
Hannah Summers
Journalist at Freelance
Travel Writer at The Telegraph
Journalist covering the family courts for @TBIJ and partners | Best specialist journalist 2023 Freelance Journalism Awards | Shortlisted - Paul Foot Award 2023
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Hannah Summers
A primary school teacher smashed their adoptive children’s heads together, forced them to swallow soap and called one of them a “black bastard”. Their partner – a barrister who also sat as a deputy district judge in the family courts – repeatedly failed to protect the children from their campaign of abuse.
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2 weeks ago |
thebureauinvestigates.com | Hannah Summers
Content warning: This story contains references to child abuse and racism. A primary school teacher smashed their adopted children’s heads together, forced them to swallow soap and called one of them a “black bastard”. Meanwhile, their partner, a barrister who also sat as a deputy district judge in the family courts, repeatedly failed to protect the children from the campaign of abuse.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Hannah Summers
NowMen's group aims to 'break mental health stigma'A growing support group in London that aims to break the stigma attached to men talking openly about mental health is expanding to the South East.
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3 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Hannah Summers
3 hours agoThailand: Huge python caught in pickup truck engineBangkok, Thailand - May 11, 2025 A huge python was caught hiding in the engine of a pickup truck parked in a familyts driveway. Footage shows the animal rescuers probing around the vehicle with a flashlight before they opened the bonnet and found the reptile coiled inside in Bangkok, Thailand. It was easily removed by the skilful snake handler with bare hands and taken with them to be released.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Louise Tickle |Hannah Summers
On 10 August 2023, the body of 10-year-old Sara Sharif was discovered by police under a duvet in the family home in Woking. Her father and stepmother were nowhere to be found: it later emerged they had fled to Pakistan taking the family’s five children. Sixteen months later, Urfan Sharif, 43, and Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of Sara’s murder. The litany of injuries on her body indicating torture meted out over several years shocked even veteran reporters at the Old Bailey.
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