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Rachel Smith’s Journalist Portfolio
View as a gridMum's red flags warning after boyfriend squeezed her neck so hard she passed out
LancsLive
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Nina Matthews was caught 'in an evil game of cat and mouse with a monster'
'Nikki, you are no longer a missing person, we can let you rest now'
LancsLive
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Nicola Bulley's family can finally grieve knowing the loving mum has been found.
'Someone sprayed rapist on my home because of Ellie Williams, I hate her'
LancsLive
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"...everyone had listened to Ellie's story, and now it is time for them to hear mine," says Jordan Trengrove, who Ellie Williams falsely accused of raping her
I watched as my friends deleted me from social media because of a wicked lie
LancsLive
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The cruel lies of Ellie Williams saw well-known Barrow businessman Mohammed Ramzan accused of being the leader of a merciless gang of human traffickers
Northern cities seek overhaul of national tracing 'shambles'
The Guardian
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Under the grandeur of Preston market's Victorian canopy, the nervousness wrought by a resurgence of Covid-19 is not far away. Amid the fruit, veg and dairy stalls, all the shoppers and stallholders are wearing masks, keeping their distance. "Everybody seems to be sticking to the rules as much as they can," said Gary Quinn, the landlord of the Orchard pub.
Brave knife campaigner whose brother was killed trying to rid streets of blades
Sunday Mirror
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Turning the kitchen knife over in his gloved hands in a back alley, Byron Highton is thinking about the life this blade could have taken. And remembering his murdered brother. "It's not the biggest knife I've handled, but it's one more that could kill," says Bryon, 30, bagging the weapon.
Baby fighting for life is given a Christmas reprieve
Daily Mail
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Three-month-old Midrar Ali is severely brain damaged after birth complications St Mary's Hospital had asked Family Court to sanction turning off his life support His father Karwan Ali told Preston judge the infant is 'not in any pain or suffering' A desperately ill baby who doctors said should be allowed to die won a reprieve yesterday.
Mother blasts NHS after schizophrenic son killed his father
Daily Mail
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Jonathan MacMillan killed his father in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, in June 2019 He admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility last month His mother, Glenys Hird, spoke after judge called for inquiry into 'serious failing' A mother has criticised NHS mental health services after her schizophrenic son killed his father days after being mistakenly released from hospital.
I can't scatter my son's ashes until dad who killed him gives me permission
Daily Mirror
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A devastated mum has been told she cannot lay her teenage son to rest until she gets permission from his dad - who killed the boy. The ashes of Kerrie Backhouse's son Kye have lain in a funeral parlour for over a year after he was drugged by her ex, Kevin Morton.
Anti-fracking activist spared jail after refusing to pay court £55,000
The Guardian
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An anti-fracking campaigner has been spared jail after she refused to pay more than £55,000 of legal fees to the oil and gas firm Cuadrilla.
Businessman beat up sex party organiser over lost trousers
Daily Star (UK)
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Getty IT exec Thomas Wardrop, 34, had spent the night boozing, snorting cocaine and romping at the all-night swingers' bash he attended with his partner. But when he decided to leave at 8am the businessman, a freemason, could not find his trousers and flew into a fury.
Dentist 'stabbed his love rival four times after he returned home'
Daily Mail
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Phillip Gale allegedly stabbed a man and said: 'arrest me, I know what I've done' A court heard the 50-year-old knifed his love rival after finding him with his wife Gale, from Lancashire, allegedly stabbed the man after he gave his wife cocaine A dentist knifed his love rival four times after returning home to find the man had been drinking and taking cocaine with his wife, a court was told yesterday.
Driver 'killed OAP in head-on crash while streaming music app Spotify on his mobile'
The Sun
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DEATH CRASH TRIAL Richard Cupid's passenger told cops he was picking James Bay songs to play as he veered into pensioner's car A DRIVER killed an OAP in a head-on crash while streaming music app Spotify on his mobile, a court heard. Richard Cupid, 31, was allegedly holding the phone and selecting tracks behind the wheel.