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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Sarah Spina-Matthews |Kelly Foran
'Court delays saw my abuser declared unfit for trial'Lynette Horsburgh, Sarah Spina-Matthews & Kelly ForanBBCSimon Byrne says his abuser robbed him of "a huge part" of his lifeA survivor of childhood sexual abuse has described his "devastation" after he had to wait years for his case to get to court only to see his abuser declared too ill to stand trial.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Graham Liver |Lynette Horsburgh
Letter to RAF darling found in uniform 80 years onGraham Liver & Lynette HorsburghAndy HackingThe surname of the mysterious aircraft man who the letter was sent to was Just, Mr Hacking believes A letter written in 1945 by a woman addressed to her "darling" in the RAF has been found in a military uniform bought in a charity shop.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.com | Andy Mitchell |Lynette Horsburgh
Andy Mitchell & Lynette HorsburghBBC News, LancashireThe mother of a five-year-old girl who requires a ventilator to breathe and has facial paralysis said her daughter "definitely had a smile on her face" when she went for a swim at a children's hospice. Sophia, from Warton in Lancashire, has Moebius syndrome - a rare condition which, among other symptoms, takes away the chance for those with it to smile.
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2 months ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Marc Waddington
A stalker who believed Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas was his aunt has been given a suspended prison sentence. Kyle Shaw's "persistent campaign" saw him send abusive messages and a "menacing" threat to Miss Ballas as well as her friends and colleagues. Liverpool Crown Court heard the 37-year-old thought Miss Ballas's late brother, David Rich, was his father.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Emily Holt
A mum has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her child, who was found in a woodland close to a theme park more than a quarter of a century ago. Joanne Sharkey, 55, of Liverpool, denied murdering her baby boy, whose remains were discovered close to the Gulliver's World theme park in Warrington, Cheshire, on 14 March 1998.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh
Patients at Royal Liverpool University Hospital's accident and emergency unit are facing waits of up to 50 hours. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has declared a "critical incident" due to "exceptionally high demand" on services and urged people to only go to A&E in a genuine medical emergency.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Paul O'Gorman |Lynette Horsburgh
The deadline for energy firm Cuadrilla to plug in the UK's only two shale gas wells has passed with questions remaining on whether it has been completed. The site on Preston New Road, near Blackpool, was the country's first horizontal fracking site but after more than 120 tremors were recorded during drilling the controversial process was banned in 2019. Fracking sparked lengthy protests from environmentalist groups and local communities in Lancashire.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Charlotte Rowles |Aisha Doherty
A journalist was "mistakenly" told by police weeks before her death that she was not entitled to know if her former partner had any history of domestic abuse, an inquest has heard. Granada Reports news editor Teresa McMahon was found dead at her flat in Salford in August 2021, not long after she had reported to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) that she had had her fingers and potentially one of her ribs broken.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Lynette Horsburgh |Charlotte Rowles |Aisha Doherty
A journalist was "mistakenly" told by police weeks before her death that she was not entitled to know if her former partner had any history of domestic abuse, an inquest has heard. Granada Reports news editor Teresa McMahon was found dead at her flat in Salford in August 2021, not long after she had reported to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) that she had had her fingers and potentially one of her ribs broken.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Angela Ferguson |Lynette Horsburgh
Three hospitals in Merseyside have been affected by a single cyber attack. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust said itself, the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital had been affected by the incident on Thursday. The hospital warned the hackers could release the data before it had had time to investigate. It added it was working with the National Crime Agency (NCA) to try to make sure systems were now secure.
