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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Most of northern England faces toughest Covid restrictions after lockdown
Both the health secretary and the prime minister praised Liverpool for getting its case rate down. The city entered lockdown under Tier 3, but will exit it in Tier 2. For most places in the north of England though, it was a different story. Tier 3 beckons for much of the region, including Greater Manchester.
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New £4 billion fund to ‘level up’ UK economy
The chancellor has announced a new fund, worth £4 billion, which he says will put into action the government’s election mantra of levelling up the UK economy.
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Former FA head says ‘lack of leadership’ over football’s handling of Covid
With fans banned from grounds and some lower league football clubs struggling to survive, the chairman of Tranmere Rovers says there’s been a “complete lack of leadership” from those in charge of the sport. Mark Palios, who’s also a former Chief Executive of the FA wants stronger regulation of the sport. Our North of England…
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Chancellor set to unveil delayed infrastructure plans with focus on North-South divide
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to unveil the much-delayed National Infrastructure Strategy next week. Setting out plans for some 100 billion pounds of public spending, Wednesday’s announcement will focus on tackling the climate crisis and investment in transport. Our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon is in Birkenhead now. Clare, there’s expected to be a…
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How people with learning disabilities are coping in lockdown
A major study has been launched aiming to speak to over a 1,000 people and families to see how they are coping with lockdown.
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Millions face tighter Covid restrictions as cases rapidly rise in England
With West Yorkshire now set to move into Tier 3 and millions more people in the West Midlands and Tees Valley expected to join them imminently, is the current localised approach working or sustainable?
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Manchester Arena steward says attacker’s behaviour didn’t raise suspicions beforehand
A steward who saw the Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi three times in the run-up to the explosion says the attacker’s behaviour didn’t raise any suspicions until minutes before the bombing.
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Covid: Was there a North-South divide in England?
Figures show that the proportion of deaths in the north of England were 14 per cent higher than the south between March and July.
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Greater Manchester MPs accuse government of ‘waging war’ on region
Local MPs accuse the government of “waging war” on people in Manchester.
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Johnson ‘will need to intervene’ in Greater Manchester if no Covid agreement
Another one and a half million people in England will be living under the strictest coronavirus restrictions from tomorrow.
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Manchester mayor battling against Tier 3 restrictions
We got more reaction from Manchester.
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Strict Covid rules come into force in Liverpool
Liverpool is the only tier 3 lockdown area in England.
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Manchester avoids tier three Covid alert status
In Liverpool, there will be a tier three lockdown, but other areas are facing a major challenge to avoid being put into the highest risk category – like Greater Manchester.
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Liverpool city region first part of England at ‘very high’ Covid alert level
We have been finding out how people in Liverpool have been coping with the restrictions and how they feel about the new changes.
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Country at ‘precarious point’ in covid crisis, scientists warn
Boris Johnson has been briefing cabinet ministers today about the new three tiered lockdown system for England – amid stark warnings by leading scientists that the country is at a ‘precarious point’ in the coronavirus crisis.
