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Lara Olszowska - News Reporter

Lara Olszowska is a freelance reporter and features writer. Her byline appears in The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Evening Standard, The i paper, Tatler, Time Out, Business Insider, Monocle, Wonderland, Prospect and more. She speaks Russian, Spanish and French.

Coverage: UK News

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Creator of BBC drama Sherwood to make the Sheriff of Nottingham 'young, queer and female' in a bid to modernise the historic honorary role

20/08/24 06:34

The title, a historical role that is currently held by a councillor to promote the city, has long been associated with the Robin Hood villain, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Graham's BBC drama Sherwood, which is inspired by real events and set in the Nottinghamshire mining village where he grew up, stars David Morrissey and Lesley Manville with Three Girls actress Ria Zmitrowicz joining as the Sheriff....read

Pictured: Father, 35, stabbed to death just weeks before he was due to go on honeymoon - as man, 33, is charged with murder
20/08/24 05:25
Greg Marshall, 35, was found by police with stab wounds at around 4.45am on Saturday morning in York. He was rushed to hospital, but tragically pronounced dead.
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A young mother stalked by a rapist and murderer while he was freed on bail says she has now been left too traumatised to leave the house
18/08/24 03:26
The 31-year-old was forced to carry a panic alarm and is still too traumatised to leave the house by herself having been stalked and propositioned for sex by murderer Cameron Allan.
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Schoolgirl, ten, stuns experts after unearthing dinosaur footprints that had laid undiscovered for 200 million years
18/08/24 11:37
The youngster, named only as Tegan, was scouring the beach when she spotted a series of similar shaped holes on the stoney shore.
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Predatory A&E doctor who sexually harassed workmate and patient is struck off for disgraceful behaviour
18/08/24 08:57
Dr Mohamed Elmashy persistently made unwanted advances to the two women while working in the A&E department at North Manchester General Hospital, a tribunal heard.
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Team GB hero Tom Daley hails 'pretty sturdy' Olympic Village beds as inventor hits back at critics branding the Paris 2024 designs 'anti-sex'
24/07/24 12:56
Daley, who is competing for his second Olympic gold medal, posted a video online to prove the beds are sturdy, despite being made from a cardboard base.
RICHARD EDEN: I can be saucy at any age! Sharon Stone hits back after being criticised for recreating her iconic Basic Instinct scene (32 YEARS after starring in the film!)
24/07/24 12:38
The star, 66, has hit back, telling me: 'We get to grow older. It's ridiculous that you're only supposed to be OK when you're 20. What the f***.'
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Four children whose removal into foster care sparked Leeds riots are returned to live with their extended family
23/07/24 10:01
The children were previously staying with other family members when police and social workers took them into emergency care on Thursday.
Greenpeace activists were 'reckless' when they climbed onto roof of Rishi Sunak's constituency home in anti-oil protest, court hears
23/07/24 06:14
Amy Rugg-Easey, 33, Alexandra Wilson, 32, Mathieu Soete, 38, and Michael Grant, 64, are on trial over the demonstration.
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Who's that pecking at the door? Family captures moment young woodpecker suddenly appears on their video doorbell
23/07/24 04:30
Joanne and Paul Jones, who run a cleaning company in Kent, shared the funny moment with Ring after they were alerted by the motion on their Ring Video Doorbell.
Seedy seaside pervert, 46, who was found with 330 indecent images of children as well as bestiality pictures is told to 'get out more' by judge as he is spared jail
16/07/24 07:41
Pritchett, 46, of Withernsea, East Yorkshire admitted three offences of making indecent images of children and another of possessing extreme pornography.
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He's stumbling home! Moment England fan falls over and breaks his porch on his way back from the pub after the Three Lions' defeat to Spain in Euro 2024 final
16/07/24 06:38
Jason Cook got back from the pub with wife Joanna and stepson Alex Barber. He leant on a wooden pillar, which fell down under his weight and he tumbled to the floor.
Moment bungling armed police arrest mother with baby in her arms at London airport after mistaking her for a fugitive
16/07/24 06:08
Horrified Brazilian-born Alline Fernandes Dutra was stopped as she checked in baggage for a family trip to Italy from the airport.
Revealed at last: Princess Diana's most discreet confidant who she affectionately nicknamed 'Collie'
12/07/24 08:35
As head housekeeper to Diana's parents at Park House on the Sandringham estate, Violet Collison was asignificant figure in Diana's formative years but was kept hidden from the public eye.
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Hot Equerry sets pulses racing at Trooping the Colour as he arrives arm-in-arm with his PR exec girlfriend
15/06/24 03:02
