All news by author: Ryan Merrifield

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Timeline of events 7 days after dog walker Nicola Bulley mysteriously vanished
The mortgage adviser Nicola Bulley, 45, had dropped her two young girls off at school before taking her brown spaniel Willow for a walk along the River Wyre in the village of St Michael's, Lancashire
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Royal Navy sailors rushed to hospital after drinking contaminated water on ship
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed HMS Portland was forced to return to Portsmouth Naval Base following an issue with one of the warship's fresh water systems
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Something 'may have happened' with missing mum's dog to make her approach river
Superintendent Sally Riley today said investigators searching for Nicola Bulley are now working from the hypothesis that she fell into the River Wyre while on a dog walk
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Missing mum texted her friend a significant message minutes before going missing
Mum-of-two Nicola Bulley, 45, disappeared while walking her springer spaniel along a river towpath in St Michaels on Wyre, Lancashire, after dropping her daughters at school
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Missing mum's parents sob on TV and insist disappearance 'out of character'
Mum-of-two Nicola Bulley, 45, disappeared while on a walk with her dog last Friday in St Michaels on Wyre, Lancashire, with police having launched a major search operation
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Missing mum's 'agitated' dog found 'bone dry' next to river where she vanished
Nicola Bulley's springer spaniel was found "bone dry" next to a stretch of River Wyre where the mum-of-two's phone was found after she disappeared while out on a walk
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Missing mum of two seen 'laughing and joking' moments before she disappeared
Nicola Bulley, 45, disappeared while out on a dog walk last Friday morning after dropping her children at school in St Michael's-on-Wyre, Lancashire, before police launched a major search operation
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Girl, 4, killed in dog attack was mauled by family's own pet shot dead at scene
Superintendent Marc Tarbit, of Thames Valley Police, has confirmed the dog which killed four-year-old Alice Stones was a family pet but the breed has not yet been determined
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Missing mum who vanished on dog walk 'would never leave kids' claims friend
Nicola Bulley, 45, went missing on Friday while out walking her dog, with a neighbour telling the Mirror she would never choose to leave her daughters and partner Paul Ansell
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Girl, 4, killed after being attacked by dog in back garden 'tragic incident'
Thames Valley Police officers were called to a house in Milton Keynes where a child had died from a dog attack in a back garden, prompting a police investigation
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Police gun down armed man who fired in supermarket carrying 'plenty of ammo'
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said the man entered Target with an AR-15-style rifle and ammo, and appears to have fired multiple rounds, though didn't hit anyone
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House near where missing mum Nicola Bulley's phone found searched
An old country house opposite where missing mum Nicola Bulley's phone was found has been searched by its owner, according to the leader of a search and rescue team
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Food influencer fined £15,000 for cooking and eating great white shark
Food blogger Tizi was fined £14,900 after breaking Chinese laws protecting endangered species by cooking and eating a great white shark and posting the video on social media site Douyin
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Dazzling Kate joins William at star-studded event to make kids campaign speech
Kate Middleton and Prince William have been snapped all glammed up at BAFTA in London for a pre-launch event hosted by The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood
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Missing dog walker has ‘little girls who need their mummy home’, partner says
Dog walker Nicola Bulley disappeared on Friday morning while out walking the family spaniel and had logged into a work conference call, with police launching a major search
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Triple killer asylum seeker who murdered 'perfect boy' in e-scooter row jailed
Afghani asylum seeker Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, 21, murdered 21-year-old Thomas Roberts outside a Subway sandwich shop in Bournemouth after being freed for a double murder in Serbia
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Angry neighbour's scathing note brands family 'trashy' after sofa left outside
A family moved into their new home only to be called "trashy" after leaving an old sofa on the front lawn to be collected for disposal and putting up a swing set for their kids
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Man found dead in street with horror injuries to face 'loved his mam to bits'
Jason Lord, 50, was found in Kenton, Newcastle, on Friday evening with a 42-year-old man subsequently arrested on suspicion of his murder. Police have appealed for information
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Mum of boy mauled to death by dog 'can't say out loud' what his body looked like
Tragic schoolboy Jack Lis, 10, was mauled to death by an American XL Bully called Beast while visiting a friend's home in Penyrheol in Caerphilly, Wales, in November 2021
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Prince Harry names worst break-up which left him 'dejected and unable to sleep'
In his memoir Spare, Harry goes into detail about his whirlwind romance with Florence St George, whom he met in the summer of 2011 but had to part ways with following a teary phone call
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Heathrow cancels over 80 flights as 'freezing fog' sees temperatures fall to -8C
Today's frosty weather has seen at least 80 British Airways flights grounded at Heathrow Airport, leaving thousands of passengers in limbo as links with Amsterdam, Paris and Stockholm are axed
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Owner of mystery thumb in corner of Prince Andrew pic still unknown 20 years on
Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed the photo of her alongside Prince Andrew and then-17-year-old Virginia Giuffre is a fake and says she has no recollection of the Duke meeting his accuser
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Dad says missing sex offender broke into his home and beat him with spade
Convicted sex offender Mark Gordon has been missing with Constance Marten and her newborn baby for two weeks after they abandoned their broken down car on the M61
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Two dead and 12 others injured in horror multi-car crash on M40 motorway
Thames Valley Police confirmed two people died and 12 others sustained injuries following the multi-vehicle crash between junctions 4 and 5 on the M40, with southbound lanes closed
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Prince Harry's memoir Spare is knocked off the charts by a children's book
Prince Harry's new book Spare has been knocked off the charts in Australia by Barefoot Kids by Scott Pape, a financial guide for children, according to the latest figures