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Phil McCann

United Kingdom

Senior Journalist and Reporter at BBC

BBC reporter for North West Tonight. Dad. Dog owner. Petrol.

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  • 1 month ago | yahoo.com | Tanya Gupta |Phil McCann

    A paedophile who stolen a terminally ill man's identity and spent almost three decades on the run has been convicted of 54 child sex abuse charges. Richard Burrows "acted like a coward and fled the country" leaving his victims to suffer, police said after he was convicted at Chester Crown Court. During his trial, the court was told he abused boys as young as nine while a housemaster at a Cheshire boarding school and as a scout master in the West Midlands between the late 1960s and mid-1990s.

  • 2 months ago | msn.com | Phil McCann |Tanya Gupta

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  • Jan 6, 2025 | msn.com | Phil McCann

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  • Dec 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Phil McCann

    The aunt of an ITV journalist found dead at her flat three years ago has said she hopes an upcoming inquest will “get to the truth” about how her niece died. A recent court case heard that Teresa McMahon, 43, had reported domestic abuse to police a fortnight before she was found dead in Salford in August 2021. Former ITV presenter Lucy Meacock described the on-off relationship Ms McMahon was in as “volatile”.

  • Oct 18, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Phil McCann

    Jerry Ward is likely to be in bed until next year [BBC]An RAF veteran and former pilot with tetraplegia says a lack of specialist disability care staff in hospitals has left him with a pressure sore which could confine him to his home until next year. Jerry Ward, from Cheshire, said he developed the sore after being moved incorrectly by staff at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, where he was admitted in September because his specialist homecare team was not allowed to enter the ward.

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Phil McCann
Phil McCann @phi1mccann
9 Jan 25

I’ve been speaking to a survivor of a grooming gang in Oldham - ‘Sophie’ says the govt should lead an inquiry in Oldham - but not a national inquiry into grooming gangs. She said inquiries should cover “all sexual abuse” and worries Oldham would be overlooked. From @BBCNWT: https://t.co/9SchRqpiIY

Phil McCann
Phil McCann @phi1mccann
22 Nov 24

Bomb disposal on scene at Chester bus station: https://t.co/kFTp9JETVC

Phil McCann
Phil McCann @phi1mccann
10 Jul 24

I’ve found somewhere with a roof to watch #EnglandNetherlands - a big barn that’s been turned into a rural fan park in the Cheshire countryside near Northwich. Will be live on @BBCNWT at 6.30… https://t.co/0LQHDmfihS