One of the lead trending stories in the UK today reports that a 10-year-old schoolgirl, on a school trip, was killed in a mudslide.
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Now, it has been revealed that a joint investigation is being carried out by North Yorkshire Police and the Health and Safety Executive to establish what happened.
Leah Harrison, 10, was caught up in the disaster near Carlton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, while on the trip to Carlton Adventure after a morning of persistent rain.
In a statement released on Thursday, her family described her as a “happy” girl who dreamed of playing for the Lionesses.
Year Six pupil Leah Harrison, from Darlington, died following an incident at Carlton Bank on the edge of the North York Moors on Wednesday 22 May.
Former Post Office Chief Executive Paula Vennells has acknowledged that the testimony she provided to MPs in 2012 regarding issues with the Horizon IT system was inaccurate.
Paula Vennells faced heavy criticism over her handling of the Horizon affair, finally stepping down from her role as Post Office chief executive in February 2019.
Paula Vennells has said she was “too trusting” as she was asked if she was the “unluckiest CEO in the United Kingdom”. Giving evidence on her first day at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Wednesday (22 May), Jason Beer KC asked Ms Vennells: “Do you think you are the unluckiest CEO in the United Kingdom?”
Paula Vennells repeatedly burst into tears during her first appearance at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry as she mounted a desperate bid to salvage her reputation. The disgraced former boss of the Post Office offered an apology to subpostmasters caught up in the scandal, dubbed the worst miscarriage of justice in British history.
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One of today’s biggest trending stories is a report on the British man who died on board a Singapore Airlines flight hit by severe turbulence. He has been named as Geoff Kitchen.
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The contaminated blood scandal, also known as the infected blood scandal, is a British medical scandal in which a large number of people were infected with hepatitis C and HIV.
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Monday’s front pages are dominated by the imminent findings of the infected blood inquiry and Manchester City winning their fourth consecutive Premier League title.
On the international front, the Cannes Film Festival and the helicopter crash that killed the Iranian president also make several leads. Many of the papers went to print before it was confirmed the president had been killed in the crash.
On the back pages, Manchester City’s Premier League title win- as well as Pep Guardiola’s hint that he could leave at the end of the next season lead the papers. Many of the newspapers feature special pullouts bidding farewell to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.
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