All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

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Moment 'new Ronnie Pickering' shoves woman and drives over her on scooter
A mobility scooter rider has been dubbed the 'new Ronnie Pickering' after he was filmed punching a man and pushing a woman to the ground before riding over her in an expletive-laden bust up
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'P&O cancelled my cruise and banned me for life after I raised safety concerns'
Retired holidaymaker Steve Kidd, 66, was due to fly via Maleth Aero to Antigua for a P&O cruise later this month with wife Elaine, 62 - but after raising concerns was banned
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Constance Marten tot's tragic final moments before body was left in Lidl bag
Jurors in the trial of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been shown CCTV footage of the couple's tragic baby daughter Victoria before her body was left in a Lidl bag
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Police apologise for 'causing offence' after cop stopped Christian singer
Harmonie London, 20, said she felt bullied and intimidated as she was told to stop singing 'church songs outside of church grounds' by voluntary Met officer Maya Hadzhipetkova
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Murder victim's ring held vital clue that led cops to suspect 30 years later
Mum-of-two Marina Koppel, 39, was found dead by her husband in her flat in Marylebone, London, in 1994 - she had been stabbed 140 times. A cold case review in 2022 led to the arrest of Sandip Patel
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Child killer nurse Lucy Letby has her bid to appeal convictions refused
Lucy Letby, 33 - who murdered seven premature babies while working as a nurse - has had an initial bid to challenge her convictions refused by the Court of Appeal
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Chilling weather maps show exact date 500-mile-wide Arctic blast will freeze UK
Weather maps show Britain is set to be thrashed by a 500-mile long wall of snow amid a topsy-turvy January that's already seen the hottest ever temperatures recorded as well as some of the coldest
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Captain Tom's daughter tarnished name and made us laughing stock, neighbours say
A controversial spa complex erected by Covid hero Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter is due to be torn down following a court battle - with neighbours saying it's made them a 'laughing stock'
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Police issue major update after 19-year-old teen found dead by horrified joggers
Tyler Donnelly, 19, was found dead at Hanworth Park in Feltham, West London, on January 25 - with the Met Police now having arrested three men on suspicion of murder
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Tragic last post of smiling Brit base jumper before falling to his death
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Nathy Odinson, 33, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, plunged to his death from a 29-storey apartment complex in Pattaya, Thailand, after his parachute failed to deploy
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Double-decker bus passengers may hold key to murder of teenage boys, 15 and 16
Avon and Somerset Police Supt Mark Runacres said passengers on what is thought to be number 70 bus that serves Knowle West in Bristol may have vital information in the murder probe of two teenagers
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Escaped UK monkey spotted stealing nuts in man's garden and climbing onto sauna
A major search was launched today after a Japanese macaque fled Highland Wildlife Park in Kincraig in Scotland - with locals reporting multiple sightings of it in their gardens
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Exact date 325-mile wide storm will batter UK after warmest day of the year
A provisional UK January record has been set after a temperature of 19.6C was hit in north-west Scotland - but the weather is due to take another turn next week
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Britain to hit 17C today making it hotter than Corfu in bizarre winter scorcher
The Met Office is forecasting up to 17C in north Wales today, as southerly wind allows for a very mild day across much of the UK - making it hotter than many European holiday hotspots
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Simple at-home test you can do in the mirror to check for worrying skin changes
Knowing your body and checking for any unusual changes is key to recognising the possibility of skin cancer - with melanoma the fifth most common cancer in the UK
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Families flee as it rains 'flaming snow' and firefighters tackle blaze
Firefighters have scrambled to a fire at what is understood to be an unfinished development in Fox Street, Liverpool, with smoke billowing for miles, including over Goodison Park stadium
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'Flaming snow' rained down on terrified families fleeing building fire
Bradley Dalton, 30, fled his flat as a fire roared just feet away at an abandoned complex in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon - with more than 50 firefighters at the scene
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Nicola Bulley cops made two key mistakes in tragic hunt for missing mum
Security and intelligence expert Colonel Philip Ingram told the Mirror aspects of the Nicola Bulley investigation were 'appalling' and police forces must learn how to utilise the media better
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Everything we know about abandoned baby girl as police appeal to missing mum
The Met Police is continuing to appeal to the missing mum of a tiny baby girl - just hours old - found wrapped in a towel inside a plastic bag in Beckton, East London
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Whole of UK 'must prepare for conscription within 6 years', claims prof
Prof Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert at the University of Buckingham, told the Mirror General Sir Patrick Sanders is 'absolutely right' in his warning about conscription
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Police issue description of woman in bid to track down abandoned baby Elsa's mum
The newborn baby girl was found in plastic bag by a dog walker in Beckton, East London, on January 19 before she was taken to hospital and subsequently given to foster carers
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Met Office verdict on widespread snow hitting UK after flurry of storms
The Met Office is not expecting to name any further storms in the coming days after Isha and Jocelyn - but has warned despite highs of 14C today, a cold snap bringing snow is due
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Stabbing victim's family says police boss has 'blood on hands' after sentencing
Attacker Valdo Calocane, 32, has paranoid schizophrenia and killed three people and attacked three others in a spate of "atrocities" in Nottingham in June last year
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Mum still missing a week after newborn baby girl found in shopping bag
The newborn baby - named Elsa by hospital staff - was dumped in Beckton, East London, last Thursday when just 'hours old' with police appealing for the mum to come forward
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Monster Josef Fritzl granted conditional release from prison for mentally ill
Incest monster Josef Fritzl, 88, was jailed for life in 2009 after keeping his daughter locked up in an underground dungeon for 24 years and fathering seven children with her