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Cyril Dixon, News Reporter

Cyril is a vastly-experienced reporter who has covered major stories for national newspapers over a span of more than 30 years. His brief includes breaking news, features, interviews, investigations.

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'Why can't it be a hotel again?' Tempers boil over at emergency meeting over migrant hotel blamed for filling Windsor village with dozens of male migrants

03/06/25 12:15

Almost 100 residents of upmarket Datchet, Berkshire, crammed into a village hall to demand the Manor Hotel be banned from taking taxpayers' cash to house migrants. In a heated gathering attended by MailOnline, they insisted that the Manor should be transformed back into a venue for weddings, Christmas dinners and tourist parties. One man stormed out after dubbing the hotel a 'cr*p hole' which had been run-down for years because the owners failed to spend money on repairs. There were further spiky exchanges following claims that owners MH Hotels are advertising for regular guests again after an asylum contract with the Home Office ended....read

Disposable vape ban goes up in smoke! Shopkeepers openly flout new law... and some say they've NEVER been told it was coming in
01/06/25 07:06
It is now illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use vapes, such as Elf bars and Lost Mary, in shops and online.
We want to escape the migrant hotel storm that made our village a 'hell hole' - but we can't sell our idyllic homes and no one will even view them
27/04/25 11:47
Despairing homeowners of multi-million pound properties in a leafy village in the shadow of Windsor Castle say the introduction of asylum seekers has made their homes unsellable.
Heartbroken mother of vet says he killed himself using drugs for euthanising dogs after being left 'destroyed' by wealthy clients having their pets put down - rather than pay for them to be treated
01/12/24 10:37
The mother of a talented vet who killed himself with a veterinary euthanasia drug has revealed how he was left in emotional peril as wealthy clients would refuse to pay for their dying pets treatment.
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Gregg Wallace's mother speaks out about BBC probe as son steps down from Masterchef amid misconduct allegations
28/11/24 07:57
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC told 81-year-old Mary Pettman (pictured) he was coping well after stepping back from his star role on the hit BBC One cooking show.
We used to love our town's Christmas market... but anti-social yobs, rip-off food prices and stalls selling tat have ruined it! How Britain's favourite festive day out became a source of annual dread for locals
25/11/24 01:36
EXCLUSIVE: Locals living in the shadow of Britain's biggest Christmas markets claim the annual Bavarian tradition is being tainted by anti-social behaviour and rip off food prices.
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Georgina Cooper's cause of death revealed: Supermodel who lit up the nineties died suddenly on Greek island getaway aged 46
25/11/24 01:34
Georgina - who used her married name Smith - passed away after being taken ill on October 21 on the Greek island of Kos, a place she had been visiting for 20 years, and was just 46 years old.
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Families in pretty Windsor village say they are selling up - after claiming migrants being housed in their local hotel have turned it into a 'hellhole'
15/11/24 10:46
Furious residents on genteel Datchet in Berkshire fear their village will lose its quintessential country feel, house prices will tumble and businesses struggle.
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Richard Gadd returns to the stage for the first time since Baby Reindeer - in a play so secret he didn't even get to see the script beforehand!
14/10/24 10:30
Fans heaped riotous applause on the 35-year-old comedian and actor after he appeared in off-beat West End play White Rabbit Red Rabbit, where a different star takes to the stage every night.
Schoolgirl, 14, 'does not want to return' to class and has been 'deeply affected' after acid attack left her with potentially life-changing injuries
03/10/24 08:31
Teagan McFarlane, 14, was hit with a corrosive substance outside Westminster Academy in central London on Monday that also left a 16-year-old boy and a 27-year-old teacher with injuries.
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Police 'probe whether acid attack on 14-year-old girl was linked to dispute at her school', grandmother reveals
02/10/24 06:21
The young girl was doused in acid outside her school on Monday afternoon and it is understood she will suffer potentially life-changing injuries and require long-term care.
Revealed - the tree surgeon who mended Kelsey Parker's heart: How new man dating Tom from The Wanted's widow suffered his own family heartbreak
30/09/24 01:23
Will Lindsay, 27 is a tree surgeon who comes from a tight-knit family in Kent - and who suffered his own heartbreak in 2017 when his father David died aged just 50.
Pictured: Boy, 15, 'stabbed to death with zombie knife' and left to die in the street
24/09/24 11:30
The teenager - named by friends as Daejaun - was set upon by the men in Woolwich, South East London, at 6.30pm on Sunday, before a neighbour tried to save his life.
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I went to day two of the Britain's Got Talent auditions where a slew of hopeful performers travelled thousands of miles just for a chance to star in the longest series EVER
15/09/24 06:22
The influx of foreign wannabes showed no sign of slowing up on Sunday as auditions for the 2025 series of Britain's Got Talent entered their second day in London.
I went to the Britain's Got Talent auditions where hundreds lined the streets with dreams of starring in the longest series EVER - and the string of acts featured a VERY familiar face
14/09/24 04:22
Young and old performers alike queued hours for a chance to impress in the first audition for Britain's Got Talent 2025 on Saturday.
Tragedy behind the body in a wheelie bin: How a Syrian scammer strangled millionairess Louise Kam with a hairdryer cord, dumped her in a bin and filmed a sick TikTok video
05/09/24 01:00
Only when you know the context of the video, does its true horror become apparent. A young man is dancing and gyrating on the driveway of a smart looking house in north London.
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Inside the country's bitterest bakery row. Why London's wokearati turned on artisan Gail's... and why residents claim the chain setting up shop will be the 'final straw' and 'catastrophic'
21/08/24 11:09