Heads turned as Lieutenant Colonel Thompson arrived arm-in-arm with PR executive Olivia for Trooping the Colour this afternoon.
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Boy, 12, is killed by hit-and run BMW driver as police launch appeal for witnesses
15/06/24 12:06
The collision took place on Friday shortly after 4.30pm on Radford Road. Despite the best efforts of the ambulance service the boy sadly died at the scene.
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Welsh politician 'asked assistant to maximise expenses claims in damning WhatsApp messages'
15/06/24 11:23
Texts leaked from the phone of Laura Anne Jones, a Conservative Senedd member, appeared to ask an employee to maximise the politician's expenses claims.
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Johnnie Walker's wife says 'we're openly confronting' fact that radio star has only weeks to live - and reveals she is already selling his clothes on Vinted
15/06/24 10:22
Tiggy, 63, appeared on Jeremy Vine's radio show on Monday and shared the sad news that Johnnie, 79, has incurable idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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Shocking moment huge brawl erupts at Parklife in front of shocked music fans: Police make 52 arrests across the festival and seize 'weapons and illegal drugs'
11/06/24 12:09
The violent outburst was caught on video and shared online as several men appeared to be aggressively throwing punches at each other at the event.
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Swifties are slammed for 'dumping their rubbish' after leaving behind friendship bracelets at grave of Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh
10/06/24 05:05
Fans of Swift flocked to a host of Scottish landmarks during their visits to Edinburgh - with some even leaving friendship bracelets at the grave of Greyfriars Bobby, located in the Old Town.
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The buildings that time forgot: From 19th century banquet hall in Newcastle to iconic Southend amusement park that has lay empty for decades... the top 10 Victorian structures in dire need of rescue
28/05/24 11:01
The Victorian Society's annual top 10 list of buildings in need of rescue - released on Wednesday - was described as 'terrifying' by society president, comedian Griff Rhys Jones.
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Woman, 29, jailed after burning nine-month old baby with hairdryer and fracturing infant's skull when she was supposed to be looking after him
28/05/24 09:29
Lindsay Lawrence received her sentence at the High Court in Edinburgh today in connection with child protection offences.
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Family issue warning after father, 45, not wearing helmet while riding an e-scooter dies in horror smash
28/05/24 06:01
Mohit Singraur, 45, had been on his way to collect his ten-year-old son from school when he lost control of the privately-owned e-scooter he was riding.
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Swimmer, 20, dies after getting into difficulty in the sea at popular North Wales beach on Bank Holiday Monday
28/05/24 05:34
A major emergency response was launched with coastguard rescue helicopters, an air ambulance, paramedics, RNLI volunteers and police called to the scene in Gwyedd last night.
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Celebrated British conductor, 70, who sent undercover cop posing as underage teen intimate photos before arranging to meet up avoids jail as judge says he has been 'humiliated in the public eye'
28/05/24 04:57
Jan Latham-Koenig, 70, was arrested as part of an undercover sting operation in January after he travelled to London Victoria station to see a 'child' he had met on a dating app.
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Man in his 50s suffers 'significant serious injuries' after being trampled by cows in Derbyshire field - as police issue warning to walkers not to approach livestock
24/05/24 07:06
The man, who is in his 50s, was taken to hospital following the bovine brutality but it is not thought the resulting injuries are life-threatening at this stage.
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Blue plaque is unveiled at Beatles star George Harrison's childhood home in Liverpool - as the icon's widow says the guitarist would have been 'touched' but would want visitors not to 'bug' current residents
24/05/24 06:09
Olivia Harrison, who married the guitarist in 1978, unveiled the plaque today at 12 Arnold Grove in Wavertree, Liverpool.
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Those dolphins must be brave! Aquatic mammals are spotted in the sewage-filled River Thames that even Boat Race crews struggled to survive
20/04/24 03:17
When the dolphins were seen bobbing along the river's surface at Richmond Lock and Footbridge, onlookers called the fire brigade fearing the mammals were trapped.
Police instructor who cut earrings off female recruits with wire cutters will keep his job - despite being found guilty of gross misconduct
20/04/24 12:02
PC Martin Briggs was overseeing a 'bleep test' - a drill which involves running back and forth in a straight line - when he insisted all jewellery be removed by the 63 recruits.
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Hate preacher Abu Hamza 'is as dangerous as ever and still believes his victims were infidels who could be freely captured, sold or killed', US prison bosses say as he fights to be returned to Britain
