Melanie Fanstone

Content editor for UK news at the BBC.

[Anna Collinson @AnnaCollinson]

We reveal some clinics may have breached advertising guidance by claiming attractive sounding success rates of 80%+ on their websites without making it clear it only applies to one stage of the egg freezing journey. Chances of having a baby are far lower.
https://t.co/wIWqURvTYR

[BBC Young Reporter @BBCYoungReport]

📢 Spread the news! 📢

The #BBCYoungReporterCompetition is back for 2024 and open for entries!

We want to hear original story ideas from people aged 11-18 across the UK

Find out more and enter ➡️ https://t.co/9Rz1wKhlvY

The closing date is 24 March 2024 at 11pm

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Enter your postcode to find out how your local High Street changed during Covid lockdowns ⬇️

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

“We lose them when they hang up the harness, and we lose them when they pass on”
Sammy the guide dog takes final walk before retiring
https://t.co/NJ4es9iuLb

[branwen jeffreys @branwenjeffreys]

This is overall number of fines issued to parents over school non attendance in England according to data provided by councils : 18/19: 272,697
19/20: 153,988
20/21: 40,105
21/22: 71,268  up to the Easter holiday with FOI gathered with me by @nathan_standley

[Ed Thomas @EdThomasNews]

“What does it take for an officer to arrive?”
🚨 BBC reveals police are taking longer to respond to 999 emergencies
🚓Victims say they are becoming DIY detectives
🚨the number of crimes leading to a charge is falling.
#bbcnews with @NoelTitheradge
https://t.co/37t5ebDNzy

[Dan Johnson @DanJohnsonNews]

Here's our report on the disabled children of Ukraine, abandoned by their carers and left in institutions that can't properly look after them https://t.co/yxh1Qs5lFG
Filmed & edited by @jddunstan
Produced by @Cleggins82 @nataliesophia & Olya Pona
Thanks @EricDRI @DRI_advocacy

[Adina Campbell @adinacampbell]

New report led by ⁦@annelongfield⁩ looks at the impact of adultification explained by ⁦⁦@JahnineDavis⁩. Important insight also by ⁦@natsduv⁩ & ⁦@_CarinaWh⁩ following the #ChildQ case. https://t.co/M53zZOnSRx

[Chi Chi Izundu @blondeafro]

Latest from me and @Ruthie_H_Evans https://t.co/2BGI4Vs91M

[Jeremy Bowen @BowenBBC]

Desperately sad story from just outside Kyiv, about a woman called Iryna whose son was killed by Russian soldiers. We were the first outsiders she'd seen since the Russians left her village on Friday. Shot and edited by @leedurant. Produced by @producerkathy

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

There are stories I’ve heard that will always remain with me, and it was all so unnecessary. https://t.co/yzAcNecQ0Y

[Anna Collinson @AnnaCollinson]

For months we've been investigating a murky world of untested drugs, illegal trade and tanned "orangey" skin.

The use of "dangerous" tanning products is on the rise - boosted by influencers promoting it to millions.

It's even been linked to skin cancer.
https://t.co/ywjQfzu900

[Paul Danahar @BBCDanahar]

World class reporting from ⁦@sommervilletv⁩ Along with cameraman Darren Conway they’re the first journalists to be at the frontline with the Ukrainian army. https://t.co/hECrtsf9RN

[Rob Taylor @robtaylortv]

Last call to send your application in for a couple of this year’s BBC apprenticeship schemes!

It’s one of the best ways to get into the business👇🏻

[Stuart Millar @stuartmillar159]

This is a really superb piece of writing by @bbclysedoucet on the lives upended in Kyiv a week after the Russian invasion began

https://t.co/8NCroDsABw

[Catrin Nye @CatrinNye]

The story of how 52 people ended up working for a design agency that didn’t exist.

Jobfished - Our new documentary, Monday 9pm, @BBCThree and @BBCiPlayer

https://t.co/TJUsACAkmd

[Jon Kay ☕️ @jonkay01]

Overwhelmed by the response to Fairy Meadow. Still #1 podcast in Australia and #2 in the UK. It’s a privilege to tell the Grimmer family’s story about their search for Cheryl. Final episode next week @BBCSounds Produced by Chris Ledgard at BBC Bristol and edited by @jamesdgcook

[Jayne McCubbin @JayneMcCubbinTV]

100 people held more than 20 years in ‘institutions’
We had to go to court to tell you this story
Pam & Roy are amazing and I urge you to listen to their 2 decade fight to get their son Tony back home on BBC1 in a moment & ⁦⁦@BBCBreakfast⁩ tomo https://t.co/NYeR9TcIvy

[Michael Buchanan @BBCMBuchanan]

BBC News discovers:

Two women who died of herpes 6 weeks apart may have been infected by the same surgeon who operated on them.

The women has operations at the same hospital trust.

Until our investigation, the families believed the deaths were not linked.

H/T @jamesmelley

[Morwen Williams @morwenw]

We are hiring in our News Intake team https://t.co/kNUQAUcp7x #jobs #journalism