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3 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | James Knuckey |Amy Walker
'Our baby girl was killed at nursery by a worker – now we're speaking out'The parents have now launched a campaign to improve safety standards in early years settings, saying "urgent reforms are needed". Genevieve Meehan was nine months old when she died (Image: MEN Media)The parents of a nine-month-old baby killed at her nursery have launched a campaign calling for mandatory safe sleep training and compulsory CCTV in all nurseries.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Amy Walker |Rory Cassidy
Joshua Carroll left Headley Thomas with serious head injuries, which he later died from. A thug who murdered a homeless man in a park has been caged for life for the killing. Joshua Carroll set upon Headley Thomas and left him for dead. The victim, who was also known as 'Barry', suffered severe head injuries, and the 51-year-old succumbed to them two-and-a-half weeks after the attack.
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1 month ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Amy Walker |Ruth Suter
Shannon Meaney attacked 57-year-old John Lowe with his prosthetic leg in February 2023. A thug who battered a vulnerable man so badly he was left needing lifetime support has been jailed for life. Shannon Meaney attacked 57-year-old John Lowe at Clarendon Park in Salford with his prosthetic leg in February 2023. He called him over before grabbing him in a head lock and throwing him to the floor.
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1 month ago | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Amy Walker |Conaill Corner
Bernard Kenny has been jailed after what officers discovered in his luggageA man found with up to £144,000 worth of cannabis at Manchester Airport told Border Force officers he 'ran out of money' while holidaying in Thailand. Bernard Kennedy, of Grizedale in Widnes, travelled from Bangkok to Manchester via Dubai on March 20, but was left waiting when his luggage was delayed. When his suitcases arrived, officers found 48 kilos of vacuum-wrapped cannabis.
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2 months ago | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Andrew Bardsley |Kate McMullin |Amy Walker
Marcin Majerkiewicz brutally murdered Stuart Everett in his own homeA killer who dismembered his housemate and chopped him into 27 pieces has been found guilty after a trial. Stuart Everett, 67, was brutally murdered in his own home, before being dismembered. Parts of his body were discovered in green spaces across Salford and north Manchester. Marcin Majerkiewicz, who lived with Mr Everett at their home in Winton, Eccles, was charged with murder.
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2 months ago | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Charlotte Hadfield |Amy Walker
WARNING, TRIAL HAS HEARD EVIDENCE SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSINGA court has been shown footage allegedly showing a man accused of murder disposing of his housemate's body parts in a 'bag for life'. Marcin Majerkiewicz, 42, was arrested on April 25 last year, following the discovery of a human torso at Kersal Dale nature reserve in Salford on April 4. He denies the murder of Stuart Everett, 67, who he lived with in Salford, and is on trial at Manchester Crown Court.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Chris Slater |Amy Walker |Gemma Ryder
Albie Speakman, 3, had been playing with the family’s two dogs when he was fatally struck by the Kramer telehandler his dad, Neil Speakman, was driving. A farmer who accidentally ran over and killed his three-year-old son with a defective tractor has been sentenced to one year in prison. Neil Speakman, 39, was jailed at Manchester Crown Court following the tragic incident at his farm in Bury on July 16, 2022.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
stokesentinel.co.uk | Amy Walker |Hayley Parker
A man who fought with passengers on an easyJet flight was dragged off the easyJet plane. Christopher Burgess shouted vile racist abuse at the police who met the aircraft at Manchester Airport. The 44-year-old was on his way back from Alicante when he began causing a disturbance. As the flight landed on November 8 2023, officers were quickly called, and found Burgess, being restrained by other passengers, face down on the floor.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Rory Cassidy |Amy Walker |Christopher Burgess
A holidaymaker hauled off a passenger jet after a 30-minute-long spitting and biting rampage hurled racist abuse at police officers arresting him - kicking off so badly cops has to put a spit hood on him. Christopher Burgess lost the plot as he returned from a holiday in Alicante and had to be restrained by other passengers while the plane was still in the sky.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
liverpoolecho.co.uk | Amy Walker |Olivia Williams
Christopher Burgess was also seen "biting and spitting"A man had to be restrained on an easyJet flight as after he was seen "frothing at the mouth". Christopher Burgess also fought with other passengers before throwing vile racist abuse at the police. The 44-year-old was on his way back to Manchester Airport from Alicante on November 8 2023 when the incident happened. When police arrived they found Burgess being restrained by other passengers, face down on the floor.
