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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Manchester shopping centre stabbings: man arrested on suspicion of terror offences
A 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism – after three people were stabbed at Manchester’s Arndale centre this morning.
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Manchester council’s no-deal Brexit plans
Clare Fallon has the latest.
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Johnson confronted on street while others shake his hand
Boris Johnson was confronted by a woman in Doncaster who told him “people had died due to austerity” and ” he had a cheek coming to her town” .
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Geoffrey Boycott ‘couldn’t give toss’ about knighthood criticism
Theresa May’s resignation honours list has sparked criticism today. She once joked that she “retched violently” when David Cameron knighted his press chief Craig Oliver
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Extinction Rebellion block one of UK’s most polluted streets in Manchester
Activists from Extinction Rebellion took their message to the streets of Manchester today.
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Bury FC expelled from English Football League
After 134 years, Bury Football Club could be liquidated after their expulsion from the English Football League last night.
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Number of students passing GCSEs edges up
The number of students passing their GCSEs or scoring top grades has edged up for the second year running – despite claims that the exams have got harder.
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Whaley Bridge reservoir engineers say three years until it’s fixed
Engineers working on the Whaley Bridge dam say it could be three more years until it is fully fixed.
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Yungblud on being a socially conscious artist and defying gender norms
The musician Yungblud has been described as a socially conscious artist – who writes genre defying protest songs.
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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.
