Pat Hurst
Crime
Baby murder trial told: ‘We can’t bring Preston back’
Preston Davey died following months of alleged abuse, jurors were told.
By Pat Hurst
9 Jun 2026
Crime
Bid to stop husband cleared of murder getting late wife’s millions
Convicted fraudster Donald McPherson was cleared on a judge’s direction of murdering his wife Paula Leeson.
By Pat Hurst
15 Apr 2024
Crime
Inquest to examine why Brianna’s killer was put in same school
Scarlett Jenkinson was transferred to trans teenager Brianna Ghey’s school then went on to plan her murder.
By Pat Hurst
11 Apr 2024
Politics
Andy Burnham launches campaign at Salford venue made famous by The Smiths
Mr Burnham is running to become mayor of Greater Manchester for a third time.
By Pat Hurst
3 Apr 2024
Politics
Reform UK launches Blackpool by-election campaign
Former street preacher Mark Butcher says he aims to give Labour and the Tories a ‘bloody nose’.
By Pat Hurst
28 Mar 2024
Politics
Esther McVey on the road to fill pothole problem
The Government has pledged extra cash to fix the country’s potholed roads
By Pat Hurst
25 Mar 2024
Crime
Former Liverpool football prodigy jailed for role in drugs plot
Jamie Cassidy had at one time been one of England’s hottest football prospects, a court heard.
By Pat Hurst
22 Mar 2024
UK
Murder charge over ‘devoted’ family man killed in suspected car theft
Marvin Sutton is charged over death of Chris Hanley in Manchester on Saturday.
By Pat Hurst
19 Mar 2024
Crime
Man jailed for 13 years over terror guide for ‘misfits and nobodies’
Jacob Graham was convicted of seven terror offences last month
By Pat Hurst
18 Mar 2024
UK
Man killed while 'trying to stop car being stolen'
A 57-year-old man was killed by his own Land Rover near Manchester city centre on Saturday, police say
By Pat Hurst
18 Mar 2024
Crime
Chicken mayo sandwiches linked to hospital deaths, inquest concludes
Retired nurse Beverley Sowah and mother-of-five Enid Heap were among seven deaths linked to the listeria outbreak
By Pat Hurst
15 Mar 2024
Crime
Listeria outbreak at hospital linked to meat processing firm, inquest hears
Hospital patients Beverley Sowah and Enid Heap died after eating chicken mayo sandwiches thought to be contaminated with the bug.
By Pat Hurst
13 Mar 2024
Health
Hospital chicken sandwich link to women’s deaths, inquest hears
Beverley Sowah and Enid Heap both died at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 2019
By Pat Hurst
11 Mar 2024
Crime
Mother of murdered teenager Brianna Ghey meets killer’s family
Esther Ghey met the mother and uncle of Scarlett Jenkinson
By Pat Hurst
11 Mar 2024
Crime
Brianna killer wants to appeal against sentence for ‘sadistic’ murder
Eddie Ratcliffe wants a judge to grant him permission to appeal against his life sentence.
By Pat Hurst
7 Mar 2024
Politics
‘This is for Gaza’ – George Galloway by-election victory speech
The political firebrand was declared the new MP for Rochdale after a divisive campaign.
By Pat Hurst
1 Mar 2024
Crime
Father of Brianna Ghey’s killer jailed for sex offences on girls
Kyle Ratcliffe admitted two offences of exposure and covertly taking an indecent photo of a pre-pubescent girl
By Pat Hurst
29 Feb 2024
Politics
Voters go to the polls in Rochdale by-election
George Galloway is the favourite as polls open in a divisive by-election in the town.
By Pat Hurst
29 Feb 2024
Crime
Trampoline park directors fined after 11 broken backs in two months
A total of 270 customers were injured within two months of the attraction opening.
By Pat Hurst
27 Feb 2024
Crime
Student who wrote ‘how-to’ guide on weapons and bombs guilty of terror offences
Jacob Graham, whose ‘idol’ was US terrorist Theodore Kaczynski the ‘Unabomber’, will be sentenced next month.
By Pat Hurst
23 Feb 2024
Crime
Teenager who died on Scout trip was unlawfully killed
Ben Leonard, 16, fell to his death during a trip to North Wales in 2018
By Pat Hurst
22 Feb 2024