Sudden death of Warrington teenager

Police investigating this tragic death are looking at the possibility that the girl may have taken an illegal substance.

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Remembering Warrington bomb victims

Twenty years since the IRA bombing of Warrington the father of one of the victims has recalled the day he lost his son.

12 year old Tim Parry was killed in the blast along with 3 year old Johnathan Ball. Since their deaths Colin Parry and his wife Wendy set up a Foundation for Peace in the town.

Today a service will be held in the town at 1200 to mark 20 years since the tragedy.

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Memories and the legacy of the Warrington bombings

When two young boys were killed in the Warrington bombings 20 years ago, it was seen as a watershed in the Northern Ireland peace process.

Three- year-old Johnathan Ball and Tim Parry who was 12 died. Fifty six others were injured by the bomb.

The Prime Minister at the time, John Major, said 'the true horror of that day struck deep into the British psyche'.

That horror will be remembered tomorrow as the town stops to pay tribute to the victims before the 20th anniversary of the attack.

Our Correspondent Ashley Derricott reports:-

Calls for second review into Shafilea's murder

An anti-forced marriage charity is calling for a second serious case review to be held into the death of Shafilea Ahmed.

The Warrington schoolgirl was murdered by her parents in 2003.

The trial of her father Iftikhar Ahmed and mother Farzana Ahmed heard they tried to force her into a marriage she didn't want.

Karma Nirvana, which campaigns against forced marriages, is now calling for lessons to be learned from her death.

Andy Bonner reports.

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Inquest into 'tragic' hang-glider death

A coroner has described an accident in which a teenage hang-glider enthusiast died as, "tragic". Lois Preston, who was from Warrington, was just sixteen when she died.

Her inquest heard that for some reason she failed to take evasive action when she got into difficulties and crashed at an airfield in Derbyshire.

Wesley Smith was at the inquest.

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