Becky Johnson
Social Affairs Correspondent at Sky News
Social Affairs Correspondent, Sky News
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Becky Johnson
May 23—A man and his 14-year-old daughter escaped injury when their car engine spontaneously combusted on Main Street in Waynesville on Wednesday, but damage to the immaculately restored red Camaro and $35,000 custom-built engine were a heartbreaking blow. To be exact, a 700 horsepower Camaro — a street-legal drag racing car with a 6.0 engine and paradigm supercharger. "This is a lot for me to take. That is a lot of loss," said Austin Moore.
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3 weeks ago |
news.sky.com | Becky Johnson |Rebecca Spencer
More than a dozen women came forward to report a staff sergeant in the Royal Military Police (RMP) for sexual abuse, but he was allowed to resign from the army instead of face charges. Warning: This article contains material some readers may find distressingThat's the claim of a whistleblower who served as a sergeant in the RMP for over a decade and says she was one of the man's victims.
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1 month ago |
news.sky.com | Becky Johnson
"There's a code that you don't speak to the police, so you have to find another way to protect yourself," says Daniel. We are in a drill music recording studio in Birmingham. We have come here to talk frankly about why teenagers carry knives. This is a city with a history of gang violence going back decades. But in more recent years younger people have been drawn into the postcode wars. Battles are fought over drugs and territory. "A knife is one of the easiest things you can get," Daniel, 27, says.
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2 months ago |
news.sky.com | Becky Johnson
A teenager suddenly becomes violent, his anger towards women fuelled by online influencers, while his parents struggle to process what their son is capable of. Does this sound familiar? It's the story of the hit drama Adolescence - but for Jess and Rob, it's their life. Their 14-year-old son Harry's violence has escalated so rapidly he's had to be taken into care. We've changed all their names to protect their identities. Until the age of 12, Harry's parents say he was a "wonderful" son.
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2 months ago |
news.sky.com | Becky Johnson
The decision by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to pause shipments of cars to the USA for the next month has made people in Solihull anxious. The plant in the West Midlands town employs around 10,000 people. Many more work in the supply chain. On the high street, one factory worker said they had been told not to speak to journalists about the company's decision.
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