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A GIRL who wanted to be a “celebrity” has been found guilty of trying to murder two teachers and a pupil in a school stabbing.

The teen, who was aged 13 at the time, launched into a frenzied knife attack at Ysgo Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Wales.

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She had smuggled a fishing multi-tool into school[/caption]

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Fiona Elias was one of the teachers stabbed in the horror[/caption]

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Colleague Liz Hopkin had come over to help when she was knifed[/caption]

She first knifed assistant headteacher Fiona Elias after telling her: “I’m going to f***ing kill you”.

The girl then turned her attention to Fiona’s colleague Liz Hopkin, 53, as she rushed over to help before also slashing a 14-year-old girl.

After she was arrested, she chillingly told police: “I’m pretty sure this is going to be on the news so more eyes will be looking at me.

“That’s one way to be a celebrity.”

The girl, who can’t be named, has now been found guilty of three charges of attempted murder following a retrial.

She had admitted three counts of wounding with intent and one of possessing a bladed article article on school premises.

Swansea Crown Court was told the horror unfolded on April 24 after the girl smuggled a bladed “fishing multi-tool” into school.

Haunting footage showed her stabbing the floor in an auditorium before making her way to the playground.

She then approached Fiona with a “sinister look” on her face and asked: “Do you want to see what’s in my pocket?”

The girl then began slashing at the 48-year-old teacher as Liz came over to help.

The knife fell to the floor in the carnage but the girl retrieved it and began hacking at Liz.

She also attacked a pupil in the upper torso and leg and left Liz with knife wounds to her neck, back, legs and arms.

The horror only came to an end when two male members of staff, Stephen Hagget and Darrell Campbell, rushed over.

The school was placed in a “code red” lockdown as pupils were kept inside for several hours.

During this time, the teen, now aged 14, was arrested and asked officers “are they dead?”.

She also told them: “I stabbed her, oopsies”.

Police searched the girl’s home and discovered a school planner with the words “death before dishonour” written on it.

The court was told she also wrote about how a girl would “burn” and had scrawled “cut their mouths and eyes” on a drawing of a woman.

She also labelled another drawing “Mrs Frogface Elias”, it was said.

When asked during her evidence why she brought the knife into school, the girl said: “I get very upset or grumpy when I’m on my period.

“I woke up in a bad mood that morning.”

The teen, now aged 14, also explained she had armed herself with a knife in school since Year 3 as she felt “scared and worried”.

Six months before the attack, she was caught with a vegetable knife in lessons and suspended for a week.

She has been remanded into custody ahead of sentencing.

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The school was placed in a ‘code red’ lockdown[/caption]

HEADACHES increase the odds of suicide, a new study says.

While migraines and cluster headaches have already been linked to higher suicide risk, people with milder types, such as tension headaches, may also be affected.

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Headaches are a risk factor for suicide, studies show[/caption]

People who had headaches were twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who did not get them.

The completed suicide risk was 40 per cent higher, the study showed.

US and Danish scientists compared nearly 120,000 people with a headache diagnosis to 600,000 people without one.

The team followed up with the participants after 15 years, between 1995 and 2020.

Among people with a headache disorder, 0.78 per cent had attempted suicide compared with 0.33 per cent in the non-headache group.

Some 0.21 per cent had completed suicide after 15 years, compared with 0.15 per cent in the non-headache group.

The increased risk of suicide was seen in all headache types.

But the strongest link was shown for trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TACs) and post-traumatic headache. 

Post-traumatic headache disorder is a result of a brain injury, while TACs are a group of disorders including cluster headache and paroxysmal hermicrania.

Cluster headaches has already earned the nickname of ‘suicide headaches’ because the attacks are so severe.

Around one in 1,000 people in the UK get them, with usually one side of the head affected around an eye.

Cluster headaches can be relentless, happening multiple times a day and potentially continuing for weeks or months.

They may stop for a while or there may be no gap between headaches, says the NHS.

The study findings, published in JAMA Network, can’t prove cause and effect but the authors described the link as “robust and persistent”.

Headaches are a common cause of work absences and can be linked with mood, anxiety and substance-use disorders – and the participants in this study also showed to have higher rates of such problems.

