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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · 14d

My undercover takes a look at anti-abortion groups operating in the UK

Women are being given dubious medical advice and dogma-driven counselling

With mental health services overstretched, experts warn these groups are likely to attract the most vulnerable women

www.thetimes.com/article/4b7c...

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jul 27

England fans have brought the weather as well as the vibes to Basel today

Lots are telling me soggy conditions are no bad thing against our Mediterranean rivals!

Let’s hope they’re right 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤞 #cominghome

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jun 30

Investigation: A British property developer is being sued over a £330m ‘crypto Ponzi scheme’

Peter McInnes, who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections, told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash

www.thetimes.com/article/27b5...

Briton sued over £330m ‘crypto Ponzi scheme’

A former pub landlord who bragged of Banksy and supercar collections told investors he had a heart attack days before a deadline to repay their cash

www.thetimes.com

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · May 30

Utterly delightful line in this story by @constancekampfner.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/uk/history/a...

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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com @informingbritain.com · May 26

"HORROR AT LIVERPOOL PARADE"
Full Story: t.ly/IByUA

@constancekampfner.bsky.social / @stevenswinford.bsky.social / @willisbennett11.bsky.social / #PaulJoyce / #DuncanGardham for @thetimes.com.

Car drives through #LiverpoolFC's victory parade celebration.

#TheTimes
#IBPAPERS
#TomorrowsPapersToday

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · May 12

🗣️ 'A moronic mission to cause mindless vandalism'

Everything you need to know about the Sycamore Gap trial, on The Story podcast ⬇️

🎧 @constancekampfner.bsky.social | @jonesluke.bsky.social

How the Sycamore Gap killers were caught

open.spotify.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Apr 24

NEW: The woman thrown out of the Magic Circle for pulling off the ultimate illusion, disguising herself as a boy, has been found after The Times sparked a campaign to track her down

Sophie Lloyd was readmitted to the club

“A wrong was made right," she said

www.thetimes.com/article/456c...

Magic Circle welcomes back woman expelled for the ultimate deception

Sophie Lloyd was ejected from the society of illusionists for duping them into believing she was a man — its first female chair convinced her to come back

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Apr 18

Spending the day with Sam and Archie - who couldn't see eye to eye on what to have for lunch, let alone anything else - was an interesting lesson on the art of disagreement

For today's T2:

www.thetimes.com/life-style/s...

One twin votes for Reform, the other is vegan, gay and a Green voter

How did two brothers end up with completely different views — and stay close? Constance Kampfner finds out

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Feb 21

I have no words for the bravery of the parents who spoke to me about the pain and trauma their family has faced since their two little girls were stabbed in the Southport attacks

This is their story: www.thetimes.com/article/eaff...

Southport survivors’ parents: We don’t feel lucky

Seven months after their daughters were injured in the attack, a family speaks for the first time about the day that shattered their world

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jan 23

This has been the toughest day of reporting I've ever done, with so many grim details of these poor little girls' murders read out in court and the myriad ways their killer should have been stopped. The composure of the families in the face of it all was awe-inspiring.

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jan 22

Exc: A boy who was assaulted by Axel Rudakubana is being wrongly accused of bullying him and his home targeted by people blaming him for the horrific attacks in Southport

Another instance of how misinformation is channelling anger onto the wrong people

www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

Thugs target victim of Axel Rudakubana for ‘sending him off the rails’

The family has been forced to call police after people turned up at their home and wrongly claimed that the pupil had bullied the Southport attacker at school

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jan 20

My profile of Axel Rudakubana reveals:

- His years as a troublemaker at school who made female students uncomfortable
- Details of a previous attack
- His family's traumatic experience of the Rwandan genocide

Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this piece

www.thetimes.com/article/7738...

Axel Rudakubana: from class clown to killer

As the 18-year-old pleads guilty to the Southport attacks, The Times can reveal he was expelled from school — then returned with a hockey stick to target children

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jan 16

Labour insiders said Mike Amesbury, who has pleaded guilty to punching a constituent, was in a ‘dark place’ after missing out on a government job

Story with @geraldinescott.co.uk

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Mike Amesbury wanted to be a minister. Now he’s a criminal

Labour insiders say the MP, who has pleaded guilty to punching a constituent, was in a ‘dark place’ after missing out on a government job

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Jan 13

Was the horrific abuse Kiena Dawes suffered at the hands of her fiancé before she killed herself enough to convict him of manslaughter?

Not according to a jury

Yet experts told me the case highlights the often overlooked link between domestic abuse and suicide

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www.thetimes.com/article/6e53...

‘Ryan Wellings killed me,’ she wrote. But the jury disagreed

Kiena Dawes died by suicide after a long campaign of domestic violence at the hands of her fiancé. Now he has been cleared of manslaughter in a historic case

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Nov 25

This is an incredible - and disturbing - piece of reporting by the Africa Eye team: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigeria's fertility scam: ‘Pregnant’ for 15 months

Women in Nigeria desperate to conceive are drawn into a disturbing scam involving trafficked babies.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Nov 24

There is nothing special about the group of men who can often be found sipping pints outside a brasserie in Avignon.

Yet they are actually co-defendants in France’s largest ever rape trial.

My dispatch from the Pelicot case:

www.thetimes.com/article/1f03...

Revealed: the post-court lunches and jokes shared by Pelicot accused

Dozens of men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have descended upon the medieval French city for the trial. Residents find their presence deeply unsettling

www.thetimes.com

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George Greenwood @georgegreenwood.bsky.social · Nov 21

Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.

He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.

Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend

The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out

www.thetimes.com

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Nov 19

Shocking detail this PM

Even after he'd been caught upskirting women in 2020 and knew police were onto him, D Pelicot continued to invite men to rape his wife because he felt he had to "honour" the rendez-vous

"I knew I was a dead man walking anyway so I went ahead"

Gasps and sounds of disgust

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Nov 19

This morning Gisele Pelicot was asked why she hasn't dropped her last name

She replied that she didn't want her family to be "ashamed" of who they were

"I don't want my grandchildren to feel shame," she said.

"We will remember Madame Pelicot and not Monsieur Pelicot."

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Nov 19

“A rape is a rape” draped on the walls of Avignon

I’m here covering the Pelicot trial as it enters its final weeks

Today Gisele Pelicot accused the dozens of men who are accused of raping her while she was unconscious of “cowardice”

Many claim they were tricked by her ex-husband

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Chris Burn @chrisburn.bsky.social · Nov 15

It's a work in progress but here's a starter pack of regional journalists in the UK, including national reporters working outside of London...
go.bsky.app/9BotfQs

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Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · Nov 13

Constance Kampfner - Constance is one of our most talented young journalists who now works as our northern correspondent. She did heroic work covering this summer’s riots. bsky.app/profile/cons...

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Constance Kampfner @constancekampfner.bsky.social · Nov 15

And @willhumphries.bsky.social 🙏

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Mario Ledwith @marioledwith.bsky.social · Nov 14

Follow some of my excellent colleagues at @thetimes.com go.bsky.app/NqDPCtV

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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · Nov 14

Among the reasons for quitting X says the Centre for Countering Hate is that from 15 November X is changing its terms of service to require all legal disputes to be settled according to the laws of Texas. That's tomorrow.

Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · Nov 14

Centre for Countering Digital Hate quits X

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