Published by The Daily Mail (16th July, 2023) The shock news arrived without warning in January: Michela Leidi was being officially cancelled as the mother of her daughter […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Mass evacuations as ‘Russia blows up dam’
Published by The Daily Mail (7th June, 2023) Shortly after two o’clock in the morning, residents in Nova Kakhovka woke to loud explosions and then strange rushing sounds. […]
China / World
Why do we kowtow to a vile dictatorship that covers up Covid’s origins, threatens Taiwan and carries out genocide?
Published by The Daily Mail (2nd May, 2023) As he flew back from the ceremonies marking the handover of Hong Kong to China in July 1997, the future […]
Europe / Russia
Breathtaking courage of tyrant Putin’s latest show trial victim
Published by The Daily Mail (18th April, 2023) A leading pro-democracy campaigner and Kremlin critic has been sentenced to 25 years in a Russian penal colony for condemning […]
China / Taiwan / World
Tanks stand ready on beaches where barricades jut from the sands – a dispatch from Taiwan front line so close you can see China across the bay
Published by The Daily Mail (11th April, 2023) Kinmen is a holiday destination with a difference: tanks are parked by some beaches, spiked barricades poke from the sand […]
Health
Ministers throw money at the NHS, yet social care is neglected still
Published by The Daily Mail (5th April, 2023) When Jeremy Hunt was asked about his biggest regret from his six-year stint as health secretary, his response was unequivocal: […]
Health / Police / Policy
24 rape and 18 sex attack claims at hospital… but not a single prosecution
Published by The Daily Mail (24th March, 2023) Police investigated 24 reported rapes and 18 sexual assaults at a single psychiatric hospital over the past three years – […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
No surrender in the city Putin’s been failing to seize for a decade
Published by The Daily Mail (10th March, 2023) Bouncing along potholed roads at terrifying speeds to avoid any hail of Russian shells, we stuck close behind the car […]
Europe / Ukraine
‘Glory to the heroes!’ rang out as a trumpet sounded beneath the golden dome
Published by The Daily Mail (25th February, 2023) Yesterday morning, as I left my flat in the centre of the city, ten young joggers pounded past me along […]
Feature / Russia / Ukraine
‘Before the war, we saw Russians alive. Now we only see them dead’
Published by The Daily Mail (24th February, 2023) THE Ukrainian soldiers were hiding among the trees and buried in hobbit-like holes beneath the snow. But the Russian drones […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
Once Ukrainians trembled at Putin’s threats. Now they joke about playing bingo as they tick off his stock phrases
Published by The Daily Mail (22nd February, 2023) Sinister black posters appeared at bus stops and parks across the country days before Vladimir Putin’s speech to the Russian […]
Europe / Russia / Ukraine
‘I hate all Russians’ Olena tells me. ‘My hatred goes from their children to their grandmothers.’
Published by The Daily Mail (18th February, 2023) On the left bank of Kyiv, ten miles from the city centre, sits a peaceful cemetery beside some woods where […]