All news by author: Gary Porter

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Angry residents say 'having Domino's pizza in our town will lower house prices'
More than 40 locals objected to the high street pizza chain Domino's claiming opening it would lead to lower house prices and the small village feeling in Biddulph
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Girl's screaming dismissed as 'night terrors' before devastating diagnosis
Madeleine Cooper, from Stoke-on-Trent, was found to have stage four cancer after her screaming during the night had previously been put down to "night terrors", her parents claimed
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Woman sent home to spend final days with family before one thing saved her life
Becca Smith, 31, was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 2020 and was sent home to spend her final days with her loved ones - before a biopsy gave her some hope
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Teacher's epic effort to get back for school as easyJet flight delayed by a week
Helen Smith was among hundreds of passengers stood in long queues frantically trying to find a solution after scores of flights to the UK were grounded on Bank Holiday Monday
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Grandad vows to fight council in court over £160 parking fine for 10 minute trip
The 67-year-old said he will not pay the penalty 'out of principle' but is worried that debt collectors could turn up 'banging' on his door if the case is left unsettled
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Family holiday turns into 'nightmare' as they discover flight 'doesn't exist'
Neil and Michele Travis spent £6,000 on business class with Aer Lingus from Manchester Airport to visit friends, but their connecting flight at JFK International Airport to Fort Lauderdale with Jet Blue did not exist
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Hundreds of Evri parcels stolen on wheeled cages as police probe warehouse raid
Police say the parcels - the majority of which were from the delivery company Evri - were wheeled down the street on wooden pallets and in cages