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Journalist & writer but most importantly dad to a brave little boy. Work featured almost everywhere. Senior Content Editor @dailystar. Views are my own.
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Vio-win! Musician on a high as £35k lost fiddle turns up

Vio-win! Musician on a high as £35k lost fiddle turns up

Metro.News — A VIOLINIST has been reunited with her £35,000 instrument after it fell off a moving coach and was sold to a shop for £35. Morven Bryce was on tour with BBC folk award winner Jon Boden when the John Dilworth violin went missing from the luggage hold on the way to London's O2 Arena.
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A little stinker! Toy gets up tot's nose

A little stinker! Toy gets up tot's nose

Metro.News — A MOTHER who 'almost threw up' because of her three-year-old son's bad breath found out the cause of the smell was a sponge hippo's ear he had shoved up his nose. Natasha Langdale became so concerned when the stink persisted for a week that she phoned her GP.
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Girl, 2, saved after woman snatched her from mother

Girl, 2, saved after woman snatched her from mother

Metro.News — A GIRL of two was snatched from her mum by a woman in the street before being rescued by a passer-by. The attempted abduction was stopped by a man who ran after and tackled the woman to the ground then detained her until police arrived. A relative of the girl claims the woman sang songs...
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These stunning photos will change the way you think about strippers

These stunning photos will change the way you think about strippers

indy100.com — Jason Savage, from Fort Wayne, Indiana, has spent the last two and a half years photographing exotic dancers of Portland, Oregon. The series, titled Stripping Out Loud, sees Mr Savage takes the performers away from the club to provide a respectful look at the diverse community of Portland dancers.
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Mother and son reunited 53 years after she gave him up for adoption

Mother and son reunited 53 years after she gave him up for adoption

Irish Daily Mirror — A mother has been reunited with the son she gave up for adoption after 53 years apart. Ann Lowery, 73, gave birth to her son Gary Brading Collins when she was just 20.
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Mother's fury after bully leaves her son with spine damage

Mother's fury after bully leaves her son with spine damage

Daily Mail — Meghan Ward's son, Noah, was left with spine damage after a bully pushed him Noah, eight, was pushed off a mound and was unable to move his legs and neck An ambulance was called and the child was taken to hospital in a neck brace Mrs Ward slammed the school after the bully was allowed back into classroom A mother-of-three has spoken of her anger after her eight-year-old son was stretchered into an ambulance at school after being attacked by a bully.
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WATCH: Takeaway driver filmed urinating on customer's wall

WATCH: Takeaway driver filmed urinating on customer's wall

Yorkshire Live — Two takeaway customers from Huddersfield were left disgusted after CCTV catches the delivery driver urinating down the side of their home. Tom Bithell and Mike Watson from Thornton Lodge were shocked to find a puddle of urine down the passage outside their home following a delivery of a Chinese food on July 14.
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Pair Guilty of dead pups in wheelbarrow

Pair Guilty of dead pups in wheelbarrow

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Where Belfast goes, others follow... first English crisp sandwich shop to open

Where Belfast goes, others follow... first English crisp sandwich shop to open

Belfast Live — England's first crisp sandwich shop is set to open - and surprisingly it's not in London. Mark Pearson, 42, is launching his first shop dedicated to his favourite type of sandwich in Keighley, West Yorkshire, tomorrow. The entrepreneur, whose favourite crisps are Roast Beef Monster Munch, hopes his shop 'Mr Crisp' can follow in the footsteps of Simply Crispy in Belfast.
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Huddersfield Town fan gets tattoo celebrating promotion very, very wrong

Huddersfield Town fan gets tattoo celebrating promotion very, very wrong

Irish Daily Mirror — A Huddersfield Town fan has been left red faced after a £25 tattoo to mark their promotion to the Premier League went wrong. Calum Harris, from Huddersfield, wanted to pay tribute to his beloved Terriers after they clinched promotion in the play-off final at Wembley back in May.
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Mystery behind boy's bad breath so foul it almost made his mum sick

Mystery behind boy's bad breath so foul it almost made his mum sick

Irish Daily Mirror — A mum who says she was almost sick because of her son's bad breath discovered the pungent smell was down to a sponge hippo lodged up his nose. Natasha Langdale grew so worried about her three-year-old Karson after a foul smell came from his mouth and nostrils that she called doctors after a week.
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Inside the secret lives of swingers

Inside the secret lives of swingers

The Irish Sun — A PHOTOGRAPHER has created a unique series taking a look at the people involved in 'swingers' lifestyle. David Haslam, who currently lived in the United States, has spent the last eight months getting to know and photograph the people involved with "swingers" culture in southeast Michigan.
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Last chapter for village bookshop

