1+ week, 5+ day ago   (294+ words) A man has been charged with murder after a house fire which killed a seven-year-old girl and her aunt, police said. Natalie McDonald, 34, and Valentina Foster died and four others were injured in the blaze in Grangetown, Middlesbrough, in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (545+ words) A chemistry teacher has been convicted of having sexual relationships with two pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s. Sally-Anne Bowen, who taught at Christ’s College in Finchley, north London, indecently assaulted the teenage boys when they were aged…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (386+ words) People across Bury joined communities nationwide as the country marked the inaugural National Day for Victims and Survivors of Terrorism. The day of remembrance and reflection, held on August 21, recognises the devastating impact terrorism has on individuals, families, communities and…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (897+ words) The family of one of the two officers killed when a car driving the wrong way on the A66 dual carriageway crashed into their police vehicle said he was “our hero” who was “always on public duty”. Pc Tom Clough, 38, died…...

3+ week, 10+ hour ago   (552+ words) Officers had aborted the pursuit of a car believed to be using cloned plates seconds before it crashed into a different police vehicle on the A66 near Middlesbrough, killing seven people, the police watchdog said. Five males aged between 17 and 23 years…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (397+ words) British rapper and social media influencer Yung Filly will face a retrial on three charges of rape after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his initial trial in Australia. The 30-year-old, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (233+ words) A murder investigation is under way after woman died and a further eight people were taken to hospital following a house fire in west London. Officers were called to reports of a fire at a property on Berkeley Avenue, Hounslow,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (772+ words) A father who died alongside his wife and teenage daughter after entering the sea off the Sussex coast was a Palestinian refugee called Hossam Al-Khawas. Mr Al-Khawas, named by the Palestinian embassy on Wednesday, is thought to have gone into…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (751+ words) A woman allegedly sexually abused as a schoolgirl by former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has told a court she “struggled” to tell anybody about what happened. Dott, 49, is accused of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards two primary school…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) Police have launched a double murder investigation after the bodies of two men were found in a flat in Glasgow. Officers were called to Chancellor Street in the Partick area on Sunday afternoon, where Paul Lafferty, 50, and Gary Beatson, 54, were…...