As a young family slept in their home, a "petrol bomb" was hurled at their front door. The shocking incident was one of six arson attacks carried out across Bolton in the space of just one hour.
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A 21-year-old woman was found dead in her flat just months after graduating from university.
Ellie Boswell was seemingly 'always happy' and 'would light up any room she would walk into', her family said. The mental health worker, originally from Wythenshawe, had studied performing arts at Edge Hill university and graduated in the summer of 2021, the Liverpool Echo reports.
But just months later, on September 19, Ellie was tragically found dead in her flat, where she lived alone, having taken her own life. Her sister, Connah Proudman, had contacted the emergency services after she couldn't get hold of her following a night out the previous evening.
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Connah said her hard-working sister was seemingly 'always happy'. The 26-year-old said: "She was such a hard worker. She was an amazing singer.
"She was so happy and would light up any room she would walk into. She had to work so hard to get into university.
"When she went to college she had to resit some of her GCSEs to make sure she got into uni. When she knew what she wanted, she'd make sure she got it."
Ellie had moved to Merseyside from Manchester with her sister around 12 years ago before going on to study performing arts at Edge Hill University. When she graduated she realised she wanted to work as a mental health support worker.
Connah, who now lives in Frodsham with her son Zaine, nine, said: "Ellie had just graduated from Edge Hill in the summer. She was working as a mental health support worker in the Wirral and then she decided she wanted to join the army in a similar role.
"They offered her a role that would run alongside a master's degree so she could be properly qualified. She had shown
As a young family slept in their home, a "petrol bomb" was hurled at their front door. The shocking incident was one of six arson attacks carried out across Bolton in the space of just one hour.
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