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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New name for Manchester’s Factory art centre as multi-million pound sponsorship deal announced
This year’s Manchester International Festival is getting underway with dance, music and super-sized inflatable art.
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Nicola Bulley’s family condemn ‘wildly inaccurate’ speculation about her death
Nicola Bulley’s family have attacked what they said was “wildly inaccurate speculation” about her death on social media as a coroner found she drowned after accidentally falling into cold water.
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Nicola Bulley died of drowning, inquest told
When Nicola Bulley went missing in January, the case attracted conspiracy theorists and armchair detectives.
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Elle Edwards: Woman shot dead outside pub was ‘wholly innocent’ victim of feud
A woman shot dead outside a Merseyside pub on Christmas Eve was a “wholly innocent” victim of a feud between rival groups, a court heard today.
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Manchester Arena Inquiry: Victims’ families have ‘little faith’ that changes will be made
The devastating details of the many missed chances to stop a bombing and of the failings following the attack at a pop concert that killed 23 people in May 2017 have been laid out in three damning reports.
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Lucy Letby trial: Nurse accused of murdering seven babies accused in court of crying over own plight
The nurse accused of murdering seven babies in a Chester hospital has been accused in court of crying over her own plight rather than over their deaths.
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TransPennine Express to be brought under government control
Rail passengers in northern England have long complained that TransPennine Express trains were unreliable.
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‘We are enjoying an increase in arrests’ says Greater Manchester Police
Colin McFarlane, Assistant Chief Constable, tells us the Greater Manchester Police are “enjoying an increase in arrests” which is putting “positive pressure” on their serving officers.
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Greater Manchester Police making ‘disproportionate arrests’
An investigation by Channel 4 News has uncovered serious concerns among serving officers at Greater Manchester Police who’ve told this programme they’re taking “unacceptable risks” and that “dozens of inappropriate and disproportionate” arrests are being made every week.
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel: The gang rivalries and violence which led to child being shot
Oliva’s murder has inevitably raised questions about the gang rivalries and violence that led to a child being shot dead in her own home.
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Man accused of Olivia Pratt-Korbel murder was ‘high-level cannabis dealer’
The man accused of killing nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool last August has admitted that he was a “high-level” cannabis dealer.
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Can the UK budget get people back to work?
If today’s Budget was all about expanding the workforce – there were plenty of workers today who were staying away – 400,000 public sector staff, from teachers to tube drivers were all out on strike in their long running disputes .
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Extreme weather warnings issued across UK with blizzards and high winds expected
Extreme weather warnings have been issued for large parts of the UK – with blizzards, high winds and up to 40cm of snow expected in the worst hit places.
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel screamed ‘Mum, I’m scared’ seconds before she was shot, court told
The man accused of killing nine-year-old Olivia Pratt Korbel was in “ruthless pursuit” of his target when he gunned her down – in what prosecutors described as a shooting gone “horribly wrong”. Manchester Crown Court heard that Thomas Cashman, who’s 34, was chasing after Joseph Nee when he stormed into the little girl’s home, carrying…
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Do we as a society take indecent exposure seriously?
Our North of England correspondent Clare Fallon has done a significant amount of work looking into the crime of indecent exposure and how the police and criminal justice system responds to it.
