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Published in the Daily Mirror on August 14, 2009
Dramatic pictures of Davey Graham's rescue from a ferocious Taliban firefight brought home the realities of war in Afghanistan.
"Saving Private Graham" read the Mirror headline, alongside pictures of Davey being stretchered to safety. It was exactly two years ago today that he was shot in a gunfight with insurgents.
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Published in the Independent on Sunday on August 8, 2010
Money is poured into treating infertility. Advances in treatments mean eggs can be frozen for use later in life. Women can have children into their late forties, fifties or even sixties. Same-sex couples can have their own biologically-related families. Yet despite all the effort that goes into researching new ways to conceive, there is a shocking absence of research into understanding why pregnancies fail.
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Published in the Independent on Sunday on November 29, 2009
The Gulf state's dash for intense economic growth at breakneck speed was a project that was bound to fail. Karen Attwood and Mark Leftly report on an extraordinary tale of success leading to excess
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Published in the Independent on January 25, 2008
After weeks of rioting and unrest in the country, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and the opposition leader Raila Odinga shook hands yesterday and agreed to try to end the crisis that has led to the deaths of 600 people and the displacement of 250,000.
But the tribal violence sparked by the East African nation's disputed elections last month amid claims of vote rigging has already caused $1bn damage to the economy. There are fears that Kenya's image as an oasis of calm in the continent, and the perfect holiday destination, has been destroyed.
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Published in the Evening Standard on September 16, 2009
Felicity Prazak, 54, moved from Battersea to the Libyan capital last summer to get answers from the authorities about the crash which killed her husband, Victor, when he was flying home for Christmas on 22 December in 1992.
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Published in the Daily Mail on February 2, 2010
With travel services group Travelport leading the way with a £2.2bn stock market listing, London appears set to become a hive of investment activity once more.
But bankers warn there is only a small window of opportunity to get deals away before a spring General Election brings uncertainty back to the City.
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Published in the National on June 21, 2008
The boy racers on their jet skis could be seen in familiar poses just off the Corniche: jumping, turning, challenging one other to race.
Although they are warned to stay away from coastal areas, the advice is frequently ignored, as are the dangers. Only last weekend, two Syrian men drowned after their driver lost control of his jet ski in the waters off Fujairah.
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Published in the Daily Mirror on November 18, 2009
After the father of baby RB finally made the heartbreaking decision on Friday to allow his son’s life support machine to be switched off, we speak to two mums who faced the same agonising choice..
Debbie Ruskin’s daughter Lisa was born with heart and lung defects in April 1987. While Debbie, a counsellor from Manchester, was still coming round from an emergency caesarean she was urged to give consent to turn off her baby’s life support machine. Lisa was two hours old when she died in Debbie’s arms.
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Published in the National on December 20, 2008
Few would have predicted a year ago that jitters in the financial sector would end in the collapse of some of the best-known names in international banking and the decimation of top-level jobs. But since the fall of the once-mighty Lehman Brothers and the buyout of Merrill Lynch, insecurity has reigned. Tales of doom and gloom still dominate the headlines from New York to London to Tokyo. Earlier this month, figures from the US revealed that unemployment had hit its highest rate for 15 years, while the number of workers filing new claims for jobless benefits surged to its highest in 26 years. And after years of soaring house prices on the back of cheap credit, the collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market and the ensuing credit squeeze have put an end to easy mortgages.
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Published in the Daily Mirror on September 23, 2009
When single mum Ebony Vincent moved on to one of Britain's most notorious estates, she couldn't be blamed if she'd just bolted her door on all its troubles.
After all, the crime-ridden Beaumont Estate is in one of the most deprived areas in the country, teenage pregnancy and unemployment rates are among the highest and drug abuse is rife.
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