Kelly Bonner

BBC Reporter. I have a particular interest in social stories : Addiction, mental health , sex and drug trafficking & homelessness. [email protected]

[Police Ombudsman NI @PONIPressOffice]

Discussing Abuse of Position for Sexual Purposes @NIAEOCttee: the number of investigations into predatory police behaviour is growing each year. Police Ombudsman, Jacqui Durkin, is encouraged by increasing referrals by PSNI but believes the issue is “hugely underreported”.

[Marcella Leonard @leonardconsult]

Another DHR identifying the same deficits in practice by agencies in recognising, assessing and responding to victims of domestic abuse. At some point there has to be evidence of ‘learning identified’ has become ‘ embedded practice’ otherwise what is the point of the Reviews. Sad to see so many of the failures identified in Concepta Leonard’s murder are still being identified 9 years on … so something is not working @Justice_NI

[Robbie Meredith @robbeorn]

The Stormont debate on holiday hunger has been delayed as MLAs are still debating flags and emblems.

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

The judge in the Chloe Mitchell murder trial has discharged the jury. https://t.co/cmzvj4f1Hh

[ITV News @itvnews]

A joint three-year investigation by ITV News and the Guardian reveals allegations David Walliams preyed on teenage girls as young as 15

Walliams denies all allegations including criminal activity

Read and watch the full investigation here: https://t.co/Hh4zwec4h9

[Thomas Niblock @thomasniblock]

“Walid Ahmed, 17, died in Megiddo Prison in March 2025 after extreme weight loss, with a judge determining he was 'likely starved.”

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Police in the Republic of Ireland have seized €1m (£834,845) worth of drugs in County Wexford.

https://t.co/L3lzhfTEV8

[Kelly Bonner @KellyBonner]

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[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has heard that the gardaí warned the RUC that a car bomb was to cross the border the day before the atrocity. https://t.co/nzeQZ1zQJ7

[Kelly Bonner @KellyBonner]

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[James Waterhouse @JamWaterhouse]

Inside the French drug gangs recruiting children to kill.

Produced by @Romyliad @paulprad90

Shot & edited by @Ieaguedj

Our five month investigation from Marseille:

https://t.co/GVKEt77oWn

[Sophie Wilkinson @sophwilkinson]

'Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no' - Judge Bennathan

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

A court has heard how the remains of 21-year-old Chloe Mitchell were discovered in Ballymena, County Antrim, after a householder apologised to a police officer for a smell coming from her bin https://t.co/wQDzlJDEKd

[Kelly Bonner @KellyBonner]

Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 years and Six months in prison. He will serve 2/3 of the sentence.

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

I've been in politics for a quarter century. It's hard to express how staggering it is to see a conversation like this on corporate US media. The Morning Joe panel gobsmacked by the directness of @AbdulElSayed's points.

(clip via @DropSiteNews)

[Kelly Bonner @KellyBonner]

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[Kelly Bonner @KellyBonner]

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[Allison Morris @AllisonMorris1]

PSNI confirm huge explosives haul on Shankill Road linked to ‘extreme far-right terrorism’ https://t.co/1tYVbq0awJ

[POLITICO @politico]

“I don’t want to be just sitting there for two years vetoing everything.”

President Donald Trump picked up a call from @DashaBurns on POLITICO Elections Live and talked to us about the blue wave and how he’s willing to work with incoming congressional Democrats.

 Watch live now: https://t.co/PdGWwkqUAS

[BBC Newsline @bbcnewsline]

'In her battle with illness she showed us courage, positivity and the value of life'. Just one of the many tributes paid to Olympic and European track champion Ciara Mageean who died yesterday. Michael Fitzpatrick reports from her hometown of Portaferry