Dan Ashby @danielashby

Environment film-maker, podcaster and investigative journalist. Co-host of Buried on BBC Sounds - Gold at British Podcast Awards smoketrail.tv United Kingdom Joined September 2008

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Lucy Taylor @lucytaylor

a month ago

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/w3c… @danielashby @Basecamp_Res

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

3 months ago

Bravo @BBCRadioFoyle for understanding that environment crime is front-page news. 45-minute special coverage on Mobuoy from 8am today.

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

3 months ago

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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Dan Ashby @danielashby

3 months ago

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. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

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Dean McLaughlin @Dean_Journalist

3 months ago

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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Rach in her Quadruple Busy Era @TheBendySlow

3 months ago

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/m…

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

4 months ago

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/20…

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

4 months ago

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/events/are-for….

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Lucy Taylor @lucytaylor

6 months ago

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

News From Amnesty @NewsFromAmnesty

6 months ago

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

6 months ago

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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Dan Ashby @danielashby

6 months ago

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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Sam McBride @SJAMcBride

7 months ago

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: nisciencefestival.com/events/uncover…

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Sam McBride @SJAMcBride

7 months ago

More than two years after pleading guilty, two Mobuoy criminals still haven't been sentenced. On the panel will be activists, a scientist and the journalistic pair whose brilliant Radio 4 podcast series Buried brought the scandal to a mass audience - @danielashby & @lucytaylor.

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

7 months ago

NEW: Welsh Govt has intervened after R4 Buried revealed toxic chemicals at 140 x background rate in South Wales. They're building a huge fence around it. But same land has been accessible for picnics and play for yrs. Is this action far too late? Contact us if you know more.

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

7 months ago

Delighted to be heading back to Derry with @RDeanBlackwood @SJAMcBride and more to talk 'Uncovering Mobuoy' and all things Buried at the @niscifest. Tickets here which they've subsidised heavily in the name of public interest on this issue: derryplayhouse.co.uk/event/uncoveri…

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Dan Ashby @danielashby

8 months ago

Hearing credible reports that the Welsh Government is announcing that Ty Llwyd, where Buried found 140 x background level of banned, cancer-causing PCBs, will NOT be declared 'contaminated land', but kept open for normal use for play and picnics etc. Waiting for more.