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Teens 'took it in turns' to sexually assault woman at house party and filmed it
George Johnson and Vincenzo Montessori have been jailed after they were caught on video sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman at a house party in December 2020
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Man 'cries his eyes out' as he's handed envelope by stranger after losing £3,000
A man said he was 'crying his eyes out' after a stranger handed him an envelope in the street - after he had just lost thousands of pounds in cash from a bank withdrawal
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Man slashed with knife at junior football match in front of terrified children
A man was arrested on suspicion of Section 18 wounding and police have launched an urgent appeal for witnesses
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'Defenceless' nan shot dead at home 'would give you the last coin in her purse'
Jaqueline Rutter, 53, was killed in her Merseyside home in October 2022 in what police described as a 'targeted attack'. Her family said she was 'a defenceless grandmother'
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Nan, 81, slams 'dreadful UK hotel without flushing toilet and hot water'
Beryl Mellor travelled over from Alicante to Southport for her son's birthday but said her stay in the Royal Clifton Hotel, owned by Britannia Hotels, was "dreadful"
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Man 'shot in face' inside flat and airlifted to hospital as police rush to scene
Emergency services dashed to a flat in Old Swan, Liverpool, where a man was found with a severe gunshot injury - and he's since been taken to hospital via air ambulance
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'Young lads with air rifles' shoot 60 pigeons dead in horror canal rampage
An estimated 60 dead pigeons were spotted floating near the towpath of the Leeds Liverpool canal in Ormskirk, near to Black-A-Moor Lane in Lancashire, with a witness blaming 'lads with air rifles'
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Carer punched woman, 91, - and was caught thanks to victim's five word clue
Jack Winter left the elderly woman with "extensive bruising" after the attack at Brooklands Care Home in Old Swan, Liverpool, where he had only been working for two weeks
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Mum's hunt for mystery taxi driver who gave son '3 extra days' to say goodbye
When a taxi driver found David Clarke "in distress" in Liverpool city centre after he suffered a cardiac arrest, he stopped and desperately started CPR on the man
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Dad stabbed to death in street 'didn't deserve for his life to be taken away'
Gerard Hand, 44, was stabbed to death in Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside, on November 22. His family now paid tribute to him, saying he was 'full of life' and 'ill never be forgotten'
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Mum claims son, 5, is 'lucky to be alive' after vicious dog attack
Laura Piert has revealed her five-year-old son, Jaxon, was out playing with a friend in St Helens, Merseyside, when he needed to be rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog
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Little boy 'wouldn't be here' if dad hadn't picked up urgent phone call at 2am
Aedan Klieve was born with severe kidney disease and has been on medication and dialysis at Alder Hey Children's Hospital his entire life - a call in the middle of the night changed everything
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Man's eye test before anniversary cruise sees him rushed straight to hospital
Retired IT Project Manager Dave Gibb, who previously lived in Gayton and Willaston, was due to go on a cruise to celebrate his 40th wedding anniversary with wife Carole
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Mum lifted up son's Halloween mask and rushed him straight to A&E
Vicky Winn said she initially brushed off her son's symptoms for nursery illnesses - but after she lifted up his Halloween mask, she discovered his condition was something more serious
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GP warns of common 'modern lifestyle habit' causing health issues
Old habits die hard - but if you want to beat some health issues which you just can't seem to get the better of, it may be your "modern lifestyle" tendencies which are getting in the way, according to a GP
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Vicious thug kneed woman so hard she can no longer go to the toilet properly
Jade King brutally kneed her victim so hard she had to spend 10 days in hospital and be fitted with a catheter in the vicious attack in Warrington town centre
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Three-year-old's horrifying face injuries after being attacked by French Bulldog
WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGE. The boy was attacked by a family member’s French Bulldog which resulted in him losing 60 percent of his top lip
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'Infertile' woman in shock after cancer scare turns out to be surprise pregnancy
Sarah Pickles was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer back in 2014 and three years later after spotting 'shadows' doctors feared the disease had returned and spread
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'My partner died from a brain tumour - two years later I had his baby'
Lauren McGregor, who lives near Hale Village, Merseyside, said her husband Chris began having random hot flushes and struggled to remember her name - before being diagnosed with astrocytoma
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Heartbroken mum sent home from work with backache given just weeks to live
Christine Emery, from Warrington, first went to the doctor after being signed off for a week by her employer, Lidl. However, she was later given just eight weeks to live, leaving her family heartbroken
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Autistic woman banned by TUI after stepping into plane's kitchen during flight
TUI staff placed Victoria Devorie, from Liverpool, on the airline's banned list over what she claims was a misunderstanding which escalated into a row with a cabin crew member
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Couple's TUI holiday nightmare as illness forces them to fly home 3 days early
Terry, 35, and Sarah Hawkins, 32, were among some tourists who became unwell after travelling to Rixos Sungate resort in Antalya, Turkey - and have now instructed lawyers to take legal action
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'Idyllic' UK national park has thatched cottages, classic pubs and wild ponies
Olivia Williams samples the delights of an amazing weekend at the Balmer Lawn luxury spa hotel, set amid the spectacular wildlife and nature of Hampshire's New Forest
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Boy injured as inflatable ball blows away in strong wind with him trapped inside
An air ambulance has been dispatched to Victoria Park in Southport, Merseyside, following the accident understood to have been caused by a "freak gust of wind" this afternoon
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Dad-of-3 found dead in lorry trailer after 'being passed from pillar to post'
Drew Howe, aged 26, was found dead in the trailer of his lorry after taking his own life an inquest heard with an assistant coroner saying he had been "passed from pillar to post" as he sought help
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