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George Willoughby
@gwjournalism.bsky.social
Data journalist at The Times and Sunday Times. Views are my own

✍️ https://www.thetimes.com/profile/george-willoughby
📈 This chart has become the favourite thing I have automated. It's clear, Donald Trump is passing an unprecedented number of orders. My colleague @tomcalver.bsky.social and I have been keeping tabs on many other metrics in this tracker piece👇

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March 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🚨 NEW: Working with the excellent @davidwoode.bsky.social, we looked at knife crime and analysed who are the perpetrators and who are the victims @thetimes.com 👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Knife crime is rising — we looked at the data to find out why
Analysing a decade of crime statistics exposes the scale of fatal stabbings and knife possession across England and Wales
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January 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Reposted by George Willoughby
Following the latest NHS flu figures across the Christmas period, NHS directors warn of pressure on hospitals due to spread of winter quad-demic (flu, Covid, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus)

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
January 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🧵 Mo Salah is playing some of his best football at the age of 3️⃣2️⃣ but will Liverpool offer him a new deal? The amazing @hkhaliqueloonat.bsky.social and I looked at how forwards age and the risks involved offering older players lucrative contracts @thetimes.com

#ddj
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
Why Liverpool may be unwilling to give Mo Salah the deal he wants
Given the 32-year-old’s present form, the case for meeting his contract demands may seem convincing, but the stats show a sharp drop-off once forwards reach the age of 33
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December 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Reposted by George Willoughby
At the worst-performing NHS hospitals, 1 in 4 patients have to endure 12 hour waits in A&E after arriving.

Long delays are causing thousands of avoidable deaths.

Story with @gwjournalism.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
The hospitals where 1 in 4 patients wait more than 12 hours in A&E
Doctors warn of ‘life or death’ delays that kill thousands of patients a year as NHS figures reveal the longest waits in the worst-performing emergency units
www.thetimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:45 PM
⚽️ First post on here just had to be about football... fun collab with the sports desk looking at if the Premier League has become too formulaic and how the spectacle has disappeared from the game. One of the main discoveries was the death of the long ball...
www.thetimes.com/sport/footba...
December 9, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by George Willoughby
🗞️ More and more Times and Sunday Times journalists and staff are joining BlueSky.

We’ll be updating this starter kit as they do so, you should give them a follow

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October 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM