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Sarah Collerton @SarahCollerton

BBC News journalist

Joined March 2009
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'I have nothing to go back to' - LA fires heartbreak

Lucy Sherriff had covered fires before for the BBC - this time one reduced her own home to ash.

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Robert Peston
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18 Nov 2024
Important podcast investigation by an ITV News team led by Dan Hewitt, Imogen Barrer and David Williams into the scandal of how a wealthy country like the UK deprived and deprives so many of decent homes. Essential listening Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/5Wf… Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

Introducing... The Trapped

The Trapped · Episode

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'My brother vanished on his greatest adventure' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-es…

Alex Ratnasothy: Sister's plea to find brother missing in Nepal for 20 years

Dr Anna Crozier says the search for her brother feels more "urgent" due to their father's illness.

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Tim Bale@ProfTimBale
11 Jan 2023
So @PaulBrandITV's "Partygate: The Inside Story" sounds like an absolute must-listen. Details here: itv.com/news/2023-01-11/part…. Summary by @e_casalicchio
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Pippa Crerar
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11 Jan 2023
NEW: Boris Johnson joked to No 10 staff “this is the most unsocially distanced party in the UK right now” during boozy leaving do. This by @PaulBrandITV in podcast series on #Partygate casts more doubt on ex-PM’s claim he didn’t know he broke rules. itv.com/news/2023-01-11/part…

Hear the new revelations and our whistleblowers in their own words | ITV News

Hear our whistleblowers in their own words and decide whether or not Boris Johnson knowingly mislead MPs based on what he saw in Number 10. | ITV National News

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'Our sons' birth family turned them against us' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57084243

Adoption: 'Our sons' birth family turned them against us'

There are calls for more support for adoptees - as social media searches for birth families rise.

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Hazel Shearing@hazelshearing
3 Apr 2021
I couldn't think of a headline to do these women's words justice. It's been a month since Sarah Everard disappeared. I am so grateful to Nina Gross, Lisa Squire & @VictimSupport for talking to me about what it's like when a personal loss becomes so public bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56575679

Violence against women: Loss, death and grieving in public

A month since Sarah Everard disappeared, two women share what it's like to grieve in the public eye.

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Craig Reucassel@craigreucassel
3 Apr 2021
Nothing could piss me off more than this headline. Being ANYONE in Australia gives you license to attack PM. So this must be suggesting that if we give you an award you have to shut up.
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2 Apr 2021
Since when does being Australian of the Year give you licence to personally attack our prime minister, asks @kylie_lang couriermail.com.au/news/opin…
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Addiction almost killed AFL star Rod Owen, but he was hiding the agony of abuse abc.net.au/news/2021-04-03/w…
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ᴇᴍᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ʜᴀʀᴛʟᴇʏ@EmmelineHartley
21 Mar 2021
I mentioned yesterday that I’d been scammed out of every penny I had. Thought I’d post what happened in case it helps anyone avoid being in the same position. Please save the lectures, I don’t think it’s possible for me to feel any stupider 🤦🏻‍♀️ #royalmailscam #safeaccountscam
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‘I caught Covid - and my father-in-law died’ bbc.co.uk/news/stories-55682…

Coronavirus doctor's diary: Karen caught Covid - and took it home

Everyone has heard about doctors and nurses catching Covid-19 but cleaners and porters have been worse hit.

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Man who believed virus was hoax loses wife to Covid-19 bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana…

Man who believed virus was hoax loses wife to Covid-19

A couple from Florida did not follow health guidelines after believing lies about the virus online.

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Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over Aboriginal cave destruction bbc.co.uk/news/business-5388…

Rio Tinto bosses lose bonuses over Aboriginal cave destruction

Executives at the mining giant Rio Tinto have had their payouts cut over the culturally important site.

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Coronavirus: Meet Britain's unlikely key workers bbc.com/news/uk-52979204

Coronavirus: Meet Britain's unlikely key workers

There are many key workers carrying on with jobs that you may not have realised are classified as critical.

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'I spent years as an innocent man in an Indian jail' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ty…

Chennai Six: Nick Dunn reveals what Indian prison life was like

Nick Dunn spent years in prison in India for a crime he did not commit. How did he cope?

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Video: How the super-rich are spending lockdown - it's bunkers! bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-52…

How the super-rich spent lockdown

Luxury Bunkers and Private Islands: How the super-rich spent lockdown

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Afghan maternity ward attackers 'came to kill the mothers' bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52…

Afghan maternity ward attackers 'came to kill the mothers'

The attack on an Afghan maternity unit was "methodical" and no mistake, says charity director.

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Last Nazi message intercepted by Bletchley Park revealed bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52583322

VE Day: Last Nazi message intercepted by Bletchley Park revealed

Released to mark VE Day 75 years on, the message reports British troops entering a Nazi stronghold.

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"It's like living with a bucket of nitroglycerine" bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52363197

Coronavirus: The parents in lockdown with violent children

When your own child is a danger to you, how do you endure the isolation of social distancing?

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'Nobody told us about the coronavirus pandemic' bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52332899

'Nobody told us about the coronavirus pandemic'

Before setting sail around the world, Elena and Ryan told their families not to give them bad news.

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