Katie French
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This is a bold and frankly brilliant move by the Bristol Post, naming and shaming the social media abusers who made threats and wrote disgusting things about Greta Thunberg, a 17-year-old climate change activist.
Forget be kind, be accountable.
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Right, going to have a bash at explaining a complicated and important story about bent police officers being sacked in secret … 👮♀️
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@piersmorgan
Imagine if those white wealthy male columnists cared as much about a Royal accused of child sex trafficking as they did about Meghan Markle
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Right, going to have a go at explaining the situation at Basingstoke Town Football Club and why people should care (even if you don’t live in Basingstoke or like football).
It’s going to be a bit of a ride, so bear with me:
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Appreciate this is a super long thread. If you’ve made it this far, thanks for reading!
I’m always interested in hearing from people about their experiences working in the police or coming into contact with the police. My DMs are open if you want to talk 📥
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In the interest of public transparency, it would be good to know if Good Morning Britain has paid Thomas Markle and if so, how much.
@itvpresscentre
#GMB
#WhyAmIWatchingThis
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And if you’re Basingstoke or North Hampshire based, please do pick up a copy of this week’s Bas Gazette 📰 and read all about it in print.
Special thanks to
@sophie_journo
@kimberleybarber
for putting it all together.
#trustedlocalnews
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So what happens next?
Justice Ellenbogen’s comments were clear - Mr Cooke had no reasonable expectation of privacy. This means the hearing was heard in private unnecessarily.
It makes a girl wonder .. how many of these police tribunals are being heard in secret unnecessarily?
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(As a quick aside, it’s a pretty big deal for a local news publisher to back a paper/ editor on something like this. Court action is costly and risky. I think it speaks volumes about Newsquest’s commitment to open justice)
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Beyoncé pays tribute to the victims of Grenfell Tower before signing Forever Young with husband Jay Z
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The
@metpoliceuk
say women should be “alert but not alarmed” after Zara Aleena was beaten to death by a stranger in a random attack yesterday morning.
The police can kindly do one. This is alarming. Telling women how we should feel is insulting.
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Jay Z points to his Grenfell lapel as he and Beyoncé finish their set paying tribute to the victims by singing Forever Young
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POV: you’re a random tourist in london with no idea what’s going on
#PlatinumPartyatthePalace
#platiniumjubilee
#PokemonGOFest2022
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He was found to have “systematically” abused his position to target vulnerable women, attending 999 calls and then essentially trying to pursue relationships with victims afterwards.
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And this is not a problem unique to Hampshire. There is a clear trend nationwide for affording corrupt police officers anonymity and shielding them from being held accountable.
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Here is the write-up of the court case
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Anyhoo …
After proceedings were launched, Penningtons Manches Cooper revealed no such order was in place. It turns out we had essentially been misled.
At the High Court in January, the police officer’s lawyer said it was a “genuine mistake”.
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For background, Hampshire Constabulary has quite a record when it comes to secret tribunals. A third of hearings have been held behind closed doors between 2018 and 2021.
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For the first time, we can now the officer’s name and details of his misconduct.
Mr Terry Cooke worked for
@HantsPolice
for more than 20 years. He was celebrated by chief constable Olivia Pinkney for his efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irma.
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And in an unusual move, the judge took the unusual step of ordering the ex-policeman to pay costs on an indemnity basis, meaning he’ll have to pay Newsquest’s legal fees. The
@PFEW_HQ
has said it is part-paying the costs.
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Question: What does it look like when a fast-food chain reopens for the first time in six weeks?
Scenes at Basingstoke’s KFC right now.
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One of the best quotes from one of the best books When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr
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Newsquest’s head of legal Simon Westrop decided to launch judicial review proceedings to challenge the murky process of imposing anonymity orders at secret tribunals without allowing representations from the press.
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But in a victory for open justice, the judge dismissed the officer’s application, finding he had “no reasonable expectation of privacy”.
Justice Ellenbogen found that the he had also behaved “improperly” through his insistence of an anonymity order.
