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In this episode John tracks down CJ's father and talks to him about his absence from the 14-year-old's life.

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This episode was first released on 25th September, 2020.

Host: John Simpson, The Times' crime correspondent.

Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team by phone, WhatsApp, and Instagram: 07535 785774, and @wkcjdtips.

Anyone with information can also contact the police on the dedicated incident room number of 020 8345 3775, or 101. You can also make contact via Twitter @MetCC. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. The Metropolitan Police Service offers a £20,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for CJ's murder.

Clips: BBC, ITV, Sky News, ITN.

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On the third anniversary of CJ Davis' death John speaks to the lead investigator in the 14-year-old's murder and reviews the evidence considered in the case.

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This episode was first released on 4th September, 2020.

Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.

Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team by phone, WhatsApp, and Instagram: 07535 785774, and @wkcjdtips.

Anyone with information can also contact the police on the dedicated incident room number of 020 8345 3775, or 101. You can also make contact via Twitter @MetCC. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. The Metropolitan Police Service offers a £20,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for CJ's murder.

Clips: Link Up TV YouTube.

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In the latest instalment of the series, we hear from a witness who tried to save 14-year-old CJ Davis after he was shot in a suspected gang killing in east London in 2017.

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This episode was first released on 28th August, 2020.

Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.

Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team by phone, WhatsApp, and Instagram: 07535 785774, and @wkcjdtips.

Anyone with information can also contact the police on the dedicated incident room number of 020 8345 3775, or 101. You can also make contact via Twitter @MetCC. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. The Metropolitan Police Service offers a £20,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for CJ's murder.

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In today's episode we examine the gang culture of east London to look for clues as to what happened to the schoolboy, who was apparently caught up in this murky world.

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This episode was first released on 21st August, 2020.

Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.

Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team by phone, WhatsApp, and Instagram: 07535 785774, and @wkcjdtips.

Anyone with information can also contact the police on the dedicated incident room number of 020 8345 3775, or 101. You can also make contact via Twitter @MetCC. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. The Metropolitan Police Service offers a £20,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for CJ's murder.

Anyone concerned they may know of a child being the victim of grooming can contact the police on 101 or the NSPCC.

Clips: UK Drill YouTube channel, Olympic YouTube channel, BBC Three.

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CJ Davis was shot dead and killed in east London in 2017. He was 14 years old. In this episode John explores how he was forced to leave mainstream education and attend a pupil referral unit, precipitating a fall into a criminal world.

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This episode was first released on 14th August, 2020.

Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.

Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team by phone, WhatsApp, and Instagram: 07535 785774, and @wkcjdtips.

Anyone with information can also contact the police on the dedicated incident room number of 020 8345 3775, or 101. You can also make contact via Twitter @MetCC. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. The Metropolitan Police Service offers a £20,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for CJ's murder.

Clips: UK Drill YouTube channel.

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In the first of an award winning series on Stories of our times, the Times' crime correspondent John Simpson attempts to work out who killed a 14-year-old boy in broad daylight back in September 2017 in Newham, east London. CJ Davis' murder has never been solved but the case remains active.

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This episode was first released on 7th August, 2020.

Content warning: Description of suicidal ideation.

Host: John Simpson, the Times' crime correspondent.

Support numbers: If you’ve been affected by anything in this programme contact Samaritans for free on 116 123.

Investigation: If you have something you’d like to tell us you can reach the podcast team by phone, WhatsApp, and Instagram: 07535 785774, and @wkcjdtips.

Anyone with information can also contact the police on the dedicated incident room number of 020 8345 3775, or 101. You can also make contact via Twitter @MetCC. To give information anonymously contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org. The Metropolitan Police Service offers a £20,000 reward for anyone who can provide information leading to the identification and conviction of the person(s) responsible for CJ's murder.

Clips: BBC, ITV, UK Drill YouTube channel.

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Attempts at conversion therapy are taking place across the country: in village churches, Harley Street clinics and counsellors' treatment rooms. 

In this fourth episode of a seven-part series, reporter Emily Sargent goes undercover again, to explore the extremely secretive practice. 

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If you, or someone you know, has been affected by the issues raised in this episode, the following organisations can help:

Switchboard provides an information, support and referral service for anyone who needs to consider issues around their sexuality.

Phone: 0300 330 0630 (10am-10pm).

Samaritans is available for anyone struggling to cope and provide a safe place to talk 24 hours a day.

Phone: 116 123

Guests: 

-Suzi Ruffell, stand-up comedian; host, Out with Suzi Ruffell.

-Pamela Gawler-Wright, UKCP Accredited Contemporary Psychotherapist; independent consultant to the MoU on conversion therapy in the UK.

Host: Emily Sargent, journalist.

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The window for rescuing Afghans is rapidly closing, and for many, that will mean adjusting to life under the 'new' Taliban. Diplomatic correspondent Catherine Philp first met the Taliban 20 years ago. Today: the differences between the Taliban's claims that they've become more moderate, and their actions. Plus, we profile the leadership.

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Guest: Catherine Philp, diplomatic correspondent, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: CNN, WION, NDTV, Al Jazeera, PBS, TOLO News, DW News, Sky News, NewsX.

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It is not marked on maps. Men with automatic weapons guard its border. Few outsiders have ever visited the heavily guarded enclave in rural Albania that is home to the People’s Mujahidin, or MEK.

For its supporters, MEK is the biggest and most resilient Iranian opposition group, a government-in-waiting. Others see it as a bizarre and secretive cult led by a zealot with no chance of replacing Iran's ruthless theocracy.

Sunday Times foreign correspondent Matthew Campbell goes in search of the truth – the first British journalist to be allowed inside the camp.

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Guest: Matthew Campbell, foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times.

Host: David Aaronovitch.

Clips: Al Jazeera, BBC News, Channel 4 News, France 24, Fox Business, NCRI.

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The Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has left office, resigning after a barrage of sexual harassment allegations. How did he go from potential president to political pariah?

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Guest: Will Pavia, New York correspondent, The Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: ABC, CNN, NBC, CBS, CNBC, Comedy Central.

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