All news by author: Lucy Thornton

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Princess Diana club Noel Gallagher and Lily Allen are fans of heads to UK city
The Groucho Club, famed for its A-list celebrity members, is to open new premises in the grounds of Yorkshire Sculpture Park and will be based in the Grade II listed Bretton Hall near Wakefield
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Funeral home probe prompts family and business calls for compulsory inspections
Funeral experts are demanding for inspections to be mandatory after families were left heartbroken when police removed more than 30 bodies from a funeral parlour following concerns in Hull
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Cops give major update on funeral director probe as 'human ashes' recovered
Humberside Police revealed over the weekend a man, 46, and a 23-year-old woman were arrested as investigations into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors continues
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Grieving daughter fears she 'kissed dad's empty coffin' amid funeral probe
Billie Jo Suffill is one of dozens of people who fear they have been impacted by a funeral director probe in Hull, after police raided a parlour and 34 corpses were removed
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Families fear loved ones' bodies 'were in mortuary when they were given ashes'
Police took action after reports of concern for care of the deceased. Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. Some 34 bodies have so far been removed and taken to a nearby mortuary
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Mum of missing daughter on heartbreaking gesture with her empty house
For Joan Lawrence Mother's Day is always the hardest day of the year - bringing back memories of her daughter's disappearance in 2009 - but now Joan wants to make sure Claudia's empty home is put to good use
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Man who stabbed fiancée when he found out about affair dies in police chase
Ben Crosby, 46, hit fiancée Becci Rees-Hughes, 37 on the head with a baseball bat before stabbing her 26 times died in a police chase, an inquest in Hull was told
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Police officer wounded in bungled robbery says they 'didn't have a chance'
PC Sharon Beshenivsky was killed and her colleague Teresa Milburn wounded during a raid on a travel agents. The mum was the seventh serving UK policewoman killed in the line of duty
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Florence-Ivy's smile of hope as donor agrees to life-saving liver transplant
Florence-Ivy Langton will get a shot at life thanks to an anonymous donor who came forward agreeing to a liver donation following a Mirror campaign, with the four-month-old undergoing the transplant at Leeds Children's Hospital
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40 years after the pits closed, Britain's mining towns still suffer
Four decades after Britain's miners came above ground to fight plans to shut down their pits, a new survey found former pit towns are still falling far behind the rest of the UK because of lack of investment
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Police accused of 'waiting for miners to die' as strike files remain concealed
Many picketing miners think South Yorkshire Police orchestrated the violence at the coking plant near Rotherham on June 18, 1984 and have been campaigning to have the police files made available
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Heartbreaking Miners' Strike memories from eating squirrels to sinister calls
On the 40th anniversary of the mining strikes, the strikers and those branded 'scabs' are telling their stories at the National Coal Mining Museum and revealing horrifying tales
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'Tidal wave' of pensioner poverty with half of over 50s terrified of retiring
A 67-year-old pensioner told The Mirror how he was “scared” about the future and had been forced to take a job as a taxi driver after he was surviving on just £6 a month
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Pensioner forced to return to work after being left with £6 a month to live on
Rob Trewhella, 67, says all the money he gets through his State Pension is spent on his rent, council tax and electricity - forcing him to take a job as a taxi driver to survive
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Cancer patients wait too long for treatment leaving families heartbroken
Cancer patients in the UK are waiting too long for treatment, according to the findings of two new studies. Cancer UK has called on the Government to do better
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Teachers 'fear going to work' as horrific stories of abuse and violence emerge
Behaviour in schools is becoming a major issue for teachers across the UK with suspensions rising to 247,366 in the 2023 autumn term from 129,151 in the autumn term of 2016
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Claudia Lawrence's mum has heartbreaking plans to mark her daughter's 50th
Claudia, a chef at York University, was last seen on March 18, 2009 but her mum won't give up hope that she'll be found and is pleading for anyone with information to come forward
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Driver filmed dancing and using her phone moments before crash that killed woman
Molly Mycroft, 21, has been jailed after footage showed her giggling and using her mobile phone as well as going through red lights before killing a woman days before her 21st birthday
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Brits' favourite family dinner confirmed and it gives fish and chips a battering
Brits have given their votes for the country's favourite family dinner in new research and the winner took into account people tackling a cost of living crisis and looking for a healthy alternative
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Four-month-old baby in race against time to find liver donor to save her life
Florence-Ivy Langton is in intensive care in Leeds Children's Hospital and in desperate need of a liver transplant. Her parents say she has never given up and nor will they
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Divorce at lowest rate in 50 years as cost of living makes it too expensive
Figures from the Office for National Statistics shows divorces are at their lowest rate in over 50 years - with experts putting it down to the cost of living crisis
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Guinness World Records strip 'oldest dog' of title after investigation'
Guinness World Records said they no longer had the evidence needed to support Bobi’s age claim. Pet owners around the world are being invited to put forward bids for the crown
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Fergie warns people not to skip cancer checks as 'days could make difference'
Sarah Ferguson has marked Cancer Prevention Action Week by urging people not to skip cancer health checks after she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in January
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Prince William's heartfelt message to highlight 'human suffering' in Middle East
Prince William will chat to workers providing humanitarian assistance in the Middle East and meet youngsters in a synagogue to discuss the rise of hate crimes and anti-Semitism
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Queen loved horse racing 'naughtiness' and giggled at jockeys with bums in air
Sports presenter Clare Balding says she thinks the late Queen 'loved the naughtiness of racing' and recalls how she learned to ride on a 'little fat Shetland pony' that had been a gift from the Monarch