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
Politics
‘She’s let us all down’ – voters react in Rayner constituency
The MP left Government after Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser found she had breached the ministerial code over her underpayment of stamp duty.
By Pat Hurst
5 Sept 2025
Crime
‘My son was everything you are not’, mother tells killer of ex-prison officer
Elias Morgan shot Lenny Scott outside a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire.
By Pat Hurst
2 Sept 2025
Crime
Man who murdered ex-prison officer is jailed for life
Elias Morgan, 35, gunned down father-of-three Lenny Scott, 33, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire last year
By Pat Hurst
2 Sept 2025
UK
Police ‘removing flag’ were ‘putting up anti-vandal cameras’
A widely shared tweet suggested officers were neglecting crime to take down a Union flag.
By Pat Hurst
29 Aug 2025
Crime
Fraudster loses £90 million property empire and Ferrari
Arif Patel is wanted in the UK for a huge VAT fraud.
By Pat Hurst
29 Aug 2025
Crime
Private teacher jailed for sex assaults on pupils
Umair Iqbal was convicted of 29 offences
By Pat Hurst
8 Aug 2025
Crime
Couple drowned in flash floods on Majorca hike, inquest hears
Alexander Barrett, 32, died along with his partner Sarah Thompson, 26, as a ‘wall of water’ cascaded down the canyon they were descending last year.
By Pat Hurst
5 Aug 2025
UK
Residents mystified by naked ‘gimp mask’ night stalker
The man was captured on cameras wearing just trainers and the mask.
By Pat Hurst
4 Aug 2025
Crime
Former Scotland captain Colin Hendry admits harassing ex-partner
The 59-year-old ex-professional footballer appeared at Preston Magistrates’ Court.
By Pat Hurst
30 Jul 2025
UK
Missing Brady pages could hold clues to victim’s burial site, documentary claims
A new BBC documentary covers the search for the only victim of the Moors Murderers never to be found
By Pat Hurst
30 Jul 2025
Crime
‘Cowardly’ knife killer who fled to Greece jailed for life
Thomas Dures, 21, stabbed Matthew Daulby, 19, with a lock-knife outside a Lancashire bar in 2023 before fleeing to Greece.
By Pat Hurst
28 Jul 2025
UK
Cole Palmer receives hero’s welcome in St Kitts
The midfielder and his family were given an authentic Kittitian welcome on arrival on Monday night.
By Pat Hurst
16 Jul 2025
Crime
Man Utd fan admits ‘slap’ assault on Man City’s Grealish
Alfie Holt claimed the England and City star had insulted him after he shouted abuse.
By Pat Hurst
14 Jul 2025
Crime
‘Serious blunder’ over Islamic State murder of Rochdale Imam
Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death by Islamic extremists.
By Pat Hurst
10 Jul 2025
Crime
Public inquiry into Southport murders will ‘identify changes urgently needed’
Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford made an opening statement at Liverpool Town Hall on Tuesday.
By Pat Hurst
8 Jul 2025
UK
Second teenager killed on railway line named
Jordan Everett and Joshua Myers, both 16, died near Poynton railway station on July 3.
By Pat Hurst
8 Jul 2025
Crime
Public inquiry begins into ‘horrific’ Southport murders
A key question for the inquiry is whether the attack could or should have been prevented.
By Pat Hurst
8 Jul 2025
UK
Driver of 100mph ‘rogue’ electric car charged with driving offence
Nathan Owen said a fault in his Jaguar I-Pace left him without brakes at 100mph on the motorway.
By Pat Hurst
7 Jul 2025
UK
Shocked fans share Jota grief at Anfield
Hundreds of fans came to the home of the Reds to pay their respects.
By Pat Hurst
3 Jul 2025
UK
Police chief vows ‘relentless’ pursuit of grooming gangs
It comes after a largely positive report about Greater Manchester Police’s turnaround in tackling the gangs.
By Pat Hurst
3 Jul 2025