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Jason Farrell

Jason Farrell

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Biography


Jason is Home Editor, reporting on issues from social affairs to crime and politics. 

His investigations have exposed child abuse in Telford, the rise in county lines drug dealing, and Primodos drug scandal.

Before that Jason was a political correspondent for two general elections and the EU Referendum. He wrote a book in 2017 called 'How to lose a referendum'.

Prior to joining Sky he worked for Five News, ITV News and the BBC.

Jason has been nominated three times as specialist journalist of the year by the Royal Television Society. 




Articles by Jason Farrell  








The Home Office had a list of targets where it suspected illegal migrants were working.



The government invited us on an immigration raid. There were two arrests, they both walked free  






Police enter a hotel room after receiving information about a child potentially being at risk



'A 14-year-old girl is with a man in this hotel': How police are stepping up to protect children  






Pic: Reuters



No doubt bar was packed with teenagers when deadly fire broke out  










Grooming gangs inquiry chair appointed  










Why are the Conservatives talking about grooming gangs?  






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'Death, prison or the loss of your sanity': The cost for children caught up in county lines  










'Death, prison or loss of your sanity'  










The victims scarred by 10 years of county lines  










Hunting the killers of a British dad in Zante  










Sky probe identifies new suspect in Zante attack  










'The sound I heard will never leave me'  










How one punch killed a young British father - but did an attacker evade justice?  










A fatal punch, a man in white shorts and a family's desperate hunt for justice  










What Sky News witnessed after a tip-off about Channel migrant crossings from Dunkirk  










Inside Europe's people smuggling industry  






Former chief police officer Jim Gamble



Candidates to lead grooming gangs inquiry may now think twice about role  






Fiona Goddard has said says more than 50 men raped her in Bradford



Survivor quits grooming gangs inquiry  






Jim Gamble and Annie Hudson have emerged as the leading candidates



Two leading candidates to chair grooming gangs inquiry revealed  










A day Jews feared would come  






Shocked onlookers seek comfort from emergency services in the aftermath of the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Crumpsall.



When ripples from overseas conflicts wash up on UK shores  






South Yorkshire Police headquarters in Sheffield



Men able to abuse children in Rotherham for years after police had their names, watchdog finds  










Key scientist's daughter sheds new light on decades-long medical scandal  






Shabana Mahmood holds a Taser during the launch of a trial of the weapons in July. Pic: PA



What a moment for Shabana Mahmood to take the helm at the Home Office  






Dagenham, east London. File pic: iStock



'Corrupt' council staff 'allocated hundreds of homes for cash' - as two people arrested  






The protest in Norwich



Friday night's anti-migrant protests in Norwich were peaceful - but anger is bubbling  










Minister condemns 'idiot' councils that don't believe they have grooming gang problem  










'I'm a carpenter by day - but I sleep on trains at night': Meet one of Britain's 'incognito homeless'  






Anti-migrant protesters opposite the hotel



'Simmering' division in town where hotel for asylum seekers is beacon for unrest  






Azra Kemal's body was sexually abused by David Fuller



Mother of victim of necrophiliac reacts to inquiry finding crimes like his 'could be repeated'  






People attend a demonstration in support of Palestine Action as police look on. Pic: PA



Palestine Action supporters defiant as group faces ban  






Pic:iStock



Flawed data used repeatedly to dismiss 'Asian grooming gangs' claims, report finds  






Victims of grooming gangs tell Sky News they welcome news of a national inquiry



Grooming gang victims who feel failed by local investigations welcome national inquiry  






Evie hates when other pupils joke about suicide



'I lost my father to suicide': Schoolgirl's assembly on the hardest of subjects  






Armed police officers ready their weapons before a dawn raid



On a dawn police raid, the case of Chris Kaba's shooting still lingers over armed officers  






A report has found more children than ever are not in school - with 'invisible' moves not recorded in national data



More children than ever are not in school, report finds  






Rhianan took her own life after being charged with terror offences, which were later dropped. Pic: Family handout



MI5 probe of teen girl accused of terrorism continued up until her death, inquest hears  






Eleanor Williams



The teenager who faked a grooming scandal also named real abusers  






Axel Rudakubana. Pic: Merseyside police



'Pick-n-mix' ideologies: Why violent motivations are becoming harder to define  






File pic: iStock



Wrong to say group-based child abuse is predominantly committed by Pakistani men - police chiefs  






Many men struggle to speak about their mental health issues - one charity in London aims to change that



'Don't man up, talk it through' - men urged to confront mental health problems  






Cally Jane Beech says she was horrified after a photo of her was turned into a nude and shared online



'Like looking at me, but also not me': Victims horrified as AI driving increase in nude deepfakes  










Inside the prison workshop helping to rebuild women's lives  






GMP headquarters located in Central Park in the Newton Heath area of Manchester



Police force ends use of strip searches for 'welfare' purposes - but questions remain after Sky News investigation  






Asylum seekers outside the Cresta Court Hotel



'We've been kept in the dark': Residents learn hotel is housing asylum seekers after bookings and weddings cancelled  










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