The researchers therefore called for treatment of headache disorders to include screening for signs of depression and suicidal thoughts.

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TAKE a look at the European sunshine spot with outdoor activities, stunning sandy beaches and Ryanair flights from just €19.99.

Mallorca is the biggest Balearic Islands located on the Mediterranean Sea, just off the coast of Spain – and it’s only three hours from Dublin.

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Mallorca offers a great variety of activities for those who like to combine sports with adventure[/caption]

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The island boasts more caves than any other place in Europe[/caption]

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The Puerto Portals is a gourmet treat to spot luxury yachts[/caption]

The Spanish island is famous for its beautiful, sandy beaches surrounded by crystal clear waters, rugged coves and picturesque villages.

It is a tourist hot spot, but holidaymakers can also opt to travel during the off-peak season with plenty to enjoy before the arrival of masses of package tourists.

Holidaymakers can enjoy the soft white sand beaches without the usual hustle and bustle.

With affordable flights travelling daily from Dublin Airport, visitors can fly for less than €19.99 with Ryanair.

Mallorca also offers a great variety of activities for those who like to combine sports with adventure.

The island boasts more caves than any other place in Europe.

Visitors can also take exciting walks through the caves or even take a balloon ride to explore the island’s stunning landscapes.

You can also dive into Mallorca’s wildlife, exploring shipwrecks, underwater caves and steep rugged rocks.

In addition to the glorious beaches and wild nightlife, the Balearic are known for their rich cultural history and scenic landscapes.

It is a great year-round destination, with temperatures reaching 20C over spring time.

Palma, its capital, is known for its iconic Palma Cathedral and the 14th-century Bellver Castle, both promising panoramic views.

A visit to the century-old Sóller train is a must-do in the Spanish capital so you can return to the early twentieth century over the 27-kilometre route.

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Andratx, situated in the south-west of the island, is another hot spot of Mallorca.

It lies within one of the valleys of the Tramuntana mountains and is home to the ruins of the Trappist monastery La Trapa.

You should also visit the Puerto Portals, a gourmet treat to spot luxury yachts, exclusive boutiques, upscale terraces or restaurants.

It is a spot usually with a high concentration of famous faces such as Jim Carey and Paris Hilton.

The Balearics also offer excellent dining and a range of local wines.

And if you’re hoping to keep things affordable, pints in local pubs and bars can cost as little as €4.

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Mallorca is the biggest Balearic Islands located on the Mediterranean Sea[/caption]

STABBED 22 times and left to decompose in bleached water, the so-called ‘Angel of Mercy’ spared his vulnerable victims no dignity – even after their deaths. 

The serial killer, later unmasked as Andrew Dawson, 47, butchered two elderly men he befriended in a Derbyshire block of flats in “very violent and vicious” attacks, back in 2010.

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So-called ‘Angel of Mercy’ serial killer Andrew Dawson who savagely killed three elderly, vulnerable men[/caption]

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While on the run, he bought a ‘killing kit’, inspired by monster Raoul Moat[/caption]

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Shortly after the killing, he took his kids on a day out[/caption]

Inspired by sawn-off shotgun murderer Raoul Moat, who led police on a six-day manhunt just weeks earlier, he then went on the run armed with a “killing kit” of knives, camping equipment and a fishing rod.

Dawson was apprehended within days and it was arrogance that led police to him through a series of clues – including a rose left on his first victim’s pillow, bloodied water residue and the imprint of a twisted letter to police on a notepad in his flat. 

In the missive, which was never sent, he dubbed himself “(TH)e Angel (OF) MERCY”, labelled the flower “a nice touch” and revealed he had killed but would only reveal the address if the body wasn’t found within a week.

The crimes of Dawson, who was handed a whole life order in 2011, are being reanalysed in True Crime Presents: Tracking A Serial Killer on ITV tomorrow, which reveals how his troubled childhood sniffing glue at 13 progressed to mass murder.

There were multiple warning signs about the ‘Angel of Mercy’ before his “very violent and vicious” second killing spree and he had been recalled to prison three times after being released on licence in 1999.

