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Fiona Trott

United Kingdom

North of England Correspondent at BBC

BBC North of England Correspondent. Can stand in cold places for several hours. If you find any views here, they're not my employer's.

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  • 5 days ago | bbc.com | Fiona Trott

    How Sycamore Gap fellers went from friends to foesFiona TrottBBC North of England correspondentReporting fromNewcastle Crown CourtCPSDaniel Graham and Adam Carruthers had been best friends for several yearsDaniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were best mates when they illegally felled the much-loved Sycamore Gap tree together. How did they end up turning on each other? It is hard to imagine they were once friends.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Fiona Trott |Duncan Leatherdale |Mary Litchfield

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  • 2 months ago | bbc.com | Fiona Trott |Duncan Leatherdale |Mary Litchfield

    Did Royal Mail fail victims of groping postman? Fiona Trott, Duncan Leatherdale & Mary LitchfieldNorthumbria PoliceMichael Stewart has been jailed for six and a half yearsNorthumberland postman Michael Stewart has been jailed for six and a half years for groping five women, one of whom killed herself in the aftermath. His victims say Royal Mail failed to heed warnings and complaints about the serial molester. What happened?

  • Sep 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Fiona Trott

    Fiona Trott - North of England correspondent, BBC NewsSeptember 5, 2024 at 6:08 PM·3 min readA puffin population has been declared "stable" following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect. The first full count for five years on the Farne Islands off Northumberland has revealed the endangered species has in fact increased by 15% since 2019. There are now thought to be 50,000 breeding pairs on the site, which is cared for by the National Trust.

  • Sep 5, 2024 | envirolink.org | Fiona Trott

    A puffin population has been declared “stable” following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect. The first full count for five years on the Farne Islands off Northumberland has revealed the endangered species has in fact increased by 15% since 2019. There are now thought to be 50,000 breeding pairs on the site, which is cared for by the National Trust. Ranger Sophia Jackson said the birds’ self-isolating behaviours meant they had “weathered this particular storm”.

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Fiona Trott
Fiona Trott @bbcfionatrott
9 May 25

#Sycamoregap I’ve just spoken to a member of the police investigation team who said so much hard work had gone into it, they were delighted with the verdicts.

Fiona Trott
Fiona Trott @bbcfionatrott
9 May 25

#sycamore Gale Gilchrist, CPS North East “In just under 3 minutes, Graham and Carruthers ended its historic legacy in a deliberate and mindless act of destruction. As news of their crime spread … the pair exchanged messages, revelling in the public outcry they had caused” https://t.co/kyaEdxJcxq

Fiona Trott
Fiona Trott @bbcfionatrott
9 May 25

Supt Kevin Waring, Northumbria Police: “We often hear references made to mindless acts of vandalism – but that term has never been more relevant than today in describing the actions of those individuals” https://t.co/2N7apPgmgp