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Phoebe Davis

@phoebeivy.bsky.social
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Reporter | Formerly The Observer/ Tortoise Media Mostly ✍🏻 about gender, sometimes writing about music 🎵 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ she/her

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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
NEW: Andrew Tate ‘boosted Substack profile with fake subscribers’ Curious why you might have had Andrew Tate's page recommended on Substack recently? Data collected by the Justice for Prosperity Foundation may explain why ⬇️ observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Andrew Tate ‘boosted Substack profile with fake subscribers’
The misogynistic influencer may have earned higher fees by artificially inflating his follower count
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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
New research shows 48 per cent of white working class children are not ready for school - my piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the crisis in the early years observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Teachers are being forced to parent children as Britain f...
As more pupils join reception lacking motor, speech and hygiene skills, charity calls for urgent action to avert an educational crisis
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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
🧵At least three women have been investigated for illegally ending their pregnancies since MPs voted to decriminalise the procedure last June, @phoebeivy.bsky.social reports. Laws regulating abortion in the UK date back centuries ago. There are some appalling examples: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Women still investigated after vote to decriminalise abor...
Shock as woman is arrested in a bereavement room after a miscarriage
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: At least three women have been investigated for illegally ending their pregnancies since MPs voted to decriminalise abortion last June. One woman was arrested in the bereavement room of a labour ward after a miscarriage when she was 17 weeks pregnant. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Women still investigated after vote to decriminalise abor...
Shock as woman is arrested in a bereavement room after a miscarriage
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
My dispatch from a (very) cold Walsall where the community took to the streets following a spate of racially aggravated attacks on women. A powerful phrase to keep in mind from Shaheen Akhtar (pictured): "They looked at my scarf and not the soul beneath it" observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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West Midlands attacks have left Sikh women fearing for their safety | The Observer
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
NEW: At least five of England’s top-rated maternity units have been forced to turn pregnant women away because of “significant and unanticipated increases in demand", despite birth rates falling across the country. @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use ...
Low care ratings at maternity wards across the country have put immense strain on a small number of units
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Birth Trauma Association @birthtrauma.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
'At least five of England’s top-rated maternity units have been forced to turn pregnant women away because of “significant and unanticipated increases in demand”, despite birth rates falling across the country."' observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use ...
Low care ratings at maternity wards across the country have put immense strain on a small number of units
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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Also @phoebeivy.bsky.social reveals how top-rated hospitals are being forced to turn away pregnant women fleeing failing maternity units observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use ...
Low care ratings at maternity wards across the country have put immense strain on a small number of units
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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
It’s shocking that the NHS spends almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself - my piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the crisis in maternity services and how to fix it observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Clinical negligence costs NHS almost the same as it spend...
Maternal death rate has risen 42% in a decade, while ombudsman reports a culture of cover-ups
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Alarm over ‘substitutes’ sold on black market as Mounjaro price bloats Online sellers have started promoting weight-loss treatments that are yet to receive clinical approval. @phoebeivy.bsky.social
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Alarm over ‘substitutes’ sold on black market as Mounjaro...
Online sellers have started promoting weight-loss treatments that are yet to receive clinical approval
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
JD Vance's attack on buffer zones outside abortion clinics is just a small part of a huge plan to undermine the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people in the UK. Amnesty UK research has exposed a powerful and growing anti-rights movement in the UK. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK ...
Network of well-funded bodies backs cases in UK after JD Vance’s challenge on buffer zones outside abortion clinics
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Thank you Naomi! This means a lot (and obviously bias but agree on the love for a Sunday morning delivery of @theobserveruk.bsky.social )
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
‘I can finally get on with rebuilding my life’: MPs vote to decriminalise abortion Ending a pregnancy will no longer carry the threat of prosecution after first major law change in a generation. bit.ly/40avxnL @phoebeivy.bsky.social
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‘I can finally get on with rebuilding my life’: MPs vote ...
Ending a pregnancy will no longer carry the threat of prosecution after first major law change in a generation
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Minderoo Centre for Technology & Democracy @mctd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Catch up on recent happening in femtech and policing in the UK: @phoebeivy.bsky.social of @theobserveruk.bsky.social recently investigated new national guidance advising police forces to look at internet searches and menstrual tracking apps after pregnancy loss. ❗ bsky.app/profile/phoe...
