All news by author: Susie Beever

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Best places to live in UK 2023 as quiet town beats the rest - see full list
The market town of Wadhurst in East Sussex beat off competition from 71 other spots as the UK's best place to live as the Sunday Times unveils its list for 2023
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Pope Francis roped in to sort 'forgotten' UK graveyard reclaimed by drug gangs
Barton upon Irwell cemetery in Eccles is the final resting place for dozens of families - but a historian has discovered it doesn't have a legal owner and the Vatican has been roped in to help
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Motorist may have to sell home after unwittingly driving past sign 30 times
Henry Franklin says he had been driving unpaid through Bristol's Clean Air Zone for a month without realising before it was too late - and now has to pay £4,000
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Baby weighing 13lbs dubbed 'chunky monkey' and wears clothes for six-month-olds
Baby Tabitha from Ayrshire, Scotland, weighed in at nearly 13lb when she was born more than two weeks overdue and is already wearing clothes for three-month-olds
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Alert issued after dozens of cats are shaved in mystery spate of cruel attacks
Animal welfare groups and the RSPCA in Kent have warned pet owners to be vigilant after dozens of attacks involving cats being shaved with clippers reported in recent weeks
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Mum bitten by false widow spider in her sleep causing oozing patch of dead flesh
Mum-of-one Tracey Carse from Stockport, Greater Manchester, woke to find a bitemark one morning in November and says the wound is still there four months later
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Man charged with attempted murder after worshippers set on fire outside mosques
Mohammed Abbkr has been charged with attempted murder after two men were sprayed with a substance and set on fire leaving mosques in London and Birmingham
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Moment man is shot by stun gun on flight after refusing to move away from family
Bolic Bet Malou was shot by a stun gun by officers after switching seats to be with his family on the Melbourne-bound flight in Perth, Australia, prompting an argument which resulted in his arrest
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Fury as police force classes rape and sexual assault as 'non-emergency' crimes
Kent Police were criticised after a poster went up at Maidstone police station listing rape and sexual assault as non-emergency crimes alongside anti-social behaviour
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Billionaire's huge ship topples over with 33 people hurt and 21 in hospital
Emergency services were called to Leith in the north of Edinburgh after RV Petrel - a ship owned by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen - collapsed at Imperial Dock leaving dozens injured
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Best fish and chip shops in UK named for 2023 - and one country comes out on top
The fish and chip shop industry's leading publication has unveiled its shortlist of the UK's best shops and restaurants to enjoy the nation's favourite dish - check to see if yours made the catch
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Man grows by more than a foot after doctors operate to remove brain tumour
Jamie Connolly from Rowley Regis, Black Country, suffered from stunted growth until he one day suffered a seizure leading doctors to diagnose him with a brain tumour
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Thieving barmaid stole £34k from grandad to spend on 14-month 'almighty bender'
Nicole Taylor from Lancashire pilfered thousands from her grandad's life savings in a 14-month campaign to fund an 'almighty bender', involving cocaine, holidays, takeaways, and tattoos
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'I was raped but the Met told me not to call unless my limbs were being broken'
Tashmia Owen was raped in Charlton, South East London, in 2020 and reported her attack - but she says looking back she wouldn't encourage other victims to do so
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Man set on fire after being sprayed with 'unknown substance' in horror attack
The man is being treated for serious burns after an arsonist sprayed him with liquid then set him on fire whilst he was walking home from a mosque in Birmingham
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Black communities are 'over-policed and under-protected' by 'racist' Met Police
The Met Police isn't doing enough to protect Black communities and people of colour, who are far more likely to fall victim to violence and at least twice as likely to be killed by another person, according to The Casey Review
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Dog beaten and set on fire as RSPCA launch probe into senseless act of cruelty
RSPCA officers in Merseyside say the dog had clear wounds showing attempts to remove her microchip when her body was discovered at Bidston Hill in Wirral
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Urgent police search for camper who vanished during overnight trip with friends
Reece Rodger was camping with friends near Loch Rannock in Perthshire when he disappeared overnight, with Police Scotland scrambling an urgent search
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Burger stall boss shares how he still keeps price at £1 amid rising food prices
Chris Higgit's famous £1 burger bar in Blackpool has become a viral sensation on TikTok and YouTube over the cheap grub which has stayed the same price despite soaring inflation
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Andrew Tate-inspired Mother’s Day cards blasted for 'dressing up' misogyny
Mother's Day cards bearing misogynistic phrases and thought to have been inspired by Andrew Tate have been criticised by campaigners and politicians as 'dressing up' sexism
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Gary Glitter's '£15,000 knee op in an NHS hospital while handcuffed to the bed'
Paedophile Gary Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, spent five nights at Dorset County Hospital in autumn for the operation for which hundreds are currently on NHS waiting lists
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Four dogs die after sadist scatters poisoned meatballs across cross-country race
Detectives in the town of Vauvert, southern France, are investigating a string of fatal dog poisonings after someone left meatballs laced with poison around the site of a cross country pet event
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Race to find stem cell match for mum after flu symptoms turns out to be cancer
London mum Janice St Louis urgently needs to find a stem cell match from a Black donor as she battles leukaemia, the Anthony Nolan Trust says
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Wizz Air customer sends bailiffs to airport to collect cash owed for axed flight
Essex dad Russell Quirk waited two months for the money back from his family's cancelled flights to Faro - and sent bailiffs to Luton Airport when they wouldn't pay back the extra cash lost
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Putin limps stiffly with head bowed down in first sighting since arrest warrant
Putin was seen at an opening of a children's centre in Crimea after the International Criminal Court ordered his arrest for alleged war crimes in Ukraine