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
Drill rapper was ‘seriously contemplating’ making bomb for terror attack
Al-Arfat Hassan bought knives and chemicals online that he intended to use for an improvised explosive device.
2 Feb 2024
UK
Mother urged to seek medical help after newborn baby found dead in pub toilet
Police have told the mother of the baby they are ‘not here to arrest you’ after the grim discovery in a pub near Leeds.
29 Jan 2024
UK29 Jan 2024
Mother of newborn baby found dead in pub toilet urged to get medical help
The baby girl was found in the toilet of the Three Horseshoes in Oulton, Leeds, on Sunday afternoon.
Crime
Six teenagers cleared of murdering 14-year-old – but two guilty of manslaughter
Gordon Gault was slashed on the arm with a machete as he rode on the back of a friend’s e-bike in Newcastle’s West End.
15 Jan 2024
UK
Prince of Wales surprises Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield with CBEs
William paid tribute to the pair’s ‘phenomenal’ efforts in raising funds and awareness for motor neurone disease
11 Jan 2024
Crime
Footballer cleared of raping and sexually assaulting woman he met on Tinder
Sunderland winger Jack Diamond, 23, denied assaulting the woman at his house in Fatfield, in Washington, Sunderland, in May 2022
8 Jan 2024
Crime
Footballer accused of rape says he ‘would never, ever think of doing that’
Sunderland winger Jack Diamond, 23, denies raping and sexually assaulting a woman after inviting her to his home.
4 Jan 2024
Crime
Woman allegedly raped by footballer went to his home for ‘cuddles and company’
Diamond, 23, is accused of raping and sexually assaulting the woman he originally met on dating app Tinder.
3 Jan 2024
UK
Lottery ticket holder claims £15m jackpot from pre-Christmas draw
Camelot UK Lotteries Limited confirmed on Wednesday that it had received a claim for the prize won by a single ticket-holder
27 Dec 2023
UK
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after incident in Yorkshire town
Police were called to Rosemary Court, Tadcaster, at 7.20am after reports of a man with serious injuries.
26 Dec 2023
Crime
Boy, 17, stabbed to death by two teenagers ‘under influence of nitrous oxide’
Harley Brown was killed in a ‘sustained and brutal’ knife attack after a chance encounter with two youths he knew outside a shop.
18 Dec 2023
Crime
Boy, 14, denies murdering teenager Alfie Lewis near school in Leeds
Fifteen-year-old Alfie was attacked in the Horsforth area of the city on November 7 as children were leaving two nearby schools.
8 Dec 2023
UK4 Dec 2023
More than 30 flood warnings issued as UK faces heavy rain
Travel disruption is expected and a Met Office yellow weather warning for rain is in place
Environment
Schools closed and crashes reported as snow sweeps across parts of UK
The Met Office has said parts of Dartmoor could see up to 10cm of snow on Thursday.
30 Nov 2023
Crime
Boy, 13, who reversed over a grandmother sentenced to two years in custody
Marcia Grant, 60, suffered catastrophic injuries outside her home as she and her husband tried to stop the boy taking their vehicle.
29 Nov 2023
Crime
Man who ran over off-duty ambulance worker jailed for at least 28 years
Sheldon Flanighan, 55, died and his friend Wayne Common was badly hurt when Toby Kelly deliberately drove into them in a pub car park.
15 Nov 2023
Crime
Six jailed over £1.5bn plot to smuggle cocaine into UK in frozen chicken boxes
The gang’s plot saw 15 tonnes of the Class A drug hidden in pallets of frozen chicken and imported from the Netherlands.
10 Nov 2023
Crime
Teenager found guilty of plotting mosque terror attack ‘has converted to Islam’
Joe Metcalfe has been jailed for 10 years with an additional licence period of six years after being found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism.
10 Nov 2023
Crime
Boy accused of murdering teen makes first appearance at crown court
Alfie, 15, was attacked in the Horsforth area of Leeds on Tuesday afternoon as children were leaving two nearby schools.
10 Nov 2023
Crime9 Nov 2023
Murder-accused boy, 14, blows kiss to mother as he appears in court
The teenager is charged with murdering Alfie Lewis, 15, who was stabbed near a school in Horsforth, Leeds, on Tuesday