The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

16/12/2025

"Residents complained that they had little faith police reports would remain confidential, while officers told me that reluctance to testify made achieving convictions harder"

Reporter Ed Siddons' time investigating in the British Virgin Islands:

In a place where everyone knows everyone, politics is shaped by social networks – and demands from London fall on deaf ears

15/12/2025

NEW: UK regulator investigating bad cancer drugs revealed by TBIJ

MHRA tells doctors it will look into shipments of failed drugs that were exported to UK

12/12/2025

BREAKING: Carter-Ruck lawyer cleared of all wrongdoing in her work for billion-dollar crypto scam

Tribunal goes as far as to praise the professionalism of Claire Gill, who had been accused of threatening a whistleblower

10/12/2025

NEW INVESTIGATION: An Indian company struck gold by making vital drugs affordable. But there’s a catch

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10/12/2025

How do you earn trust in a community that’s used to being talked at or misrepresented? We wrestle with this question constantly, especially when reporting on sensitive issues that affect people’s everyday lives.

That’s how Bradford StoryHub began: one cup of tea and one conversation at a time. There are no deadlines, no agendas – just the willingness to listen.

Since May, we've hosted more than 20 workshops with groups such as Bradford Immigration and Asylum Support and Advice Network (BIASAN), Highfield Community Association and Beyond the Margin – a Bradford-based community organisation supporting local people to share their stories.

One woman from Keighley told our reporter, John Offord, that people like her – from migrant backgrounds – don’t get enough credit for their contributions in the UK. Her words echo a wider national conversation. But building trust requires time and patience.

Our newsroom has taken similar approaches in other projects, from Hot Homes – a community project that exposed how some British homes are ill-adapted to climate change – to Trans+ Voices, which produced inclusive investigations with trans and nonbinary communities.

Bradford StoryHub is part of this broader effort to make journalism less extractive and more reflective of lived realities.

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09/12/2025

The British Virgin Islands are part of the UK’s overseas territories — a global network of jurisdictions where the Crown remains head of state. Many of these territories, including the BVI, have long been linked to tax evasion, money laundering and the facilitation of serious organised crime.

To this day Britain still plays a part in governing the territory together with elected officials. But organised crime and corruption have pushed the relationship to breaking point.

Our reporter, Edward Siddons, travelled to the BVI to investigate the fallout from a wave of scandals that shook the territory in 2022.

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08/12/2025

We look beyond the need to generate clicks. We do not cower from difficult stories. We seek to listen to voices that are often overlooked. We fact check our work. And we work directly with those who can use what we reveal to make a difference in the world.

Our Big Give campaign ends tomorrow – meaning there’s just one day left to support our independent not-for-profit newsroom and get your donations doubled at no extra cost to you 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejXwps5T

05/12/2025

Family court cases have the potential to change lives – and yet investment has dropped and there are barely any court reporters left in the UK.

This kind of reporting is scarce because there just aren’t enough court reporters in the UK, and it takes a thorough understanding of the family courts system and the legal aspects of court reporting to get to the heart of each case.

We’re filling the gaps left behind by other newsrooms – and we want to empower others to do this kind of work.

But our resources are limited.

Support us to support them. Donate to our Big Give campaign this week and have your contribution doubled at no extra cost to you.

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04/12/2025

Indigenous people are living through the most extreme effects of climate change – yet they are least responsible for it.

We’ve been investigating the threats faced by Indigenous communities for years. But ahead of Cop30 we wanted to do something different.

This project couldn’t have happened without the support of our readers. Donate to your Big Give campaign via the link in our bio this week – and have your support doubled at no extra cost.

03/12/2025

Nearly two thirds of 13 to 17-year-olds in the UK have a Snapchat profile according to Ofcom. We’ve gone through documents showing that some users have deeply unhealthy relationships with the platform – specifically concerning issues of addiction, anxiety and body image.

The documents also show that Snapchat staff repeatedly raised concerns about the risks to young users’ mental health posed by some of the platform’s key features. All of these features are still central to the app today.

The nearly 6,000 pages of court filings that draw on internal emails, research and documents from major social media companies were released as part of a multi-district litigation. It alleges that platforms including TikTok, Meta, Google and Snapchat knowingly built addictive products that were harmful to children.

Snapchat told us the allegations in the case “fundamentally misrepresent our platform”. The company spokesperson told us that the app was built to encourage “self-expression and authentic connections”. The company added that the quotes in the legal filing were "cherry-picked" excerpts taken out of context, and some points in the legal documents rely on quotes from user feedback that reflect a small percentage of users.

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02/12/2025

Independent investigative journalism is vital to countering misinformation and keeping power to account. That is why we focus on producing in-depth, fact-checked investigations – rather than chasing clicks.

But your support gives us the resources we need to keep going.

Today we’re launching our Big Give Christmas crowdfunder so that we can continue to produce independent reporting in 2026.

Want to know the best part? Until Tuesday next week (December 9), all donations we receive will be doubled at no extra cost to you.

Donate here 🔗https://bit.ly/TBIJ-big-give

01/12/2025

We’ve identified dozens of AI-generated accounts on Fiverr offering bogus legal services and impersonating real solicitors – which counts as a criminal offence.

Although this violates Fiverr’s terms of service, sellers are free to use AI to complete work for clients and the platform advises buyers to state clearly if they do not want AI-generated work.

The majority of the profiles we’ve flagged still remain live on the platform – adding to the steady rise of bogus law firms and impersonation scams that the Solicitors Regulation Authority has flagged this year.

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