All news by author: John Siddle

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Helen Skelton has the last laugh after being 'blindsided' by Richie Myler split
BBC star Helen Skelton has had a bumper year despite the heartache of splitting with the father of her children Richie Myler, which she claims came like a bolt out of the blue in her new autobiography
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Speeding driver who ran over Gogglebox star Ellie Warner's boyfriend spared jail
Ellie Warner's boyfriend Nat Eddleston was left fighting for his life after being hit by Seat Ibiza outside a pub in Leeds, West Yorkshire, in March last year
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Vile rap has AI faked voices of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher
The England and Liverpool football heroes appear to sing on a track about murder recorded by a gun thug in his prison cell but in fact they have been victims of digital editing
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Ed Sheeran gives himself £10m pay rise as he goes 'from strength to strength'
Ed Sheeran's music empire had a turnover of £89million since 2019, the latest figures show - and that doesn't include nearly half of the 90 dates on his sell-out 2022/23 global tour
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Married at First Sight hotel police probe launched amid claims of £40,000 theft
Bosses at five-star Eastwell Manor suspected a worker had slowly siphoned off £40,000 in cash and called in officers - a probe was launched but there have been no arrests so far
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Laurence Fox's millionaire donor vows to keep bankrolling star after sexism row
Jeremy Hosking has bankrolled Laurence Fox's Reclaim party to the tune of more than £2m - and said he would continue to back the party despite his offensive comments on GB News
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Grenfell Tower firefighters and call staff took 6,000 days off due to PTSD
Over 250 firefighters tackled the Grenfell Tower blaze, which started in a faulty fridge and spread to highly flammable cladding on the 24-storey tower in Kensington
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Witness in Michael Barrymore pool party death dies while being investigated
Relatives of tragic Stuart Lubbock – who was found dead at a late-night party at the Strike It Lucky presenter’s home in 2001 – now believe no one will ever be brought to book
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Ex-convicts hired to work inside jails for £25,000 wage
Bosses want 'big numbers' of former convicts working inside because they have 'lived experience' - it is understood they can apply to work in rehabilitation roles
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Man City charge kids £2,000 to meet players - and parents are fuming
Despite being owned by an Abu Dhabi billionaire, football club Manchester City is charged upwards of £2,000 for kids under 12 to meet and take a selfie with their heroes
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'One minute we were having drinks with friends - then the earthquake hit'
More than 1,000 people have died in Morocco after a powerful and rare earthquake, sparking a desperate rescue mission amid horrific scenes in and around the High Atlas mountains
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Bosses at councils heading for bankruptcy pocket more pay than Rishi Sunak
Birmingham City Council, despite going effectively bankrupt last week, paid chief Deborah Cadman a basic £244,820 in 2022/23 and other skint authorities are shelling out
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Yorkshire Ripper victim's poignant plea for police to reopen unsolved cases
Mo Lea was attacked by depraved Peter Sutcliffe in 1980 and believes The Long Shadow, which is a new ITV drama, will reignite public interest in the Yorkshire Ripper
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MoD bosses take home £335,000 in bonuses despite armed forces £805m failures
Ministry of Defence’s buying arm was branded "broken" in a brutal parliamentary report but those in charge of dishing out multi-million-pound contracts bagged large bonuses regardless
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Head of Royal £10bn art collection 'reluctant to involve police' in museum theft
Royal Collection chief Tim Knox was previously director of Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum when a relative of a staff member was suspected of stealing, according to a source
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Female spies earn less than males at UK intelligence services
Despite women having some of the most vital frontline roles in the UK's intelligence services, they earn 16% less than their male colleagues
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Rapist Met cop will still get £10,000 annual police pension due to 'loophole'
The former PC attacked a 16-year-old girl and repeatedly raped a female colleague, while bragging he was 'untouchable' - now the Mayor's office wants his pension stopped
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Lucy Letby hospital blasted for failing mothers FOUR YEARS after nurse arrested
The Care Quality Commission criticised Countess of Chester Hospital over staff shortages and problems with patient records, and the trust was served with two warning notices
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Ashes hero Stuart Broad's firm has netted £2.3million from sponsorship and gigs
Stuart Broad, who took the final two wickets to ensure an Ashes draw earlier this week, is also rumoured to be a contestant on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing
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Afghan translator who put life in danger for UK begs PM to bring him to safety
An Afghan translator who put himself and his family in danger for the UK is still in limbo two years after the Taliban takeover despite being entitled to asylum in the UK
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Midwife told new mum 'don't feed your baby formula milk as terrorists poison it'
Anna Semenenko was banned from nursing this month over a string of allegations about competence and conduct between 2015 and 2019
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Dullest conversation topics listed - including broken boilers, tax and cleaning
Tax returns were described as the dullest conversation topics, according to a poll of 2,000 adults. Other subjects best avoided include clothes washing, car repairs, pensions and childcare
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Tories reward their voters with new hospitals as sites in Labour areas neglected
Shotley Bridge Hospital, in a Tory seat and part of the nearby County Durham and Darlington NHS trust, will have a newbuild by 2028 - but hospitals in Labour have been neglected
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Anger as hero troops relying on benefits to make ends meet soars 30% in a year
Members of the United Kingdom's armed forces are struggling to feed their families and pay the bills with the number of troops on Universal Credit shooting up by 30% in a year
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60 firms that failed to pay minimum wage pick up £3.4billion in public cash
The companies – among 202 named and shamed by the Department for Business and Trade – have been paid for government contracts since 2016, analysts Tussell found