Skip To Main Content
paul burnell on Muck Rack

paul burnell

(He/Him)
Salford Quays
As seen in: MSN, Yahoo Life, BBC, BBC News, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Australia, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo News New Zealand, Yahoo Singapore, Aol and
Covers:  Everything
Doesn't Cover: No go areas dont exist on my radar

Get in touch with paul

Contact paul, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

paul burnell’s Biography

Read Full Bio →

BBC staff journalist, mostly online but increasingly tri-media based in Salford but covering Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and occasionally the Isle of Man. General assignment news reporter but with interest in politics and religion - the stuff you cant mention in polite company. Now in my 45th year as a hack. Every day is a school day.

Articles

Queen's joy at 'happy ending to a terrible story'

|
By paul burnell
| Yahoo Verified
Follow Queen's joy at 'happy ending to a terrible story' Paul Burnell - North West Fri, September 4, 2026 at 11:21 AM EDT The Queen visited a library rebuilt after being destroyed in a riot, telling the children she met that "you can never have too many books". Her Majesty had donated a box of books to Spellow Library in Liverpool after it was burned down in widespread unrest in the summer of 2024 following the Southport attack in which three children died.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (9) Issue with article?

Woman found dead in bin bag has no DNA database match

|
By paul burnell, Haider Saleem Verified
| Yahoo Canada Verified
Forensic tests on a woman found dead inside a bin bag in a Liverpool park have produced a DNA profile, but it has not matched the UK's national database, police have said. The woman, believed to have been about 70, was discovered in the walled garden near the Isla Gladstone Conservatory in Stanley Park, Anfield on 28 August. Merseyside Police said it had also been unable to compare dental records as detectives continued trying to identify her.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Woman found dead in bin bag has no DNA database match

|
By paul burnell, Haider Saleem Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Forensic tests on a woman found dead inside a bin bag in a Liverpool park have produced a DNA profile, but it has not matched the UK's national database, police have said. The woman, believed to have been about 70, was discovered in the walled garden near the Isla Gladstone Conservatory in Stanley Park, Anfield on 28 August. Merseyside Police said it had also been unable to compare dental records as detectives continued trying to identify her.
Open in Who Shared View Duplicates (6) Issue with article?
See all 86 licensed articles (211 Total)