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Hospital bosses fail to answer questions after death of newspaper chief

Pete Magill died aged 49 in June, three days after turning up to A&E at Warrington Hospital

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Dec 07, 2025
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Hello and welcome to The Lancashire Lead.

Today we report on the death of Pete Magill who was Newsquest’s print chief for the North West, which includes oversight of the Lancashire Telegraph. He had also worked for the publisher behind the Lancashire Post and Blackpool Gazette.

Pete died aged 49 in June, three days after turning up to A&E at Warrington Ho…

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