Duncan Leatherdale
Senior Broadcast Journalist at BBC
An online newshound for the BBC. My views are my own (or copied from someone else), not those of the Beeb etc.
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bbc.com | Duncan Leatherdale |Alex Challies
How a scientist hopes her art will help save birdsDuncan Leatherdale & Alex ChalliesBBC News, North East and CumbriaScientist-turned-artist creates handmade wire birdsAs a scientist, Sara Cox realises the dangers her beloved birds face. As an artist she wants to help everyone else understand too. Sara stops walking and points excitedly over the drystone wall into the field beyond.
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bbc.com | Duncan Leatherdale
Display celebrates joy of Down's syndrome childrenDuncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaDebbie ToddBubble-loving Elizabeth is one of the children to feature in the exhibitionA new exhibition at a shopping centre is celebrating the "joy" of children with Down's syndrome, its creator says. Debbie Todd, from Consett in County Durham, met and took pictures of dozens of children for her latest project Extra Ordinary.
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bbc.com | Stuart Whincup |Duncan Leatherdale
Killer not safe for open prison - victim's mumStuart Whincup & Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaCleveland PoliceWilliam Dunlop murdered Julie Hogg in 1989 but was only jailed in 2006The family of a murdered woman say her killer is not safe to be moved to an open prison. William Dunlop was jailed in 2006 for the 1989 murder of Julie Hogg, 22, after her family successfully campaigned for a change in the so-called double jeopardy law.
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yahoo.com | Duncan Leatherdale
A murderer who was only jailed for killing a woman after a change in the double jeopardy law should be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. William Dunlop strangled Julie Hogg, 22, and hid her beneath a bath at her home in Billingham, County Durham, in 1989 but juries twice failed to find him guilty. Dunlop, who was twice acquitted, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years in 2006 following a successful campaign to change the law by Ms Hogg's family.
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bbc.com | Duncan Leatherdale
Double jeopardy killer 'ready for open prison'Duncan LeatherdaleBBC News, North East and CumbriaCleveland PoliceWilliam Dunlop was jailed for life in 2006A murderer who was only jailed for killing a woman after a change in the double jeopardy law should be moved to an open prison, the Parole Board has said. William Dunlop strangled Julie Hogg, 22, and hid her beneath a bath at her home in Billingham, County Durham, in 1989 but juries twice failed to find him guilty.
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There’s a lot of news around at the moment, most of it deeply unpleasant. So here is a slow-read piece about a talon-ted guy just doing something he loves https://t.co/qqu8bjx8Lg
In honour of Succession’s Golden Globes success, here is my script book signed by the terrific Jesse Armstrong, who really really made my day when, at my request, he inscribed it with the show’s most beautiful line https://t.co/6BU9jxkNs9