All news by author: Lucy Thornton
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Man's house 'trashed' days before he died alongside partner in 'frenzied attack'
Steven Harnett, 25, was named locally as the man found at a property in Dalton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire yesterday morning - neighbours told the Mirror that his house had been trashed last week
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'Darling' mum-of-4 found 'murdered' in home alongside partner as cops arrest man
A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of two murders after a man and a woman were found dead at a home in what a detective described as an 'exceptionally serious offence'
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Sheffield football rivals face off in fundraiser for cancer-hit son of ex-player
The match will raise funds for Rio Spurr, four, son of a former Sheffield Wednesday player Tommy. Retired players will take part in the game between The Owls and Sheffield United
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Boy, 3, mauled by XL Bully dog and rushed to hospital with head injuries
A young boy in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, needed hospital treatment after he was injured in an XL bully dog attack. There were 21,918 recorded dog attacks in 2022 compared with 16,294 in 2018
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Mother of Christopher Halliwell victim fears he killed Claudia Lawrence too
Karen Edwards, whose daughter Becky Godden, 21, was strangled by the fiend in 2003, said Claudia’s family deserve “some peace”
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What an innings! Veteran cricketer still goes in to bat at the age of 86
The great-grandad began playing for his club in 1958, and for the past 40 years has been the groundsman - and he even watches matches from his balcony when he's not playing
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Stag and hen party bookings surge as bid to stop boozy bashes backfires
It is said bookings are up 50 per cent for York, Edinburgh and Amsterdam with a 4306% surge in bookings to the Netherlands’ capital
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Boy, 12, charged with murder of 'warm, loving' woman hit and killed by car
Marcia Grant, a grandmother who was a "beautiful soul" and "pillar of her community", tragically died at the scene in South Yorkshire after being found seriously injured on Wednesday evening
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Boy, 12, arrested on suspicion of murder following death of woman
A 12-year-old boy is in police custody on suspicion of murder and possession of a bladed article after a woman injured in a horror car crash in Sheffield yesterday was found dead this afternoon
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Suella Braverman is warned grooming of children in Rotherdam is STILL going on
The Home Secretary travelled to the South Yorkshire town this week to meet those affected by the scandal, but youth leader Jayne Senior MBE said she was informed child sex abuse is still happening
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Child grooming victims get green light to sue abusers after £425k test case win
An 'ice-breaker' case, brought by a grooming survivor known as Liz, led to convicted rapist Asghar Bostan, 52, being hit with the civil claim in the High Court
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Firefighters diagnosed with cancer at rate 1.6 times higher than UK population
There are calls for firefighters to receive health screenings after it was revealed those who served at the Grenfell Tower disaster had been diagnosed with terminal cancer
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Tesco staff make girl, 5, honorary member of the team after her daily visits
Schoolgirl is given her own uniform and name badge after impressing bosses by helping to collect baskets at the store in Rotherham
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Cilmbing-mad boy, 8, scales 200 different mountains and Britain's tallest peaks
Intrepid Charlie Batham has climbed more than 232,260ft (70,792m) across the UK in just under four years after getting bitten by the bug aged five
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Prison officer who looked after Charles Bronson for 10 years hopes he's freed
Charles Bronson became friendly with a prison officer during his 50 years in jail, despite their first encounter involving underpants and faeces smeared up the wall
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Prince William condemns racial abuse hurled at children playing at football club
The first in line to the throne condemned the abuse which happened at a junior football club and included racial slurs being directed against children playing at the club
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Angry families of 63 loved ones who died alone in lockdown call for new law
While the government was partying through lockdown, these families were unable to say goodbye to their loved ones as they died in care homes alone and scared
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Family's joy as relic hunter unearths relative's war badge and tracks them down
Metal detectorist found First World War badge and then used online communities to locate the soldier’s surviving relatives so he could return it to them
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Dad waiting for transplant as doctor warns of Black and Asian donor shortage
Ayo Samuel, 58, is trying to find a live donor to help change his life as he is desperate to join his grandchildren Harry, eight, Luca, six and Hunter, five, for a game of football
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Yorkshire Ripper's niece says evil uncle’s ashes were scattered at beauty spot
The Yorkshire Ripper, who terrorised women in the 1970s and 1980s, was convicted of 13 murders before his death in 2020 aged 74 after getting Covid
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Kids tell stranger who saved life after FB appeal 'thank you for saving mummy'
Ann Gath's social media appeal came up with a kidney match after fellow mum Nicola Hinds saw the Facebook post and now the 43-year-old is recovering after the life-saving op
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Ukrainian kids who fled can't play with teddies as they remind them of dads
Experts have told the Mirror that children facing the war in Ukraine are battling with trauma and the loss of their childhood lives before the war meaning they cannot even play with their teddy bears
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Plight of love-deprived orphans forced to flee for their lives amid Ukraine war
Euhen Suyshch, 18, who has cerebral palsy and has been in state care since he was six, has been taken under the wing of the Ossa Conference Centre security staff, who have given him a radio, an ear-piece and an ID lanyard
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'Christopher Halliwell was my stalker and he could have killed Claudia Lawrence'
A woman who wants to remain anonymous believes she bumped into killer Christopher Halliwell on several occasions. She says her first encounter happened near Tinsley Marina in Sheffield in 2009
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Parents of quintuplets 'devastated' after 'amazing angel' three-day-old son dies
Henry James, was the fifth of two boys and three girls, born through caesarean section on Sunday, before sadly passing away at three days old
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