Data and Forensics correspondent, @SkyNews, previously in Beijing | BAFTA winner | Author, The Explorer Gene amzn.to/2CJjCRl
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"You want a white nation? Build a white town. It can be done. And we're doing it." We went inside @RTTL_Official, up in the Ozark mountains in Arkansas.
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We worked on this important piece for months - with a stellar team of journalists at Sky - because human stories, people’s lives & the truth of what happened to a child’s life, dreams & future matter.
Proud of our work - proud of our team. @SkyNews @Chesh
#JournalismMatter #Minab #IranWar
Sky News has verified 152 of those killed when a US missile struck a primary school in Minab on the first day of the war.
Using a range of information sources, the faces of all the 120 students - aged 6 to 13 - and 26 teachers have been identified ⬇️
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Data and forensics correspondent @Chesh takes a look at some of the data and real-life stories that have come from Sky News' investigation into the UK's maternity crisis
Full report: trib.al/MgTfJXu
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BREAKING: Net migration has fallen to 171,000, new figures show – the lowest it's been since early 2021.
Sky's @Chesh has the latest
Live updates: trib.al/IKQypdY
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Sky's Data and Forensics unit has uncovered potential war crimes in Iran.
Exclusive analysis shows there have been 19 strikes on Basij checkpoints in the Iranian capital alone, and the Basij themselves are actively recruiting children to 'defend their homeland'.
Sky's @Chesh reports.
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Sky's @Chesh analyses the fallout from a fresh wave of attacks by Israel and Iran on energy facilities.
So are we seeing a new escalation in the conflict?
Live updates: trib.al/Kjfv5i6
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Tracking the ships 'going dark' to cross Hormuz, despite Iran's closure of the strait, w/ @aparkr @Chesh @FreyaGibson123
Full piece here: news.sky.com/story/dark-ship…
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Sky's @Chesh has been taking a detailed look at America and Israel's targeted strikes on Iran.
The data reveals police stations and law enforcement being targeted, with an increasing focus on the Kurdish region in the northwest.
Iran latest 🔗 trib.al/DbS5zY7
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Sky News wins best News Channel at Royal Television Awards as Yalda Hakim named Presenter of the Year.
🔗 Read more trib.al/HyLagwk
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RT @SkyNews: Sky News has combed through hundreds of thousands of files, photos and videos in the Epstein files. They stretch back decades,…
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Thrilled to be nominated for Specialist Journalist for the second year running - and would not happen without the talent of top producer @mazpoyntersky and the whole Data & Forensics team
We’re delighted to announce the nominations for the RTS Television Journalism Awards 2026, in partnership with @Dataminr
We’ll be recognising the very best in broadcast talent at a ceremony in London on 4 March, hosted by @theJeremyVine
Here are the nominees: rts.org.uk/article/nominatio…
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RT @SkyNews: New emails released in the latest Epstein files drop have revealed Sarah Ferguson and her daughters flew to Miami to visit Jef…
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RT @SkyNews: Thousands of files relating to criminal investigations into Jeffrey Epstein have been released, and there is more to come.
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Elon Musk is winning the space race. SpaceX alone now dominates the majority of global rocket launches, and Starlink satellites make up more than half of the satellites in the sky.
But Sky News analysis shows that unauthorised use of Starlink is widespread. @Chesh reports
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Amazing, painstaking work led by @KaitlinTosh and @michelle_inez - read their piece here news.sky.com/story/the-x-eff…
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