourite football stories of the last ten years. Like Parrott’s hattrick, it’s a reminder why, despite how ugly it can be, it’s still the beautiful game
Scott McTominaldo
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Scott McTominaldo
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The Daily Express has offered journalists compensation after they claimed the publisher stole their work pressgazette.co.uk/news/express...
Express offers compensation after freelances say work was stolen
First person account of rail journey apparently rewritten using AI.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Daily Express has offered journalists compensation after they claimed the publisher stole their work pressgazette.co.uk/news/express...
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 AM
There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world
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The FCA is consulting on plans to anonymise the short positions data it publishes. Currently anyone can see which firms have positions >0.5% in UK stocks.
The firm with the most short positions today is Marshall Wace.
Paul Marshall funds GB News, he and Ian Wace previously funded the Conservatives.
The firm with the most short positions today is Marshall Wace.
Paul Marshall funds GB News, he and Ian Wace previously funded the Conservatives.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The FCA is consulting on plans to anonymise the short positions data it publishes. Currently anyone can see which firms have positions >0.5% in UK stocks.
The firm with the most short positions today is Marshall Wace.
Paul Marshall funds GB News, he and Ian Wace previously funded the Conservatives.
The firm with the most short positions today is Marshall Wace.
Paul Marshall funds GB News, he and Ian Wace previously funded the Conservatives.
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
Everything about this - the cruelty of the policy, the glee with which the Sun celebrates it ('Bling Sting'), the racists who will lap it up - is sickening. The country is heading towards a very dark place
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Everything about this - the cruelty of the policy, the glee with which the Sun celebrates it ('Bling Sting'), the racists who will lap it up - is sickening. The country is heading towards a very dark place