All news by author: Megan Banner

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Quaint Yorkshire town dubbed little Ibiza due to 'party central' reputation
A small market town has been dubbed party central by a new resident, but locals have rejected the label saying that while it is 'lively' it's not out of control
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Family had 'best Christmas' - then found baby boy dead in his cot on Boxing Day
Darren Midgley and Cheryl Szulhan's little boy Jack died in his sleep aged just 16 months on Boxing Day last year and now they face the prospect of Christmas without him
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Heartbreak as world famous train station cat Felix dies 'peacefully'
Since 2011, Felix and Bolt had been Huddersfield Station's senior pest controllers, but today it has been revealed that Felix sadly died 'peacefully' on Sunday evening
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Man's ear bitten off in casino brawl 'like something out of Tarantino movie'
Thug Christopher Bowes has been jailed for five years following the incident at the Opera House Casino in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in which he bit off part of Andrew Smythe's ear
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Two friends killed in triple stabbing pictured as heartbroken pals pay tribute
Tributes have today poured into Joshua Clark and Haider, two men stabbed to death in Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday as police continue to investigate the attack
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'I found a playground paradise for kids in Croatia - right by a swanky hotel'
Megan Banner visited Valamar Tirena Hotel in Dubrovnik, Croatia which has 208 rooms which have had a contemporary makeover and either look on to a lush green park or out to the Adriatic’s crystal clear waters
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Horror as schoolgirl, 8, breaks 15 bones in skull after fall at holiday park
Lily-Mae West was rushed to hospital following the fall onto "rock hard floor" at a holiday park in North Yorkshire but her family says she has been "so brave and positive"
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'Life on concrete jungle estate is so bad I go to bed and don't want to wake up'
An 81-year-old pensioner has told how her "jungle estate" in Leeds is falling apart and that along with "disgusting drug use" it has made her depressed to the point she "hopes not to wake up"
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Inside UK seaside town where people die 5 years earlier than surrounding areas
Life expectancy is years lower in Scarborough than elsewhere in the UK with residents claiming poor mental health services are partly to blame
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Summer warning as drivers face fine for wearing wrong shoes behind the wheel
Wearing unsuitable footwear at the wheel could land motorists an on-the-spot fine, driving experts say, as Brits are particularly warned against wearing flip flops
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Inside cellar 'unsuitable for humans' where man died as landlord jailed
Philip Sheridan, 36, died from smoke inhalation after the oven in the windowless converted cellar caught fire - with landlord Humrazz Shahid, 43, jailed for 13 months
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OAP has cash stolen moments after withdrawing thousands to mark beating cancer
The alleged victim, a man in his 70s, had withdrawn several thousand pounds from his bank to give to his children to spend to celebrate his recent recovery from the illness.
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Man died suddenly from rare disease on New Year's Day leaving family heartbroken
Jason Tolson succumbed to Anti-MDA5 Dermatomyositis at the age of 30, with his grieving father in law saying: 'The prognosis is very bleak because it is so rare they don't know how to treat it'