Katie Dickinson

UK

King has ‘instant bond’ with cancer patients during visit to new hospital centre

Charles was cheered by patients and staff at York Hospital, as he toured the site before the opening of the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Centre.
26 May 2026
Crime

Father-of-two seen carrying plywood towards fire during hotel disorder jailed

Luke Fowler, 38, said he was in the area to buy bait for a fishing trip and had not gone to protest.
11 Sept 2024
Politics

Stormont ministers finally agree draft programme for government

Ministers signed off on the delayed blueprint when they met at Stormont Castle on Thursday morning.
5 Sept 2024
Crime

Mother died less than an hour after police called to scene of fatal house fire

Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died following the blaze at their home in Bradford.
4 Sept 2024
Crime

Two men admit setting fire to bus during disorder in Leeds

Mark Mitchell and Milan Zamostny both pleaded guilty to arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered.
29 Aug 2024
BRADFORD FIRE VICTIMS
Crime

Man accused of murdering family in fire 'may not recover from coma'

Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died following the blaze at their home in Bradford

29 Aug 2024
Crime

Man pleads guilty to arson and violent disorder over Harehills disturbances

The disorder in Harehills on July 18 saw a patrol car overturned and a bus set alight.
28 Aug 2024
Crime

Man who threw objects at Nigel Farage on campaign bus avoids jail

Josh Greally, 28, was sentenced to six weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.

28 Aug 2024
Crime

Two men appear in court charged with murdering mother and children in house fire

Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died following the blaze at their home in Bradford.
28 Aug 2024
Politics

Man to be sentenced for throwing objects at Nigel Farage during election

Josh Greally, 28, was arrested in Barnsley on June 11 after he threw what looked like a paper cup containing a liquid and another object at Mr Farage.
28 Aug 2024
Crime

Man accused of murdering parcel delivery driver in Leeds faces trial next year

Mark Ross, 32, made his first appearance at a crown court on Tuesday after being charged in relation to the death of 42-year-old Claudiu-Carol Kondor.
27 Aug 2024
Crime

Man appears in court accused of murdering delivery driver in Leeds

Mark Ross, of Conference Road, Armley, appeared before magistrates on Friday.
23 Aug 2024
UK

'Children killed in Bradford house fire were lovely pupils'

Bryonie Gawith, 29, died at the scene and her three children, Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, died in hospital

23 Aug 2024
Politics

Ukrainian teenager who escaped devastation of war celebrates GCSE results

Oles Kuzomko, 16, fled Kyiv and came to the UK with his mother Mila in May 2022
22 Aug 2024
Crime

Rioter who took sledgehammer to cars at garage owned by foreign national jailed

Stuart Randall, 55, also danced in front of a police line while waving a riot shield and smashed the front windows of two shops
19 Aug 2024
Crime

Two members of ‘baying mob’ that forced Romanian men from car in Hull jailed

A court heard the driver of a BMW was left in fear for his life when more than 100 ‘angry’ men descended on his vehicle
16 Aug 2024
Crime

‘Surprise’ decision to charge boy, 15, with riot ‘may have wider repercussions’

The teenager became the first person to be charged with riot following the recent national disorder
15 Aug 2024
Politics

Student who lost mother to cancer weeks before A-levels secures Cambridge place

Francesca Morgan said her mother Faustina, who taught her at home until her GCSEs, would be ‘immensely proud’.
15 Aug 2024
Crime

Rioter, 19, who stood on overturned car and looted fire extinguishers locked up

Riley Adey, 19, was part of a group that attacked police during a ‘protest that soon turned to widespread violence’ in Sunderland.
14 Aug 2024
Crime

Man who kicked female officer to ground during Hull riots jailed for three years

Connor Whiteley, 26, admitted violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker after playing a ‘prominent role’ in ‘hate-fuelled mob violence’.
14 Aug 2024
Crime

Case of Lush looter delayed over claims he offered his autograph in prison

John Honey admitted violent disorder, burglary and racially aggravated criminal damage during riots in Hull.
13 Aug 2024