Hometown: A Killing
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<p>Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar moves back to his hometown of Huddersfield to cover the death of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub but realises that there is a much bigger story in town.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer and Sound Engineer: Pete Sale</p><p>Head of Production: Stephanie Edwards Additional Production: Tom Hinckley Theme Music: Nainita Desai Executive Producer for Forest: Jeremy Lee</p><p>Commissioning Assistant Producer: Emmanuella Kwenortey Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps</p><p>Hometown is a Forest production for BBC Sounds</p>
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June 22, 2020
6: The Death Threats
<p>After publishing a story about drugs and violence in his hometown, journalist Mobeen Azhar returns to Huddersfield to face his critics but threats on his life mean that he has to beat a temporary retreat. Meanwhile, another tragic killing leads Mobeen to examine police tactics being used to deal with this new threat of extreme violence that’s spilling out onto the streets.</p>
June 22, 2020
5: The Shame
<p>Mobeen tries to find answers to the hardest question of them all. Is the heroin trade in West Yorkshire the best kept secret or is his community simply turning a blind eye to what’s happening in its midst? With access to the inner workings of the drugs trade, Mobeen comes face to face with the scale of the business and the lengths people go to keep it hidden. Meanwhile, a life sentence for a notorious gangster sheds new light on the night Yassar died and makes the need to act against the drug trade more urgent than ever.</p>
June 22, 2020
4: The Verdict
<p>As the trial linked to Yassar Yaqub’s shooting comes to a close, new revelations emerge about who he really was and the verdict sends shockwaves through West Yorkshire. Meanwhile, Mobeen joins the dots between the violence on the streets of Huddersfield and the international heroin trade linking West Yorkshire and Pakistan.</p>
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<p>Award-winning journalist Mobeen Azhar moves back to his hometown of Huddersfield to cover the death of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub but realises that there is a much bigger story in town.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer and Sound Engineer: Pete Sale</p><p>Head of Production: Stephanie Edwards Additional Production: Tom Hinckley Theme Music: Nainita Desai Executive Producer for Forest: Jeremy Lee</p><p>Commissioning Assistant Producer: Emmanuella Kwenortey Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps</p><p>Hometown is a Forest production for BBC Sounds</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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