3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (395+ words) TWO police officers saved a sleeping woman from a burning house just before its bedroom windows exploded as fire engulfed the property. PC Taylor Rees and PC Guto Dafydd of Dyfed-Powys Police have both been awarded bravery medals following the…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (472+ words) A 16-YEAR-OLD boy from Cheltenham has been jailed for a minimum of 16 years after being convicted of murdering a man in the town. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found guilty of killing Hamid Erfani following…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (390+ words) Sibling’s relief at PM U-turn THE sister of a woman killed on a pavement by a drink-driver has said she wishes she could see the disappointment on his face now his early release has been cancelled. Rosie Shepherd, 31, also revealed…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (271+ words) Andy Burnham removed inmates guilty of unlawful killing, including two killers of PC Andrew Harper, from the reduced prison-time scheme amid an intense backlash. But cell space for them will be created by freeing convicts on Imprisonment for Public Protection…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (246+ words) A LARGE straw fire “continues to burn out” three days later, a fire service has said. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue was called to a large fire on Friday evening (August 28) on Stow Road in Kimbolton. This story is from the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (279+ words) THE killers of PC Andrew Harper will be kept in prison after a major u-turn from Andy Burnham. The Prime Minister has been under pressure over Labour's disastrous early release scheme for England and Wales. Changes announced yesterday said criminals…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (484+ words) - Holly Evans, The Independent But economic struggles, deprivation and high levels of unemployment have since given it an unattractive reputation, with recent headlines doing little to help its cause. The town of 150,000 people now holds the unwanted accolade of being…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (299+ words) A WOMAN once described as Britain’s youngest female paedophile is due to be re-released from prison this month. Sophie Elms, 25, right, an ex-childcare student from Swindon, was sentenced to seven years and ten months’ imprisonment in 2019 after admitting a series…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (233+ words) MANAGER READY TO ‘LEARN’ AFTER LICENCE SUSPENDED THE manager of a County Durham pub has vowed to boost staffing levels and implement stricter security measures after a man sustained life-altering injuries in a “sustained, violent and entirely unprovoked” attack. Ross…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (269+ words) AN investigation into a Derbyshire barn fire which burned for days, has concluded that it most like started through natural causes. Crews were called to the barn in Twyford Road, Barrow upon Trent, at around 3pm on Thursday, August 13, following a…...