Surely few at Gail's, which serves iced lattes with cute red-and-white paper straws, could have imagined the decision to move to E17 would have triggered such a furious backlash.
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Leicester Square stab victims were 'attacked by stranger'
13/08/24 06:23
The Metropolitan Police said a man, 32, thought to be the only suspect, had been arrested after the attack in the tourist hotspot in broad daylight on Monday.
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Leicester Square stab victims were 'attacked by stranger': Police believe mother, 34, and daughter, 11, didn't know knifeman who set upon them in broad daylight before hero security guard leapt to their rescue
12/08/24 05:46
The Metropolitan Police said a man, 32, thought to be the only suspect, had been arrested after the attack in the tourist hotspot in broad daylight on Monday.
Moment Leicester Square suspect is arrested after girl, 11, and her mother, 34, were stabbed - as hero security guard reveals how he tackled knifeman
12/08/24 02:45
This is the moment a 'knifeman' was arrested after a schoolgirl, 11, and a woman, 34, were attacked in Leicester Square.
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Theatregoers reveal what they REALLY think of new London play which has to be paused - because controversial abortion scene left audience members feeling ill
02/08/24 06:36
London's Almeida Theatre was forced to halt its showing of The Years for ten minutes earlier this week while queasy guests were given medical treatment.
- 159 comments
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Controversial West End show Slave Play starring Kit Harrington and Olivia Washington leaves audiences divided as some theatregoers leave early over 'triggering' content
16/07/24 06:24
Before it even arrived in the West End, US theatrical sensation Slave Play had provoked controversy - with plans to have performances for black-only audiences sparking a row.
- 39 comments
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'Moment ex-soldier triple murder suspect Kyle Clifford flees Bushey scene with crossbow after tying up ex-girlfriend and her family and shooting them dead' - as new video shows armed cops raiding home
10/07/24 01:45
Doorbell footage shows Kyle Clifford striding away from the family home while carrying a large object underneath a white sheet shortly before 7pm yesterday.
'We're not going anywhere!' Up to 100 homeless migrants living in tent city opposite The Dorchester on Park Lane vow to stay put because they 'don't have any money' - as furious residents slam council for 'doing nothing'
10/07/24 01:11
Up to 100 homeless migrants living in a tent city opposite a famous Park Lane hotel today vowed to dig their heels in as furious locals slam the council for inaction.
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Three Lions fans paint their towns red (and white) as they toast England making the Euro 2024 semis: Southgate's side spark a Saturday night to remember with penalty drama over Switzerland
06/07/24 07:32
England fans roared as the Three Lions finally broke Switzerland down on penalties in the quarter-final of the European Championship this evening.
Fish farms will destroy our corner of paradise: British expats fear their dream lifestyle on idyllic Greek island is under threat from plans for industrial-scale plant
17/06/24 12:11
British expats fear an industrial-scale fish farm on the island of Poros which risks dumping slimy fish waste on their golden beaches. A company wants to increase the size of the plant by 30 times.
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Revealed: How the mother of millennial saint Carlo Acutis held hundreds of London churchgoers mesmerised with 'electric' speech on how the teenager lived to spread kindness
24/05/24 10:41
Father Dominic Robinson predicted that London-born Carlo will become a 'saint for the millennials' by drawing in a new generation of young believers.
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Masterchef winner Brin Pirathapan returns home to his proud family and doctor fiancée who inspired him to go on the show - as neighbours reveal the vet was a child entrepreneur who 'kept chickens in his garden and sold the eggs'
23/05/24 06:15
The brother of newly-crowned MasterChef champion Brin Pirathapan told yesterday of their family's pride at his triumph in the BBC One cooking reality show.
Mother, 40, who 'fell in love' with jailed Just Stop Oil activist who faces being deported to Germany for Dartford Crossing bridge protest pleads for him to be allowed to stay in Britain
19/04/24 05:25
Marcus Decker climbed 200 feet up the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge over the River Thames in Dartford, Kent, then camped in a hammock for 40 hours, forcing police to close the crossing.
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'I don't feel like much of a sex pervert': Theatre critic defends himself after sparking fury when he told how female lecturer was so attractive that he had to visit a cash-for-sex massage parlour after her talk
19/04/24 02:12
Lloyd Evans revealed in The Spectator that he visited a Chinese prostitute after becoming distracted by the appearance of political theory expert Lea Ypi at a talk in Cambridge .
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'People are calling me a sex pervert': Spectator writer who said Cambridge lecturer was so attractive that he had to visit a prostitute hits back at critics telling them to 'get out of the basement and get a bit of action, even if you have to pay'
19/04/24 06:43
Lloyd Evans sparked outrage when he revealed in The Spectator he visited a Chinese prostitute after becoming distracted by the appearance of political theory expert Lea Ypi at a talk in Cambridge.
- 489 comments
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From snoring to clapping and getting drunk...Inside the theatre as Sheridan Smith gets set for the curtain call of Opening Night after producers announced show would end its West End run early
12/04/24 11:46
Theatregoers watching Sheridan Smith's under-fire West End performance were heard whispering 'I don't get it' to each other during the interval, MailOnline can reveal.
Bewildered audience members whisper 'I don't get it' to each other during interval of Sheridan Smith's under-fire West End play - after one tired theatregoer nodded off before being abruptly woken by star's loud singing
11/04/24 07:07
Bewildered audience members whispered 'I don't get it' to each other during the interval of Sheridan Smith's under-fire West End play this evening, as they turned up to the under-fire play.

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