Environment film-maker, podcaster and investigative journalist. Co-host of Buried on BBC Sounds - Gold at British Podcast Awards
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Thanks @DIGawards for naming The Last Witness as Best Podcast with @michaelsheen @lucytaylor @BBCRadio4 @smoketrailprod. Investigative journalism is under threat everywhere, but we soldier on. Great w/e with inspiring journos from worldover. Buried continues...
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All 10 eps out now! Our new podcast Dead Rabbit - why did someone leave a huge pile of dead animals outside a village school? Investigative journalism with a folk horror twist, which leads us into a criminal underworld in the British countryside
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On Saturday, episode 1 of our upcoming Buried TV documentary series will premiere at Sheffield Docfest, with a live Q&A from Michael Sheen (June 13 at 3:30pm at the Showroom cinema) @michaelsheen @danielashby @sheffdocfest
Tickets here: sheffdocfest.com/film/buried…
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We'll be live in Sheffield next weekend, with Chris Packham at the Crucible on Friday evening and Michael Sheen at the Showroom Cinema on Saturday afternoon. Open to all, check @sheffdocfest for ticket info @ChrisGPackham @michaelsheen @danielashby @lucytaylor
On Friday evening, we will be launching our new Buried podcast DEAD RABBIT live at Sheffield's Docfest, with Chris Packham, at the Crucible Playhouse (Friday June 12, 8pm) @sheffdocfest @danashby @ChrisGPackham
Tickets here: sheffdocfest.com/composition…
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Started listening to #BoyWasted podcast from @lucytaylor & @danielashby - a ‘slow burner’ that shines a light on the horrific human impact of sending the UK’s waste to Turkey. If anything should make us rethink how we deal with our rubbish this is it.
@BarryGardiner @TessColley
An MP who sits on the Environmental Audit Committee is seeking to start a campaign “for real change” after our Boy Wasted Podcast revealed that hundreds of boys and men have died in recycling facilities in Turkey – a top UK plastic export destination.
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Could AI cure cancer using nature's DNA? We're back with The Documentary podcast from the @bbcworldservice looking at the work of Basecamp Research, a London-based firm creating the world's biggest genome database. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct80h…
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ALT In the woods, with leaves and a lake visible in the background, a person wearing latex gloves and holding a small trowel weighs a small amount of soil on a tiny digital scale.
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Bravo @BBCRadioFoyle for understanding that environment crime is front-page news. 45-minute special coverage on Mobuoy from 8am today.
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NEW: Two NI parties are backing calls for a tougher sentence over Mobuoy. One former minister will be writing to the NI equivalent of the Crown Prosecution Service. Campaigner renew calls for full public inquiry
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Going live shortly on the BBC in Northern Ireland, after a 20-year fight for justice comes to an end in Derry - in one of the biggest environment crimes in UK history, even European, history.
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On North West Today tomorrow morning - a special focus on Mobuoy dump.
Some politicians and environmental activists are calling for a full public inquiry after two men were jailed on Friday.
Tomorrow we have reaction and analysis 8-9am.
@BBCRadioFoyle @BBCNewsNI @teresamcraig
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It’s World Environment Day and did you know that Michael Sheen risked his life to expose forever chemical leaks? If you don’t know the story, check out Buried: The Last Witness podcast created by brilliant journalist & investigators Dan Ashby & Lucy Taylor bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001h…
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BREAKING: Mobuoy criminals get shock custodial sentences of 1 year and 21 months respectively, at the tougher end of what we were expecting. Initial reaction from lifelong campaigners is positive. The end of a long fight for justice for Derry. But Mobuoy's legacy just beginning.
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A fabulous night...Buried with @smoketrailprod @lucytaylor @michaelsheen @RoySocChem @BBCRadio4 has won the 'Grand Award' at @NYFestivals gala. Thank you New York! A lovely little boost - credit to full Buried team attached.
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New report - recycling rates are falling. And the rise in consumption is outpacing even the rise in population. We now extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials every year, a staggering number. "A waste crisis,"theguardian.com/environment/…
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Need a wild idea for first weekend in June? Join us at Cheltenham Science Festival to discuss whether forever chemicals are making us all sick. I don't normally dress like this (see pic). @cheltfestivals Tickets here: cheltenhamfestivals.org/even….
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One more update (slightly belated) - thanks to Amnesty for including Buried: The Last Witness in the shortlist for the Amnesty Media Awards
(I wonder what Douglas would have made of all this)
@smoketrailprod @danielashby @michaelsheen
📣Read all about it!📰
The Amnesty Media Awards 2025 finalists have been announced!
#AmnestyMediaAwards2025 #Amazon
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More fab news this afternoon, as The Last Witness is shortlisted in the New York Festivals Radio Awards @NYFestivals, in documentary of the year. Thanks again to @michaelsheen for his unwavering support, @smoketrailprod team, R4 team @RoySocChem @ManMetUni + Rev. Cawthorne
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Lovely to see our @BBCRadio4 pod The Last Witness shortlisted for a True Crime Award, particularly for "community impact". There is a growing sense of horror over forever chemicals and what they do. With @lucytaylor @michaelsheen @smoketrailprod team @RoySocChem @ManMetUni + R4
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The Mobuoy illegal dump scandal has exposed the toothlessness of Stormont and the NI criminal justice system. Tomorrow night just a few miles from the dump site I'll be chairing a discussion about what happened & what can be done. Still some tickets here:
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