All news by author: Tim Hanlon
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Woman loses £20k to romance scammer she met playing online Scrabble
A woman, aged 83, from Oldham, fell for a fraudster posing as a 60-year-old American millionaire widower who conned her out of £20,000 in a romance scam, police said
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Boy is cured from 'deadliest' child cancer in world first after clinical trial
Lucas Jemeljanova, from Belgian, was six years old when he was found to have one of the deadliest cancers in the world but now he has been amazingly cured by a clinical trial
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Four-month-old baby dies in horror head-on car crash with three others injured
Police have issued a new appeal for witnesses after a four-month-old baby boy involved in a head-on collision on Monday in the Leeds area tragically died in hospital
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Woman still has 'visions of three cows' after almost being trampled to death
WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES. Former Army officer Janicke Tvedt says that she still has "visions of three cows" with a farmer now given a fine after she was almost trampled to death in north Yorkshire
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Boy, 16, dies in street after being 'attacked by two masked suspects on bikes'
A 16-year-old has tragically died after he was stabbed in the St Philips area of Bristol with two masked suspects believed to have fled the scene, Avon and Somerset Police confirmed
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Famous bagel shop that 'never closes' mysteriously shuts its doors
The Beigel Shop, on Brick Lane in London, is one of the oldest in the country having originally opened in 1855 - but it now appears to have mysteriously closed its doors
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UK's best and worst running train stations ranked - see how yours ranks
Commuters can find out how badly their station ranks for late trains in a list that also takes into consideration how busy they are with the number of passengers who travel each day
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Boy, 10, 'not wanting to play' on hot summer day was sign of devastating illness
Tajana Charles, from Norfolk, has told how her son Henry appeared perfectly healthy but when he started to feel tired and "didn't want to go for a walk or play" it was the sign of a serious illness
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Police officer denies assaulting mum who was wrongly arrested over bus fare
PC Perry Lathwood, 49, was helping ticket inspectors on a bus when he arrested a woman who was with her young son carrying a scooter but had paid her fare, a court heard
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'Biggest chip' mum has ever seen in freezer as kids 'too frightened' to eat it
Marie Sparkles, from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, found a seven inch chip - the largest she has ever seen - and jokes her children are too "frightened" to eat it
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Met Office issues yellow weather warning for rain - see the places it will fall
A Met Office yellow weather warning has been issued for rain and here is a list of all the areas it could hit with travel disruption expected in some parts of the country
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Plane crashes into couple's garden while they watched TV - and they had no clue
Jeanette and Geoff Charley where watching television at their home on Anglesey when they received a phone call from their son to check they were okay after a plane crashed into their garden
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Putin builds mobile 20-mile wall to defend land seized in Ukraine invasion
Vladimir Putin's army has constructed a 20-mile long 'tsar train' on the frontline with Ukraine in eastern Donetsk and is said to be made up of thousands of freight carriages
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Post Office worker cleared 10 years after fraud conviction in Horizon scandal
Post Office worker Jacqueline Falcon, 42, who was convicted of fraud between December 2014 and February 2015 has been the latest victim of the Horizon scandal to be cleared
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EasyJet pilot 'refuses to take-off' due to 'smell' in cabin as 100 left stranded
An easyJet pilot reportedly 'cancelled' a flight shortly before it was due to take-off from Birmingham to Geneva due to a "funny smell" leaving more than 100 passengers stranded
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Five second test 'can see if you have breast cancer using just your saliva'
A hand-held device has been designed by researchers who say it can test for breast cancer in under five seconds using just a small sample of saliva while costing only £3.95
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'Brilliant' headteacher killed in 'accident' while on weekend away with friends
Headteacher Simon Gibbs at New Rickstones Academy in Witham, Essex, has tragically died in an accident while with friends in France, said the school as it paid tribute
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Exact time to fast that could result in huge health benefits for your heart
Fasting is a good way to lose weight and also improve your overall health including reducing your risk of heart disease, and a scientist tells the ideal period of time to go without food
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Emergency pest hunters deployed as 'biblical plague' of rats invades UK town
A team of rat experts have been deployed to an area of Blackpool after a 'biblical plague' of rats tormented locals with the rodents nesting in garden sheds - and even seen sitting on windowsills
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Harry forced to ask Charles' forgiveness in emotional speech with Meghan Markle
The Duke of Sussex gave a speech asking for forgiveness from King Charles at an event to celebrate his father's birthday at Buckingham Palace where Meghan Markle was also attendance
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'Time traveller' returns from 2671 to warn of 'disasters' including this weekend
"Time traveller" Eno Alaric, who is also known as @radianttimetraveller on TikTok, claims to have returned from the year 2671 and is warning the world of pending disasters including one this weekend
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Terrifying new maps show when UK to be battered by 630-mile ice bomb
The UK is set for an Arctic blast this week with temperatures to plummet as low as -5C ahead of a 630-mile ice bomb arriving and bringing heavy snow across many areas
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Man 'threatening bus passengers with unknown substance’ arrested after stand-off
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in London after passengers were threatened on the 109 bus between Brixton and Croydon with an unknown substance before police stormed the vehicle
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Man and child killed as two others left seriously injured in horror crash
A man and a child have died in a three-vehicle crash in Lightwater, Surrey, and two other people have been taken to hospital with "serious" injuries from the incident last night
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'Kidnapped' Alex Batty's two biggest challenges since his return to the UK
Alex Batty who was missing for six years after disappearing with his mum and grandad while away on holiday has revealed his two biggest challenges since returning home to the UK
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