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Amy-Clare Martin

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Crime Correspondent @Independent | Email [email protected] | Views my own

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Last Front PageMAY 26, 2026Latest appearance

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Drugs deaths in jails have soared new figures reveal

Chief inspector of prisons demands ministers get a grip on the crisis as tactics for smuggling lethal substances into jails have escalated to drones that are able to deliver up to 11kg of drugs at a time

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Drugs deaths in jails have soared new figures reveal

Chief inspector of prisons demands ministers get a grip on the crisis as tactics for smuggling lethal substances into jails have escalated to drones that are able to deliver up to 11kg of drugs at a time

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The Independent•MAY 26, 2026•Lead Story
The story is framed around institutional accountability and the failure of security measures, specifically highlighting the technological challenges posed by drone deliveries.
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Sent back to prison for petty theft more than 20 years later

A mother had her son torn from her arms as she was recalled to jail for a crime she says she didn't commit. She had no idea how long she'd be trapped inside – another victim of inhumane, indefinite jail terms

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The Independent•MAY 4, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the story as an investigative exposé into systemic injustice, focusing heavily on the emotional devastation of a family separation to critique a specific penal policy. The language is highly critical of the state's actions, characterising the prison terms as 'inhumane' and the subject as a 'victim'.
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Jews targeted and stabbed in Golders Green terror attack

Suspect knifes two men outside a synagogue and a shop in north London before being tasered and taken down by police – as Israel says antisemitism in UK is out of control

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The Independent•APR 30, 2026•Lead Story
The paper leads with a factual but stark account of a terror incident, explicitly highlighting the targeted nature of the attack on the Jewish community and linking it to broader international criticism regarding UK antisemitism.
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Trump defiant as third assassination attempt fails

President was targeted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening by a gunman calling himself the ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’, as Trump insists that ‘brave’ King Charles will still visit US

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The Independent•APR 27, 2026•Lead Story
The paper frames the incident straightforwardly around the survival and immediate posture of the targeted figure, detailing the circumstances of the security breach without overt editorialising on the political consequences.
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Southport killer’s parents and police to blame for rampage

Bombshell report finds atrocity ‘could have been – and should have been – prevented’ as ‘catastrophic’ failings allowed teenage knifeman to ‘fall through the cracks’ and authorities dismissed his behaviour as symptoms of his autism spectrum disorder

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The Independent•APR 14, 2026•Lead Story
The paper focuses on institutional and familial accountability following an official inquiry, highlighting missed opportunities to prevent the attack.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Amy-Clare Martin in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.