Rachel Smith

Crime / Justice/ lover of cats / trying to raise decent humans / journalist @LiveLancs [email protected]

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@CharlieMoloney @MENnewsdesk Thank you Charlie, that’s very kind to say. It’s been a harrowing case but I hope I did justice to the innocent little boy at the heart of it all 🕊️

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@Matt_Pinner Rocky

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@Matt_Pinner Just call me Ma’am

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@AMAZlNGNATURE One will see you later, the other in a while

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@LukeBeardsworth @pressgazette Great work!

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@jameshjourno Amazing - well done James :)

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@cateblanchetts Don’t fight it! I’d love to read this ❤️

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@MiekaSmiles I’m digging them - they suit you

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Laura Langley was accused of murdering her baby daughter. Four years later her name has been cleared: https://t.co/03ErsFm0EA

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@OneWayMusicX In hindsight Joy Division but at the time I’d have picked the Smiths

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@tomrosenthal Thank you!

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@MiekaSmiles @Daily_Express Congrats! 🙌

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Huw Edwards admitted making indecent images of children, so why isn’t he in prison?
https://t.co/apcn9QI88v

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@fliceverett Standard I’m afraid. I see these cases all the time

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One neighbour told me he thought someone had crashed into his house. “I was in the front room on the computer and there was a hell of a bang. It went on for three or four seconds. The whole house shook. All the neighbours came out to see what had happened. I hope everyone is okay

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Ribble Valley police have issued the following statement

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A Longridge resident has shared this drone footage from the scene

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Neighbours are describing a “gut wrenching bang” which rocked the houses in neighbouring streets.
One woman told me “it was so loud I thought it had come from my own house.”

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I am at the scene of an explosion in Longridge. One man has been taken to hospital and the house is badly damaged