Damon Wilkinson
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 107
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
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- Jul 4, 2026
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The rise and fall of Marcus Callaghan (opens the original)
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Marcus Callaghan was seeing in the New Year in style. Three rooms for some his best clients had been booked at the luxury four star Principal Hotel in Edinburgh. A VIP table had been reserved at the city's plush Opal Lounge bar. And as he racked up a £395 bill while sipping glasses of pink Champagne and downing shots from a magnum of vodka, Callaghan must have looked every inch the successful businessman he claimed to be. But in fact the money he was so conspicuously spending came from more nefa
'I know a jam butty is better than nothing — but our kids deserve better' (opens the original)
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The Rev Sandra Jones knows only too well what kids are like when they're hungry. As a primary school deputy headteacher she saw the impact time-and-time again - and the difference a healthy, balanced dinner can make. "I'm not against jam butties, my own children when they were little, I know jam butty is better than nothing," she said. "But you would see the variation in the lunch boxes. "If you can offer a child a good balanced meal it helps with concentration, it helps with learning it helps w
'I got his confession on Snapchat - then waited six years for justice' (opens the original)
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A sex assault victim who turned amateur detective to coax a Snapchat confession out of her attacker has told how her life was put on hold as she was forced to wait almost six years for justice. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said the 'traumatic' process meant she would now think twice before reporting a sex crime. She was in her late teens when she was sexually assaulted by 32-year-old delivery driver Christopher Hoyle during a date in Rochdale in October 2020. The pair had me
The teenage dealer known as 'Pablo' and 'the Rocket' line (opens the original)
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A teenage drug dealer known as 'Pablo' who ran a 'graft line' in Salford selling heroin and crack has avoided prison after being given a 'one and only chance' by a judge. Luke Gaffney was one of the main players behind the 'Rocket' drugs line which operated around Mandley Park in Broughton, Manchester Crown Court was told. It used runners as young as 15 and worked out of nearby properties which had been ‘cuckooed’ from their vulnerable residents to prepare and sell Class A drugs to addicts. Gaff
The Mancunian Way: Who is and who isn't? (opens the original)
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Today is going to be the day when hundreds of thousands of Oasis fans find out if they’ve bagged tickets for next year’s huge 42-date world tour. ‘WHO IS AND WHO ISN’T?’ asked Liam Gallagher on X, channeling Ian Brown at the Empress Ballroom, shortly after the ballot opened. In a fairly complicated process aimed at avoiding the almighty bunfight of last year’s reunion, this time a special system has been set up where fans receive codes giving them access to various time slots. There are three to
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