Stewart Whittingham

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Stewart Whittingham

She was branded the most hated woman in Britain after paying more than £8,000 to buy twin babies from the US on the internet. Judith Kilshaw found herself at the centre of an international scandal after adopting the six-month old girls who had already been sold to a childless couple in America. More than 20 years on, Judith admits her life had been 'plagued' by the global controversy which ended with her losing the children - along with her home and her marriage.

1 week ago | aol.com | Stewart Whittingham

A riding school that provides discount pony lessons to inner city children "means everything" to the young people involved, its boss has said. Park Palace Ponies in Dingle, Liverpool, will close on 28 June if it does not raise the nearly £300,000 it needs to secure funding for three years. Staff have now been given redundancy notices but chairwoman Pamela Allen said they "won't give up without a fight".

1 week ago | bbc.com | Stewart Whittingham

Riding school 'won't give up' despite funding gapStewart WhittinghamPark Palace PoniesThe school offers riding lessons to children between the ages of five and 10A riding school that provides discount pony lessons to inner city children "means everything" to the young people involved, its boss has said. Park Palace Ponies in Dingle, Liverpool, will close on 28 June if it does not raise the nearly £300,000 it needs to secure funding for three years.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Stewart Whittingham

Festival hit by stage closure over crowd safetyStewart WhittinghamPAParklife started life in Rusholme in 2010 before moving to Heaton Park in 2013One of the stages at a city's biggest music festival had to be closed on the final day due to health and safety fears. Revellers at Manchester's Parklife were moved from the Matinee stage as it was shut down at 18:30 BST on Sunday as headliner Chris Stussy's set was cancelled.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Stewart Whittingham

Missing teen's mum welcomes grooming inquiryStewart WhittinghamFamily photoCharlene Downes disappeared in Blackpool in 2003 but has never been foundThe mother of a 14-year-old girl believed to have been murdered more than 20 years ago has welcomed the announcement of a national grooming inquiry. Police believe Charlene was one of a number of girls who were sexually exploited in the Lancashire resort. Charlene disappeared near the town's North Pier on 1 November 2003, but has never been found.