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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From the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award to Accrington Camera Club: Prince Philip’s lasting legacy
The Duke of Edinburgh devoted much of his energy to supporting charities becoming patron of many well known organisations and some not so well known. Like the Accrington Camera Club – which back in 1977, wrote him a letter on spec when they wanted funding to mark the Silver Jubilee. To their huge surprise, a…
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Covid vaccine: Sister of blood clot victim ‘strongly believes’ people should get the jab
Dr Alison Astles said her brother Neil had been “extraordinarily unlucky” – and has urged people to “keep saving lives” by getting the vaccine.
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Will UK aid cuts put us in danger of missing future pandemics?
They have already spent four years and many millions of pounds, but now scientists say a research project into the spread of diseases in parts of Africa will effectively go to waste – because the funding has been cut just months before it was due to be completed.
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Boarding school Ampleforth College initially failed to pass on abuse allegations to authorities
One of England’s most prestigious boarding schools has confirmed to this programme that it initially failed to pass on details about allegations of serious peer to peer sexual abuse to the relevant authorities.
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People aged over 70 and frontline healthcare staff could start getting vaccine booster shots from September
People aged over 70 and frontline healthcare staff could start getting vaccine booster shots from September – under plans to protect them against new Covid variants.
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Football child sexual abuse report accuses FA of ‘institutional failings’
An independent review into historic child sex abuse in English football clubs has found that the Football Association did not do enough to keep children safe because of “significant institutional failings”. The report, which looked into the abuse of children between 1970 and 2005, said the FA acted far too slowly to introduce child protection…
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More men died from Covid, but women took on most unpaid work, new analysis shows
New analysis from the Office of National Statistics shows that men and women have not been affected equally by the Covid crisis.
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How drug and alcohol addiction has soared in lockdown
For millions of people who struggle with mental health issues, the isolation and stress of lockdown has made life even more difficult.
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Ampleforth College faces questions over pupil safeguarding
In November the school was banned by the government from accepting new pupils, after it failed to show inspectors that it could keep them safe.
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Boris Johnson ‘optimistic’ about plans to ease lockdown restrictions in England
Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to set out plans for easing lockdown restrictions in England later this month.
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Libby Squire: man found guilty of murdering Hull University student
A 26-year-old man has been found guilty of raping and murdering the Hull university student, Libby Squire, before dumping her body in a river. Pawel Relowicz picked up the 21-year-old student as she walked through the streets after a night out. But it emerged that the Polish butcher had a history of sex crimes, which…
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Covid vaccine plant in Wrexham evacuated after suspicious package found
Police and bomb disposal teams have been at a Covid vaccine processing plant in North Wales investigating a suspicious package. The company insists its production schedule was not affected.
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Storm Christoph brings heavy snowfall and floods to parts of UK
Torrential rain, severe flooding, hundreds of people forced from their homes – the reality of our climate crisis as Storm Christoph hits large parts of the country. There’s been heavy snow in Scotland and flood alerts across swathes of north west England and Wales. Emergency crews worked through the night to prevent flood damage at…
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Storm Christoph raises risk of ‘significant flooding’ across England
Weather warnings for heavy rain are in force across the UK as Storm Christoph moves in.
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Rising Covid cases in Carlisle lead to some patients being transferred miles away
Carlisle has seen some of the sharpest rises in Covid rates in England.
