Alex Hess

Manchester City. Don’t mention the war theguardian.com/football/2025/…

China is a multibillion-dollar market for the NBA – and brands like Li-Ning, Anta and 361 Degrees compete with American companies for lucrative sponsorship deals We can reveal that all three brands are linked to the forced labour of Uyghurs So is Nike thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-0…

Vitesse Arnhem have been kicked out of Dutch football after the civil court rejected the club’s appeal against the decision to revoke its professional licence thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-0…

Beautifully done

NEW: A teacher physically assaulted and racially abused their adopted children while their partner - a barrister and family court judge - failed to protect them. Yet a high court judge has ruled they cannot be named despite a legal bid led by @TBIJ 🧵 tinyurl.com/56vxe44z

Proud to see we're quoted @hdidou_zahra alongside @jomoulds @TBIJ's fantastic work on HSBC's coal pledge violation. As our media class and politicians spin themselves into a knot about net zero, billions still pour into dirty industries independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Trump's government has said it will halt enforcement of a federal law that requires certain companies to declare their owners’ identities – a move that opens the door for fraudsters and signals to the world that financial crime isn’t a priority 👇 thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-0…

Top Boy music round on University Challenge

NEW: An undercover investigation from @TBIJ and @tortoise reveals the biases of court-appointed psychologist Melanie Gill whose advice has been pivotal in the removal of children from mothers accused of parental alienation. @louisetickle and I report: tinyurl.com/ysczjepx

🚨 BREAKING: @TBIJ and @Guardian are unmasking a Briton who helped manage hundreds of millions of pounds allegedly looted from the Syrian people The Briton worked on behalf of Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Bashar and a man known as the “butcher of Hama” thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

🚨We’ve teamed up with MPs to help us expose shocking stories silenced by legal threats – and they’re going to be revealed in the UK parliament today thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

🚨 Blockades and hospital bombings are fuelling a superbug crisis in Gaza, with civilians who survive starvation and injuries facing untreatable, life-threatening infections thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

🚨NEW:“You’re not going to be successful if you don’t give evidence in your own claim” I wrote about the barriers faced by seasonal workers who seek justice through employment tribunals, including rules effectively blocking them from giving oral evidence thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

You’ve probably been wondering what I think about uk rap music theguardian.com/football/2024/…

NEW: Trump associate Valerie Huber has entered into a secretive agreement with the Ugandan government to influence women’s health services – raising fears her agenda could “limit the sexual health and rights of girls” ⬇️ thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

🚨 Online groups spread hate speech and misinformation to attract customers and make some easy cash ahead of the US election – and they’re using tech platforms to do it thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…

the-fence.com/madfest-market… My piece from the latest @The_Fence_Mag is now online. A dispatch from Europe’s biggest (and maddest) marketing & advertising festival. Featuring thought leaders, disruptors, jaded ad men and Ferne McCann from TOWIE

The Democratic Republic of Congo has cancelled a major auction of rights to drill for oil and gas across the country, including parts of the Congo Basin – the last rainforest in the world that stores more carbon than it emits ... Find out more 🔗 thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-1…