Clare Fallon , North of England Correspondent
Clare Fallon is the North of England Correspondent for Channel 4 News.
Clare joined Channel 4 News in 2018 having spent almost two decades covering some of the biggest stories in the North of England for both television and radio news.
Most recently she was Social Affairs Correspondent for the BBC in the North West, where she covered the bomb attack at Manchester Arena in which 22 people were killed.
Clare was also responsible for a series of exclusive reports exposing the failings in the response to the death of Cumbria toddler, Poppi Worthington. Her work on the story was mentioned in the House of Commons.
Having previously worked for Sky News and ITV Granada, she covered the riots in Manchester and Liverpool in 2011 and worked extensively on the Rochdale grooming case, for which she won a Royal Television Society award.
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Campaigners seek to turn disused Victorian tunnel in Yorkshire into cycleway
Campaigners seek to turn disused Victorian tunnel in Yorkshire into cycleway
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What impact will HS2 have on wildlife?
Ancient woodlands and animals like the barn owl and water vole are the subject of a new report, which claims the scale of destruction that HS2 would bring, is not a price worth paying.
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Police and council failed child victims of Manchester grooming gangs, says report
Today’s report into grooming gangs in Manchester concludes that police and social services failed to protect dozens of children and didn’t pursue prosecutions, despite victims giving them names and addresses of abusers.
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‘It’s the end of the line for Northern Rail’, says Transport Secretary
“It’s the end of the line for Northern Rail” – that’s the verdict of the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. He travelled to Leeds – by train- to say that the much-criticised train operator would likely lose its franchise within months.
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Most prolific rapist in UK history jailed for life
Reynhard Sinaga raped so many men that his crimes were divided up into four different trials.
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Train commuters hit by fares hike
Returning to work after the Christmas break is never easy – but getting there by rail is tougher still as commuters were hit with another fare rise.
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At least twenty dead in Philippines Christmas typhoon
At least 20 people have been killed and thousands forced to flee their homes after a powerful typhoon swept across the central Philippines.
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Conservatives win Blair’s former Sedgefield seat
It was always considered rock solid Labour, but now Sedgefield has a new Conservative MP.
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‘The Red Wall’ falls as Labour lose historically safe seats
Our North of England correspondent, Clare Fallon, is in Wakefield – one of that swathe of seats which switched from red to blue.
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Racism in key Brexit Party campaign
Undercover filming inside the Brexit Party reveals racism and bigotry from two officials fighting for key Hartlepool seat.
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Hillsborough families condemn Duckenfield trial verdict
The families of Hillsborough victims have branded the trial of match commander David Duckenfield a disgrace after he was cleared of charges of manslaughter by gross negligence.
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How climate change is impacting the UK’s most significant wildlife reserves
It makes for bleak reading, but the U.N. says drastic action is the only way to avoid the worst effects of climate change: the world, it says, has procrastinated too long.
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Fears for flooded Yorkshire village as more rain forecast
Residents of a severely flooded village in south Yorkshire have been warned more rain is on the way – with five severe flood warnings in force along the River Don.
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Flooding expected in northern England until mid-week
The remaining residents of Fishlake in South Yorkshire have been urged to leave their flooded village because yet more rain is forecast.
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PM denies floods are ‘national emergency’ as Corbyn calls for inquiry
A woman who died after being swept away by flood water has been named as Derbyshire’s former high sheriff Annie Hall. Seven severe flood warnings remain in place along the River Don.
