Damon Wilkinson

Manchester

Reporter at Manchester Evening News

Reporter @MENnewsdesk

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Police trace 45 killed by unnamed substance in UK and Europe with fears more could die

2 days ago | msn.com | Damon Wilkinson |Steven Smith

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Fears more people could die after eight killed by poison in Greater Manchester

2 days ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson

Police have traced 45 people in the UK and Europe who have died after taking the unnamed substanceA coroner has issued a warning over suicide websites after a poison bought online killed eight people in Greater Manchester. Police have traced 45 people in the UK and Europe who have died after taking the unnamed substance and another 40 who had bought it intending to take their own lives in a 12 month period.
'One Punch' Paul Doyle and Billy Webb clashed in nightclub door wars

4 days ago | msn.com | Damon Wilkinson |Dan Grennan

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BBC Race Across The World star Sam Gardiner, 24, dies after horror crash

5 days ago | examinerlive.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson

Race Across the World contestant Sam Gardiner has tragically died aged just 24 years old following a car crash. The ex-BBC show participant lost his life when his vehicle veered off the A34 in Cheadle and overturned on Monday. Sam, who worked as a landscape gardener, had been in Scotland for work and came down to Stockport for a family birthday party earlier that week, according to his uncle.
BBC Race Across The World star dies aged 24 after car crash

5 days ago | leeds-live.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson
Bruce Springsteen breaks from UK tour for 'absolute legends' lunch with TV star

2 weeks ago | bristolpost.co.uk | Pete Gavan |Damon Wilkinson |Sebastian McCormick

They were spotted as they enjoyed a bite to eatBruce Springsteen took a break from his Manchester concerts for an intimate rendezvous with British TV star Stephen Graham, the actor set to portray his father in an upcoming biographical film. The 'Born to Run' singer made his way across to Yorkshire for a casual luncheon with Graham, famous for his role in Adolescence, at Normans Restaurant located in the quaint village of Kirkburton, Huddersfield.
The many faces of Mickey the Fish, Manchester's infamous 'Merchant of Death'

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson

Notorious gun-runner Michael Sammon evaded police for years by using fake passports and changing his appearanceMichael Sammon went by many names in his long and lucrative criminal career. His friends called him Mickey the Fish. But for a time in Blackpool he assumed the identity of a dead friend, John Eugene McDonagh, and while hiding out at a caravan park in Portsmouth he was known as Dermot MonaghanBut he would ultimately come to be known as the 'Merchant of Death'.
Drunk sex offender died after falling down stairs day after he got out of jail

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson

At the time of Anthony Payne's death a warrant for his arrest was outstandingA drunk sex offender died after falling down a flight of stairs the day after he was released from prison. Anthony Payne and his partner were both found unconscious by a member of the public at the bottom of a communal staircase on April 3, 2024. Payne, 66, never regained consciousness and died in hospital five days later, a report into his death by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman said.
The Mancunian Way: The clock that strikes 13

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson

Was George Orwell inspired by a Salford church's unique oddity? ‘It was a cold bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen’. So begins George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty Four. It’s one of the most famous opening lines in literature. And, as feature writer Dan Thompson discovered, it could have been inspired by Orwell’s war-time stint on the M.E.N.At 1pm every day St Mark’s Church in Worsley strikes 13. It’s thought to be the only clock in the UK that does so.
The toothless striker who helped fire Bury FC to glory

1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Damon Wilkinson

DJ Pedro lost his two front teeth in match last month - and is now hoping to have his pearly whites fixed in time for the new seasonAfter helping fire Bury FC to promotion ace striker DJ Pedro was all smiles. Or at least he would have been had his two front teeth not been knocked out in a match last month.