Dan Ashby

Environment film-maker, podcaster and investigative journalist.

Co-host of Buried on BBC Sounds - Gold at British Podcast Awards

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

Thanks @DIGawards for naming The Last Witness as Best Podcast with @michaelsheen @lucytaylor @BBCRadio4 @smoketrailprod. Investigative journalism is under threat everywhere, but we soldier on. Great w/e with inspiring journos from worldover. Buried continues...

[Elizabeth Mistry @ElizabethMistry]

Started listening to #BoyWasted podcast from @lucytaylor & @danielashby - a ‘slow burner’ that shines a light on the horrific human impact of sending the UK’s waste to Turkey. If anything should make us rethink how we deal with our rubbish this is it.
@BarryGardiner @TessColley

[Lucy Taylor @lucytaylor]

Could AI cure cancer using nature's DNA? We're back with The Documentary podcast from the @bbcworldservice looking at the work of Basecamp Research, a London-based firm creating the world's biggest genome database. Listen here: https://t.co/cCs5hm0JFj

@danielashby @Basecamp_Res

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

Bravo @BBCRadioFoyle for understanding that environment crime is front-page news. 45-minute special coverage on Mobuoy from 8am today.

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

NEW: Two NI parties are backing calls for a tougher sentence over Mobuoy. One former minister will be writing to the NI equivalent of the Crown Prosecution Service. Campaigner renew calls for full public inquiry

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

Going live shortly on the BBC in Northern Ireland, after a 20-year fight for justice comes to an end in Derry - in one of the biggest environment crimes in UK history, even European, history.
https://t.co/4GSeJcePM4

[Dean McLaughlin @Dean_Journalist]

On North West Today tomorrow morning - a special focus on Mobuoy dump.

Some politicians and environmental activists are calling for a full public inquiry after two men were jailed on Friday.

Tomorrow we have reaction and analysis 8-9am.
@BBCRadioFoyle @BBCNewsNI @teresamcraig

[Rach in her Platinum Trophy Era @TheBendySlow]

It’s World Environment Day and did you know that Michael Sheen risked his life to expose forever chemical leaks? If you don’t know the story, check out Buried: The Last Witness podcast created by brilliant journalist & investigators Dan Ashby & Lucy Taylor https://t.co/1hY31ozTUo

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

Judge says "the time has passed" when those motivated by greed in waste crime can simply walk free.

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

BREAKING: Mobuoy criminals get shock custodial sentences of 1 year and 21 months respectively, at the tougher end of what we were expecting. Initial reaction from lifelong campaigners is positive. The end of a long fight for justice for Derry. But Mobuoy's legacy just beginning.

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

A fabulous night...Buried with @smoketrailprod @lucytaylor @michaelsheen @RoySocChem @BBCRadio4 has won the 'Grand Award' at @NYFestivals gala. Thank you New York! A lovely little boost - credit to full Buried team attached.

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

New report - recycling rates are falling. And the rise in consumption is outpacing even the rise in population. We now extract more than 100 billion tonnes of raw materials every year, a staggering number. "A waste crisis,"https://t.co/KyIXZbdU72

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

Need a wild idea for first weekend in June? Join us at Cheltenham Science Festival to discuss whether forever chemicals are making us all sick. I don't normally dress like this (see pic). @cheltfestivals Tickets here: https://t.co/QMhuyJHl7t.

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

@Mcinparis Hi Matthew. Any chance you could follow me so I could DM you? Investigating a story

[Lucy Taylor @lucytaylor]

One more update (slightly belated) - thanks to Amnesty for including Buried: The Last Witness in the shortlist for the Amnesty Media Awards

(I wonder what Douglas would have made of all this)

@smoketrailprod @danielashby @michaelsheen

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

More fab news this afternoon, as The Last Witness is shortlisted in the New York Festivals Radio Awards @NYFestivals, in documentary of the year. Thanks again to @michaelsheen for his unwavering support, @smoketrailprod team, R4 team @RoySocChem @ManMetUni + Rev. Cawthorne

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

Lovely to see our @BBCRadio4 pod The Last Witness shortlisted for a True Crime Award, particularly for "community impact". There is a growing sense of horror over forever chemicals and what they do. With @lucytaylor @michaelsheen @smoketrailprod team @RoySocChem @ManMetUni + R4

[Sam McBride @SJAMcBride]

The Mobuoy illegal dump scandal has exposed the toothlessness of Stormont and the NI criminal justice system. Tomorrow night just a few miles from the dump site I'll be chairing a discussion about what happened & what can be done. Still some tickets here:
https://t.co/xCQQr0Aqoh

[Sam McBride @SJAMcBride]

More than two years after pleading guilty, two Mobuoy criminals still haven't been sentenced. On the panel will be activists, a scientist and the journalistic pair whose brilliant Radio 4 podcast series Buried brought the scandal to a mass audience - @danielashby & @lucytaylor.

[Dan Ashby @danielashby]

@pwilkinson_pcc Hi Philip. Wondered if you could follow me, so I can send you a DM about a story we're doing, and want to interview you for?