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Siobhan McNally

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  • Senior Feature and Opinion Writer, Freelance
London, Peckham
As seen in: MSN Ireland, MSN UK, Sunday People, The Daily Mirror, Daily Express, Daily Star (UK), Carmarthen Journal, Flipboard, South Wales Echo, Wales on Sunday and
Senior freelance newspaper writer with 25 years’ tabloid experience. Got a story? Email siobhanmcnallywriter@gmail.com

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Siobhan McNally’s Biography

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No-one is more surprised than me, that in the face of my increasing decrepitude, I am still employed by a UK national newspaper to write stuff. Would love to hear from anyone with a decent story that would make me look good to the bosses at the Daily Mirror – showbiz, TV, real-life stories… basically anyone with an urgent need to get something off their chest

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Food writer Isabella Barbato: ‘Cancer feels like a train wreck – you’re not in control of anything’

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By Siobhan McNally Verified
| Echo Live Verified
By By Siobhan McNally Isabella Barbato’s life was changed forever after a cancer diagnosis in 2018 brought her busy life as a global marketing executive to a halt. Within five years, both her parents would also pass away from the cruel disease. “On the eve of my 35th birthday, I was told I had cancer,” the food writer and creator reveals, after finding a lump six months earlier.
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Food writer Isabella Barbato: ‘Cancer feels like a train wreck – you’re not in control of anything’

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By Siobhan McNally Verified
| PA Media Verified
Isabella Barbato’s life was changed forever after a cancer diagnosis in 2018 brought her busy life as a global marketing executive to a halt. Within five years, both her parents would also pass away from the cruel disease. “On the eve of my 35th birthday, I was told I had cancer,” the food writer and creator reveals, after finding a lump six months earlier.
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8 warning signs of economic abuse in teenagers to look out for

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By Siobhan McNally Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Even if a teenager only earns a small amount of money for babysitting or is financially supported by parents, the NSPCC says there are red flags to watch for that teenagers are being financially abused. Research by Surviving Economic Abuse (SEA) found that one in three (36%) girls and young women aged 16 to 24 experienced economic abuse from a partner, and of those, 31% of teenage girls aged 16 to 18 ‘have recently experienced economic abuse'.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Pencil sharpener on a posh freebie London magazine back in 1989. My main job was to regularly top up the staff jug of Pimms.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, but I also used a lot of Tippex

How is social media changing news?

I prefer not to rely on algorithms which give me more of what they think I want. There are only so many fluffy kittens I can handle.
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