All news by author: Tim Hanlon

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Boy filmed hurling cat off cliff into quarry 'didn't commit a crime', police say
Lancashire Police have given an update on a video that has been shared on social media showing a youth appearing to throw a cat off a cliff and into a quarry in Carnforth
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'I'm growing a second skeleton thanks to rare condition that causes bone growth'
Carli Henrotay, 27, has a rare condition that means she she is effectively "growing a second skeleton" as each time she has a knock or a fall it could result in bone growth
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Tourist complains UK's highest mountain is 'far too steep and has no shops'
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles and loved by many climbers but for one tourist the trip to the summit was far from enjoyable as they blasted it for being too steep in a list of complaints
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Prince William's hilarious 11-word exchange with boy who didn't recognise him
The Prince of Wales showed his good humour with a boy who had come to see the heir to the throne but did not recognise him when he was only a yard from him at Windsor
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Parents' fury after kid left locked in coach overnight during school trip
A Year 6 pupil from Broadstone Middle School in Poole was locked on a coach overnight after falling asleep during a school trip to London and is believed to have been found the next day by the driver
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Mum forced to repaint pink front door - and she may have to change colour again
Miranda Dickson, from Edinburgh, was ordered to change the colour of her front door from pink by the council and now she is facing a new investigation following a complaint that it has returned to being pink
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Woman dies after being thrown from horse spooked by motorbike coming around bend
A woman in her 50s from Melksham has died after being thrown from her horse that was spooked by a motorcyclist who approached from around a blind bend. Police have said no arrests have been made
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'Potentially lethal' protein powder pulled from shelves in urgent warning
Customers are being warned they need to return a "potentially lethal" protein powder bought from a popular bargain high street store due to the dangerously high level of caffeine
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Amputee war hero skydives into his wedding with pals - and breaks a world record
Army veteran Chris Parkes, who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan, parachuted into the grounds of a castle in Hexham along with his groomsmen for his wedding
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Supernova explosion from 10 billion years ago will replay before our very eyes
The Supernova Requiem explosion took place 10 billion years ago and was seen before in 2016 and a new study has found that it will be possible to be viewed again in a rerun
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'My husband died aged 45 after working in hospitals filled with a silent killer'
NHS nurse Guru Ghoorah, from Romford, was "a loving father" who died after working in asbestos-filled hospitals without ever knowing he was "being exposed to danger"
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'Bearded' man snatches boy, 9, in attempted abduction before child wriggles free
Police are appealing for information as they hunt a "bearded man" who grabbed a nine-year-old boy by the arm in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and tried to drag him away before the boy "was able to free himself"
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Train driver jailed for falling asleep at the wheel causing crash and derailment
Erkan Mehmet, a driver of a London Overground train who fell asleep at the wheel causing it to derail and was later found to have cocaine in his system has been jailed
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Experts baffled as 25 pits dating back thousands of years found in countryside
Archaeologists are investigating the reason for 25 massive pits that have been found in Bedfordshire and date back up to 8,500 years as they hope to shed light on a little known period
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Having your nails polished can increase silent killer risk - how to prevent it
People have been warned of the dangers of a silent killer from having their nails polished in a study that also tells of how to reduce the risk during a manicure
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'We live in village with UK's rudest name and fed up of being the butt of jokes'
People living in a Cornwall village believed to have the rudest name in the country have told how people constantly steal the signs including a group of lads using a car and chains
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Pioneering Industrial Revolution method ‘taken from Jamaica and brought to UK’
A process of converting scrap iron into wrought iron and credited to Henry Cort who was seen as one of the great innovators of the Industrial Revolution, was actually developed in Jamaica, a new study has found
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Tesco shoppers watch on as gangland killer tackled to ground by cops at checkout
Footage shows the dramatic capture of Connor Chapman by plain-clothed police as he stood by a till at a Tesco supermarket in Wales, where he had fled following the murder of Elle Edwards at a Wirral pub
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Man handcuffs himself to Buckingham Palace gates as medics negotiate with him
Buckingham Palace has been put in lockdown with police negotiating with a man who has handcuffed himself to gates and now sustained "a number of self-inflicted slash injuries"
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'Cannibal' man 'killed wife, ate her brains in tacos and used skull as ashtray'
WARNING GRAPHIC DETAILS A 32-year-old "devil worshipper" who is alleged to have killed his wife before eating her brain in tacos and using her skull as an ashtray, has been arrested in Mexico
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Chilling CCTV shows Connor Chapman opening fire outside pub killing Elle Edwards
Connor Chapman can be seen opening fire with a submachine gun outside a Wirral pub killing Elle Edwards in new footage released by the police as he is found guilty of murder
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Red flag symptom when driving could be sign of silent killer disease
Early detection of Alzheimer's disease helps with the support options for patients and people have been warned of a little known sign of the illness that drivers will notice
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'Healthy' girl, 4, 'who touched lives' dies suddenly and doctors don't know why
Four-year-old Millicent Edwards who appeared "healthy and happy" collapsed suddenly in front of her dad at the family home in Australia and later died in hospital
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'I had a job and home but now live in a tent after becoming hooked on new drug'
Simon from Stoke-on-Trent has told how he is now living in a tent after losing "everything" including his home and job after becoming addicted to a dangerous new drug
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'I was fined £40 when I rushed my mum to A&E and couldn't find a parking space'
Jill Taylor's daughter drove the 75-year-old who was bleeding heavily to Southend Hospital in Essex and she was shocked to get a £40 fine for stopping in a drop-off zone with no parking space available