Paul Harrison will started as a freelance journalist at BBC News in January 2020, working mainly on North West Online.
Paul has also been working at BBC Sport since 2015.
Published work at BBC news
January 2020
- Manchester Arena attack thief wanted by police
- Pupils ‘seriously injured’ by car outside school
- Pilot fined over rant at air traffic controller
- Teen having seizure saved by online gamer in Texas
- Warrington MPs join forces to campaign for new hospital
- Jaguar Land Rover to cut 500 jobs at its Halewood plant
- Manchester Arena attack thief back in prison for breaching licence conditions
- Boy, 15, dies after falling into canal
- Residents paying £10,000 a week for fire wardens
February 2020
- Bullying behaviour at Lancashire County Council is ‘stifling debate’
- Ex-police officer Andrew McKenna jailed over woman’s crash death
- M58 crash drivers ‘amazingly’ escape serious injury
March 2020
- Vulnerable ‘at risk’ by troubled police IT system
- Liverpool Aquatics Centre: 50-metre pool to reopen after glass closure
- Ashton Primary School in Preston closed after weekend fire
- Traffic-free bridge and rooftop park in town plans
- Fans out of pocket due to coronavirus stadium rule
- Police investigate ‘racist abuse’ claim against Man Utd security
- Coronavirus: Burnley textiles firm making face masks instead of duvets
- Coronavirus: Piccadilly Gardens ‘not closing’ during outbreak
- Coronavirus: Thousands join Jay Flynn’s virtual pub quiz
- Coronavirus: Off-duty nurse helps man after car crash
April 2020
- Coronavirus: Manchester-based Hut Group donates £10m
- Hyde murder arrest after ‘elderly’ man’s body found in Tameside house
- Girl’s dream trip cancelled due to virus
- Coronavirus: Wythenshawe Hospital closes paediatric emergency department
- Murder hunt begins eight months after attack
- Liverpool murder arrest: Nottingham man held over Hassan Haadi’s death
- Peter Collinge: ‘Visionary’ Liverpool hairdresser dies after beating virus
- War veteran Ken Benbow gets cushion picturing late wife Ada
- Hillsborough: Museum finds owner of distinctive coat left at Anfield memorial
- Knowsley fatal crash: Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
- Frozen airline food mountain to feed those in need during coronavirus crisis
- Salford hospital team makes visors for front-line staff
- ‘Amazing’ staff praised for St Annes care home lockdown
- Coronavirus: Tributes paid to ‘funny, friendly’ delivery driver
- Coronavirus: Liverpool Mayor warns virus crisis could ‘bankrupt’ city
May 2020
- Coronavirus: Liverpool care home stays free of infection after staff move in
- TikTok ‘coffin dance’ ambulance staff ‘unprofessional’
- Quad bike rider, 36, dies in crash in Great Lever, Bolton
- Police checking video over Blackpool arrest attack claim
- Ten deaths at Haslingden Hall Care Home
- M56 death: Pedestrian struck by lorry on motorway
- Rochdale pair who abused young boy and girl jailed
- Tameside kidnap arrest after man ‘tried to run people over’
- Bury ‘violent bully’ jailed for throttling woman
- Chester Zoo finalises ‘social distancing’ reopening plans
- ‘Wish you weren’t here’ beaches plea from Sefton Council
- Resort locals ‘shocked and angry’ at beach crowds
- ‘Surge’ in Blackpool day trippers causes beach litter problem
- Blackburn Eid street prayers a ‘serious lockdown breach’
June 2020
- Coronavirus: ‘Weakening’ lockdown a ‘signal’ to ‘dormant’ criminals
- Facebook brag about 160mph drive on M61 leads to Mercedes seizure
- Greater Manchester councils agree to work together on cycle lanes
- Green battery plant in Greater Manchester awarded £10m grant
- Terence Dunn death: Police appeal over 2019 golf club attack in Norris Green
- Simister Island: M60 ‘anomaly’ to be fixed by ‘missing link’
- David Gest memorabilia: Michael Jackson and Liza Minnelli items to be sold
- Black Lives Matter: Blackburn school ‘sorry’ for using Shrek as teaching aid
- Murder inquiry launched after man ‘stabbed’
- Manchester Metrolink free wi-fi could be axed to save money
- Liverpool city centre zip wire attraction gets green light
July 2020
- Manchester drunk veterinary nurse ’caused chaos’ on flight to Turkey
- Wythenshawe Hospital reopens children’s A&E
- Aya Hachem death: New witnesses sought in shooting probe
- Chorley A&E could reopen in September
- Aya Hachem death: New witnesses sought in shooting probe
- Chorley A&E could reopen in September
- Revamp plan for Southport Theatre shut down in pandemic
- Bowdon village cricket team finally ends five-year winless run
- Charity for seafarers stuck on ships at port
- Anthony Gelling: Warrington Wolves player charged with assaulting partner
- Brand-new train covered in graffiti before delivery
- Liverpool scientists handed £15.5m for tuberculosis fight
- Camilla praises Bolton boy who read 50 books in lockdown
- The Cube: Bolton student flats blaze evacuation ‘saved many lives’
- New measures to tackle Covid-19 spike in Liverpool
- Coronavirus: Liverpool’s oldest cinema closed by ‘severity’ of impact
August 2020
- Nurse who ignored pain has leg amputated
- Bromborough meat factory to reopen creating 120 jobs
- Heaton Moor bar owner angry at ‘irresponsible’ drinker
- Burnley tusk trader jailed for ‘brazen’ endangered animal sales
- Manchester Pride: Council urges revellers to enjoy coronavirus-hit event at home
- Francis Jeffers: Former Everton striker banned from driving
September 2020
- Drugs and £200k seized as five arrested
- Coronavirus tests: Bolton NHS Trust plea as 100 turn up at A&E
- Sale Sharks stadium plan sunk by Trafford Council withdrawal
- Esports platform Virtual Pro Gaming attack: Halewood man charged
- Clare’s Law project looks for ‘silenced’ victims
- Covid: New restrictions in North West, Midlands and West Yorkshire
- Manchester Arena Inquiry: Victim’s husband thanks city for its love
- Manchester Arena Inquiry: Michelle Kiss had ‘aura of love’
- Birkdale shooting: Fourth murder arrest over death of Stephen Maguire
- Coronavirus: Manchester students face curfew after rule breaches
- Manchester Arena Inquiry: Olivia Campbell-Hardy loved ‘music and singing’
- Chorley A&E reopening delayed due to lack of doctors
- Manchester Arena Inquiry: Alison Howe ‘brought the family together’
- Manchester food van attack victim ‘will come back stronger’
October 2020