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MSI Reproductive Choices UK @msichoicesuk.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Officers are advised to search for “drugs that can terminate pregnancy”, and access a woman’s digital devices to assess her “knowledge and intention” of ending a pregnancy in new NPCC guidance. It's more important than ever that we reform abortion law. Our statement 👇
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British Pregnancy Advisory Service @bpas.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
This guidance is harrowing. Telling police to use menstrual tracking apps to investigate women for illegal abortion reads like something you get out of Texas, not the UK. There's only one way to protect women - #SupportNC1 to change abortion law. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
In 2020, Nicola Packer had an abortion - then was arrested and put on trial. Now, found not guilty, she hopes she will be the last woman in history prosecuted under England’s archaic law. Read the full report from @phoebeivy.bsky.social here:
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Prosecuted, shamed and traumatised for mistake of taking abortion pills too late | The Observer
In 2020, Nicola Packer had an abortion - then was arrested and put on trial. Now, found not guilty, she hopes she will be the last woman in history prosecuted under England’s archaic law
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
NEW: UK police guidance suggests officers search homes for abortion drugs and check phones for menstrual tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
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James Tapper @jamestapper.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Virginia Giuffre’s death is going to another touchstone for the Maga right, I’m sad to say. Early details in this piece with @phoebeivy.bsky.social and in the paper too - go and buy one! observer.co.uk/news/interna...
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‘She was the light that lifted so many survivors’: tributes pour in for Virginia Giuffre
Giuffre’s suicide has revealed the cost of justice for Jeffrey Epstein’s victims
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
First piece for The Observer is on a man I have spent far too much of the last month thinking about: Tristan Tate. You thought Andrew was bad? Meet his little brother. Also a good time to say I am now a Reporter for The Observer. My DMs open if you want to get in touch ✍🏻
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
When I sat down to write this, I thought I was going to write about Virginia Cowles & Martha Gellhorn, about women war reporters and having a history of female journalists. But it turns out I needed to write about appeasement, fascism, Trump & Putin, and Ukraine. open.substack.com/pub/sianushk...
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We could be heroes... on women writing war
Thoughts on women war reporters
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Exclusive: Ex-MP offers to "shape policy" for clients while using his special pass to access parliament Laurence Robertson has attended several events in the months since losing his seat, meeting senior politicians in the process. 👇 www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/03/28/f...
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Former MP offers to ‘shape policy’ for clients while accessing parliament
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
@phoebeivy.bsky.social answered the question “what’s up with eggs?” In todays @tortoisemedia.bsky.social sensemaker (chart by me)
Chart showing change in price since 2020 for eggs, coffee, bread, milk and bacon, showing that eggs have increased in price by almost 250%, massively outpacing other items.
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Eva Wiseman @evawiseman.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
A column in which I ask um, should we all be learning how to perform abortions ? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Our hard-won rights are being erased one letter at a time | Eva Wiseman
The US continues to roll back trans, gay and abortion rights, and the UK is not immune to any of it
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If you have also woken up mortified and disgusted, I would highly (highly) recommend this excellent book from @katherinestewart.bsky.social. It's the clearest reporting I have read on how in the hell we got here (extract below). jill.substack.com/p/male-supre...
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Male Supremacy Is the Backbone of Authoritarian Movements
An excerpt from Katherine Stewart's Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Can confirm that UK-based far right and conspiracy theorist/anti-vaxx Telegram networks are absolutely pumped about what Trump and Vance did to Zelensky in the Oval Office They are celebrating it as public "humiliation"
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Cutest protest award goes to No Births Behind Bars and Level Up today at the MoJ. Follows shocking reports that multiple pregnant prisoners were forced to wear handcuffs during labour.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
NEW: Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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Patricia Clarke @paticlarke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
In honour of Valentine's Day, here's my podcast about AI "companionship" chatbots. As millions of users sign up to AI relationships, I asked: who are they really handing their hearts – and their data – to? w/ @mattrussell3.bsky.social for @tortoisemedia.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3A0G...
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My AI girlfriend: a cure for loneliness
The Slow Newscast · Episode
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Bex Sander @bexsander.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I spent my afternoon going over as many British newspapers published in the last three days that I could access to document just how Trumps hatred of trans people has embolded people in the media. Since Friday, I found nine articles about trans people across three papers:
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Jill Filipovic @jillfilipovic.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
USAID funds religious pro-life groups all over the world. Why isn't the American pro-life movement standing up for them? jill.substack.com/p/can-we-get...
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Can We Get the Pro-Life Movement In Here?
Shuttering USAID means defunding religious organizations that save babies' lives. Where's the "pro-life" movement?
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Janey Starling @janeystarling.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
📢 LAWYERS!📢 Since 2 high-profile baby deaths in women’s prisons, there’s been a sea change in the sentencing of pregnant women. But there’s much more to be done - and we need criminal & public lawyers to do it! Come & find out how you can help on 5 March 🌟✨ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/human-righ...
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Human rights of pregnant women, mothers and children in the justice system
Join the Human Rights Lawyers' Association for an empowering and important discussion in the run up to International Women's Day 2025.
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Please share!! A genuine London gem #LongLivePCC you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...
