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  • 1 week ago | msn.com | Sophie Doughty

    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.

  • 1 month ago | msn.com | Sophie Doughty

    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.

  • 1 month ago | dailyrecord.co.uk | Sophie Doughty |Gemma Ryder

    Wayne Davison, described as "pure insanity" launched a savage attack on Colin Rutherford. A thug who ended the life of a “loving and harmless” man in a savage attack then boasted about it to anyone who would listen was jailed for life. Colin Rutherford, 34, was brutally murdered by Wayne Davison in a shocking attack during the first Covid lockdown, all over a £10 debt.

  • 2 months ago | chroniclelive.co.uk | Sophie Doughty

    It was a crime as shocking as it was brutal. Today marks one year since Gary Belfield was stabbed to death by teenagers who turned-up at his home to launch a senseless attack, at the request of a schoolgirl. The 40-year-old did not stand a chance when he was knifed repeatedly during the senseless assault, in which his son Luke Williams was also seriously injured.

  • 2 months ago | gazettelive.co.uk | Sophie Doughty |Jade McElwee

    An investigation is underway after a prisoner was hurt in a disturbance involving inmates at a North-east prison. A spokesperson for HMP Northumberland confirmed that one man was hospitalised following the incident on Friday and has since been discharged. Northumbria Police are looking into the matter, which reportedly involved a male prisoner assaulting two others. A separate internal inquiry is being conducted by Sodexo, the company that operates the prison.

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Sophie Doughty
Sophie Doughty @Sophie_Doughty
21 May 25

Today we met friends of Tjay Davidson at the spot where he was killed in a motorbike crash in Walker just hours earlier. They said his death had left them feeling “destroyed” https://t.co/ahWK6ep0Qk

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20 May 25

RT @danhollandnews: Interesting day in Leeds yesterday with mayors, Angela Rayner, and Sir Brendan Foster talking about the Great North.…

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19 May 25

RT @samuelevolpe: Really enjoyed putting this together. Not many papers can say they and their readers paid for heart transplants... https…