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Why would the police would reveal this sensitive information? What does
@LancsPolice
stand to gain by doing so? It sounds like victim blaming and should make us all deeply uncomfortable.
#NicolaBulley
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Just in October last year, a
@hantspolice
officer who bombarded a domestic violence victim was bizarrely granted lifelong anonymity at a tribunal before he was sacked from the force.
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The tribunal chair, Mr Hansen, granted the request without consulting the Independent Office for Police Conduct, against Home Office guidelines.
The
@IOPC_Help
has criticised this as a “procedural irregularity”.
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Me, an idiot, three days ago: Charles Ingham? Huh? Oh I *think* I remember .. the coughing guy
Me, enlightened, today: Charles Ingram was not guilty! Clear cause for reasonable doubt! Mensa badge! Miscarriage of justice!
#Quiz
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Emails disclosed as evidence to the High Court showed the policeman’s lawyer had put forward a request the day before the tribunal for proceedings to be heard in private - NOT for an anonymity order.
Two very different things!
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I had questions. Who was this policeman? Hampshire is a big place, where did he work? What had he done? Why was the hearing kept secret? Why wasn’t the press invited or notified beforehand? Why wasn’t there an opportunity for the press to challenge reporting restrictions?
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He was sacked the next day without notice after the misconduct panel found his abuse of trust and power was so serious, he could no longer work for the force.
It would be nearly a month later that news of this anonymous officer’s sacking would be published.
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After requesting more info from Hampshire Police, the press office didn’t respond to me and instead forwarded my email to the officer’s lawyers
@Penningtonslaw
who threatened the paper with legal action if we were to publish their client’s name.
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For a man who campaigns against child abuse, it could be said that it is rather odd Prince Andrew hasn’t uttered a signal word of sympathy towards the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
This interview has been 97% squirm and 3% splutters
#newsnight
#princeandrew
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Under Home Office guidelines, police forces are supposed to make arguments for these hearings to be heard openly and challenge private requests where necessary.
Hampshire Police didn’t intervene.
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In May 2021, a mysterious press release was published by
@HantsPolice
about an anonymous policeman who had been sacked at a secret hearing after he was found to have abused his position
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Penningtons, representing the cop and understood to have been acting on behalf of the Police Federation for England and Wales, claimed an anonymity order was in place to protect the officer’s identity from being made public. This was repeated by
@HantsPCC
when I contacted them.
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So where did this ‘anonymity order’ come from? How did the confusion arise?
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In England, police misconduct hearings are presided over by a judge-type figure known as the Legally Qualified Chair. They are appointed by the local police and crime commissioner. In Hampshire, this is
@HantsPCC
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But back to the court case. In January, after ten months, Newsquest came head to head with lawyers representing the Legally Qualified Chair and the sacked police officer at a hearing at the High Court.
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A combination of the above and the absence of intervention from Hants Police resulted in the officer’s name and misconduct being shielded from the public.
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The officer again tried to apply for an anonymity order, claiming his name was of little relevance to the story and it was against his human rights to identify him.
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In the case of this misconduct hearing, the LQC was William Hansen QC.
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If we can trust Chris Whitty with the nation's health perhaps we can trust him with his own powerpoint clicker too?
Just a thought.
#DailyBriefing
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@kelvmackenzie
Your paper has been complicit in gaslighting the public and dismantling the NHS over the last 12 years (as well sexualising children and promoting the abuse of women and shaming victims of Hillsborough). You’re more interested in propaganda than journalism as your tweet shows.
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Are we *really* going to watch a controlling man on television for 10 weeks
@loveisland
? Joe clearly exhibiting signs of emotional manipulation over Lucie - not nice to see. Where is the support team now?
#LoveIsland
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It doesn’t feel right to be watching the normal episode of Love Island - knowing none of the contestants have been told about Caroline Flack - after a really moving tribute at the top of the show.
