Laura F. Nixon, Author at The British Journal

Laura F. Nixon has been a journalist for newspapers, radio and online for a decade. She began her media career as an intern in the HeartFM newsroom while completing her journalism degree and later going on to report for several UK newspapers. Before joining thebritishjournal.com Laura F. Nixon was a senior reporter at the Daily News where she covered crime, politics, indigenous affairs, travel, entertainment (and UFO story!).

Pacita Abad in Bristol: where art, craft and politics intersect (Reports)
By Laura F. Nixon on July 31, 2020
On October 5, 1946, Pacita Abad, a trapunto painter, a global Filipino artist, who described herself as a painter who paints “from the guts” was...
Report: Woman punched in face and another pulled to the floor by her hair during attack
By Laura F. Nixon on July 30, 2020
A woman was punched in the face and another pulled to the floor by her hair during a late night attack. The attack happened at...
Annual festival of social change launches 2020 round-up video
By Laura F. Nixon on July 30, 2020
The largest annual politics festival in the UK has closed its 2020 programme with a round-up video covering key topics from more than 30 live...
Report: Toddler suffers harrowing third-degree burns from Primark nail glue
By Laura F. Nixon on July 29, 2020
A toddler suffered third-degree chemical burns and needed a skin graft – after he accidentally poured Primark nail glue on his arm. Full-time mum Laura...
Coronavirus: More countries may be added to UK travel quarantine list “straight away”
By Laura F. Nixon on July 29, 2020
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said testing passengers at airports is not a “silver bullet” allowing restrictions to be eased. He made the comments as the...
COVID-19: Possible coronavirus cluster identified in Scotland
By Laura F. Nixon on July 29, 2020
A possible coronavirus cluster has been identified in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Giving the daily coronavirus figures, the first minister said...
UK bodies found in truck at Waterglade Industrial Park
By Laura F. Nixon on October 23, 2019
UK bodies found in truck at Waterglade Industrial Park. A murder investigation has been launched by Essex Police after 39 bodies were found in a...
Aliens, ahoy! US senators reportedly got a classified briefing on UFOs
By Laura F. Nixon on September 18, 2019
Three US senators received a classified briefing about UFOs seen traveling at hypersonic speed by US Navy pilots, congressional and government officials told Politico. A...
Flushing Drugs Down The Toilet Create ‘meth gators’ in Alabama (Reports)
By Laura F. Nixon on July 16, 2019
Hey Alabama, Stop Flushing Drugs Down The Toilet Unless You Want ‘Meth-Gators’. Uh, well this is a new one. Lawrence County, Tennessee has come out...
Actress Lacey Turner gives birth to first baby with husband Matt Kay
By Laura F. Nixon on July 15, 2019
EastEnders star Lacey Turner has given birth to her first child. The soap star, 31, welcomed her first child with husband Matt Kay, who she...
Divers Spot Giant Jellyfish the Size of a Human Off Cornwall coast
By Laura F. Nixon on July 15, 2019
Divers have swum with a huge barrel jellyfish as big as a human off the coast of Cornwall. Lizzie Daly, a biologist with Wild Ocean...
Ada Valley beef contamination: Roughly 3500 pounds of raw beef recalled
By Laura F. Nixon on July 15, 2019
Ada Valley raw ground beef recalled due to possible contamination with broken metal bits. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...
Jennifer Lopez concert rescheduled after power outage
By Laura F. Nixon on July 14, 2019
Jennifer Lopez Concert Evacuated Due to New York City Power Outage. Jennifer Lopez’s New York stop on her It’s My Party Tour was forced to...