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 Journalist Katie Glass goes to Montecito, Harry and Meghan's super-rich home town.

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Inside Montecito, Harry and Meghan’s super-rich home town

 

When the Sussexes left Britain for Montecito, few had heard of this small Californian enclave. Now Gwyneth’s just moved in to her new eco-mansion there. But the locals are complaining about their royal neighbours

 

The Times

4 March 2025

 Katie Glass swims in the Seine after the clean-up operation for the Paris Olympics

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I swam in the Seine. Was it magnifique or murky?

 

After a clean-up operation for the Olympics, Parisians are allowed a dip in the river for the first time in a century. Katie Glass jumps in

 

The Times

13 July 2025

 Katie Glass  asks "Are younger Americans rejecting the homeowning dream?" in the Financial Times

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This is TikTok’s most popular destination — and it feels pretty magical to me

 

In the Africa section of Disney World’s Animal Kingdom we watch an adult gorilla playing with a young one. A man approaches one of the Disney rangers and asks: “What’s the question you get asked about them most?” The ranger considers this and replies: “We get asked if they’re real.”

 

The Times

9 July 2023

Eight years after the death of his son, Phillip Hoole believes he has the evidence to prosecute for corporate manslaughter.

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"My son died on an Army training exercise - I will not rest until the MOD is held to justice"

 

Eight years after the death of his son, Phillip Hoole believes he has the evidence to prosecute for corporate manslaughter.

 

The Telegraph

11 July 2024

 

Katie Glass writes about the faulty IT System which led to the postmaster's  fraud scandal

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You've got jail

 

Hundreds of sub-postmasters had their lives ruined when a faulty IT system led to them being accused of fraud. Their stories of torment, prison ‑ and the unfinished battle to clear their names is shocking.

 

Hundreds of sub-postmasters had their lives ruined when a faulty IT system led to them being accused of fraud.  Katie Glass writes for The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

9 February 2020

 

 

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Katie Glass writes about the covid virus cruise from hell on board the Diamond Princess in February 2020

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Cabin Fever

 

In February the Diamond Princess was placed in quarantine for harbouring the largest Covid-19 outbreak outside China. Katie Glass speaks to passengers and crew who were trapped on board.

 

Listen Notes podcast: All at Sea on the covid cruise

 

In February the Diamond Princess was quarantined for harbouring the largest Covid-19 outbreak outside China. Katie Glass speaks to passengers and crew who were trapped on board

The Sunday Times

14 June 2020

 

 

Aaron Campbell child murderer

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How it feels...

To come face to face with a psychopath?

 

Aaron Campbell was convicted of the rape and murder of six‑year‑old Alesha MacPhail. In court, Katie Glass witnessed a mild‑mannered teenager devoid of empathy or remorse.

 

Aaron Campbell was convicted of the rape and murder of six-year-old Alesha MacPhail. 
Words by Journalist Katie Glass

The Sunday Times

7 April 2019

 

 

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Sextortion - A new kind of blackmail

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A new kind of blackmail

 

He meets her online. She wants a video chat, and things get steamy quickly. The next thing he knows, she is demanding £5,000 or she will release his video to the world. He is 16, and his life implodes. Katie Glass investigates the devastating rise of “sextortion”

 

Sextrortion - a new kind of online blackmail.  By Katie Glass

The Sunday Times

21 July 2019

 

 

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Every year young British tourists fall to their deaths from hotel balconies.

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Every year young British tourists fall to their deaths from hotel balconies

 

Authorities routinely blame alcohol for the scores of British tourists who have died in recent years from balcony falls. Katie Glass travels to the resorts and meets the families desperate for answers.

 

Are the all-you-can-drink party packages to blame? Katie Glass travels to the resorts and meets the families desperate for answers.

The Sunday Times

5 August 2018

 

 

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The National Crime Agency estimates that a gang can make an average of £2,000 a day from a county line.  Katie Glass reports.

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County lines ‑ a new form of modern‑day slavery

 

Inner-city gangs are trafficking children to sell drugs in towns and villages across Britain ‑ a practice known as “county lines”. Why are their victims being criminalised?

 

County lines ­ a new form of modern­day slavery. 
Words by Journalist Katie Glass

The Sunday Times

3 December 2017

 

 

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Civil upheavals in Egypt have plunged the country into chaos. Female skaters have taken to their wheels in defiance. Katie Glass reports from Cairo

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Wheels shall overcome

 

Civil upheavals in Egypt have plunged the country into chaos. Attacks on women are commonplace ‑ but, astonishingly, a team of young female skaters have taken to their wheels in defiance. Katie Glass reports from Cairo.

 

Female skaters have taken to their wheels in defiance. Katie Glass reports from Cairo

The Sunday Times

13 July 2014

 

 

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