Family rivalry fuels royal horsing empire

Family rivalry fuels royal horsing empire – a story I helped produce for CNN ‘Winning Post’

Fresh lead in Madeleine McCann case

Police in Britain are focusing in on a new suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. She is the British toddler who went missing in 2007 in Portugal. The new suspect is thought to have committed a string of break-ins and sexual assaults, not far from where Madeleine disappeared.

I wrote and produced this story for CNN’s Connect the World.

Russia targeting Ukraine news media

A Crimean TV channel has been taken off air and other Ukrainian TV stations have reportedly had their signals blocked.

I helped produce this story for CNN.

Londongrad: Russians calling London home

Russian immigrants are now a thoroughly integrated part of the UK economy.

A story I produced for CNN.

Squeezing Russia economically

Is economic isolation enough to force President Putin to retreat from the Ukraine?

A story I produced for CNN

Journalists rally for jailed colleague

In London, journalists and supporters rally to show their support for colleagues arrested on terrorism charges in Egypt.

A story I helped produce for CNN

The derelict mansions on Britain’s ‘Billionaires’ Row’

I produced this story for CNN.

A third of the houses on Britain’s second most expensive street are lying vacant, many abandoned for decades and left to rot.

Behind the padlocked gates and long driveways, up to 20 mansions stand empty on London’s The Bishops Avenue, despite a reported combined value of around £350 million ($582 million).

Dubbed “Billionaires’ Row,” the road’s average house costs over £6 million ($9.98 million), but many have been deserted by their wealthy owners.

Despite their dilapidated condition, the houses remain a safe place for wealthy foreigners to park their money because of London’s rocketing property prices, which rose 11% last year, and because of the road’s reputation as a magnet for the rich and famous.

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