Each festive season, children across the UK focus their efforts on becoming a professional present detective in the hopes of finding an early Christmas present, with 1 in 5 children (20 per cent) finding and opening their gifts before December 25. In t…
Yardie’ Derek McDuffus, the drug dealer who stabbed to death one of Manchester’s most notorious gangsters, has been freed from prison. McDuffus, then aged 41, was sentenced to life in jail after murdering Desmond Noonan in Chorlton in 2005.
He was orde…
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A Metrolink line was blocked on Saturday morning after a car got stuck in a tram tunnel. The driver took a wrong turn and got trapped in the tunnel under Great Ancoats Street on the outskirts on Manchester city centre.
The Ashton line was closed while …
A man was caught trying to get into cars in the Ryelands Crescent area at around 4.40am on Thursday morning (October 20).
Police quickly attended the scene and arrested a 23-year-old man from Preston on suspicion of theft from a vehicle.
He …
A busy main road was closed off on Wednesday with a police car left in tatters after smashing into a metal barrier. Ashton Road, in Oldham, was cordoned off by the emergency services on Wednesday evening (October 19) after the crash, which is thought t…
An Oxford policeman became a hero when he saved an elderly man from being crushed by a lorry.Pc Argyle was on duty in Magdalen Street on March 1, 1946 when he saw a military lorry veer out of control and head towards the man.
He pulled him out of …
A phone call to police from a concerned member of the public has led to a drug driver losing his licence for more than a year. The 999 call was made just after 5pm on March 28.
A white Renault van was reported to be driving erratically on the A47 at Gu…
People living on an estate in Lancing are discontented. They’ve been forced to put up with frequent sewage leaks which have plagued their street in the past few years. Contractors and sewage tankers are now a regular feature in West Way and Orient Road…
Ellis Genge cemented his place in Bristol Bears folklore on his homecoming with two tries as the Bears began from behind to claim a 31-29 victory over derby rivals Bath Rugby at Ashton Gate.
Bath looked to be heading towards what would have been a famo…