#loveisland
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Funny how the white British royal correspondents are so sure the critical coverage of Meghan Markle is “nothing to do with colour”
#princesandthepress
#bbc
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Genuinely misread the hashtag
#banskylanterns
as “Banksy Lanterns” and thought this was an instillation on national identity
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Someone at GB News wanted to put secret cameras in classrooms to show “how left-wing” teachers are, according to Andrew Neil.
@afneil
’s full and frank interview here with the Daily Mail here:
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Hi
@frankieboyle
, sorry to hear you think local newspapers aren't worth buying.
You may not need a local newspaper to turn to, but many do. Including the nurse I spoke to last month, who was in tears over the lack of PPE at Basingstoke hospital.
Here are a few more examples:
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Caroline Flack cutting the queen Yewande off mid sentence is not what I am here for 👑
#LoveIslandAftersun
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So where is everyone at now?
(If you’re still reading, I applaud you)
Basingstoke Town is now virtually homeless and is playing 19 miles away in Winchester.
Mr Razzak is awaiting planning approval on his proposals to redevelop the Camrose site to build a road + houses
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If you enjoyed reading, please do pick up a copy of the Gazette tomorrow.
And if you would like to share your thoughts or comment on what the club means to you, contact newsdesk
@basingstokegazette
.co.uk.
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Retired life does funny things to people. My parents just messaged to say they’d taken the cat to the beach today
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Rishi Sunak may be somewhat MIA but here’s Theresa May in Cookham this afternoon, spotted by our off-duty reporter
@Daisyw_journo
who happened to be on a walk at the time and managed to land an interview. Full report online shortly 📝
#greatjob
#ukfloods
#berkshire
#maidenhead
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The national press is in dire need of royal correspondents who have the temerity to hold the royal family to account as opposed to breathlessly reporting whatever line is put forward.
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The Royals and co back on their feet for this 90s classic 🕺
#CoronationConcert
#Coronation2023
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This is a polite and reasonable request from a journalist doing their job. You can say no without turning it into a public spectacle. But then I guess you wouldn’t get the engagement 🤷♀️
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@chrisshipitv
@itvnews
When someone is talking about their lived experience of racism and mental health, there is no “other side”. Stop victim blaming.
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@BethanyWhittin2
This account is also selling off the irrigation system.
Guessing they won't be needing it for the re-planted pitch then..
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Shout out to fellow ageing millenials enjoying Blink 182 from the comfort of their own home 🤘🤘
#rockshow
#ReadingFestival2024
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I think it’s fair to say that while this may not be nationally known, Basingstoke has a very strong connection to sport and it really makes the town.
Whether it’s the football club or the Bison, the teams give the community something to be proud of.
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My sister found this in her garden this morning and honestly I’m so jealous
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Football is a sport unlike any other. It draws a wider and more diverse audience than any other mainstream sport and even as someone who admittedly is far from fanatical about it, I can see it is blindly obvious that to lose this part of Basingstoke would be devastating.
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The Camrose Stadium this morning.
It seems so sad and silly to me that a perfectly decent football ground (albeit with a wrecked pitch) sits empty while Basingstoke Town is forced to play 19 miles down the road.
#savethecamrose
#savebasingstoketown
⚽️
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@jnoahmorgan
@danwootton
Yes! It is tiring watching Meghan being scrutinised and hounded in a way that doesn’t happen to other royals - and when it’s this sloppy, it’s offensive to the profession
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Unsubstantiated rumours about disturbances and protests in Reading town centre have been spreading across WhatsApp, X and Facebook today but this was the scene a short time ago ..
#rdguk
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Worth remembering the daily death figure from the NHS only includes those who tested positive for Covid-19 and died in hospital.
This number does not include deaths outside of hospitals.
@CareEngland
has estimated 1,000 people have died in care homes so far.
#coronavirusuk
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In short, the whole episode is a sad affair that has genuinely left fans upset and without answers.
In three short years, hopes of a £10million stadium that could seat 5,000 have been dashed and instead supporters will fight for one of the 50 seats on offer at Winklebury.
