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1 week ago | 
stockport.nub.news | Jake Meeus-Jones
By Jake Meeus-JonesAn amateur football team formed in Stockport more than 60 years ago is gearing up for its 100th match abroad - and once played in front of 65,000 people. Christopher Davies, 81, formed the team, Grasmere Rovers, in the early 1960s after a local boy knocked on his door and asked him to be the manager for a group of lads. He managed the team and they started off playing in local Saturday and Sunday leagues.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Jake Meeus-Jones |Ruth Suter
Barry Fair, 44, sadly died on April 23, 2024. A dad thought bizarre symptoms - including smelling burning rubber, strange tastes and experiencing d j vu - were down to stress before discovering he had a deadly brain tumour. Barry Fair, 44, was diagnosed with a grade 3 astrocytoma - an aggressive form of brain cancer - in 2022.
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2 weeks ago | 
thesun.co.uk | Jake Meeus-Jones |Ryan Merrifield
THIS is the terrifying moment two dogs mauled their walkers in a broad-daylight attack at a park - leaving one man seemingly seriously injured. The pair of "out of control" dogs - believed to be Staffordshire bull terriers - initially locked onto each other at the Fountain Road Recreation Ground in Tooting, South London.
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2 weeks ago | 
cambridge-news.co.uk | Ashlea Hickin |Jake Meeus-Jones
A Peterborough man has issued a stark warning after his garden shed was completely destroyed by a fire, which he claims was caused by an "exploding" e-bike battery. Matthew Berzins, 39, spotted smoke billowing from the shed at his shared property and immediately alerted his housemates. They attempted to douse the flames with a fire extinguisher and buckets of water before calling the fire brigade.
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3 weeks ago | 
manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Jake Meeus-Jones
Susan Harding, 57, has lost the use of the left side of her bodyA man has told of his anger after his partner was left permanently disabled by a stroke after waiting nearly two hours for an ambulance. Susan Harding, 57, has lost the use of the left side of her body after suffering a haemorrhagic stroke - a bleed on the brain - at her home in December last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | Jake Meeus-Jones
A woman has been left with permanent disabilities following a stroke after an ambulance took nearly two hours to arrive. 11:26, Thu, Apr 17, 2025 | UPDATED: 12:12, Thu, Apr 17, 2025 Link copied Bookmark Susan Harding, 57, suffered a haemorrhagic stroke at her home last December, resulting in the loss of function on the left side of her body due to a brain bleed.
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1 month ago | 
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk | Jake Meeus-Jones
10 1/1 A mum who tried "every diet under the sun" lost 11 stone using a Mounjaro weight loss jab - after deciding she "wanted to be around" to watch her newborn son grow up. Rebecca Banks, 25, had struggled with her weight for years, tipped the scales at 26st 6lbs, and wore a size 28 at her biggest. She had tried "everything" to shift the weight - including Saxenda jabs, Weight Watchers and fasting - but nothing seemed to work.
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1 month ago | 
lancs.live | Jake Meeus-Jones
A man pulled out his own tooth using a PIPE WRENCH after struggling to get an NHS dentist appointment for "unbearable" toothache. Kaspars Grenenbergs, 44, suddenly began experiencing extreme tooth pain in one of his back molars on March 31. Having developed cold sweats and desperate to stop the pain, Kaspars dialed 111 - having not been registered with an NHS dentist.
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1 month ago | 
nypost.com | Jake Meeus-Jones
Meet the woman called L.A. who has spent her life trying to convince people that it’s her real name. L.A. Cartier, 36, has spent most of her life correcting people on how to say her name — with many thinking it’s a set of initials or spelt ‘Ellay’. The name was given to her by her mom, 57, who wanted to combine the initials of two surnames on different sides of her family.
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1 month ago | 
mylondon.news | Jake Meeus-Jones
Meet the London woman called L.A. who has spent her life trying to convince people that it's her real name. L.A. Cartier, 36, has spent most of her life correcting people on how to say her name - with many thinking it's a set of initials or spelt 'Ellay'. The name was given to her by her mum, 57, who wanted to combine the initials of two surnames on different sides of her family. Her name was made even more unique by the added full stops - which can be seen on her official birth certificate.
