Paul Heaney
@paulheaney.bsky.social
BBC Investigative Journalist, 🏴in🏴
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‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
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Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats.
🧵 on some of what it can do below:
jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...
🧵 on some of what it can do below:
jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...
Senedd Election Simulator
Senedd Election Simulator - Visualize Welsh election results
jaclarner.github.io
May 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Over last year I've been building a Senedd Election Simulator tool. It gives a useful (I hope!) visual explainer of how the new election system turns votes into seats.
🧵 on some of what it can do below:
jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...
🧵 on some of what it can do below:
jaclarner.github.io/senedd_ethol...
'Google AI presented my April Fools' story as real news'
April 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'Google AI presented my April Fools' story as real news'
One day someone will simultaneously need a charger for an old Toshiba laptop, and a 0.3m phono cable at the same time. And I'll be ready.
I am obsessively proud of the collection of cables I have built up over the years. Sometimes I will just stare at the box I keep them in, thinking how handy some of them would be in certain situations. These situations have never come up
March 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One day someone will simultaneously need a charger for an old Toshiba laptop, and a 0.3m phono cable at the same time. And I'll be ready.
Toxic town impact as most high-risk contaminated sites unchecked
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Toxic town impact as most high-risk contaminated sites unchecked
BBC investigation finds nine out of ten high-risk contaminated areas have not been tested.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Toxic town impact as most high-risk contaminated sites unchecked
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
Myfanwy - 'The greatest love song ever written" - cello and piano
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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March 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
When the BBC stood up to some of the most powerful people in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
MI5 lied to courts to defend handling of violent neo-Nazi agent
In an unprecedented admission, the Security Service apologises for “inaccurate” evidence.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When the BBC stood up to some of the most powerful people in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I first met Andrew 10 years ago. He knows dozens of people who have killed themselves, and wants to do something about it. A decade on his story is as importnat as ever. www.bbc.com/news/article... #mentalhealth
Male suicide: Director makes film to raise awareness
Film producer Andrew Jenkins is selling an Aston Martin to fund a film to raise awareness of suicide.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I first met Andrew 10 years ago. He knows dozens of people who have killed themselves, and wants to do something about it. A decade on his story is as importnat as ever. www.bbc.com/news/article... #mentalhealth
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YouGov: Few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
January 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
YouGov: Few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything
I feel seen 👀
Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.
January 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel seen 👀
Thank you for the kind words about our podcast. What is it like to go undercover for almost a year, to investigate the far right? Available here, now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
January 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Thank you for the kind words about our podcast. What is it like to go undercover for almost a year, to investigate the far right? Available here, now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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👏 Fantastic BBC Wales documentary tonight following a brave undercover journalist infiltrating the vile Patriotic Alternative group.
Also includes a shout-out for @hopenothate.org.uk from a PA activist who lost his job at HMRC after we exposed his violent racism:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Also includes a shout-out for @hopenothate.org.uk from a PA activist who lost his job at HMRC after we exposed his violent racism:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
January 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
👏 Fantastic BBC Wales documentary tonight following a brave undercover journalist infiltrating the vile Patriotic Alternative group.
Also includes a shout-out for @hopenothate.org.uk from a PA activist who lost his job at HMRC after we exposed his violent racism:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Also includes a shout-out for @hopenothate.org.uk from a PA activist who lost his job at HMRC after we exposed his violent racism:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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South Wales Police are set to investigate the activities of the far-right in Wales following a year-long undercover probe by the BBC ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
South Wales Police to probe far right in Wales following undercover doc
Emily Price South Wales Police are set to investigate the activities of the far-right in Wales following a year-long undercover probe by the BBC. ‘Unmasked: Extreme Far Right’ documented an undercover...
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January 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
South Wales Police are set to investigate the activities of the far-right in Wales following a year-long undercover probe by the BBC ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
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"Creating a climate conducive to terrorism." Growing calls for far-right Patriotic Alternative to be banned following an undercover BBC investigation. (They say they're not racist nor extreme, despite language and opinions heard in our doc.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC investigation exposes 'far-right' group in secret filming
Undercover reporter infiltrated far-right group and exposed group's extreme views in secret filming.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Creating a climate conducive to terrorism." Growing calls for far-right Patriotic Alternative to be banned following an undercover BBC investigation. (They say they're not racist nor extreme, despite language and opinions heard in our doc.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our investigation into two prolific criminals who ran their business "like a travel agency for smugglers" from a car wash in Caerphilly. @BBCWalesNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Tripadvisor for smugglers' Welsh car wash owners plead guilty
The smugglers offered the migrants bronze, silver, gold and platinum packages, depending on risk.
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November 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Our investigation into two prolific criminals who ran their business "like a travel agency for smugglers" from a car wash in Caerphilly. @BBCWalesNews www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
For nearly a year our team followed the far right, undercover. Here's what we found. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #farright #undercover #journalism
Patriotic Alternative: A year undercover with a far-right group
I'm a BBC journalist, but for the past year I've been going undercover in a far-right group.
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January 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
For nearly a year our team followed the far right, undercover. Here's what we found. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #farright #undercover #journalism