Cormac Kehoe
coramazov.bsky.social
Cormac Kehoe
@coramazov.bsky.social
Specialist Investigative Reporter @londoncentric.media & BBC's The Naked Week
@insidehousing.bsky.social follow-up to our April investigation (www.londoncentric.media/p/james-gold...) into a "dishonest" developer using a loophole to takeover council blocks across LDN and then attempting to build extra flats on the roofs. Wild West stuff
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mp-urge...
Is this "dishonest" property developer building on your roof?
James Gold was found to pose a "significant risk to the public". So how is he privatising council housing blocks across London and putting new flats on top of them?
www.londoncentric.media
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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"Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal"

@theobserveruk.bsky.social

@catneilan.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This weeks joint BBC Naked Week and Observer investigation with @catneilan.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social. Read/Listen below.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

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Pro-Kremlin posts attacked BBC after Panorama scandal | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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The Fence is launching a fighting fund to help us keep doing what we do, and grow in just the right ways to do much more. To help us do this, we're also offering some insanely bougie things as part of our first ever full festive Fence-tastic prizedraw. Treats and treasures galore - while slots last!
Nights at Osip, lunches at Mountain, ludicrously expensive handbags and cases of delicious wine – we've got some amazing prizes to be won in our festive prizedraw. Enter now, and help us turbocharge our growth for 2026.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fences-fig...
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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London’s unemployment rate keeps rising. We spoke to the people behind the statistics.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/there-are-a-...
'There are a lot of fake roles being posted'
London’s unemployment rate keeps rising. Here, we speak to the people behind the statistics.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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The brutal reality of life as an Android owner in London: First you’re shocked as you’re mugged. Then you’re humiliated as the thief returns the device. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
"Don't want no Samsung"
Plus: Scroll down to see what might be the strangest new artwork in the capital and read more on our investigations into the capital's landlords.
www.londoncentric.media
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Investigation in the world’s oldest Sunday paper this morn.

It’s about sponsored workers being exploited by a franchisor at Papa John’s. When they complained, he threatened to cancel their visas. Dire stuff. An increasingly common issue in the industry. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
November 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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🚨 Read our investigation into "Papa Johns saviour", how he exploited migrant workers and threatened to cancel visas if they complained

This week, he was still on the Home Office's list of approved sponsors. As a result of our work, that's no longer the case 👇

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‘Saviour of Papa Johns’ accused of taking unlawful slice of foreign workers’ pay | The Observer
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November 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Investigation with @coramazov.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social - which you can also listen to as part of BBC Radio 4's The Naked Week
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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No, it's nothing to do with witches

But The Naked Week's latest investigation is something to do with Papa Johns, the exploitation of migrant workers - and action taken by the Home Office as a result of our work

With @coramazov.bsky.social and @freyashaw.bsky.social

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The Naked Week - Series 3 - Trump, Traitors, and RIP Tim Davie - BBC Sounds
This week the team fundraise for the BBC, welcome a traitor, and necromance a potato.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Scoop in @computerweekly.bsky.social- A "major issue" with the PSNI's ControlWorks software (used to record info reported by the public) led to a delay in critical info being passed to investigators during a fast-moving investigation @billgoodwin.bsky.social
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666343...
Major software issue occurred in PSNI emergency call system | Computer Weekly
An issue with Police Service of Northern Ireland’s (PSNI) ControlWorks software, used to record information reported by the public, led to a delay in urgent information being passed to investigators.
www.computerweekly.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Charles Ross, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and I had a look at what the shadow ministers in the House of Lords were working at. Turns out many of them are being paid to ‘advise’ the same industries that they’re supposed to be scrutinising. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/the-lords-...
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Our first investigation was into the slew of fake companies selling all manner of tat on Amazon - in some cases doing so despite being dissolved

