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.

Wrexham nurse sacked after death of secret lover patient in car park Penelope Williams, a nurse who didn’t call an ambulance after a patient she was having an affair with collapsed and died, has been sacked. Williams had been having a secret relationship with the man, known as Patient A. In January 2022, the pair met up late at night in a hospital car park. Patient A was found unresponsive with his trousers down and…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Tuesday’s front pages focus heavily on the high cost of living in the UK – in particular, accusations that supermarkets have been charging drivers filling up at the pumps 6p per litre more than they should have been last year. Many of the papers feature images from day 1 of Wimbledon after a day of high action, rain and drama. Cost of living pressures The Telegraph leads with supermarkets…

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Hottest June kills UK fish and threatens insects The UK recorded its hottest June on record which was so hot it caused unprecedented deaths of fish in rivers and disturbed insects and plants, environment groups have warned. Nature is being “pounded by extreme weather without a chance to recover”, the Wildlife Trusts said. The Met Office will say later on Monday if the high temperatures were linked to climate change. Water UK said people also…

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Crucifix returned from England to France after 107 years A cross has been returned to France after more than 107 years in an English church. A group of people travelled more than 300 miles from England to France to return the crucifix retrieved from the rubble of a church in WW1.  The cross came from the church of Doingt-Flamicourt, which was destroyed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. It is believed that the…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Sunday’s front pages cover a variety of topics. Several of the papers feature an image of Prince George with his father Prince William and PM Rishi Sunak watching the Ashes at Lords. Sundays papers The Sunday Telegraph leads on the French protests. The paper says President Macron dispatched the elite police tactical unit to Marseille, as the protesting continues. The paper quotes one police union as saying clashes on…

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