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direct to your inboxThere are many things people do when they're drunk that they may come to regret in the harsh light of day.But not many who decide to officially change their name.So, Celine Dion super fan Thomas Dodd is setting the bar high for drunken antics after he changed his name to match his superstar idol - and it's all coming back to him now.The 30-year-old had too much to drink while watching the Canadian singer's concert on telly over Christmas - and days later discovered he had paid £89 to officially take her name.And he says he is in no rush to change it back. Thomas, a hospitality manager from Clifton Campville near Tamworth and Lichfield, told Birmingham Live : "I am slightly obsessed with her, I’m not going to lie.

Manchester Evening News as a new book about her father's life is published, Kelly said the family hoped an inquest would shed fresh light on his murder.

reports the Sunday Mirror.The letters are said to be contained in a crime book 'Salford Lads, The Rise And Fall Of Paul Massey', due to be published in January.In the letters, Fellows reportedly tells how he hid in a graveyard opposite Massey's home in Clifton, Salford, wearing a false beard and 'Army gear' until he came home.Fellows says he also fired shots at Massey's feet during his murderous attack, and jokes about shooting a police officer who interrupted one of his stakeouts.The Sunday Mirror claims Fellows wants to die from cancer rather than serve decades in London’s tough Belmarsh jail, and that he is prepared to kill again in prison, knowing his sentence cannot be increased.

A British family were left contemplating camping on the beach after arriving in Spain to find their hotel deserted with no water in the pool.

An elderly locksmith had £50,000 worth of equipment stolen in a “horrific” and “violent” robbery in Clifton. 

He had no idea he was being used.

A group of young men ignored lockdown rules to have a scrap on a busy Cardiff road.

Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow, 72, took to Twitter to tell fans he is hoping to be back on the programme next week, but insisted no date had been scheduled.The presenter has been in self-isolation for 14 days after a visit to Iran, but has no symptoms of the COVID-19 disease.In a video today, he told fans: “Hi everyone, I’m still in self-isolation.“I’m feeling good and I’m hoping to be back on Channel 4 news next week.“The good news is I’ve been able to get back to trying to write my book, but failing, I’ve organised my tie collection and finessing my dance moves and all that stuff.”The veteran newsreader went on to test his Twitter followers about a theory inspired by his self-isolation.Kevin Clifton: Strictly pro addresses problem BBC

found out he would not be coming home.On a scorching hot afternoon on June 2 he and his friends had decided to jump into the the River Irwell in Clifton Country Park, Salford, to cool off.

in Salford will be reviewed following the tragic death of schoolboy Adam Kay.

A devastated teenager has described his desperate efforts to save a friend who drowned in a river last week.

A mum has spoken of her devastation after being told that her teenage son had died.

Adam Kay, went under the water in the River Irwell and never came out.A huge scale police operation followed, with specialist teams helping to search for the 14-year-old in Clifton Country Park, Salford.By the time they found him, it was too late.Since then, Shirley, who lives in Kearsley, says she's had trouble comprehending what happened and keeps expecting to see her son again."It's destroyed us," she said."I just feel numb.