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Ruth Addicott @RuthAddicott
Joined November 2010
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'The dog that came to the rescue' - my story on eight year old Piper and a black lab called Howard, who changed her life, in the current issue of My Weekly #autism #supportdogs @supportdogsuk
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My piece on Becky, 51, who went from running around the block in 2017, to completing six major world marathons @My_Weekly #running #marathon #inspiration #musculardystropyuk
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'There were women trying to tell their stories, but nobody was listening' bit.ly/4ehW6iU - my piece in The Journalist on the #MagdaleneLaundries @lynnekell @StevenOR_ @PatsyMcGarryIT @WarburtonF18710 @NewDecadeFilms @mschrisbuckley
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My piece on Diana who lost both her legs to meningitis and how she never gave up on her Olympic dream #meningitis
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'Journalism combined with public inquiries is a powerful force', my interviews with reporters who covered the Manchester Arena attack bit.ly/4qg0wJX in the Oct/Nov issue of The Journalist #ManchesterArena #reporting #publicinquiry
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Christine Buckley@mschrisbuckley
3 Dec 2025
A seasonal trumpet blow: @NUJofficial won TUC union journal of the year! Second time in two years! Thanks to our great team including @surgerycreation @RaymondSnoddy @RuthAddicott
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First there were 500, then there were 40,000 - how to cover the world's biggest Elvis festival, my piece in The Journalist bit.ly/3JoQIwI @mschrisbuckley @NUJ_LFB @robbieegrif @owenmoneycomic #PorthcawlElvisFestival #Elvis #MadAboutElvis
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My story on Fizz, who goes to the job centre, bank, leisure centre, library, bingo & local bowls club. And once turned up at a pub five miles away - in this week's Take A Break @CatsProtection @Number10cat #catsprotection #nationalcatawards #Fizzwanderer
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Julie, Galia and Charlotte went on holiday - and it changed their lives, my feature @WomansWeeklyMag @BodyRetreatUK @DravetUK #lifechanging #holidays
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When Louise found herself homeless, it was Mitts, a tiny tabby, who came to her rescue... my piece on Mitts - one of the finalists at this year's #CatsProtection #NationalCatAwards in Best magazine @CatsProtection @Number10cat #cats
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My story on Val & how losing two husbands and finding love for a third time, inspired her to buy a home for the homeless, in the July issue of Take A Break @TheWallich @takeabreakmag #homelessness
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Floods, no fence and face to face with Liam - my piece on what it was like reporting from #Glastonbury back in the day, in the current issue of The Journalist bit.ly/3TFXTCI @punk_dreams @MatthewGeorgewh @musiciany @neil_mccormick @mschrisbuckley #GlastonburyFestival
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Christine Buckley@mschrisbuckley
2 Jun 2025
Essential reading, especially if you’re going to Glastonbury! @NUJofficial @RuthAddicott Also featuring @RaymondSnoddy on populism; @neil_merrick on AI; @stephaniecpower on podcasts
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'I heard him before I saw him' my piece on Trump & his encounters with the Scottish press in the latest issue of The Journalist bit.ly/4d0wW5P Thanks @StephenPaulStew @BRitchieGuitar Alicia Bruce & Edward Harbinson @mschrisbuckley @NUJ_LFB #Trump
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My story on Jen who went travelling with strangers & made friends for life, in the recent issue of Best #friendship #psoriaticarthritis #fibromyalgia #lifeafterdivorce
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'What shocked all of us was how quickly it spiralled...' In 2023, the Nicola Bulley case sparked a social media frenzy. I spoke to journalists who covered it @inzyrashid @EmmaSweeneyTV @Hollie_Savannah @ElizabethHaighx @jabberingjourno #NicolaBulley bit.ly/4h5wJi3
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My piece on Heidi and her amazing support dog Rolo, who helps her load the washing machine & even strips the bed, in the latest Womans Weekly #chronicfatigue #fibromyalgia #supportdogs #dogs @supportdogsuk
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My story on Jen & her epic challenge, hiking 1,000 miles across 10 national parks with her rescue dog Cookie, in Woman's Weekly Healthy Living @Jlowthrop @NationalParkFdn @pdnp_foundation @peakdistrict #nationalpark #hiking #northyorkmoors #yorkshiredales #LakeDistrict
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The extraordinary story of the #SalisburyPoisonings from reporters who were on the ground, my piece in The Journalist bit.ly/4alGtTj Thanks @WiltsRebecca @Joe_Journo @lukeharding1968 @RobertMurphyTV & James Fielding @mschrisbuckley #Novichok
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My piece on Diana and how losing both her legs to meningitis didn't stop her pursuing her Olympic dream, in this week's My Weekly @MeningitisNow #paralympics #paradressage #meningitis #Inspiration
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