Katie Dickinson
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Schools to close as A66 crash funeral expected to cause âtraffic disruptionâ (opens the original)
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Several schools will close early on Friday due to âcongestion and traffic disruptionâ expected during the first funeral for one of five young men killed in a head-on crash on the A66. Four schools in Middlesbrough have confirmed they will close their doors at lunchtime as âlarge numbers of peopleâ are expected to descend on the area. The funeral is understood to be for Jakub Matusiak, also known as Jacob, who was one of five young men killed when a Volkswagen Passat hit a marked armed re
Newborn baby girl found in Sheffield house died from stab wounds, police say (opens the original)
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A newborn baby who was found dead in a Sheffield property died from stab wounds, police said. A murder investigation was launched after the baby girl was found dead in the Wincobank area of Sheffield on Sunday. Officers received reports of concern for the safety of a baby at 5.58am, South Yorkshire Police said. They searched a property on Holywell Heights where the baby girl was found. Despite the best efforts of officers and paramedics, the baby was pronounced dead at the scene, the force said.
Toddler drowned in garden pond on Christmas Day in âmost tragic of circumstancesâ (opens the original)
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A toddler drowned in her garden pond on Christmas Day after going missing for just five minutes. Two-year-old Isobel Abigail Maxwell had been celebrating the occasion with her extended family at her parentsâ home in Doncaster when she got into the garden. An inquest at Doncaster Coroners Court heard that no one heard her go outside, and it was also not known which of the three sets of doors she had used to exit the house. The familyâs dogs were let out into the garden at some point during th
Woman killed in house fire was ânot involved with gangs or A66 crashâ, brother says (opens the original)
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The brother of a woman who died in a house fire which also killed a seven-year-old girl has said she was not involved with gangs. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to the fire which took the lives of Natalie McDonald, 34, and seven-year-old Valentina Foster, as well as injuring four others. Investigations were continuing into the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, which was only a mile away from the scene of a head-on collision which killed two police officers a
Girl, seven, and aunt died in house fire a mile from A66 crash site (opens the original)
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A young girl and her aunt died in a house fire near Middlesbrough, less than a mile from the site of a crash on the A66 which killed seven people, according to a new report. Valentina Foster, aged seven, and Natalie McDonald, 34, died after the blaze at an end-of-terrace property in Birchington Avenue, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough. Ms McDonald’s mother, Lisa Kirton, told The Times that her daughter “was a beautiful, bubbly person who everyone knew” and that Ms McDonald’s niece was “a very cute
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