All news by author: Tim Hanlon

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Callous pregnant carer steals £9k from elderly clients 'because everyone does'
Elisha Handley, 33, from Birmingham, claimed "everyone was taking money" after stealing more than £9,000 from elderly people while working as a care worker, a court heard
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Israel festival massacre survivors heard 'shots over their heads as people fell'
Amit Bar and her partner Nir were among the revellers at the Tribe of Nova music festival when Hamas militants attacked and have told of "bullets whistling next to us and people just fall"
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Drug dealer jailed after mum finds gun while tidying his bedroom and calls cops
Owen Walker, from Worcester, has been jailed for drug dealing after his mum found a gun in his bedroom while she was tidying and called the police leading to his arrest
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'I was housebound and had eight hours baths as only relief from skin condition'
Warning graphic images. Rhiannon Kennedy-Chapman, 25, from Manchester, would take baths for eight hours a day to try and find relief from a skin condition that left her housebound for nine months
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Woman is dragged into meat grinder by hair and dies in front of daughter
A 50-year-old woman has died in Greece after being dragged into a meat grinder by her hair at a butcher's shop where she was cleaning along with her 18-year-old daughter
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Inside the HS2 ghost town - with mansions left empty after train line scrapped
A resident of a Staffordshire village, where mansions now lie empty due to compulsory purchase orders, has said he just feels "numb" after the planned HS2 line to Manchester was scrapped
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Brit missing after Israel music festival massacre is 'heroic and wouldn't run'
Jake Marlowe, 26, a security guard at a music festival in Israel that was attacked by Hamas militants, "wouldn't run" said pals but would stay and try and save others
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Mum wins year-long fight for autistic son, 12, to have free school meals at home
Jennifer Dunstan, from Sheffield, has won a battle lasting more than a year to prove her son Rio, 12, who has autism, is entitled to help from his school to feed and educate him
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Brits to bask in balmy 25C today - despite 'danger to life' heavy rain
The UK is facing a huge weather divide over the weekend where parts of the country will bask in balmy temperatures of 25C while other areas face a "danger to life" warning for heavy rain
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Man seriously hurt after becoming 'trapped' under digger that fell from lorry
A man has been left with serious injuries after becoming trapped under a digger that fell off the back of a lorry in Bury, Greater Manchester and had to be freed by fire crews
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Lidl issues urgent recall for popular dinner product over 'plastic' fears
People are being warned over a popular dinner product bought at Lidl that might be unsafe to eat, as it could contain hard blue plastic, and they are being urged to return it
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Horror tarantula species discovered - and it has unnervingly blue spider legs
Scientists in Thailand have found a fascinating new species of tarantula living in mangrove swamps that has electric blue legs - one of the rarest colours to see in nature
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Teenager, 17, killed on high street as boy, 16, arrested on suspicion of murder
A 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Brighton city centre has been named as Mustafa Momand, and Sussex Police have said a 16-year-old male has been arrested on suspicion of murder
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Man saved from capsized homemade wooden boat by cruise ship
Tom Robinson, 24, from Brisbane, was bidding to cross the Pacific to Australia on a homemade wooden rowing boat when he got into difficulty and was rescued by a cruise ship
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Missing teen, 15, last seen five days ago at home as police make urgent appeal
Chloe Byrne, 15, from Studley, Warwickshire, has been missing for five days after saying she was going to Alcester and police have made an urgent appeal for information
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Vaccine hope for common but deadly infection with major new trial launched in UK
British scientists have started a pioneering trial to find a vaccine for Group A Strep, which can lead to deadly diseases including meningitis, using a new technique
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UK weather expert says where in Britain mercury will hit 28C - check your area
The UK is set for very warm temperatures over the weekend due to a high pressure over central Europe and a weather forecaster has said that one part of the UK could see 28C
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Walkers axes popular flavour crisp as upset fans say their sandwiches are ruined
Walkers have confirmed to crisps fans that one of their flavours has now been discontinued after many had been asking why they had disappeared from supermarket shelves
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5 most 'dangerous' dog breeds in UK as XL Bully ban looms after spate of attacks
A list of the most dangerous dogs has been made as a ban on XL bullies is set to come in by the end of the year and there is a surprise breed chosen at number one
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Set For Life winning lottery numbers for Thursday's huge £10,000-a-month jackpot
Winners of tonight's Set for Life National Lottery draw will guarantee themselves £10,000 deposited into their bank account every single month for the next 30 years
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Anger at 'borstal' school rules as kids put in isolation 'for holding pen wrong'
A 14-year-old pupil at Ilfracombe Academy, in Devon, has told how children are being sent into an isolation hall for as little as "holding a pen wrong" under new controversial rules
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Anger as tree dating back to Battle of Hastings felled after Sycamore Gap attack
The 1,00-year-old yew tree has been found felled in East Sussex - a mile away from Senlac Hill which is where the Battle of Hastings is believed to have taken place in 1066
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Two more cough syrups found with chemicals linked to the deaths of 141 children
India’s drug regulator found deadly toxins in Trimax Expectorant and Sylpro Plus Syrup which are made by Norris Medicines and contain chemicals diethylene glycol or ethylene glycol
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Stormzy joins mourners at vigil for Elianne Andam , 15, who was stabbed to death
Hundreds of mourners including Stormzy have gathered for a candlelit vigil in Croydon, London, at the scene where 15-year-old Elianna Andam was stabbed to death on her way to school
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Tesco puts security tags on toilet rolls as shoplifting cases continue to soar
A Tesco Express store now has tags on toilet rolls as British supermarkets face a shoplifting crisis during the cost of living crisis with products being stolen