20/04/24 10:49
Prison heads in the US have given several hundred pages of evidence against the hookhanded cleric of hate.
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Train driver who upskirted woman passenger while she was sleeping on Thameslink service avoids jail
20/04/24 08:43
Paolo Barone, 51, of High Wycombe, Bucks was travelling home from his shift as a Thameslink driver when he took multiple photographs of an unconscious woman on a train, including up her skirt.
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The real winners at the Grand National: Stalls selling flip-flops for £5 clean up on Ladies' Day - as racegoers joke they're making 'even more than the bookies'
12/04/24 07:19
To the delight of shrewd stall-holders, women were flocking to their stands and kicking off their shoes in favour of more comfortable footwear, for a fiver a pop.
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Bomb squad is called to Stockport estate after man is found dead in a property with 'suspicious items'
08/04/24 07:21
Terrified neighbours were told to remain indoors while police investigated the death of the man in a property and a bomb disposal unit arrived at the scene.
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Pictured: Teenager Isaac Brown, 15, who was stabbed to death on West Bromwich street as police confirm a 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder
08/04/24 05:45
Isaac Brown was stabbed in West Bromwich on Sunday night and died at the scene. His family said: 'Isaac is a wonderful, loving, kind, happy, son, brother, grandson, nephew and cousin.'
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Family at war: Mother, 53, and her father, 93, conspired to steal £50,000 left to her two daughters by their grandmother for when they turned 25 by emptying the account with a series of cash withdrawals, court hears
05/04/24 12:23
Katherine Hill, 53, and her father Gerald Hill, 93, staged a 'blatant and brazen' fraud by taking every penny the two girls were left, Swansea Crown Court was told.
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Paedophile couple who sexually abused girl causing 'immeasurable pain and suffering' are jailed for total of 21 years after she bravely came forward to report the pair
05/04/24 10:40
Scott Geraghty, 31, and Chloe Dixon, 26, both of Merseyside, were sentenced yesterday for their heinous crimes dating back to 2020. Their crimes were uncovered after the victim to reported the pair.
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Father-of-five swapped his partner's medication for laxatives in bid to get his revenge because he thought she was cheating
05/04/24 09:06
Richard Black, 51, of Dover, admitted administering poison with intent to annoy after he was caught creeping into the couple's kitchen on a CCTV camera.
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Boy is rushed to hospital after he collapsed when puffing on vape laced with cannabis and Spice outside school gates
20/03/24 03:36
The teenager had just finished for the day at Herne Bay High when another youngster handed him the device by the gates. The vape turned out to be THC-based and contained Spice.
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Dogwalkers' shock after spotting three dolphins playing in a river 13 miles from the sea
20/03/24 01:09
Madi Corby and her partner Sam Wibberley, both 22, were walking their dogs along the River Welland, near Spalding yesterday when they saw three fins in the water.
Shocking moment mindless thug, 41, throws rock at police car and smashes its window in broad daylight before being jailed for eight weeks
20/03/24 10:24
An onlooker recorded the shocking moment in Greater Manchester on their mobile phone. The bald man was seen with a large stone in one hand, a can of drink in the other.
Now Bristol students demand building is renamed over links to slave trade - just weeks after university removed Edward Colston's dolphin emblem from its logo
19/03/24 07:16
The petition description says: 'Thomas Goldney II funded several voyages which trafficked enslaved Africans, as written in the University of Bristol's Legacies of Slavery Report.
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Footballer's shock as Prince Harry's face bares uncanny resemblance to his injury in five-a-side game
19/03/24 03:51
Adam Price was playing a friendly game in Birmingham when he got a knock. The 37-year-old looked down to assess the damage to his leg and was surprised to see Prince Harry's.
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Four fluffy ducklings named Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose are found dumped in a box in a London park as RSPCA launches probe into how they were abandoned
19/03/24 12:46
Inspector Shahnaz Ahmad, who rescued them, said: 'It would have been a terrifying experience for the poor ducklings, and anything could have happened to them in a busy park.
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NHS advertises £60,000-a-year role at UK's first-ever 'drugs consumption room' equipped with its own individual 'shooting' booths where addicts can inject heroin and take Class As under the watch of doctors
19/03/24 12:01
The £2.3million centre in Glasgow needs an operations manager to help 'provide a welcoming, clean, and compassionate service to people who are injecting drugs,' according to the job advert.
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