A thoroughly decent man:
“A bullet went through me at the Manchester synagogue. God saved me”
www.thetimes.com/article/f26d...
@davidcollinsnews
Sunday Times northern editor. Investigative reporter. Co-presenter Cocaine Inc podcast. Author of The Hunt for the Silver Killer & Saffie (out April 2025) stories to david.collins@sunday-times.co.uk https://greyhoundliterary.co.uk/authors/david-collins?
A thoroughly decent man:
“A bullet went through me at the Manchester synagogue. God saved me”
www.thetimes.com/article/f26d...
Reviews for Saffie. 4.7 out of 5 on Amazon.
An astonishing story of complete failure by the British Army to hold its senior staff to account.
Jaysley Beck, the army ‘cover-up’ and the order from HQ
www.thetimes.com/article/47e9...
He got away with rape and murder for 58 years. This is how police caught him
www.thetimes.com/article/9ac6...
Shaken by ‘racially aggravated’ rape, Sikhs in West Midlands fear rising hate
www.thetimes.com/article/f55b...
The full story of Jay Slater, from his mother, Debbie:
www.thetimes.com/article/e4d4...
Looking forward to chairing this event next weekend at CrimeCon in Manchester: hopefully see you there!
Following a 5 year investigation by the Sunday Times, a former British soldier has now been charged for the murder of Agnes Wanjiru in Kenya.
Details below:
Former British soldier charged with murder of Agnes Wanjiru
www.thetimes.com/article/251f...
As talk ramps up of him making a leadership challenge, we take a look at Andy Burnham’s record as Greater Manchester mayor across his three terms:
Does Andy Burnham’s record in Manchester make him PM material?
www.thetimes.com/article/4df9...
The family of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21 year old allegedly killed in Kenya by a British soldier, a case which remains unsolved, is raising money to come to the UK and continue their campaign for justice.
If you want to donate the link is here: www.gofundme.com/f/my-aunt-ki...
The audiobook version of Saffie is out tomorrow!
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0F4...
👉NEW -- A British soldier murdered my aunt. Will Labour let him get away with it?
by Esther Njoki
It’s been 12 years since Agnes Wanjiru was found dead in a hotel septic tank after a night out with UK troops in Kenya. Will she ever get justice?
www.declassifieduk.org/a-british-so...
A true leader
A British soldier based at the army’s barracks in Kenya has been accused of raping a woman, close to where a local mother was murdered, also allegedly by a soldier on secondment to the country
Read issues around MI5’s evidence to the Manchester public inquiry in my book “Saffie”.
An emotional event last night as we discussed SAFFIE with @davidcollinsnews.bsky.social
Saffie was the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena Terror Attack and this is her story told in conjunction with her parents Andrew and Lisa.
A story of how we can all find light in the darkest of times.
Breaking
Merseyside police update on Water Street car ram incident:
“We can confirm the man arrested is a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area.
Extensive enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision.”
I’ve been looking into solar farms/Labour’s changes to the planning framework which will make them easier to develop/three very particular solar farm scenarios from around the country.
The town that said no to a £700,000 offer from a solar farm firm
www.thetimes.com/article/b331...
A privilege to be with Andrew and Lisa for the launch of this compelling new book about their beautiful daughter.
David Collins has done Saffie and the Roussos family truly proud.🙏🏻
The politics of Hull & East Yorkshire -
Meet Luke Campbell, the Olympic boxer turned Reform mayor
www.thetimes.com/article/db66...
Thanks Oliver! Nice to see you!
Proud moment
1/3 Today is a first for me. I have been invited to the book launch of Saffie. I was lucky enough to read an advance copy and it is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. It certainly transported me back to some very difficult times but I am honoured to have represented
www.itv.com/news/granada...
amazing book launch on Thursday for Saffie at the Anthony Burgess centre in Manchester
Can’t thank people enough for coming. We heard from Ben Taylor (Sunday Times editor); Andy Burnham Mayor for Greater Manchester; Pete Weatherby; the nurses and medics of Wythenshawe hospital.
Incredible
Wow. Saffie close to the top 100 spot after Andrew and Lisa’s powerful interview on Loose Women.
Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy.
For the past year David Collins, the northern editor of The Times, has been sitting down with the family of one of the victims — eight year old Saffie-Rose Roussos — to tell the story of the attack, and its aftermath, through their eyes.
Saffie, the book, being serialised in the Daily Mail tomorrow. Here, they describe it as “extraordinary”.
Available for preorder on Amazon and Waterstones now -
My book - Saffie - written with Andrew and Lisa Roussos, has been serialised today in the Sunday Times
www.thetimes.com/article/a54a...
That tower’s going to be handy for the BP!
(Manchester in-joke)