5 Live Investigates
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5 Live Investigates
Adrian Goldberg presents cutting edge investigative journalism, as well as taking on listeners' campaigns and consumer issues
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Tower Block Fire Risks
Fire safety experts have told 5 Live Investigates that many of the 1,700 buildings in England are 'likely to fail' a new round of tests into cladding...
Revenge Porn
Four years after the introduction of new laws to target revenge porn offenders, 5 Live Investigates can reveal how cases are on the rise but the numbe...
Democratic Football Lads Alliance
The Democratic Football Lads Alliance describes itself as an anti-extremist group of football supporters with a commitment to raising funds for the ho...
Parents Accused of Exaggerating Illness in Children
Calls for a cross party inquiry into claims that a growing number of families are being accused of inventing or causing their children’s illness. It’...
Limited Psychological Help for People with Skin Conditions
Abbie Bull is 22 and has had serious acne for three years. It got so bad she felt unable to leave the house for fear of being stared at. She developed...
The Dangers of Online Dating
5 Live Investigates has seen figures which show a big rise in the number of rapes, sexual assaults and stalking cases involving victims who were targe...
Restraint of Special Needs Children
5 Live Investigates has seen new evidence that hundreds of vulnerable children with Special Educational Needs are being injured whilst being restraine...
The Adult Children of Alcoholics
‘I try not to call him. I’ll wait for him to call because he tends not to call me when he’s drunk. He drinks most of the time - a bottle of vodka a da...
Organ Transplants
The organ transplant service is at ‘breaking point’ according to one of the UK’s top consultant transplant surgeons. Professor Nizam Mamode who is pre...
Police Response Times
The victims of the most serious crimes who are having to wait longer than ever for the police to turn up. Figures obtained by 5 Live Investigates reve...
Parents accused of inventing children's illnesses
The mums and dads threatened with having their disabled sons and daughters taken into care – accused of inventing or exaggerating their child’s illnes...
The Men Who Go Missing
Teenager Thomas Jones went missing on a night out with friends during his first week at university in Worcester. His body was recovered from the River...
Supermarkets Misleading Shoppers
5 Live Investigates has discovered three of the UK’s leading supermarkets are misleading customers by selling food which is high in salt or fat in the...
Parents of poorly babies demand extra leave
Around 60,000 babies are born prematurely in the UK every year. Many can spend weeks or even months in hospital fighting for their lives. But limited...
Vegan Food
There are now more than half a million vegans in Britain – with more than a quarter of a million people trying out a vegan diet last month – double th...
6,000 police not properly vetted
Thousands of police officers and civilian staff haven't been vetted since the introduction of strict guidelines in 2006. 36 of the 43 police forces in...
People with Tourette's struggling to get help
Alice Franklin is one of 300,000 people in the UK with Tourette’s Syndrome. For 25-year-old Alice, the condition manifests itself in uncontrollable bo...
Gambling Self-Exclusion Schemes
An investigation by BBC Radio 5 Live Investigates reveals problem gamblers are able to continue betting online even when they sign up to a national se...
Kids in Care Placed in B&Bs.
There has been a big increase in the number of vulnerable children being housed alone without live in support. In some cases youngsters have been pla...
Safety Concerns over Smart Motorways
MP’s have told 5 live Investigates they want the roll-out of ‘all-lane running’ smart motorways to be suspended amid concerns over the safety of stran...
Eating Disorders in Sport
Anna Boniface was selected to run for England after she became the first non-elite woman to finish the London Marathon in 2017. But over-training and...
LGBT Domestic Abuse
The LGBT people trapped in abusive relationships because they say the police don’t take them seriously and they can’t access support services. 5 live...
The New House With 354 Faults
Nine out of 10 people who buy a new home report so-called 'snagging' issues according to a new survey seen by 5 live Investigates. The New Homes Revie...
The Children 'Vanishing' From Schools
Thousands of children with special educational needs are disappearing from education with ‘concerning’ consequences, Ofsted has told 5Live Investigate...
'Phoenixing' - The Companies Rising from the Ashes
The businesses that go bust – only to re-emerge under a different name with no debts. There are now calls for tighter regulations around so-called ‘p...
Men Who Watch Porn on Trains
The men who sexually harass women by watching pornography on public transport and other public places. It's been described as a new form of sexual har...
Failures in Palliative Care for Children
Holly Smallman has a series of complex life-limiting conditions. Yet the 16-year-old is among thousands of babies, children and young people who are l...
Fraudulent Fundraisers
The online fundraising platforms designed to raise money for good causes – but targeted by fraudsters. Online giving has transformed the way we help t...
Children Sold Vaping Products
E-cigarettes and vaping liquids are being sold to children online and on the high street, 5 live Investigates has discovered. Trading Standards is inv...
Victims of Fraud
Fraudsters scammed nearly 49000 older people in the UK last year - equivalent to six victims every hour of the day across the UK, 5 Live Investigates...
Cancer Diagnosis Delays
Staff shortages in pathology labs mean patients are facing worrying delays in diagnosis and treatment, according to the Royal College of Pathologists...
Children Targeted by Gambling Ads
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Gambling Commission are investigating after 5 live Investigates revealed professional football clubs...
Online Reviews for Sale
Whether you're buying a house or a hairdryer, the chances are you'll have looked at an online review site to work out what you're likely to get for yo...
Dementia Care
5Live Investigates examines the routine care people with dementia receive when in an acute hospital. Previously unseen research which was commissioned...
Holiday Letting Fire Safety
Senior fire officers are warning of potential safety risks as more and more people let out their houses to tourists through Airbnb and other short ter...
Economic Abuse
Thousands of victims of economic and physical abuse are unable to get emergency court orders preventing their abuser from causing them harm because th...
The Human Cost of Potholes
The human cost of Britain's crumbling roads. 5 live Investigates hears from the victims and families of those who've been killed in accidents involvin...
Clothing Banks
Charities could have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations after 750 clothing banks were removed from car parks. Recycling companies and c...
Housing Shortage for Disabled
It's estimated that 1.8 million disabled people are struggling to find accessible housing in the UK. 5 live Investigates has seen research which revea...
Abuse in Charity Shops
Scores of charity shop workers have been investigated for sexually inappropriate behaviour in the workplace in the last 12 months, according to figure...