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Post Office settled Horizon scandal out of court 'to keep report from public'

Post Office settled Horizon scandal out of court 'to keep report from public'

A Preston expert concluded the accounting system was 'absolutely flawed'

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Mum's red flags warning after boyfriend squeezed her neck so hard she passed out

Mum's red flags warning after boyfriend squeezed her neck so hard she passed out

Nina Matthews was caught 'in an evil game of cat and mouse with a monster'

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'Nikki, you are no longer a missing person, we can let you rest now'

'Nikki, you are no longer a missing person, we can let you rest now'

Nicola Bulley's family can finally grieve knowing the loving mum has been found.

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'Someone sprayed rapist on my home because of Ellie Williams, I hate her'

'Someone sprayed rapist on my home because of Ellie Williams, I hate her'

"...everyone had listened to Ellie's story, and now it is time for them to hear mine," says Jordan Trengrove,…

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I watched as my friends deleted me from social media because of a wicked lie

I watched as my friends deleted me from social media because of a wicked lie

The cruel lies of Ellie Williams saw well-known Barrow businessman Mohammed Ramzan accused of being the leade…

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Northern cities seek overhaul of national tracing 'shambles'

Northern cities seek overhaul of national tracing 'shambles'

Under the grandeur of Preston market's Victorian canopy, the nervousness wrought by a resurgence of Covid-19 …

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Brave knife campaigner whose brother was killed trying to rid streets of blades

Brave knife campaigner whose brother was killed trying to rid streets of blades

Turning the kitchen knife over in his gloved hands in a back alley, Byron Highton is thinking about the life …

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Baby fighting for life is given a Christmas reprieve

Baby fighting for life is given a Christmas reprieve

Three-month-old Midrar Ali is severely brain damaged after birth complications St Mary's Hospital had asked F…

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Mother blasts NHS after schizophrenic son killed his father

Mother blasts NHS after schizophrenic son killed his father

Jonathan MacMillan killed his father in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, in June 2019 He admitted manslaughter on …

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I can't scatter my son's ashes until dad who killed him gives me permission

I can't scatter my son's ashes until dad who killed him gives me permission

A devastated mum has been told she cannot lay her teenage son to rest until she gets permission from his dad …

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Anti-fracking activist spared jail after refusing to pay court £55,000

Anti-fracking activist spared jail after refusing to pay court £55,000

An anti-fracking campaigner has been spared jail after she refused to pay more than £55,000 of legal fees to …

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Businessman beat up sex party organiser over lost trousers

Businessman beat up sex party organiser over lost trousers

Getty IT exec Thomas Wardrop, 34, had spent the night boozing, snorting cocaine and romping at the all-night …

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Dentist 'stabbed his love rival four times after he returned home'

Dentist 'stabbed his love rival four times after he returned home'

Phillip Gale allegedly stabbed a man and said: 'arrest me, I know what I've done' A court heard the 50-year-o…

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Driver 'killed OAP in head-on crash while streaming music app Spotify on his mobile'

Driver 'killed OAP in head-on crash while streaming music app Spotify on his mobile'

DEATH CRASH TRIAL Richard Cupid's passenger told cops he was picking James Bay songs to play as he veered int…

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