His first murder occurred in 1981 when he was 18 years old. Dawson broke into a hardware shop owned by Henry Walsh, 91, in Lancashire, tied him up, stabbed him a dozen times with a bread knife and stole his pension book.  

Dawson had been raised in a “poor but not impoverished home” and was regularly in trouble with the law from the age of 13 when he started sniffing glue. Later he progressed onto cannabis and other drugs. 

His brother Malcolm “wasn’t surprised” by the 2010 attacks noting his sibling, one of six, had “always been a violent man”, adding: “He was an evil psychopath and it was only a matter of time before he killed again.”

Even in prison, Dawson was “no shrinking violet”, allegedly branding serial killers Peter Sutcliffe, known as ‘The Yorkshire Ripper’, and Dennis Nilson, a necrophiliac, “wimps” and claiming to be “a better man”. 

But in 2010, 11 years after his release on licence, the 47-year-old moved to a block of council flats for “single, vulnerable men”, on on Waterford Drive, following the breakdown of the relationship with the mum of his two kids. 

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John David Matthews was stabbed 18 times by Dawson[/caption]

Two weeks after moving there, Dawson killed kitchen porter John David Matthews, 66, known as ‘Grandad’ to colleagues, after the elderly man allowed him to use his washing machine.

He stabbed him 18 times before astonishingly taking his children on a day out.

The next day Dawson cleaned the flat “to destroy evidence” and put the body in a bathtub filled with bleach – but not before an unusual act.

Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) Paul Callum explained he “redressed him” and “we believed he lay down on the bed in Mr Matthews’ flat and put a rose next to him”.

It took days for John’s body to be found. Authorities were only alerted when he didn’t show up for work and they forced entry after spotting flies by his window. 

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The first crime scene was ‘ridiculously clean’ but it was a different story with the second[/caption]

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Dawson murdered two neighbours in the same flat[/caption]

‘Sinister discovery’

At the flats, police bumped into a dishevelled man, who claimed not to know where his neighbour John was, returned to his flat and quickly left the scene. Unknown to them, it was Dawson. 

Cops were unaware they were looking at a murder at that point due to the victim’s body having swelled up so much in the water, masking knife wounds. Shockingly, there was another twist.

This is no hoax if you don’t find him in a week I will give you his address. The pink rose was a nice touch. Yours (TH)e Angel (OF) MERCY.

Andrew Dawson's taunt to police

SIO Callum said: “When the officers attended on the Sunday to find Mr Matthews, we think that Dawson was upstairs murdering or having just murdered Paul Hancock.”

This would explain the frantic nature of his quick departure from the flats and the mass of evidence at the second crime scene, found days later in what was said to be a “sinister discovery”.

Unlike the first, where it was clear efforts were made to destroy evidence, it was as if “the cleaning up of the flat has been abandoned midway through”. 

Paul Hancock, 58, was found in a bathtub “full of sludgy water”, bleach, discarded clothes, inside-out marigolds and the tip of a broken knife. 

SIO Callum said this crime scene was “very rushed, untidy and with lots of blood spatter over the lounge”, unlike the home of first victim John, which was “ridiculously clean”. It would ultimately lead to Dawson’s conviction.

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On a pillow in John’s bed, there was a pink rose that would prove important later on[/caption]

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Cops were investigating John’s flat, while Dawson cleaned up after killing Paul Hancock on the floor above[/caption]

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Dawson moments before jumping into the sea to escape police[/caption]

‘Killing kit’

Meanwhile, the killer had gone on the run. Police tracked his 200-mile journey north from Derby to White Haven, Cumbria, through his card payments, train tickets and CCTV from train stations.

Dawson was cornered on the seafront by cops but managed to shake them off and jump into the sea in a bid to escape. Officers reportedly “had to taser him” to get him into custody.

On his persons, cops found a “killing kit” – six knives, camping supplies and a fishing rod.

It’s believed he was inspired by murderer Raoul Moat, who led police on a six-day manhunt just weeks earlier, after killing one with a sawn-off shotgun and wounding two others.

He had hidden in storm tunnels and camped in nearby woods before taking his own life after a tense six-hour standoff with police. 

