Author: David Pike

David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

Driver who rescued ‘kidnapped’ Alex Batty gives astonishing account of trek to safety as boy’s first texts emerge LBC says Brit Alex Batty, who is now 17, went missing in 2017 after going on a family holiday to Spain. He was found in France yesterday after hiking through the Pyrenees mountains for days to escape a ‘spiritual’ commune where he had been living. A concerned motorist spotted him walking along in the rain in the…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: Landmark COP28 climate deal & Gary Lineker comments  Thursday’s front pages cover various stories – from the COP28 climate deal to comments made by sports pundit Gary Lineker. Landmark COP28 deal agreed The Guardian leads on the COP28 climate deal which was agreed in Dubai in the early hours of Wednesday. The paper calls the agreement a “landmark” one as the almost 200 countries present agreed to “transition away”…

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One unaccounted for after industrial estate ‘explosion’ Firefighters continue to battle with a significant fire at an industrial estate in south Wales, with one individual still unaccounted for.  The South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is actively addressing the fire in various sections of Pontypridd. Although the police reported no serious injuries, the local MP mentioned the presence of “walking wounded.”  Social media images show a building engulfed in flames and smoke at Treforest Industrial…

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