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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Rotherham child abuse: Police without right skills still taking on child sexual exploitation cases, says police watchdog
Police officers without the right skills or training expected to take the lead on child sexual exploitation cases in South Yorkshire – that’s not a situation from the past, but one of the problems identified today by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
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HS2: Government accused of ‘betraying’ North and Midlands over scrapped rail extension
The government says the new plan is in fact the “green signal” for a network of modern high speed rail. Boris Johnson called the package “fantastic, monumental”.
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Yousef Makki inquest: Stabbed teenager’s death not unlawful killing
The family of a teenager who died after being stabbed in the heart say they are “disgusted”, after a coroner failed to return a verdict of unlawful killing at an inquest into his death.
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Poppy Day Bombing: Liverpool attack suspect details emerge
The investigation into the suspected suicide bomb attack in Liverpool is “moving at pace” according to security minister Damian Hinds, who said it could be weeks before the full picture became clear.
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Liverpool hospital taxi explosion: Man killed named as Emad Al Swealmeen
The man killed in an explosion outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital has been named by Counter Terrorism Police North West as 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen.
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Threat level raised after Liverpool taxi explosion declared terror incident
Mystery still surrounds the events that unfolded on Sunday, but within two hours Merseyside police had arrested three men in their 20s and a fourth man was detained today.
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Azeem Rafiq: New chair of Yorkshire Cricket Club apologises unreservedly to ex-player
The new chairman of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Lord Patel, has offered an unreserved apology to Azeem Rafiq over the way his allegations of racism and bullying were handled, and said he should be praised for his courage in speaking out.
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Yorkshire suspended from hosting international and major matches following racism allegations
Yorkshire County Cricket Club have been suspended from hosting international and major matches following allegations of racism by former player Azeem Rafiq.
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Homes evacuated and bridges swept away as flooding hits Scottish borders
Hundreds of homes have been evacuated, trains cancelled and two bridges have been swept away by surging floodwaters. All this after as much as a month’s worth of rain fell in the last couple of days, with more flood warnings in force across much of the country from Cornwall to Edinburgh. We reported from Dumfries,…
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Budget 2021: What chancellor’s budget looks like at sharp end
How has the chancellor’s budget gone down with people dealing with all the economic pressure and uncertainty of these times?
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Different decisions could have stopped Manchester Arena attack, senior MI5 officer says
A senior MI5 officer has told the inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing that different decisions could have stopped the atrocity from happening – although he said the judgment made not to put the attacker Salman Abedi under investigation had been “sensible” at the time.
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£6.9bn to be unveiled for public transport in next week’s Budget
English regions will be given a total of almost seven billion pounds to improve urban transport, to be unveiled in next week’s Budget.
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Police commissioner resigns after Sarah Everard comments backlash
The North Yorkshire police and crime commissioner has resigned after suggesting that the murdered woman Sarah Everard should have been more “streetwise” about police powers.
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Exclusive: Over 20 indecent exposure reports every day last year, police data shows
More than 45,000 reports of indecent exposure have been recorded in England and Wales in the past six years, with over 20 cases a day in 2020, according to exclusive figures obtained by Channel 4 News.
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Industry leaders seek urgent action from government on rising energy prices
Leaders from industries most affected by the surging gas prices have been meeting the business secretary today, calling on the government to take urgent action.