Last chapter for village bookshop

The Times — The owner of an independent bookshop in West Yorkshire, whose story went viral last year after he posted his dismal takings on Facebook, may be forced to close his shop despite enjoying a temporary leap in turnover.
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A Star Wars loving snapper has captured Stormtroopers' lighter side

A Star Wars loving snapper has captured Stormtroopers' lighter side

Daily Mirror — As any Star Wars aficionado will tell you, Stormtroopers are trained in the Dark Side of The Force. But these bizarre - and rather amusing - pictures show the soldiers' lighter side. Spanish photographer Jorge Perez Higuera, 26, has snapped the iconic movie baddies doing a variety of most mundane tasks on their days off from the Death Star.
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In pictures: The mundane lives of Stormtroopers

In pictures: The mundane lives of Stormtroopers

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Shocking moment gang of 35 attack man after he tells them off for throwing stones

Shocking moment gang of 35 attack man after he tells them off for throwing stones

The Sun — A MAN filmed the horrifying moment he was beaten senseless by a rampaging gang after he ticked them off for throwing stones. Sickening footage shows the mob of over 35 young men, some of who are armed with weapons, subject Simon Clarke to a savage attack outside his home.
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Very abusive message left on shop phone because it still has Christmas signs up

Very abusive message left on shop phone because it still has Christmas signs up

Daily Mirror — A shop was left an anonymous abusive message on its answer phone machine by a woman complaining it still had its Christmas banners up in March. Staff at Hytal Kitchens, the kitchen and bedroom store, in Morley, West Yorkshire, were greeted by the message calling them "stupid c***s" on Monday.
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Man told to remove his make-up at work hits back with defiant comment

Man told to remove his make-up at work hits back with defiant comment

Daily Mirror — A young man was shocked to be "reprimanded" for wearing make-up at work - after wearing it for 'eight or nine months' without issue. Scott Laplance, 20, from Wakefield, was told there is no make-up policy at Currys PC World, where he is an employee - and insists that females in the store wear more make-up than he does.
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'My eight-year-old daughter has tried to kill herself every week for a year'

'My eight-year-old daughter has tried to kill herself every week for a year'

Daily Mirror — A mum has described how her young autistic daughter has tried to kill herself nearly every week for the past year. Donna Robinson says she has to constantly watch her eight-year-old, Poppy, as she continues to try to harm herself.
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Poignant self-portraits from the Chernobyl town photographer left as a baby

Poignant self-portraits from the Chernobyl town photographer left as a baby

Daily Mirror — Looking at these chilling images it's hard to imagine there was a time when this ghost town was a hub of activity, bustling with families. The images of Pripyat were recorded by Alina Rudya, a photographer born in the Ukrainian town left abandoned following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.
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Harrowing pictures of little boy on stretcher that mum wants all bullies to see

Harrowing pictures of little boy on stretcher that mum wants all bullies to see

Daily Mirror — A mum has shared harrowing pictures of her little boy strapped to a stretcher after she says he could've been left paralysed wehn he was pushed over in the playground 'by bullies.' Mum-of-three Megan Ward, from Portsmouth has spoken of her anger after her eight-year-old son was rushed to hospital 'because of a bully.'
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Ridiculous reason parole board 'feared telling parents son's killer was free'

Ridiculous reason parole board 'feared telling parents son's killer was free'

Daily Mirror — The parents of a murdered schoolboy say prison bosses feared telling them the killer had been freed as it might "spoil Christmas". Steven Mullins, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was on his way home from Birkdale High School when Richard Mortimer strangled him with his school tie in Caulms Wood in November 1982.
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Gang of thugs stamp on schoolboy's head as he lies on the ground after attack

Gang of thugs stamp on schoolboy's head as he lies on the ground after attack

Daily Mirror — A thug wearing a knuckle duster stamped on a defenceless schoolboy's head as he lay on the ground after a brutal attack. The shocking footage of the incident shows a huge group following two brawling boys , one half naked and another wearing a white shirt and black tie.
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Teenage brother of Leeds United striker shot dead outside barber's shop

Teenage brother of Leeds United striker shot dead outside barber's shop

Daily Mirror — The teenage brother of a Leeds United striker has been shot dead outside a city centre barber's shop. Police have launched a murder investigation after the man was killed at Too Sharp's barber's shop in Chapeltown, Leeds. The victim has been named locally as 19-year-old Raheem Wilks, who is believed to be brother of Leeds United's 18-year-old striker Mallik Wilks.
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