Investigations
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Revealed: Natural History Museum signed gagging clause with Danish oil sponsor
On 8 January 2023, Point Source partnered with The Observer to publish a story revealing that The Natural History Museum signed a contract with a gagging clause that prevented it from criticising a Danish oil company that sponsored its wildlife photography competition.
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Revealed: Met police did not carry out thorough consultation on youth surveillance project
On 5 June 2022, Point Source partnered with The Guardian and revealed that youth violence experts had no involvement with a police scheme that collects children’s personal data, despite the Met claiming to have consulted them.
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Revealed: Met police profiling children on a large scale
On 3 June 2022, Point Source partnered with The Guardian and revealed that Metropolitan police documents said that the force had been collecting “children’s personal data” from social media sites as part of a project to carry out “profiling on a large scale”.
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Revealed: The National Farmers Union has helped hundreds of agricultural businesses push back against measures designed to protect vulnerable rivers in the UK
On 27 May 2022, Point Source partnered with The Guardian revealed that the National Farmers Union was helping hundreds of agricultural businesses to push back against measures designed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to protect vulnerable rivers in the UK.
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Revealed: Security warnings at nuclear facilities hit a 12-year high
On 26 May 2022, Point Source partnered with The Guardian and revealed that the number of formal reports documenting security issues at the UK’s civil nuclear facilities has hit its highest level in at least 12 years amid a decline in inspections.
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Revealed: Violations of farming rules for water last year reached highest level since legislation was introduced
On 21 April 2022, Point Source partnered with The Guardian and revealed that the number of documented violations of legislation designed to reduce water pollution caused by agriculture in England had hit record levels as the rules remained largely unenforced.