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Patrick Clahane

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  • Senior Journalist, BBC
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'Days away from dying' after gay body shaming

'Days away from dying' after gay body shaming

Some gay men are turning to tummy tucks and steroids to feel accepted in their community.

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'The heart of my family has died'

'The heart of my family has died'

Some refugees say they are being deported from Turkey back to Syria, which Ankara denies.

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Coastal Erosion: Cornwall's dental problem

Coastal Erosion: Cornwall's dental problem

Thousands of children in seaside areas are having multiple teeth extractions in hospital because of tooth dec…

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'We live on nothing'

'We live on nothing'

The Coram family live on a deprived estate in Penzance and say low wages make daily life a struggle.

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Warning over Magaluf balcony fall deaths

Warning over Magaluf balcony fall deaths

A mother whose son died after falling from a balcony in Spain has revisited the site where he died.

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'I didn't try to steal your child'

'I didn't try to steal your child'

False online rumours of child abduction attempts are targeted at Romanians in Great Yarmouth.

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Child-rape sentence reignites scrutiny of UK high street mini-marts

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By Ed Thomas Verified, Rebecca Wearn Verified, Patrick Clahane Verified
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"This community was destroyed a long time ago," one business owner on Hexthorpe Road told the BBC [BBC] Being bribed with vapes and alcohol by mini-mart workers is a "normal" thing to hear about, two schoolgirls tell us on Hexthorpe Rd in Doncaster. They say they are frightened to walk through the area, saying they have heard stories on social media about local girls being targeted. "It makes you scared," one tells us.
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Illegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBC

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By Ed Thomas Verified, Patrick Clahane Verified, Rebecca Wearn Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Illegal mini-marts, barbers and vape shops could be shut for up to a year under new powers announced by the government, following lengthy investigative reporting by BBC News into organised crime on British high streets. We have exposed drug gangs, child sexual exploitation, money laundering and immigration crime linked to shops selling illegal cigarettes, vapes and drugs.
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Illegal mini-marts to shut for up to 12 months under law change prompted by BBC

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By Ed Thomas Verified, Patrick Clahane Verified, Rebecca Wearn Verified
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Ed Thomas - UK editor; Patrick Clahane; Rebecca Wearn Wed, June 10, 2026 at 4:20 a.m. UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illegal mini-marts, barbers and vape shops could be shut for up to a year under new powers announced by the government, following lengthy investigative reporting by BBC News into organised crime on British high streets.
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