SIO Callum said: “We wondered if he was trying to emulate this person in hiding from the police because he had this rucksack full of camping equipment and the knives.” 

In custody, the killer initially answered police questions before taking an “unusual stance”, according to Detective Constable John Flint.

He recalled: “Dawson turned his back on the investigating officer and refused to make eye contact… all nine interviewees were conducted in this fashion, which is a strange, unusual stance to take.”

What would lead to Dawson’s undoing was thorough work from the forensic team, who hired separate groups of crime scene investigators to ensure there was no cross-contamination. 

They seized “several thousands exhibits” for analysis including footprint marks, taps, u-bends plumbing pipes and bedding from the two victim’s and Dawson’s flats, which uncovered a lot.

They also found the tip of a marigold that had snapped off and fell on the floor as Dawson rushed to chuck the gloves inside the bleach filled bath in his second target home. 

Inside was the killer’s DNA. Additionally, they unearthed a fingerpint on a giant bottle of bleach and dried water residue, containing particles of blood, from where Dawson laid his bleached shoes to dry.

‘Angel of Mercy’

At Dawson’s flat they found some clothes and a notepad, which suspiciously had several pages torn out. 

Using an electrostatic document analyser, they could read what had been written using indentations on the paper. It was a confession that Dawson penned and then had “thrown away”. 

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Indents on Dawson’s notepad uncovered a confession note, signed by the ‘Angel of Mercy’[/caption]

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In a rush to escape Paul’s flat he left his cleaning supplies[/caption]

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Dawson also hadn’t noticed part of a marigold glove that contained his DNA[/caption]

It read: “To the head of homicide, I want to confess to a murder. I stabbed a man to death. A man lies in a bath of water, two major wounds to his left side – one, maybe two, to his chest, one to his back, one to the base of his neck.

“This is no hoax if you don’t find him in a week I will give you his address. The pink rose was a nice touch. Yours (TH)e Angel (OF) MERCY. (sic)”

SIO Callum said: “This was an unbelievable breakthrough the notepad was a confession and talked about the murder and talked about the rose being on a bed.”

It formed part of “overwhelming evidence” against Dawson, who changed his plea to guilty in court – where he was described as looking “passive”, “really bored” and “really fed up”.

In 2011, Dawson was sentenced to a whole life order, meaning he will never be freed, much to the relief of SIO Callum who said he had “no doubt he would have committed more murders”. 

Dawson’s now among 70 with that utmost punishment, including baby serial killer Lucy Letby, Milly Dowler murderer Levi Bellfield, House of Horrors monster Rose West and police officer Wayne Couzens, who kidnapped, raped and butchered Sarah Everard. 

Now rotting in jail for the rest of his life, few will shed a tear for Dawson. Even his own family have branded him an “evil psychopath” and it seems the killer knew his time was finally up too.   

While on the run Dawson visited one of his siblings to tell him: “I think I’m going to go away for a long time.” Thankfully, the monster’s predictions were right. 

Watch True Crime Presents: Tracking A Serial Killer at 9pm Tuesday on ITV1. You can stream the whole series on ITVX, where it’s called Murder: First on Scene. 

STAMFORD BRIDGE is set to host its first ever boxing event.

Chelsea‘s historic home is the setting for the upcoming Transatlantic Clash II card.

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Stamford Bridge is set to host its first boxing event[/caption]

Dubbed “Battle at the Bridge”, the event will see 10 British fighters take on 10 Americans on a bumper night of action.

The UK team will be captained by Spencer Oliver.

While the US boxers are skippered by Roy Jones Jr.

Standard tickets for the event are being sold for £60.

While punters can grab ringside seats for £100.

Stamford Bridge is not the first Prem ground to be used for boxing.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has hosted Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury bouts.

And Spurs’ home will put on Conor Benn vs Chris Eubank Jr on April 26.

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While Stamford Bridge hasn’t previously hosted boxing events, it has been used for other sports.

The historic stadium has hosted rugby, speedway, baseball and track and field.

In the 1980s it also hosted cricket events.

While there was famously a greyhound racing track prior to the ground being modernised.

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