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Tom Cheshire

Tom Cheshire

Data and forensics correspondent

 




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Biography


Tom is a correspondent in our Data and Forensics unit. He was previously Asia correspondent, based in Beijing, with a particular focus on China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea.

In the North, he was the only British broadcaster to witness the demolition of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site.

Before moving to Beijing, Tom was technology correspondent for four years and part of the team that won a Royal Television Society award for scoop of the year, for the Islamic State files.

Before joining Sky, he was previously associate editor at WIRED magazine and is also the author of The Explorer Gene, a non-fiction account of a family of explorers published in 2013.
 



Articles by Tom Cheshire  












Crime rates are going down - so why does it feel like they've worsened?  










Terror on camera: The Bondi attack  






A photo of Jeffrey Epstein from the Epstein files. Pic: @OversightDems



The links between Epstein and the UK revealed in new files  










Why SpaceX can set its own rules  










What do the new Epstein images show?  






The USS Gerald R Ford in the North Sea, September 2025. Credit: AP



Is this what the beginning of a war looks like?  










Are US strikes on Venezuela about drugs or oil?  






Bishop Ceirion Dewar performs a mass baptism in Bude



A right-wing movement that has marched against immigration is now marching behind the cross  










The cost of the Gaza war 










Faith, politics and America's new battleground  






Thousands gather to remember right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk



Charlie Kirk's movement is growing in the wake of his assassination - as is the chasm in US politics  










Trump 100: Charlie Kirk's widow set for office?  






Up to 150,000 protesters attended the 'Unite the Kingdom' rally. Pic: Reuters



Why Tommy Robinson rally was different to any other  






Tauqir Sharif, known as Tox, has been deprived of his British citizenship



'I'm deprived of my UK citizenship but I'm not a convicted terrorist'  






A Return to the Land logo seen on a tree on-site



Whites only: Inside the far-right group building a community based on race  










Inside America's whites-only community  






The logo of a whites-only settlement



Inside a whites-only settlement where they are growing a white population with cash rewards for parents of newborns  






Seven out of the eight people arrested are Iranian, at a time of raised warnings about the country's security risk



Terror arrests come amid increased security service warnings about Iranian activity on British soil  










Heathrow shutdown is embarrassing at best - but at worst it points to serious vulnerabilities in UK infrastructure  






Elon Musk. File pic: AP Photo/Evan Vucci



Why Elon Musk took sudden interest in grooming gangs scandal  






A man stands underground at Sednaya prison as prisoners' relatives and the White Helmets search for inmates. Pic: Reuters



Relatives search for any trace of disappeared loved ones inside Syria's prison system  










'We must have some hope': Lebanon divided over if war is truly over  






Pic: Michael Greenfield/Sky



Ceasefire 'victory' looks bleak as Hezbollah bodies exhumed from makeshift mass graves  






People have returned and are already clearing up



Hezbollah flags still fly in Lebanon as fragile peace deal continues to hold  










Meeting the deeply radical anti-tax group that is 'growing in popularity'  






St Therese Hospital in Beirut has been damaged in the fighting



War is on their doorstep, but a 'duty to serve' keeps hospital staff working  






Hawraa Saad and her family fled Dahieh and are now living in Beirut



Lebanon's internal refugees face racism, discrimination and evictions  






Winning in the key states is about reaching people who might not usually vote for your party



The demographic divides that will decide the US election  






Silvano Trotta in Strasbourg, France. Pic: Sky News



Conspiracy theorist who helped fuel UK riots asks 'who doesn't make mistakes?'  






Pics: AP/Reuters



Harris will be happy with nationwide poll - but there's significant good news for Trump  






Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris during last week's debate. Pic: AP



How the assassination attempt on Trump is affecting US election bets and polls  










How Islamic State supporters are exploiting TikTok feature  






Police detaining a man during the protests in Bristol. Pic: PA



'We took beer bottles to our helmets': Inside big brawl between two sides drawn up to fight  










'He always threatened that if I ever spoke out, he'd kill me': Rise in domestic abuse victims missing out on justice  






Reform UK's MPs, including Lee Anderson (front left) and party leader Nigel Farage (front right). Pic: PA



Conspiracy theory and nationalist groups embraced Reform UK at general election  










Polling day was an election news blackout - except on social media  










Hundreds of donors turn their backs on the Tories during election campaign  










One political party is dominating social media - but it's not the one spending the most  










Which party is spending the most on online political ads in your constituency?  






Teaser image for Tom Cheshire' YouGov poll story on immigration attitudes



Poll reveals what people really think about immigration and whether it's good or bad for the UK  










The Conservative candidates - including a cabinet minister - ditching the Tory brand  










Despite Farage's boast, Reform is spending on ads - here are the areas the parties are targeting most  






The first Weekend Truth Festival took place in a rural corner of northwest England



Katie Hopkins looked at me during WTF and said: 'I smell a virgin'  










Reform UK may be winning the first TikTok election  










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