
Katie Barnfield
North of England Correspondent at Sky News
North of England Correspondent @SkyNews. Formerly @BBCNWT. Got a story? DM me
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1 week ago |
news.sky.com | Katie Barnfield
As a ban on the sale of disposable vapes comes into force on Sunday, a doctor who set up the first-ever clinic to help children stop vaping has said she has seen patients so addicted they couldn't sleep through the night without them. Professor Rachel Isba established the clinic at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool in January and has now seen several patients as young as 11 years old who are nicotine dependent. "Some of the young people vape before they get out of bed.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | Katie Barnfield
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3 weeks ago |
news.sky.com | Katie Barnfield
The mother of seven-year-old Archie York says she is "heartbroken" and "can't live her life without him" as her son's killer is jailed for manslaughter. The family were sleeping in an upstairs flat when a secret cannabis lab, that was operating underneath their home, exploded.
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1 month ago |
news.sky.com | Katie Barnfield
The family of a man who committed murder during an escape from a secure mental health unit have told Sky News they were "failed" by the trust that was meant to be caring for him. Joshua Carroll is currently waiting to be sentenced for the murder of Headley Thomas, known as Barry, after beating him to death in a park in Trafford, Manchester, in September 2022. At the time of the attack, Joshua was in the care of Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust (GMMH).
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Katie Barnfield
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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RT @ellagriffith: Latest story from our new North of England correspondent @katiebarnfield 🗞️ https://t.co/jA8xMj9dj7

At this Scunthorpe pub - everyone we spoke to was either a current or former British Steel worker, or knew people who work at the plant Everyone wanted to see full nationalisation ASAP. Without the plant they say, Scunthorpe will be ‘destroyed’. Latest updates @SkyNews https://t.co/KRdRSwxtIg

RT @realBenBloch: 🚨 BREAKING: Parliament is being recalled to discuss British Steel in Scunthorpe, Sky News understands. Parliament will s…