Annabel Deas

BBC Investigative journalist. Produced & Presented BBC podcasts Hope High & The Smuggler. Orwell Prize winner & ARIA winner. THE SMUGGLER 👇

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

The Smuggler is the inside story of how a former British soldier became an international people smuggler - revealing the mechanics of how he smuggled migrants on lorry’s, ferry’s and sailboats -working with Albanian&Vietnamese gangs all based inside the UK https://t.co/TVjf8I00rD

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@CityCorpHeath is the paddling pool open?

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@PeterBradshaw1 hello I’m a journo from @BBCRadio4 could you let me know the best email to contact you on? Many thanks

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@Madz_Grant hello, I’m a producer from @BBCRadio4 getting in touch to see if you might be available for a programme this week - what is the best email to reach you on? Many thanks

[CountingDeadWomen @CountDeadWomen]

6 March 2026: Jennifer Symonds, 44, died by drowning in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Nelio Gouveia, 44, has been charged with her murder.

[Karen Ingala Smith @DrK_IngalaSmith]

Huge thank you for the eleventh year to @jessphillips for reading the names of UK women killed where the suspect is a man since IWD 2025 at the parliamentary International Women’s Day 2026 debate.
Massive thanks to our @FemicideCensus team.

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@rochelleolson hi Rochelle, I’m from @BBCRadio4 and wondered if you wood be available to speak to us regarding a programme we are making about Pete Hegseth? I’m on [email protected] if you could drop me a line or let me know the best email for you. Many thanks

[CountingDeadWomen @CountDeadWomen]

10 February 2026: Helen Bird, 47, died in hospital eight days after having suffered serious injuries when attacked inside a property in Chelveston, Northamptonshire, on 2 February. James Daniel Bird, 50, has been charged with her murder.

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@Bernstein hey Joseph, I’m a producer from @BBCRadio4 could I give you a call regarding your Clavicular article? Many thanks, [email protected]

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

Remarkable journalism by @NoelTitheradge

[Noel Titheradge @NoelTitheradge]

Most of these people had 2 things in commons - they say they weren’t properly warned by doctors, or warned at all - and drew no link between their behaviour and their meds

We’ve made a podcast series featuring 5 cases under Radio 4’s Shadow World strand

https://t.co/5mwmTJxwX2

[CountingDeadWomen @CountDeadWomen]

27 September 2025: Ann Green, 61, was found dead at a property in Bromyard, Herefordshire. Julian Thomas, 54, has been charged with her murder.

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

"When their guard is down we get to see what they're really like."

Mina Smallman, whose murdered daughters' bodies were photographed and shared on WhatsApp by police, responds to the BBC investigation into continued misogyny and racism in the Met. 

#Newsnight

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of misogyny and racism inside London's Metropolitan Police service
https://t.co/mWtW0P6BXN

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

https://t.co/JqXRzR3aVA

[Ed Thomas @EdThomasNews]

NEW Five women who say they were victims of Rotherham grooming gangs also say police officers 'sexually abused' them in the town.

One woman told the BBC she was raped aged 12 in a police car by an officer in uniform.

Full story with Ruth Green.
https://t.co/JemM7DmF4K

[James Marriott @j_amesmarriott]

It should be obvious now that smartphones are designed to be addictive. You're not supposed to win. I really think the only answer is to get rid of your iPhone. Genuinely not as hard as it seems and there are increasingly decent alternatives out there.

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@dibb_simkin @OctopusEnergy You consistently overcharged us so we spent hours on the phone trying to remedy this. Eventually we gave up &closed our account & got 800 pounds taken from us for doing so. I thought @OctopusEnergy was meant to be a responsible energy supplier but would absolutely not recommend.

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@dibb_simkin @OctopusEnergy I don’t know what financial rules you are adhering to when you allow customers to be hundreds of pounds out of pocket for over a month but it is deeply irresponsible and drives ordinary people into debt. @OctopusEnergy energy has promised to repay us for weeks but no sign so far.

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@OctopusEnergy please can we have the 600 pounds back you have owed me for well over a month? A week ago it was “two or three days” this kind of irresponsible behaviour drives people into poverty and debt.

[Annabel Deas @annabeldeas]

@QprSteven hi Steven, I’m a journalist from the bbc - I can’t message you on here but keen to talk - could you send me your email address or email me at [email protected] ?

[bbcpetercooke @bbcpetercooke]

They were strapped down, hidden and living on bread https://t.co/vUe0cDQh5u