Estimated to cost the Treasury £700m, we understand there are conversations taking place w govt to address the issue

observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Fake companies cost HMRC £700m in tax-dodging tactics
Dozens of top online vendors have registered fake VAT numbers or none at all
observer.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Absolutely delighted to join the team for one more heist/third season of The Naked Week with @andrewhunterm.bsky.social

Investigations throughout the run from @coramazov.bsky.social @freyashaw.bsky.social and myself

Week one *might* have something to do with witches

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4 - The Naked Week: Ep1. Royal lodges, asylum hotels and witches. - BBC Sounds
Randy Royal Lodges, Asylum Hotels, and Which Witch is Which?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Our London Centric piece this morning about the eviction of four more restaurateurs from Elephant and Castle, the major international money behind it, and the rapid diminution of the areas Latin America community www.londoncentric.media/p/elephant-c...
Did the evicted Elephant and Castle restaurants stand a chance?
One topic has really dominated the London Centric inbox this week: The eviction of a group of Caribbean, South American, and African restaurants in south London’s Elephant and Castle by developers in ...
www.londoncentric.media
October 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Who keeps crashing cars at speed into the front of a specific Tesco Express in east London? It’s happened four times in the last three weeks. It looks like a robbery - but London Centric has learned nothing is stolen and it appears to be the same driver. www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...
The mysterious Tesco Express car attacker
Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.
www.londoncentric.media
September 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
4 times in the last 3 weeks someone has smashed a car through the front of the same Tesco in the dead of night. Weirdly, nothing has been stolen. It just appears to be an attempt to damage the store/shut it down. But why? and whose behind it? Insane mystery. www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...
Who keeps driving cars into this Tesco Express?
Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.
www.londoncentric.media
September 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Our follow-up story this morning about how Asif Aziz’s company is now also renting retail spaces in Edinburgh to students who vanish, leaving huge unpaid tax bills behind. This follows our recent investigation into millions being lost by HMRC at Aziz’s properties in LDN.
What’s the story behind those dodgy gift shops on Princes Street in Edinburgh? Jim Waterson of @londoncentric.media investigates in bonus edition of the Minute: edinburghminute.substack.com/p/tax-evadin...
September 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Prospect’s exclusive review of former ministers’ post-government careers found many working in lobbying or with firms connected to their former briefs.

✍🏼 Charles Ross and @coramazov.bsky.social (@tcij.org)
Where do politicians go when it is time to leave the stage?
Our exclusive review into the next careers of recent former ministers and SpAds found a notable number now working in lobbying or with firms connected...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Intriguing to see the page layouts, text formatting, placement of illustrations, and exact colour scheme of our small mag The Fence (L) receiving such 'sincere flattery' from a 200k+ circulation 'nuke the small boats' newspaper like The Telegraph (R). Very cool.
August 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Prospect’s exclusive review of former ministers’ post-government careers found many working in lobbying or with firms connected to their former briefs.

✍🏼 Charles Ross and @coramazov.bsky.social (@tcij.org)
Where do politicians go when it is time to leave the stage?
Our exclusive review into the next careers of recent former ministers and SpAds found a notable number now working in lobbying or with firms connected...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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“You know what I think is his problem, very, very, honestly?” the man said. “He doesn’t understand that there is a limit".

In West London, an Italian charmer is duping the owners of the city's priciest properties, leaving a trail of debt and damage. This is the story of Claudio Di Giovanni.
August 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Great investigation by @coramazov.bsky.social about an amazing character and London's high-end sub-letting market
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...
'Claudio is Scamming'
How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of London’s priciest properties
www.the-londoner.co.uk
August 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This morns investigation into a rental arbitrage scheme involving some of London’s priciest properties. We look into the well-connected man behind it & speak to over a dozen victims— from electrocuted tourists to landlords who collectively lost over £100k
www.the-londoner.co.uk/claudio-is-s...
'Claudio is Scamming'
How an Italian charmer is duping the owners of London’s priciest properties
www.the-londoner.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM