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Once-thriving retail arcade now abandoned as it's dubbed 'scourge on society'

Portland Walk in Barrow-in-Furness was once a thriving hub of business, but it's now been targeted by vandals since the closure of half its outlets making for a depressing sight

Daily Mirror

'Doting' dad dies after swallowing cocaine as he snorted so much his nose collapsed

Dad-of-two Adam Price from Barrow, Cumbria, had resorted to swallowing cocaine after a hole developed in his septum due to his struggles with the drug, an inquest heard

Daily Mirror

Eleanor Williams case has made abuse victims reluctant to report, says charity

Barrow charity shares impact of 22-year-old’s false allegations, as police say effects will be felt for ‘years to come’

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Sex-traffic liar jailed for false claims didn't make it all up, claims her dad

Eleanor Williams, 22, was jailed after spinning a disturbing web of lies that drove three men to try and take their own lives and sparked protests in her hometown of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

Daily Mirror

The astonishing web of lies created by Eleanor Williams and how she tore lives apart

Eleanor Williams spun a web of lies so prolific that they sparked protests

Wales Online

The Tesco CCTV that helped bring down Ellie Williams' sickening lies that ripped a small town in two

Eleanor Williams has now been jailed for eight years after lying about being a victim of a grooming gang

Manchester Evening News

Eleanor Williams: Inside web of lies that tore town apart and saw three attempt suicide

As Eleanor Williams was jailed for eight and a half years today, the Mirror looks at the disturbing lies she told and the impact they had on the victims and the wider community

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How one woman’s grooming gang lies drove three men to attempt suicide

Eleanor Williams gave several accounts of being raped and trafficked. Her claims were proven false, but not before the men implicated were made to suffer, Liam James reports

The Independent UK

Woman who made false claims of being groomed by Asian gang and raped jailed

Eleanor Williams, who self-inflicted injuries with a hammer, has been jailed for eight and a half years after making a series of false rape allegations

Evening Standard

Woman who claimed to be grooming gang victim jailed for making false rape accusations

Her false accusations caused 'public displays of mass anger' in the town

Manchester Evening News

Woman jailed after false grooming gang claims

Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday after making a series of false rape allegations.

The Independent UK

Eleanor Williams jailed for eight and a half years after rape and trafficking lies

Twenty-two-year-old from Barrow posted photos on Facebook falsely claiming she had been abused

The Guardian - UK

UK to double fleet of hunter-killer nuclear subs in Aukus pact

The UK’s submarines will mainly be built by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and Rolls-Royce, creating thousands of jobs in shipyards across the country

The Independent UK

Barrow men falsely accused of raping Eleanor Williams tell court they tried to kill themselves

Experiences told to sentencing hearing for woman convicted on nine counts of perverting course of justice

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Three men tried to take their own lives after false rape claims caused ‘outcry’

Eleanor Williams accused a number of men of rape and posted an account on Facebook alleging she had been the victim of an Asian grooming gang.

Manchester Evening News

Police didn't have 'single piece of evidence' to support woman's claims she'd been groomed by Asian gang

Eleanor Williams falsely accused a number of men of rape and told police she was trafficked and beaten by an Asian gang

Wales Online

'I shared a jail cell with a paedophile after being falsely accused of rape'

The accusation by Ellie Williams left Jordan Trengrove rebuilding his life

Liverpool Echo

Man's chance meeting with woman on night out ruined his entire life

"I hate Elle Williams for what she has done. So many people have been affected by this"

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Manchester Evening News

Man, 18, met woman once on a night out then thought nothing of it - it would ruin his life

Jordan Trengrove was the victim of a malicious lie by Ellie Williams

The Guardian - UK

Second charity refuses £10k raised for woman guilty of false rape claims

Women’s group in Barrow was one of two charities to receive money raised for Eleanor Williams

Wales Online

Woman found guilty of lying about being a victim of 'Asian grooming gang'

Eleanor Williams published pictures of her injuries and an account of being groomed, trafficked and beaten

The Independent UK

Eleanor Williams guilty of making false grooming gang rape claims

Some people Eleanor Williams made allegations about were real, while others, did not exist, court told

The Independent UK

Woman who made grooming gang claims convicted of perverting course of justice

Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court.

The Guardian - UK

Woman accused of lying about rape ‘forced to get engaged to abuser’

Eleanor Williams tells jury she was given drugs and alcohol at ‘parties’ where she was paid for sex

The Guardian - UK

Woman accused of false rape claim hurt herself with hammer, court told

Eleanor Williams, 21, on trial for perverting course of justice over assault allegation in May 2020

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