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Joe Harrigan

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Down all the years, down all the days Chief Reporter at The Bolton News, also seen in The Bury Times, Lancashire Telegraph and others. NUJ member

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Woman killed her partner in high speed crash after leaving wedding party A woman killed her partner by driving into a tree at high speed after leaving a wedding party, a court had heard.

There were "no winners in all of this"

23.01.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Head of body resigns over man who wrongly served 17 years for rape The head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has resigned and told The Times she was β€œmade a scapegoat” over the Andrew Malkinson case.

The head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has resigned and told The Times she was β€œmade a scapegoat” over the Andrew Malkinson case.

14.01.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"You and he were *buddies* weren't you?"

14.01.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Husband and wife 'enslaved' women kept as sex workers with 'false debts' A pair of traffickers kept women β€œenslaved” with β€œfalse debts” while making them work as prostitutes, a court has heard.

β€œText messages show the victims were often in debt to the defendants but unaware as to why or how much.”

18.12.2024 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Murder investigation as man dies after reports of assault A murder investigation is underway into the death of a man after a suspected assault last weekend.

A murder investigation is underway into the death of a man after a suspected assault last weekend.

18.12.2024 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'We won't be crying about it' as milk spilled all over major Bolton road Police were called to the town centre yesterday evening to deal with a huge milk spillage across a major road.

No use crying over it...

17.12.2024 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I spent a couple of years trying to steer grieving families through court processes at Leicester. The sheer despair when the case would get adjourned yet again was palpable. The judges were regretful and had no choice, but sometimes it felt like cases would never conclude.

04.12.2024 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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