Ed Fraser

EXCLUSIVE: C4News reveals shocking allegations author of The Penguin Lessons - best-selling memoir turned into a hit film starring Steve Coogan - abused boys at a school in Dorset in the 1970s. The author, Tom Michell (known in his teaching days as Mike Thompson) strenuously denies the allegations

Here’s my exclusive Channel 4 News investigation - produced by the incredible Claire Sinka on the shocking allegations the author of The Penguin Lessons sexually abused former pupils:
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On The Ground: Fury, tears and fatigue in Ukraine Ukrainians want peace, of course. But before that they want victory, writes Cathy Newman in Kyiv

@cathynewman.bsky.social reports from Ukraine
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Trump rants at Israel and Iran as ceasefire violated in hours Fragile and still hanging in the balance, a furious Donald Trump today said the ceasefire he declared official at 6am this morning has been violated by both sides.

Trump rants and drops the F bomb at Israel over Iran ceasefire violation www.channel4.com/news/trump-r... via @Anja_Popp

US share prices fall as markets nervous about Trump’s tariffs Share prices have tumbled again in the United States, with financial markets increasingly nervous about the impact of the US President's tariff threats.

In time of market turmoil. Get real with Neil our @channel4news.bsky.social finance and business guru: www.channel4.com/news/us-shar...

A female Bishop has alleged she was sexually harassed by the Bishop of Liverpool and made a formal complaint, but it has emerged a judge refused to allow it because more than a year had passed since the alleged harassment. 4/10

Bishop Perumbalath is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the Chelmsford diocese on separate occasions between 2019 and 2023. 3/10

Two women have made allegations of a sexual nature against the Bishop of Liverpool, John Perumbalath, and one of the complainants is a female Bishop in the Church of England. 2/10

The Bishop of Liverpool is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and harassing a fellow bishop.

Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10

Channel 4 announces new streaming documentary ‘This Is Gaza’ from Emmy-winning news team in Gaza ‘This is Gaza’ follows the emotional journey of filmmaker Yousef Hammash, caught in the crossfire of a war and a humanitarian catastrophe whilst reporting from inside Gaza.

Streaming on Channel 4 from Wednesday 9pm “This is Gaza”

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As thousands desert Twitter, is this the end for Elon Musk’s X? It was once the world's online marketplace of ideas. But ever since the billionaire tycoon Elon Musk bought up Twitter and renamed it X - dissatisfied users have fled the site - especially after the U...

As thousands desert Twitter, is this the end for Elon Musk’s X? www.channel4.com/news/as-thou... via @andrewmisra.bsky.social

Righteous indignation from the nation of Ireland over English prioritisation of Guinness

Channel 4 News editor: 'We defy expectations because we move quickly' Channel 4 News editor Esme Wren believes the programme "defied expectations" for 2024 and says it is "game on" for more next year.

“How do they know that’s Channel 4 News, and how can we make sure that’s properly funded and resourced in the future as we step further into this digital distribution? Prominence is still the question that hasn’t yet been answered.”

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YouTube video by Channel 4 News Israel, Syria, Iran: how the Middle East is about to change

Israel, Syria, Iran: how the Middle East is about to change

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YouTube video by Channel 4 News True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave

Assad’s mass graves. This content now on a million views

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Barrow victim breaks silence on grooming ordeal and justice denied This is a story about the grooming, rape and abuse of children in Barrow, Cumbria. Of girls sometimes still in their school uniform.

Instead, the authorities tried to prosecute her on a blackmail charge which was later dropped.

Ellie has taken the extraordinary step of waiving her right to anonymity to tell us what happened.

www.channel4.com/news/barrow-... (3/4)

This is a story about the grooming, rape and abuse of children in Barrow, Cumbria. Of girls sometimes still in their school uniform.

A month ago, three brothers were convicted of a raft of serious sexual offences against children across Barrow, and in Leeds. (1/4)

YouTube video by Channel 4 News True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave

Unlocking Syria's dark past. Although this was understood to be happening, it's still shocking to see the sites and hear from witnesses and participants in Assad's barbarity. By Paraic O'Brien and team for @channel4news.bsky.social.

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True scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave His prisons held hundreds of thousands of people: relentlessly tortured and abused, many of them did not survive.

The true scale of Assad’s slaughter revealed at Syrian mass grave site seen on Channel 4 News
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“The machinery of death”. Mass graves in #Syria overseen by #Assad regime. A disturbing but necessary watch by @channel4news.bsky.social correspondent, Paraic O’Brien. Let’s hope the international community enables Syrians to have justice.

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YouTube video by Channel 4 News Syria: how to rebuild a 'corrupted narco-state'

Fourcast podcast on what happens next doe Syria… youtu.be/DZ3dx057mz0

YouTube video by Channel 4 News Israel attacks hundreds of military targets in Syria

#C4News Live from Damascus youtu.be/ocfZct47hOg?...

Inside Sednaya: Blood stained nooses and giant iron press The leader of HTS has vowed to pursue officials responsible for torture and war crimes during Assad's violent regime.

The Horror of Sednaya: Blood stained nooses and giant iron human pressing machine - the grim mechanics of torture www.channel4.com/news/inside-... via @paraicobrien

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Syria: Inside Sednaya prison Foreign Affairs correspondent Pariac O'Brien reached Damascus after travelling by road from the Lebanese border.

Crossing into Syria and going Inside the notorious Sednaya torture prison via this @channel4news.bsky.social
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Syria: Inside Sednaya prison Foreign Affairs correspondent Pariac O'Brien reached Damascus after travelling by road from the Lebanese border.

Crossing into Syria and going Inside the notorious Sednaya torture prison via @channel4news.bsky.social
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YouTube video by Channel 4 News Inside Aleppo: A new life in a deadly city (2016)

Remembering Aleppo with this extraordinary film from 2016

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Has anyone else noticed that Chat GPT is now “thinking” to produce a more considered answer?

Jinty McGintys