All news by author: Jonathan Blackburn

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'Crater' pothole leaves couple stranded for eight hours on return from holiday
Becky Parker, from Staffordshire, has told how her family's return from holiday turned into a nightmare with her car hitting a "crater" pothole that burst a tyre and left them stranded for eight hours
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Heartbroken family's tribute to NHS worker killed in crash 6 days after retiring
Former NHS worker Helen Kilch was in the passenger seat when the Kia she was travelling in collided with a black BMW on December 21 in Staffordshire. She was pronounced dead at the scene
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Disabled man can't go to favourite aquarium anymore due to 'appalling' policy
John Griffiths accused Blue Planet Aquarium in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, of disability discrimination after he was told that the firm's policy does not allow entry for his son's two carers using his season pass
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Man, 28, 'gave up' trying to speak to his GP - then he was diagnosed with cancer
Dan Godley was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when his unbearable symptoms left him with no alternative but to go to A&E after the line of communication with his doctor ended
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Couple 'heartbroken' after selling home for now-scrapped HS2 project
A couple from Cheshire say they are 'heartbroken' after selling their home to HS2 - just months before the project was scrapped north of Birmingham.
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Mum and daughter terrified as they spot 'ghost car' while driving down road
A mum and daughter said they saw a car coming towards them with headlights on, before disappearing - and claimed that two months later, they witnessed a similar strange incident
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'I was a happy young mum until I posted a selfie and my whole life changed'
Georgia Croud, now 26, recalls the day five years ago when her life was irrevocably altered by "intense and sustained" body shaming after she posted what she thought was a harmless snap
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Chaos at Crooked House pub site as woman hit by car and two people attacked
Staffordshire Police have launched an investigation after a woman was hit by a car shortly after two people were attacked near the remains of the Crooked House pub in Himley, Staffordshire
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Horror moment two teens walk across top of railway bridge in 'act of stupidity'
Two teenagers have been filmed walking across the top of the steel girders of a railway bridge in Staffordshire in what has been branded "absolutely disgraceful" and "an act of stupidity"
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'Cowboy builder' who uses 7 different names added to police's most wanted list
Stephen Fidler is wanted by several forces across the UK for allegedly fleecing customers after advertised building or decoration projects on online bidding sites
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Woman brought so much misery to residents that she's now banned from entire town
Lauren Wilson, 26, described as a "prolific offender" by local police, faces being thrown in jail if she enters Macclesfield town centre before April 2026
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Inside deserted UK shopping centre which was once Europe's biggest indoor mall
Shopping City in Runcorn, which opened in the 70s, and once drew in customers from Manchester and Liverpool is now a shell of itself