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John Besley

Reporter · GB

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  1. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · John Besley

    Man appears in court charged with murder over house fire that killed girl, 7 (opens the original)

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    A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murder following a house fire that killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt. Officers were called to reports of a blaze at Birchington Avenue in Grangetown near Middlesbrough at 5.23am on 26 August. Natalie McDonald, 34, and her niece Valentina Foster both died while four people were injured. Jaden Wright, 23, of no fixed address, appeared before Teesside Magistrates’ Court for a hearing which lasted less than two minutes. He briefly greeted

  2. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · John Besley

    Laura Dern pays tribute to ‘dream leading man’ Sam Neill (opens the original)

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    Sam Neill’s Jurassic Park co-star Laura Dern has paid tribute to the actor after his death aged 78, calling him a “true and noble gentleman, wrapped up in my dream leading man”. The Northern Ireland-born New Zealand actor, best known for playing Dr Alan Grant in the blockbuster franchise, died in Sydney, Australia, on Monday. A flood of tributes have poured in for the actor, led by his Jurassic Park co-stars including Dern, who played paleobotanist, Ellie Sattler, and Jeff Goldblum. In a p

  3. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · John Besley

    New police images released to mark 25th anniversary of Peter Falconio’s murder (opens the original)

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    Police in Australia have marked the 25th anniversary of the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio by releasing new images from their investigation, in the hope it “could lead police to Peter’s remains”. Bradley John Murdoch was convicted in 2005 of murdering Mr Falconio, 28, and assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees at gunpoint on a remote stretch of road near Barrow Creek in Australia’s Northern Territory on July 14 2001. Mr Falconio and Ms Lees, both from Huddersfield, West Yorks

  4. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · John Besley

    Police arrest 28-year-old man on suspicion of the murder of Ann Widdecombe (opens the original)

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    A 28-year-old man has been arrested in South Yorkshire on suspicion of the murder of former MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe, police said. The former Conservative minister, and later Reform UK spokesperson, was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor at about 11.40am on Thursday after sustaining serious injuries. A statement from Devon and Cornwall Police, late on Saturday, said: “We can confirm that a 28-year-old man was arrested at an address in the South Yorkshire area this evening (July 11) on

  5. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · John Besley, Press Association

    Man, 28, arrested on suspicion of murder of Ann Widdecombe (opens the original)

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    A 28-year-old man has been arrested in South Yorkshire on suspicion of the murder of former MP and MEP Ann Widdecombe, police said. The former Conservative minister, and later Reform UK spokesperson, was found dead at her home in Haytor on Dartmoor at about 11.40am on Thursday after sustaining serious injuries. A statement from Devon and Cornwall Police, late on Saturday, said: “We can confirm that a 28-year-old man was arrested at an address in the South Yorkshire area this evening (July 11) on

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