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Marcus Edwards

@marcusedwards.bsky.social

Producer for Channel 4 News, covering Wales and the west of England.

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92-year-old man pleads not guilty to rape and murder cold case from 1967 A 92-year-old man has gone on trial accused of a murder that happened more than half a century ago.

The trial has begun of 92 year old Ryland Headley - charged with the rape and murder of elderly widow Louisa Dunne in Bristol in 1967

Remarkably, a case spanning nearly 6 decades

Our #c4news report @marcusedwards.bsky.social @daibaker.bsky.social Paul Mackeson
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16.06.2025 21:34 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Welsh government announce major change to 999 call handling The Welsh Government announced a major change in how the most serious 999 calls will be handled - in part, to try to improve poor cardiac arrest survival rates in Wales.

Major change announced to how the most serious 999 ambulance response calls are handled in Wales - incl a new ‘purple’ category for cardiac & respiratory arrests

From Cwmbran, our #c4news report ⬇️
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11.03.2025 21:22 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Ex-bishop jailed for sexually abusing boy at Swansea church A former Bishop of Swansea and Brecon has been jailed for sexually abusing a boy while he was a parish priest.

“I can finally begin the healing process”

A man who as a 14 yr old was sexually abused by Anthony Pierce, the former Bishop of Swansea & Brecon, addressed court today as Pierce was sent to prison

Our #c4news report
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12.03.2025 21:44 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
https://www.channel4.com/news/memorials-mark-five-years-on-from-start-of-covid-pandemic

Poignant scenes on the Bwlch mountain in south Wales today as bereaved families gathered to mark 5 years since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic

@marcusedwards.bsky.social @daibaker.bsky.social & I joined them - our #c4news report ⬇️
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09.03.2025 20:36 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Wales flood: residents living in fear years after Storm Dennis
YouTube video by Channel 4 News Wales flood: residents living in fear years after Storm Dennis

This weekend marks 5 yrs since Storm Dennis wrought havoc across the UK

We’ve returned to Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl, S Wales, where some had to swim out of their homes

The trauma is still all too apparent…

@marcusedwards.bsky.social @daibaker.bsky.social Paul Mackeson
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13.02.2025 21:04 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Child poverty outlook across UK ‘shameful’ warns charity
YouTube video by Channel 4 News Child poverty outlook across UK ‘shameful’ warns charity

“On the current trajectory the rest of this decade will not see progress on either poverty or deep poverty…even with the best economic growth scenario”

Our #C4news report on @jrf-uk.bsky.social’s latest findings ⬇️

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30.01.2025 12:53 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Inside HMP Downview: one of 12 women’s prisons in England & Wales Criminal justice experts brought together by the government are drawing up a new strategy to cut the number of women being sent to prison - as figures show that two thirds of female prisoners say they...


Inside HMP Downview: one of 12 women’s prisons in England & Wales

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21.01.2025 20:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So it’s been suggested this is actually more likely to be the 1935 silver jubilee of George V - and the men are dressing up.
Hence the slight weirdness of various outfits, cigarettes, facial hair etc. Still haven’t seen much in the way of similar photos so v interested to hear if you have.

06.01.2025 19:59 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I’m aware Queen Victoria’s jubilees weren’t universally celebrated but haven’t seen images showing much in the way of protest in England.

If indeed it is a photo of protest at that time…

Grateful for any thoughts/suggestions.

Happy New Year! 3/3

31.12.2024 18:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s possibly taken somewhere in north west England (based on where other people in photos with it were from).

At first glance it looks Victorian era but not my area of expertise.

I’ve not been able to enhance the photo enough to read the text on any of the other placards. 2/3

31.12.2024 18:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Black and white photograph of eight men and two boys wearing smart clothes and top hats. Some of the men are carrying placards, including one with the handwritten phrase ‘Down with the Jubilee’

Black and white photograph of eight men and two boys wearing smart clothes and top hats. Some of the men are carrying placards, including one with the handwritten phrase ‘Down with the Jubilee’

Close-up of the placard with the phrase ‘Down with the Jubilee’

Close-up of the placard with the phrase ‘Down with the Jubilee’

First post here is a family photo mystery…

Came across this intriguing image a few months ago. Would love to know more about it.

One of the placards reads “Down with the Jubilee”…

Which jubilee? Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887 or Diamond in 1897?

Is it a protest? Or fancy dress? 1/3

31.12.2024 18:00 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1

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