Stephanie Wareham
Crime19 May 2026
Woman who claimed she could not walk jailed for benefit fraud after 10k race
Helen Green, 49, told the DWP she needed crutches and was housebound but was caught on CCTV taking part in exercise classes and running 10k races.
Crime
NHS trust fined £1.6m for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies
It is the second time that Nottinghamshire University Hospitals NHS Trust has been prosecuted by the Care Quality Commission for maternity failures.
12 Feb 2025
Crime
Man accused of killing wife ‘cried when police said she did not love him’
Mohamed Samak denies fatally stabbing his wife Joanne at their Worcestershire home in July 2024, claiming she inflicted the wounds on herself.
11 Feb 2025
Crime
Young driver and two passengers died after he ‘lost control of car and hit tree’
Three teenagers were killed in the crash after a house party in Staffordshire in May last year.
5 Feb 2025
UK
Man charged with breaching restraining order as police investigate woman’s death
Philippa Lewitt, 46, died in hospital after police were called to an address in Staffordshire by the ambulance service on January 29.
3 Feb 2025
Crime
Woman denies murder of ‘well-loved’ father-of-six on Christmas Day
Kirsty Carless, 33, appeared at Stafford Crown Court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to murdering Louis Price, 31.
31 Jan 2025Crime
Husband and wife ‘almost living separate lives’ before he ‘stabbed her to death’
Hockey coach Mohamed Samak, 42, denies murdering his wife Joanne, 49, who was found dead at their home on July 1 last year.
29 Jan 2025
Crime28 Jan 2025
Boy accused of fatally stabbing 12-year-old set to face trial in June
A 14-year-old youth is accused of murder, possession of a bladed article and six unconnected assaults
UK
William watched by Kenny Dalglish during football match in Liverpool
The Prince of Wales visited two community groups in Toxteth before being greeted by waiting crowds who wanted selfies and to meet the royal.
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UK22 Jan 2025
‘Lovely, bright’ 12-year-old boy stabbed to death is named by police
Leo Ross, 12, died in hospital hours after he was found with a stab wound to the stomach.
Crime
Couple who joined protest outside hotel housing asylum seekers jailed
Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.
9 Jan 2025
UK
Family of man shot dead by police on Christmas Eve ‘demand justice’
Marcus Meade, 39, was hit in the chest by a single bullet fired by a West Mercia Police firearms officer after a five-and-a-half-hour standoff.
8 Jan 2025
Crime
Rapper tracked down and shot dead in ‘revenge attack after murder acquittal’
Tamba Momodu, 20, was shot six times at point-blank range as he sat in a car outside a gym, Stafford Crown Court heard.
6 Jan 2025
Crime
Boy charged with murdering 18-year-old days after Christmas appears in court
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, is accused of killing Noah Smedley in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on December 28.
3 Jan 2025
Science
Hundreds of dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years found in quarry
Five huge trackways, forming part of a ‘dinosaur highway’, were discovered during a dig at a quarry in Oxfordshire in the summer.
2 Jan 2025
Crime
Woman charged with murdering father of six on Christmas Day appears in court
Kirsty Carless, 33, is charged with the murder of Louis Price, 31, who died after police were called to reports of a man in cardiac arrest.
31 Dec 2024
UK
Teenager who died in stabbing is named as eighth arrest is made
Noah Smedley was found with injuries consistent with having been stabbed and died at the scene in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, on Saturday evening.
30 Dec 2024
Crime
Father who deliberately drove into motorcyclist who was pursuing son is jailed
Murat Karakas left his home armed with a rounders bat when he heard his son was being chased by a motorcyclist and crashed into him head-on.
20 Dec 2024
Crime
Mother and daughter who ‘terrorised’ neighbours with campaign of abuse jailed
Susan Chen, 61, and her solicitor daughter Linda Lu, 35, were jailed for five-and-a-half years on Friday for their ‘malicious’ behaviour.
6 Dec 2024
Crime
Man charged with murdering woman in e-bike crash appears in court
Keaton Muldoon made his first appearance in court on Friday after being charged with the murder of Alana Armstrong.
6 Dec 2024
Crime
Consultant felt rogue surgeon’s mastectomies were ‘not adequate’, inquest hears
Despite his concerns, plastic surgeon Fazel Fatah said he did not feel it was his role to report Ian Paterson to the General Medical Council.
5 Dec 2024