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!).

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...
Pro-EU activist Gina Miller threatens no deal court battle
By Laura F. Nixon on July 14, 2019
Gina Miller is planning to launch urgent legal action to prevent Boris Johnson from crashing Britain out of the EU. The businesswoman has assembled a...
YouTuber Emily Hartridge dies in electric scooter crash
By Laura F. Nixon on July 14, 2019
YouTuber Emily Hartridge dies after electric scooter collides with a lorry. Stars have paid moving tributes to a TV presenter and YouTube star killed in...
Rafi Peretz: Gay conversion therapy ‘possible,’
By Laura F. Nixon on July 13, 2019
Education Minister and Bayit Yehudi leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz caused a firestorm of protest Saturday night after stating he believes the highly controversial practice of...
Bill Lee signs Nathan Bedford Forrest Day proclamation, Report
By Laura F. Nixon on July 13, 2019
Gov. Lee signs proclamation for ‘Nathan Bedford Forrest Day’ to be observed in Tennessee. Forrest was a Civil War Confederate General, slave trader and an...
Beth Chapman’s Funeral In Aurora, Being Livestreamed Today
By Laura F. Nixon on July 13, 2019
Funeral for Beth Chapman to be held in Aurora on Saturday, service will stream live online. Dog the Bounty Hunter fans will be given a...
Arizona Brittany Zamora sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex with student
By Laura F. Nixon on July 13, 2019
Brittany Zamora, a former Goodyear, Arizona, teacher was sentenced to 20 years in prison and two lifetime terms of probation for molesting her 13-year-old student....
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Stephanie Niznik ‘Star Trek’ Actress Passes Away at 52
By Laura F. Nixon on July 13, 2019
Actress Stephanie Niznik, who played a key supporting role on The WB’s Everwood, has passed away at just 52 years old, our sister site Variety...
EPA expands use of sulfoxaflor considered ‘very highly toxic’ to bees
By Laura F. Nixon on July 12, 2019
EPA expands use of sulfoxaflor considered ‘very highly toxic’ to bees. The Environmental Protection Agency announced July 12 it’s eliminating crop restrictions on a pesticide...