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Is it ever ok to scare the public? In this episode, the reporters dig into leaked messages which show a discussion between Matt Hancock and one of his team. They say “We frighten the pants off everyone with the new strain” and “When do we deploy the new variant”.  The exchanges speak to a so-called “Project Fear”, which prompts the team to ask government ministers about whether decisions made...

Tens of thousands of care home residents died during the pandemic. Many people see it as the government’s biggest failure. Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages lifted the lid on conversations behind key decisions. But it wasn’t just the messages which were revealing… The team behind the Lockdown Files unearths new documents suggesting an unnerving offer made to care homes in Durham and Birmingham.&nbs...

The Investigations team looks back on the early days of the pandemic. How prepared was the government? Was lockdown inevitable? But they hit a stumbling block - they may have 100,000 messages, but there’s a gap in March.  So the team decide that if they can’t read where those key decisions were made, they’d do the next best thing: speak to people who were in the room where it happened Archive...

In January 2023, reporters at the Telegraph are called into a meeting. The newspaper has got something big. Matt Hancock’s Whatsapps from when he was the Health Secretary, during the pandemic: 100,000 messages. The reporters start digging. Archive used in this episode from: The Sun, BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, Good Morning Britain, The Telegraph. The Lockdown Files: In March 2023, the Daily Telegrap...

In March 2023, the Daily Telegraph broke a story. The paper had obtained more than 100,000 WhatsApp messages sent between Matt Hancock and some of the most senior people in government.  Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team as they search for the full picture behind the messages and speak to those involved in making the key decisions which affected all our lives.  The Covid inq...

The end of the investigation is in sight. Doors open, documents arrive in the post, and the final pieces of the puzzle start to fit together.  Call Bethel: Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long hunt into the Jehovah's Witnesses. Read the Investigations team's notebook he...

The reporters hit one dead end after another. They’re starting to lose hope that they’ll ever land the story, when they get a breakthrough. A private library on the coast of England could hold answers they need.   Call Bethel: Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long h...

The idea that the Jehovah’s Witnesses keep a database of abuse allegations isn’t a complete long shot. Tireless lawyers in America and Australia have seen evidence of it in their countries. The reporters discover leads to follow.  Call Bethel: Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their...

A landmark legal battle. A fight for documents. The missing pieces of the puzzle fall into place.  The Investigations team at the Telegraph speak to three women who have all pursued justice against their abusers.  Call Bethel: Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-l...

In August 2021, an email arrives in the Telegraph's investigations inbox claiming the Jehovah's Witnesses have a hidden database of alleged abusers. The reporters start on the trail. Call Bethel: Brave whistleblowers. A trail of data. A secret system for dealing with allegations of child abuse. Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team on their year-long hunt into the Jehovah's Witnesses. Read th...

Every month, more names are added to the list of survivors. But with every year, more names on that list succumb to their illnesses. Will the Inquiry bring them justice before it’s too late? In this final instalment of the series, they lay bare the shattering impact of this bed of lies. Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan inves...

A letter leads to a lawsuit – and a big development in our story. After years of feeling silenced, British survivors are making their voices heard. But will those accountable finally listen? Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest medical disaster in NHS history, the infected blood scandal. Read Cara’s note...

Plasma is a life saver - and a lucrative industry. One that made fortunes and cost lives. But what was really going on behind closed doors? A whistleblower reveals all. Read Cara’s notebook :  www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook   Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest medical disaster in NHS history, t...

If you knock on enough doors, eventually one will open. Tireless investigators trace the infected blood from the arms of people with haemophilia back to the room where it all began – in that American prison. Read Cara’s notebook:   www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook   Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the big...

Sadness turns to anger; anger to action. The survivors fight back, but for each confrontation, there's a coverup. Read Cara’s notebook:   www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook   Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest medical disaster in NHS history, the infected blood scandal. Sign up to our most popular...

Medicine is a game of risk, and few have seen the cost of getting it wrong as clearly as one group of boys. Whispers, a terrifying newspaper headline and then a stark message: a deadly virus is in their school.  Read Cara’s notebook:   www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies   Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigat...

Two young couples, two shock diagnoses. Our story begins with Clair, Bryan, Frankie and Joe - and four young lives turned upside down. Read Cara’s notebook:  www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook   Bed of Lies Series 2: It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest medical disaster in NHS history, the infected blood scandal. Sign up...

The spycops' relationships were built on a bed of lies – including their marriages. In this final episode of the series, we hear about the shattering impact of the undercover policing scandal. And the truth catches up with the men.  Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun li...

Police spies have infiltrated homes – and hearts. Now, they face a public inquiry. But why did they dupe women into relationships in the first place? Who sanctioned it? And will all the women and children involved finally receive an apology? Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spu...

Each woman has a fragment of the truth. When they put the pieces together, the true scale of the deception starts to emerge. But as they edge closer to the full story, there's an obstacle in the way: the police. Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. Cara McGooga...

It’s a thin line between spying and meddling. And it’s one that's only faintly drawn in the manual once given to new undercover police officers - written by a familiar name. Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. Cara McGoogan investigates the untold story of the "spycops" and...

The mask slips, the relationships unravel, and as lies are uncovered, so too are the men behind them. Plus, for the very first time, our stories collide. Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. Cara McGoogan investigates the untold story of the "spycops" and the undercover polic...

One by one, the men vanish. As the search begins, the girlfriends start to question what they’re really looking for - and who they’re actually in love with. Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. Cara McGoogan investigates the untold story of the "spycops" and the undercover po...

The perfect relationships are free of secrets. But these aren’t the perfect relationships. As the years go by, things begin to unravel - starting with the men themselves.  Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. Cara McGoogan investigates the untold story of the "spycops" a...

It’s one of Britain’s biggest secrets, and it begins with a love story. Young activists united in their fight for justice. But then, cracks start to form. What’s real, what isn’t and where do the lies begin? Bed of Lies Series 1: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. Cara McGoogan investigates the...