Anna Dowell

I went to Ipswich on Monday and met two lollipop ladies who have been driven at by angry drivers during the school pick up. Suffolk county council have given all their lollipop wardens bodyworn cameras to catch offenders thetimes.com/uk/transport/a…

@GarethWild Hello! I'm from the Times, is there an orderly queue for the press? Please drop me a message if you'd be happy to chat

I know I’ll be fighting off the big brands clamouring to give me a sweet sweet sponsorship deal off the back of this thrilling adventure so please make an orderly queue! Thanks for reading, the AMA is now open.

In 2021, after 6 years of shopping at my local Sainsbury’s and tracking where I parked each time on a spreadsheet, I completed all 211 parking spots the store had to offer. In 2024 I moved to a new town - and guess what I’ve been busy doing since :) A thread 🧵

Very clear and helpful address to ⁦@thetimes⁩ readers explaining how media law works. We need more of this. Media literacy is increasingly important for everyone. Why we do not allow comments on our stories about Andrew thetimes.com/article/ba32f0…

INVESTIGATION: British hardware is being used to power the suicide drones behind Russia’s devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities and its civilian population. A collaborative project with @occrp @tijd @KyivIndependent thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

British hardware is still being used to power the suicide drones behind Russia’s devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities and its civilians, a Times investigation with @occrp @tijd @KyivIndependent and others has found. thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

INVESTIGATION: British hardware is powering the drones Russia is using to attack Ukrainian cities and its civilian population. A collaborative project with @occrp @tijd @KyivIndependent, and @GeorgeGreenwood and @AliMitib at @thetimes thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…

@TKO2POW Hi Martin, I'm a journalist at the Times writing a piece about this today, would you be happy to talk to me about this?

May 2014 the statue was put up in honour of Teddy Baldock The Fighting Pride Of Poplar, today I found out today statue has been stolen, please retweet hopefully someone might know. So much work effort and money went into this. Took his grandson Martin years to get erected.

If you are a fresher at #GlasgowUni I'd like to hear about Bonnie Blue's visit at the beginning of the academic year. If you met her, or can tell me about the impact it had on your freshers I'd like to hear from you, please get in touch (including anonymously) #uofg #BonnieBlue

Looking to speak to people in #Solihull tomorrow about the impact of the jaguar land rover shutdown on local businesses and people. Please get in touch - including off the record. #journorequest #cyberattack #JaguarLandRover #JLR

@StephenFaraone Hi Stephen, I'm working at The Times of London covering this, and would like to talk to you about the piece and The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement if possible!

By overstating diagnostic uncertainty, selectively interpreting research about medication efficacy, and inaccurately portraying the educational benefits of medication, this [NYT] article presents an overly simplistic, misleading picture of ADHD: adhdevidence.org/blog/why-the-n…

One of the most stark changes in the civil service over the past 14 years has been how top-heavy it has become Civil service middle management has doubled in the past decade as staff have been promoted to get round successive pay squeezes The number of civil servants at grades 6 and 7, just below the senior civil service band, has nearly doubled The number of senior and higher executive officers has risen from 99,410 to 151,680 But the number of administrative officers and assistants has fallen from 224,200 to 123,040 Analysis from @Smyth_Chris and @AnnaFDowell thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

"I’m a farmer with 400 sheep and only made £500 in a year" Neil Heseltine swapped 80 hours a week of intensive sheep farming for half the hours, an environmentally-friendly herd and money in the bank | ✍️ @AnnaFDowell #Echobox=1741359950" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/article/f61818…

Today is christmas! (The day the ONS releases their annual baby names data). And here's my map to look up how niche the most popular baby name in your area is: datawrapper.de/_/VxzCP/?v=3 Full piece w charts by @gwjournalism.bsky.social at: thetimes.com/uk/society/art…

Would you choose ScotRail wi-fi? Here’s what happened when our intrepid reporter hopped onboard and tried to watch Trainspotting thetimes.com/article/08a464…

The petition to call a general election has been shouted out by @Nigel_Farage and @elonmusk, but my graph shows the more conservative voters a place has, the more people have signed the petition. Coincidence? @CallElection read more here: thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

🇺🇸🔓 Immensely proud of our US election results page - free to read with no paywall! Watch the key races unfold in real time. Built by the inestimable @_mkeith_, designed by @CsiTomb, and featuring our own @thetimes cartogram map that I sketched by hand thetimes.com/world/us-world…

New: it's been a good night for Donald Trump. A quick take on how, where and why, in maps and charts. We'll keep updating this. (No paywall.) ✍️@TomHCalver @narottam @AnnaFDowell thetimes.com/world/us-world…

It's my second week at The Times and I've got my first byline! Check out this piece about how Elon Musk has become a vital part of Trump’s campaign, charts by me. thetimes.com/article/a63712…

There’s still time (4 weeks!) for UK students to apply for this 80% fees scholarship to study Computational and Data journalism at Cardiff University @CardiffJomec cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgrad…