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Kelly Foran

@KellyForan

All things @BBCNWT. Former national reporter for @itvnews. Outdoors lover 🌳 wannabe astronaut. 🚀

 Manchester, England
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Joined November 2009
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Girl's 30-shirt challenge during brain tumour treatment bbc.in/4ycrjKF
Girl's 30-shirt challenge during brain tumour treatment

Girl's 30-shirt challenge during brain tumour treatment

Bolton football fan, Lola, from Salford, is raising money for the hospitals which have treated her.

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The girl from Hulme has just won a @BAFTA for best Supporting Actress. Wunmi Mosaku sang in Manchester Girls Choir and studied at Trinity CofE High School then Xaverian College. Proof that a girl from a Manchester estate can follow her dreams and make it. Congratulations 👏
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Congratulations to Wunmi Mosaku who wins the BAFTA for Supporting Actress in Sinners ✨ #EEBAFTAs @WarnerBrosUK
A purple graphic with particle detailing that reads ‘Supporting Actress Winner 2026’ with the EE BAFTA Film Awards logo beneath it. There is an image from Sinners in a gold framed box and the text beneath it reads ‘Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners’

ALT A purple graphic with particle detailing that reads ‘Supporting Actress Winner 2026’ with the EE BAFTA Film Awards logo beneath it. There is an image from Sinners in a gold framed box and the text beneath it reads ‘Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners’

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If you are worried about family or friends who may be involved in today’s incident at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, Middleton Road, Crumpsall, you can call the Casualty Bureau on 0800 056 0154 or complete the online form here: mipp.police.uk/operation/NAT…
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Police responding to reports of stabbings at synagogue in Manchester bbc.in/46AO2FO
Manchester synagogue attacker was on bail after rape arrest, police say

Manchester synagogue attacker was on bail after rape arrest, police say

Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, had not been charged with the offence before launching a car ramming and stabbing attack on Thursday.

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Special visitor in what is now officially…The Royal Port of Barrow. Feels like the entire town is here!
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@BBCNWT6 Sep 2025
Three British nationals among 16 killed in Lisbon crash bbc.in/3JQcQRe
Families pay tribute to British couple killed in Funicular crash

Families pay tribute to British couple killed in Funicular crash

Kayleigh Smith and partner Will Nelson described as "selfless" and "caring" .

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Tim knew he didn’t have long left when he went on The Chase. It was his ‘bucket list’ thing to do! 🥹🥰 He’s still making people smile.
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Dozens of family and friends of teacher Tim McCarthy, who died just weeks after recording an episode of The Chase, gathered to watch him triumph on the quiz show at his local pub. Kelly Foran joined them to watch the emotional episode bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl…
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Dozens of family and friends of teacher Tim McCarthy, who died just weeks after recording an episode of The Chase, gathered to watch him triumph on the quiz show at his local pub. Kelly Foran joined them to watch the emotional episode bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gl…
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Mohammed Fahir Amaaz found guilty of assaulting police officers at airport in Manchester, UK, last year bbc.in/46uBlws
Man guilty of Manchester Airport attack on police officers

Man guilty of Manchester Airport attack on police officers

Mohammed Amaaz was seen attacking two female officers in footage shared widely on social media.

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For anyone interested - or not! - I make a surprise return to @BBCNWT tomorrow (Wednesday) evening for first time since I retired in 2011. Soft focus hopefully!! 😊
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When ⁦@mrgordonburns⁩ left ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ in 2011, he said his two interviews with Gee Walker were among his most memorable. Now he’s back on TV speaking to Dr Walker again to mark the 20th anniversary of Anthony’s murder. Watch it on TV at 1830. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9vr…
Anthony Walker's mum ready to ask son's killers for the truth

Anthony Walker's mum ready to ask son's killers for the truth

Dr Gee Walker opens up about how she has carried on in the 20 years since her son's racist killing.

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A privilege to meet PCSO Tim Parry, Sgt Greg Gillespie & PC Luke Holden for this interview. On eve of the first anniversary, they recall the day and pay tribute to the affected families. Watch on ⁦@BBCBreakfast⁩ at 0920 & ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ at 1830. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd2…
'We faced the Southport killer shoulder to shoulder'

'We faced the Southport killer shoulder to shoulder'

A year on, the officers who first faced the Southport killer discuss the impact of his attack.

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'We waived our right to anonymity to help others' bbc.in/4nLAo97
Sex abuse survivors 'waiving right to anonymity to help others'

Sex abuse survivors 'waiving right to anonymity to help others'

Two men who were abused as children meet for the first time to talk about what they went through.

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'I was asked why my children have type 1 diabetes' bbc.in/45Yk7at
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'I feel judged when I use my blue badge' bbc.in/4nvu5GJ
I feel judged when I use my blue badge, says Crohn's patient

I feel judged when I use my blue badge, says Crohn's patient

Amy White, who has Crohn's disease, says she notices strangers judging her for having a blue badge.

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BBC1 to us - ‘news will be on after the tennis concludes’. Eerm, we might be sat here for some time. 😂🤷‍♀️ 🎾 @BBCNWT
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I am reintroducing the Hillsborough Law to Parliament tomorrow. The Prime Minister promised he would do this. We are still waiting. As a Liverpool MP, the parliamentary lead for the Hillsborough Law now campaign, and a Hillsborough survivor – this is personal to me. My statement:
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Has Father's Day grief become a marketing tool? bbc.in/4jPXxUW
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Three charged with murder after boy, 14, stabbed bbc.in/45C91bd
Ibrahima Seck: Boys appear in court after 14-year-old stab death

Ibrahima Seck: Boys appear in court after 14-year-old stab death

Ibrahima Seck had been on his way to play football with his friends and brothers, a court hears.

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Ibrahima Seck: Parents of stabbed boy, 14, mourn 'caring' son - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgr…
Ibrahima Seck: Parents of stabbed boy, 14, mourn 'caring' son

Ibrahima Seck: Parents of stabbed boy, 14, mourn 'caring' son

Ibrahima Seck, who was killed on Sunday, was described as a "smiley, funny" boy by his parents.

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