All news by author: Katie Weston

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Girl, 7, dances with teacher mum before being 'shot by dad in murder-suicide'
Sweet footage shows Epsom College headteacher Emma Pattison and her daughter Lettie beaming towards the camera while singing and dancing around in their kitchen
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Tributes to 'true gent', 21, who plunged 600ft to death on Snowdonia mountain
A fundraiser has now been launched to support the family of 23-year-old Jack Carne, from Yorkshire, who friends described as a "true gentleman" and the "nicest lad you'll ever meet".
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'Killer' husband moved back in weeks before 'shooting wife and their daughter'
Neighbours suggested that Epsom College headteacher Emma Pattison and her husband George had been living apart in the months leading up to the tragedy, as a sale went through on their former home
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Nicola Bulley police warn vigilantes to stop 'taking law into their own hands'
Lancashire Constabulary said it "will not tolerate" members of the public committing criminal offences to try and find mum-of-two Nicola Bulley, who went missing on January 27
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Everything we know after Epsom College head and daughter, 7, 'killed by husband'
Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide after Epsom College headteacher Emma Pattison, 45, her husband George, 39, and their seven-year-old daughter Lettie were found dead on Sunday
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Archie Battersbee's mum left screaming and crying after finding unconscious son
Archie Battersbee's life support was withdrawn on August 6 last year after his parents, Hollie Dance and Paul Battersbee, failed in bids to overturn a High Court ruling
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Epsom College head's daughter was 'perfect' before 'being shot by husband'
Nursery worker Chloe Rathbone, who previously took care of Lettie, said she is "utterly heartbroken" over the death of the young child, who she described as "perfect in every way"
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Climber, 23, dies after falling from Snowdonia ridge when handhold broke
Devastated friends and family took to social media to pay tribute to the climber, named locally as Jack Carne, describing him as a "true gentleman" and the "nicest lad you'll ever meet"
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Holiday warning as passports lost by Home Office reach a 5-year high
The Home Office has reportedly advised that the 10-week deadline introduced during the pandemic would remain in place due to an “elevated” and “volatile” demand for passports
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Train bursts into flames forcing passengers to run for their lives
Passengers were immediately evacuated from the Southeastern train after sparks started appearing from under the carriage, as it burst into flames at West Malling station
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Fundraiser launched for family of 'little princess', 4, killed in pet dog attack
Devastated family and friends have set up a GoFundMe to help towards the cost of Alice Stones' funeral, and give the "most special and beautiful send off this little princess deserves"
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Junior cop suspended at 21 is being probed over 'fling with druglord'
The alleged affair between PC Caitlin Howarth, then 21, and Chief Superintendent Daniel Greenwood, then 38, only came to light after anti-corruption officers began probing her links to a drug kingpin
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Tributes paid to 'lovely lad' killed in targeted attack by 'group with weapons'
Devastated friends took to social media to post a string of tributes to Bailey Atkinson, 20, who was named locally as the man fatally attacked by a group in Walsall town centre yesterday
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Maps show exact date snow may hit as Met Office in Beast from the East verdict
Weather charts suggest there could be a likelihood of snow falling across the UK in the coming days, after predictions that a polar vortex could trigger a deep freeze across the UK
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Two dead and hundreds injured as huge 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits country
The earthquake, which was registered as 5.9 magnitude by the United States Geological Survey, hit the city of Khoy, West Azerbaijan province at roughly 9.44pm local time
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Girl, 15, dies and boy, 16, injured after stabbing in town centre
Police launched a murder probe after a teenage boy and girl suffered serious injuries "consistent with having been caused by a bladed article" in Hexham town centre last night
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Man dies in town centre near Asda after group armed with weapons ambush him
The victim, aged in his 20s, was set upon by a gang of men in Walsall town centre early this morning in what appears to be a "targeted and vicious attack", said police
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Moment lightning strikes Brit boy, 8, in 'extreme freak accident' on beach
Footage shows the eight-year-old boy wading out into the water in New South Wales, Australia, before falling down after a bolt of lightning suddenly flashes across the sky
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Baby boy dies days after mum charged with murdering her two other children
Mum-of-three Lindsay Clancy was charged with two counts of murder after her husband Patrick reportedly returned to their Massachusetts home to find their three children unconscious
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Six young Brit children discovered living in abandoned wine cellar in Austria
The children, aged under five, were discovered at the illegal underground hideout in the village of Orbritz, Austria, with a 54-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife
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Woman in court for 'stealing mobility scooter' before man died in Tesco car park
Kimberley Ann Hawkins, 40, has been charged with stealing a mobility scooter from a man aged in his 60s, who was reportedly found unresponsive in -4C temperatures and died in hospital later that day
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Man slams 'unfair' £200k bill after horror discovery in garden when he sold home
Accountant Jeremy Henderson, 41, described the judge's decision as "totally outrageous" after being charged more than £200,000 over Japanese knotweed found in the garden of his former home
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Asteroid the size of bus coming as close to earth as London to Cairo tonight
The asteroid, known as 2023 BU, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America - 10 times closer than most communication satellites circling overhead, and around the same distance as the UK to Cyprus
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Message of hope from grandad of beautician shot dead at Christmas
Friends, family and locals lined the streets to pay their respects to 26-year-old beautician Elle Edwards, described by her loved ones as a "fantastic human being with a heart of gold"
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Woman, 87, dies after hypothermia after being unable to afford to heating on
Barbara Bolton was hospitalised on December 11 last year due to the condition - which is caused by prolonged exposure to very cold temperatures - as well as a chest infection