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Tortoise @tortoisemedia.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
One of the largest US providers of abortion pills said censorship of its posts on Meta platforms had increased since Donald Trump was elected. ✍️ @phoebeivy.bsky.social Read more: torto.se/3WD8ikr
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Meta censored abortion pill information
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson at today's March for Life in DC: "This new WhiteHouse has already shown its resolve...I don't know if you saw his executive order on gender, but it defines birth as beginning at conception, rather than birth." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
JD Vance and Trump are both due to speak at the March for Life today and a coalition of anti-abortion groups has asked the DOJ to "prioritise investigations and enforcement against those who are involved in the illegal distribution of abortion pills". Here we go. aul.org/wp-content/u...?
Enforcement of the federal anti-abortion trafficking law is crucial to ensuring that abortion pills are not distributed in violation of federal and state laws. Blatant violations of the federal Act expose women to dangerous and unsafe drugs and undermine the integrity of the medical profession. We ask that the DOJ prioritize investigations and enforcement against those who are involved in the illegal
distribution of abortion pills. The health and safety of women must be a priority, and the DOJ’s enforcement of these laws will help to safeguard patient safety.
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May Bulman @maybulman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Some rare good news re UK immigration policy that I thought worth sharing 100s of refugee families who were accepted for UK resettlement but had been waiting years for relocation have finally arrived in Britain in the last yr, as the new govt has been quietly prioritising their cases Short thread🧵
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I believe as a feminist investigative journalist, it's vital to promote and support women's work, so I finally got around to making this starter pack. go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Great turn out on a chilly Saturday for the #UKWomensMarch + some very on brand signs ofc
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
A number of my pieces are cited in this multi-agency statement calling for reform of UK abortion law. It's worth reading in full. Short write-up is below but more reporting (hopefully) to come soon on the impact of the prosecutions on the women and their families ⬇️ www.rcog.org.uk/media/00sjeh...
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Tortoise @tortoisemedia.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Musk’s obsession with Britain is complicated. Even so, most of what he thinks he knows is wrong. Read more in the Sensemaker: torto.se/4abeF3Z
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Nick Robinson is doing a great job actually, just pointing out to Robert Jenrick how sudden his interest in the sex abuse scandal is on the Today Programme. It's crazy watching these GB News blowhards and Tory also-rans suddenly so interested in this scandal. There was absolutely no sign >>
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A clear and excellent response to recent accusations about the integrity of Tortoise journalism, written by an editor I have the immense privilege of working with ⬇️
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Mara Clarke @maraclarke.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
One minute they want to ban pills to protect us from men, and the next they are . . . .criminaly charging us for having miscarreages. Stay classy, England. Excellent reporting as ways from @phoebeivy.bsky.social of @tortoisemedia.bsky.social www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/18/b...
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British woman pleads guilty to conspiring to buy abortion pills to end pregnancy
Sophie Harvey is one of six women in the past two years who have appeared in an English court charged with illegally ending their pregnancies
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Rachael Clarke @rachaelfrclarke.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
For 6 years the police and CPS have pursued this woman alleging she ended her own pregnancy. Now we know there was no evidence she did anything other than panic when she found out she was pregnant, ordered pills she never took, then had a traumatic stillbirth at home. The law needs to change.
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
NEW: A British woman was sentenced to an 18-month community order for conspiring with her partner to buy abortion pills to end her pregnancy when she was a teenager. My report from today's hearing at Gloucester Crown Court: www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/18/b... @tortoisemedia.bsky.social
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British woman pleads guilty to conspiring to buy abortion pills to end pregnancy
Sophie Harvey is one of six women in the past two years who have appeared in an English court charged with illegally ending their pregnancies
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Tortoise @tortoisemedia.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Tortoise is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal to buy The Observer from The Guardian Media Group and The Scott Trust. Read more ⬇️ torto.se/3Bw2br1
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Tortoise signs deal to buy The Observer
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Exclusive: Dozens of peers own stakes in the UK’s biggest companies, spanning sectors including banking, defence, mining and energy, that have effectively been held in secret – until now By me and @chefboibex.bsky.social for @tortoisemedia.bsky.social www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/05/t...
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Tortoise shines a light on peers’ secret shareholdings - Tortoise
The House of Lords’ threshold for disclosure is 100 times higher than the US Senate’s
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Phoebe Davis @phoebeivy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
In today's @tortoisemedia.bsky.social Sensemaker: The head of mental health services at Europe’s largest women’s prison has told its watchdog that care there is “the worst he has seen for 15 years”. My story on the latest HMP Bronzefield IMB report ⬇️ www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/12/03/m...
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Mental health services at Europe’s largest women's prison in ‘worst state for 15 years’ - Tortoise
The head of mental health services at Europe’s largest women’s prison has told its watchdog that care there is “the worst he has seen for 15 years”. HMP Bronzefield’s annual independent monitoring boa...
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