Search results for ‘Katie Razzall’
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Businessman’s £1m adoption mission
One of Britain’s best-known businessmen has pledged £1m to help adoptive parents overcome difficulties. Katie Razzall meets the man who has fostered more than 90 children and adopted two.
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‘Night Stalker’ defendant in the dock
The jury at Woolwich Crown Court has heard the man accused of a string of rapes and burglaries cross-examined over his claim that he was set up. Katie Razzall gives her account of the proceedings
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Investigation into ‘abuse of 20 children’ under way
An investigation into the suspected sexual abuse and exploitation of up to 20 children has been launched by police. Katie Razzall has been in Torbay to look into developments.
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‘Tiger mothers’: the Chinese route to success?
What do the Chinese know about parenting that we don’t? And would their methods ever be acceptable over here? Katie Razzall meets the author of a controversial new book on “tiger mothers”.
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Ex-Conservative Peer denies expenses fraud
Former Conservative Peer Lord Taylor of Warwick appears in court accused of falsely claiming more than £11,000 in subsistence and travelling expenses reports Katie Razzall.
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Three-year-old’s death sparks parents’ swine flu campaign
A couple whose 3-year-old daughter died of swine flu over Christmas are campaigning for the Government to rethink its policy not to vaccinate children deemed not at risk, as Katie Razzall reports.
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Coalition fault lines, from Westminster to Chippenham
Cuts, job losses and price hikes – 2011 looks set to test stress points in the coalition. Katie Razzall returned to Chippenham to find out how Tory and Lib Dem rivals are getting on at local level.
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Chandlers will be home ‘very soon’
The freed Somali hostages Paul and Rachel Chandler are expected to return home from Nairobi “very soon”. Katie Razzall gauges the reaction of the UK Somali community to their kidnapping, and release.
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Paralympics: war veterans aim for sporting glory
Two men who fought for their country in Iraq and Afghanistan are now aiming to be on the British team for the London 2012 Paralympics. Katie Razzall writes about their impressive journey.
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Ashes hero Andrew Flintoff quits cricket
Andrew Flintoff is retiring from cricket with “disappointment and sadness” as a result of injury problems. Katie Razzall speaks to his friend and former teammate Darren Gough.
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Battle of Britain remembered, 70 years on
On the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, a statue is erected to the then-RAF chief, Sir Keith Park, an “unsung hero” of the conflict, as Katie Razzall discovers.
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‘Plan B’ for rescue of trapped Chile miners
Mining engineers in Chile have come up with a “plan B” to rescue the 33 men trapped deep underground at the San Jose mine, which could see them rescued sooner. Katie Razzall reports.
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2012 Paralympic preparations get underway
As preparations begin for the Paralympic training camp in Bath, Katie Razzall speaks to London 2012 hopefuls who hope to continue Britain’s winning tradition at the games.
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England’s blind footballers prepare for Paralympics
With London’s Paralympics just two years away, Channel 4 News’s Katie Razzall writes about her visit to see the English blind football team as they compete at the World Blind Football Championships.
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Teething problems with free nursery system
Parents are facing what are effectively “top-up fees” as well as less choice of nurseries in the UK, in spite of government drives to increase free nursery provision, as Katie Razzall reports.