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Chuffed to have been recognised at the Newsquest Excellence Awards as runner up Editor of The Year, second to the formidable Diarmuid MacDonagh, of the Dorset Echo. It is a true privilege to be an editor and work with fantastic people every day.
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Loving the new Paddington Bear in Broad Street, bringing lots of joy to Reading town centre this lunchtime
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Devastating that even after all of the publicity and government intervention this extraordinarily surreal case has attracted, it wasn’t possible to rescue his Afghan staff
#PenFarthing
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Anyone up for a little story time update on Basingstoke Town FC and the Camrose scandal?
Before I dive in - here is what the Camrose looks like now. It's been left abandoned and unsecured since the club were evicted and made homeless in July 2019, after 66 years at the site.
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It’s worth mentioning our reporter spoke to a lot of customers. None of whom were on their way back from shifts as key workers.
That’s not to say there won’t be key workers visiting but seems disingeous of KFC to use that reasoning for reopening the drive-thru.
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Wow, honoured that the
@BasGazette
has been shortlisted when we are such a tiny team. Our investigation + campaign into the Camrose isn’t over yet but proud to have made it this far. Congratulations to everyone shortlisted 🥂
#bja2020
#trustedlocalnews
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As if we need any more evidence that women in this country are being failed by the police, this is how they treat a missing woman. This will not be new information to
@LancsPolice
so the question is why they are choosing to publicise it now.
#NicolaBulley
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Masterclass in how to cover a Royal visit using Twitter, sorry X.
Excellent work Olivia!
I’m down here at the Lexicon in Bracknell and where the Princess of Wales has just arrived at the VSI Razom Ukranian Community Centre
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Jeremy Corbyn coming across well this evening. Speaking frankly and going off script is where
@theresa_may
struggles
#BBCQt
#ge2017
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Mr Razzak denied that he was destroying the pitch in order to make it impossible for Basingstoke Town to move back and said workers were simply ‘replanting the grass’.
Last week, the council said it was investigating an alleged breach of planning regulations.
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We have spoken to lawyers about the covenant and what this means legally in terms of developing the land and it is a murky.
Though morally, the answer is quite clear.
I wonder what Lord Camrose would make of all this 🤔
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Firstly, this is a really important place to the people of Basingstoke. Take our sports editor Graham, for example, who watched his first match at the Camrose Stadium at the age seven.
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Little life update: it’s been a month since I left the BasGaz and the lovely team. I’ve decided to put my next gig on hold as life had other plans .. 👶🤰
I am hugely grateful and thankful to Sky News for being so supportive and understanding.
Here’s to a v new adventure!
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UPDATE: We've been informed an account in selling off parts of the Camrose stadium including its terraces, Portakabin and toilets.
Mr Razzak just told our reporter
@BethanyWhittin2
he 'doesn't know anything about it'
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At the risk of being hated ... I don’t get the daily qs asking for an exit date to the lockdown.
This isn’t Brexit. It’s a healthcare crisis, can’t we be adults and accept the government doesn’t know and that’s kind of ok right now given the circumstances?
#PressBriefing
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Organiser of Reading Black Lives Matter’s peaceful demo which ended today in Forbury Gardens at 4pm said the sad incident later this evening was not related to the event.
Video here:
#reading
#ForburyGardens
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After Basingstoke Town Football Club was established one 1945, Lord Camrose very kindly offered the team a new ground on Winchester Road which was later renamed The Camrose Stadium.
In 1953, he signed a covenant to protect the land from development until 2053.
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In the same way Vote Leavers are accused of being spoon fed their opinions from The Mail, Remainers are just as guilty of gaining their evidence from a narrow outlets: a
@jk_rowling
thread or another
@OwenJones84
op-ed.
#Brexit
#InsideEurope
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For years, fans, the press and public have been led to believe a covenant - set up in 1953 to protect the team’s football ground from development - was missing or lost.
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George Eustice MP at Devon County Show says Britain's farmers would be far better off outside the EU
#voteleave
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