All news by author: Dave Higgens

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Tributes paid to mum and daughter murdered in Cheadle as man is arrested
Staffordshire police confirmed they had arrested a 68-year-old man on suspicion of two counts of murder after 91-year-old woman who was found dead alongside her daughter at their home
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Hospital alert as 24,000 letters meant for GPs lost in computer error
Newcastle Hospitals has apologised "for any anxiety or inconvenience this may cause" as it confirmed documents including discharge summaries and clinic letters may not have been sent to GPs
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Hairdresser stabbed husband in the heart in row during Christmas holidays
Teresa Hanson killed her husband Paul in the kitchen of their home three days after Christmas last year. The 54-year-old woman has today been found guilty of murder
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Hotel owner who ran over bride's mum before wedding cleared of causing death
Nicholas Bannister had been on trial for the death by careless driving of Judith Wadsworth, whose daughter was to get married hours later, but was formally acquitted yesterday
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Teen who died from ecstasy at festival preyed on by 'child catcher' drug dealers
David Celino, 16, died after falling ill at Leeds Festival in August last year after taking ecstasy, with his dad Gianpiero Celino telling an inquest dealers are targeting youngsters like the 'child catcher'
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CCTV video shows moment killer uncle at waste land where he dumped niece's body
Mohammed Taroos Khan, 53, killed his niece Somaiya Begum, 20, on June 25 last year, before dumping her body on waste ground. It was found decomposed 11 days later
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Police inspector guilty of misconduct for groping two teenage girls
Humberside Police Inspector Craig Mattinson, now 47, was found guilty of gross misconduct on Thursday at a police disciplinary hearing in East Yorkshire, after he inappropriately touched two teenagers
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Fake doctor duped NHS £1.3m using forged qualifications to pursue 22-year career
Zholia Alemi claimed she graduated from the University of Auckland before working for more than two decades as a practising shrink in the NHS
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Hundreds of residents forced to leave housing block ruled 'serious risk to life'
Horrified fire fighters were left appalled at the hazardous state of the building in Leeds, and were forced to immediately evacuate the hundreds of students living there
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Student who died after 4 remote consultations would have lived if seen in person
The coroner heard how David Nash’s condition deteriorated on November 2 and he and his partner made five calls to NHS 111, which his parents have described as “shambolic”.