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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Corbyn outlines plan to save Britain’s high streets
Jeremy Corbyn says he has a plan to save Britain’s high streets from a retail apocalypse and promises to reclaim abandoned shops and “revive” Britain’s town centres.
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Thousands gather for 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre
Thousands of people have been taking part in a ceremony in Manchester today, marking the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre – when it’s thought 18 people were killed and hundreds injured as they gathered to demand democratic reform. A tragedy which became the first step towards political democracy and the right to vote.
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How does the farming sector need to adapt in the face of global warming?
Our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon has been meeting environmentalists in Yorkshire who are working to restore the land’s ability to capture carbon.
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Boris Johnson announces spending boost for prisons
The Prime Minister has announced another spending boost for the justice system, with a hundred million pounds promised to improve prison security.
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Arsonist jailed for life following extradition from Pakistan
Shahid Mohammed fled the country while on bail and was only extradited from Pakistan last year.
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Derbyshire dam at risk of bursting after thousands evacuated
They’ve been working non-stop, but Whaley Bridge is not out of danger yet. The damaged dam protecting this sleepy Derbyshire town is creaking and could still collapse.
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Thousands evacuated after Derbyshire dam wall partially collapses
Thousands of residents of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire are being evacuated from the town because there are fears a dam may collapse.
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Johnson heads to Scotland as no-deal Brexit planning stepped up
I want us to “go the extra thousand miles” to reach a new Brexit deal, Boris Johnson declared today, describing the existing agreement as “dead”.
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Boris Johnson promises billions for transport links, homes and further education
In a speech in Manchester Boris Johnson promised billions of spending on improving transport links, building beautiful new homes and addressing the underfunding of Further Education colleges.
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Anti-Johnson protesters make their voices heard
Boris Johnson is nothing if not a controversial choice for Prime Minister. It’s fair to say that whichever way people think about him, they have a strong opinion.
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Manchester Arena bomber’s brother to appear in court charged with murder
Greater Manchester Police have been waiting for two years to bring Hashem Abedi back to the UK.
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Scotland drug deaths per head highest in world
A complex range of factors are to blame say the Scottish government, and they want the powers devolved from Westminster so they can bring radical measures to tackle what they describe as a crisis.
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‘Catastrophic errors’ in operation that led to fatal shooting of unarmed man, inquiry finds
A public inquiry has concluded that police made “catastrophic errors” in an operation that led to the fatal shooting of an unarmed man.
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‘We were sidelined from Idris Elba project’, say female writers at Manchester International Festival
It’s billed as 18 extraordinary days of art, but the Manchester International Festival, which opens today, has been caught up in an row about who wrote one of the plays that is having its premiere there. “Tree” was the brainchild of Idris Elba, but two women writers who were involved in the early stages say…
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The mothers skipping meals to feed their children
Young mothers seeking to work and become financially independent are struggling against a background of low pay, zero hours contracts and benefit cuts, according to the charity The Young Women’s Trust.
