Emma Glasbey
Social Affairs Correspondent at BBC Look North (Yorkshire)
Home & Social Affairs Correspondent @bbclooknorth. Criminal & family courts, social care, abuse, poverty, crime, housing. [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Emma Glasbey
'We have had children hurt because of no carpets'Emma GlasbeyBBCAndrew Sykes runs the Money Advice Service at Noah's ArkChildren have been injured and patients left stuck in hospital because of a lack of carpet in their homes, a charity has said. The Noah's Ark Centre, in Halifax, has fitted carpets in more than 400 homes since 2023 and said it had more than 70 people on its waiting list.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Emma Glasbey
A record shop owner who suffered a cardiac arrest after being stabbed with a syringe full of a powerful muscle relaxant says he fears he may never know why he was attacked. Gary Lewis, 65, almost died when he was injected with rocuronium by 58-year-old nurse Darren Harris at Betterdaze in Northallerton on 2 July last year. Harris, who is due to be sentenced later, was found guilty of attempted murder after a trial at Leeds Crown Court, but offered no explanation for the attack.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Emma Glasbey
How Trump just shackled himself in a fiscal prisonWe just learned that the world’s most powerful person, Donald Trump, has a boss: the bond market. He may not have acknowledged this to himself, yet, …
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Emma Glasbey |Alex Moss
'Going to school made me physically sick'Emma Glasbey & Alex MossEmma Glasbey/BBCElla said the anxiety she had around going to school made her physically sickChildren who frequently miss school in North Yorkshire are being supported back into mainstream education with the help of a charity. Selfa, which is based in Skipton, works with secondary school pupils who are persistently absent with the aim of boosting confidence, friendships and creating a sense of belonging.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Emma Glasbey
Man jailed for killing partner in 'brutal attack'Emma GlasbeyReporting fromLeeds Crown CourtWest Yorkshire PoliceWarren Spence has been jailed for a minimum of 24 yearsA man has been jailed for a minimum of 24 years for murdering his girlfriend at her home in Leeds in a "brutal and sustained" attack. The body of Samantha Varley, 44, was found with bite marks and head, chest and leg injuries in a flat in Harehills in February 2024.
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A charity in Halifax says children have been hospitalised with splinters in toes and patients have been stuck in hospital because of a lack of carpet in their homes. @BBCLookNorth https://t.co/Gcp8yIgS3I
‘Syringe attack ordeal not over until I know why I was targeted.’ https://t.co/FpWsaDj2lv
“Going to school made me physically sick.” https://t.co/R8TnRgLtBg