Kim Pilling
UK
Kate joins celebration as young mother marks end of chemotherapy treatment
The ceremony came as a welcome surprise for patient Claire Lorente, her partner Pablo and son Enzo.
By Kim Pilling
4 Jun 2026
Crime
Stranger gets suspended sentence for McDonald’s attack on drag star
In a victim statement, the star said: ‘I am a lot more conscious that I could be attacked at any moment, simply for living my authentic life’.
By Kim Pilling
5 Jan 2024
Showbiz
Drag star tells court hate crime caused 'anguish and ongoing trauma'
The star told the court: 'I am now a lot more conscious that I could be attacked at any moment simply for living my life'
By Kim Pilling
3 Jan 2024
UK
Man held after police officers injured in road collision
The officers, a male and a female, were struck by a car in Leeds city centre on Wednesday night.
By Kim Pilling
29 Dec 2023
UK
Burglars raid Cheshire mansion of Manchester City footballer Jack Grealish
The raiders struck while he was in action for the Premier League title holders at Everton.
By Kim Pilling
29 Dec 2023
Crime
Pudsey Bear fraudsters jailed for ‘pocketing’ charity supermarket collections
The gang used Children In Need, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, The Children’s Society and Mind as fronts for their crimes.
By Kim Pilling
21 Dec 2023
Business News
Date set for fraud trial for former Co-op Bank boss Paul Flowers
It is alleged he committed the offence while acting as a power of attorney for a woman named Margaret Mary Jarvis.
By Kim Pilling
19 Dec 2023
Crime
Stroke unit nurse who drugged patients for 'easy life' jailed
Catherine Hudson illegally sedated two patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital
By Kim Pilling
14 Dec 2023
Crime
Ill-treatment by stroke unit nurse will ‘haunt us’, victim’s son tells court
In October Catherine Hudson, 54, was found guilty of giving the sedative zopiclone to Aileen Scott, 76, to keep her ‘quiet and compliant’.
By Kim Pilling
13 Dec 2023
Crime
Tyson Fury and brothers to pay nearly £100,000 after business rates ruling
The boxing champion and brothers John and Shane were taken to court by Cheshire East Council over land they owned in Styal.
By Kim Pilling
12 Dec 2023
Crime
‘Thorough and fearless’ inquiry to examine death of murdered imam
Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned with a hammer in a children’s play area in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on February 18 2016.
By Kim Pilling
7 Dec 2023
UK
‘Selfish’ motorist, 81, with poor eyesight who fatally hit pedestrian is jailed
Neil Pemberton ignored doctors and continued to get behind the wheel, police said.
By Kim Pilling
6 Dec 2023
Business News
Tech entrepreneur Lawrence Jones jailed for 15 years for three sex attacks
Jones, from Hale Barns, Greater Manchester, set up web hosting provider UKFast with his wife Gail from a spare bedroom in 999.
By Kim Pilling
1 Dec 2023
UK
Significant improvements by Greater Manchester Police, inspection finds
Stephen Watson replaced Ian Hopkins as the chief constable of GMP in May 2021 after the force was placed in special measures in December 2020.
By Kim Pilling
1 Dec 2023
Crime
Inquest to open into deaths of four teenagers killed in car crash
The bodies of Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, were found in a silver Ford Fiesta on November 21.
By Kim Pilling
29 Nov 2023
Crime
Tech entrepreneur Lawrence Jones convicted of rapes and sexual assault
The 55-year-old former UKFast entrepreneur will be sentenced for all matters on December 1.
By Kim Pilling
23 Nov 2023
Crime
Ex-employees accused tech boss Jones of sexual harassment and bullying
Lawrence Jones stepped down as CEO of web host provider UKFast after the Financial Times reported claims of sexual harassment.
By Kim Pilling
23 Nov 2023
Crime
Letby inquiry asks hospital neonatal units if CCTV has been installed
A senior judge said the query about CCTV has been included in a questionnaire after it was suggested by parents of babies harmed by Letby
By Kim Pilling
23 Nov 2023
Crime
Rapist posed as taxi driver to lure vulnerable women into his car
Detectives identified Nazim Asmal after his black Toyota Yaris car was picked up on CCTV cameras.
By Kim Pilling
20 Nov 2023
UK
Two charged after Rochdale cenotaph daubed with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti
The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, who also designed the cenotaph on Whitehall.
By Kim Pilling
10 Nov 2023
Crime
Man denies murder of dog owner found after labradoodle snatch
A trial date was provisionally set for February 12.
By Kim Pilling
10 Nov 2023