All news by author: Douglas Whitbread

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'We hit 40 stone after gorging on takeaways but now we're unrecognisable'
Jo, 50, and John, 52, swapped the junk food for homemade, low-calorie meals, and have now been named Slimming World's 'couple of the year'
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Ryanair's chief pilot sacked over 'inappropriate behaviour' towards female staff
Aidan Murray was fired on Tuesday, with the carrier’s chief people officer telling worker a probe found 'a pattern of repeated and unacceptable behaviour'
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Seagull scarer in bird outfit helps diners eat seaside fish and chips in peace
Corey Grieveson started work in the beautiful North Yorkshire town last summer when chip shop owner Alex Boyd, 31, decided he needed to employ a 'live seagull deterrent'
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Police seek 'Lord Voldemort' as they probe outbreak in football violence
South Yorkshire Police have been inundated with hundreds of comments after releasing a photo of a suspect they want to speak in connection with disorder before Sheffield Wednesday's clash with Plymouth Argyle in February
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Masked knifemen ransack family home, take daughters hostage and vow to kill son
Mohammed Ali woke to screams from his two young girls as four robbers, also armed with a meat cleaver and a brick, burst in and escaped with his vehicle
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Rare 'young Boris Johnson' antique doll goes on sale - but it's very expensive
But if you want to get your hands on the 113-year-old doll that looks like a young Boris Johnson, it could set you back around £17,000 when it heads to auction
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Grandad of woman pushed off Arthur's Seat died before killer husband was jailed
Abdul Latif did not tell family members about his terminal cancer diagnosis and tragically died before he could see his granddaughter's killer be put behind bars
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Real-life Ken who's spent fortune to look like him says he should be gay in film
Real-life Ken doll Jimmy Featherstone, who has spent £10,000-a-year on procedures to look like Barbie's boyfriend believes the new film should have made the character gay
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Ex-England rugby league player Gareth Hock appears in court after rape charge
Former rugby league player Gareth Hock played more than 190 times for Wigan Warriors and also represented England and Great Britain player at international level
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Evil uncle murdered niece with metal spike after she refused to marry her cousin
Mohammed Taroos Khan was found guilty of murdering biomedical student Somaiya Begum, 20, with a metal spike before her body was found dead just over a mile from her home in Bradford, West Yorks
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Woman says 'life will never be same' after Blackpool fan partner dies in brawl
Tony Johnson suffered severe injuries after a mass brawl involving 15 people outside a pub in Blackpool over the weekend and tragically died in the early hours of Monday
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Abandoned £5m state-of-the-art clinic unused with no GPs year after it was built
Little Lever Health Centre in Bolton, Greater Manchester, was meant to welcome medics soon after it opened but the £5million state-of-the art medical facility still lays empty
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Runaway pet dog hopped in taxi and went on 100-mile round trip to airport
Georgia Crewe had been out walking her cavapoo Ralph in Wrexham, when the dog bolted and ended up in a taxi, taking a 100-mile round trip to Manchester Airport and back
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Boy, 8, dies from Strep A after being sent home from hospital twice
Mohammad Izaan Danish, 8, died on January 6 after catching Strep A and pneumonia. His mum Sajida Jabeen said she was 'angry' that doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary had not cared for him sooner
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Family of British man who died at luxury hotel in Pakistan think he was murdered
Farooq Ali's family are urging British officials to put pressure on Pakistani authorities and publish a report into his murder, after he was found with a "high level of foam" around his mouth
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Mum wins £25,000 after years of dental treatments left her with almost no teeth
Audra Weston first had discomfort in her teeth back in 2010 and suffered years of agony following treatment at Clifton Dental Practice in York, which she described as a 'living nightmare'
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Fox huntsman filmed threatening to 'kill' protester while charging at him
The disturbing clip, filmed during the Wynnstay Hunt near Malpas, Cheshire, shows the unnamed rider aggressively aiming his steed at Shaun Sant, 32, on Saturday
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Lorry driver has 'one in a million' disease which makes him like a statue
Former cyclist Ian Rawlins, who has suffered from the debilitating condition for roughly 18 years, now needs to take regular medication to help control his agonizing seizures