Leeds United fans have seen a spike in arrests for football-related offences last season, according to the latest figures. The Home Office has recently revealed the number of football-related arrests during the 2024-25 season, as well as the tally of football banning orders currently active. Leeds United’s following saw 36 …
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A ‘prolific’ shoplifter has been barred from every B&M store across the UK, police have confirmed. Stuart Astley, from Skelmersdale, has been hit with a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order following offences committed between April and May. The 43 year old received the CBO at Preston Magistrates Court on Tuesday (July …
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A postman ran his own cut-price stamp selling service by making hundreds of fake stamps and postage labels to sell online to customers in a brazen bid to make some easy money. Lee Whitehead was initially caught out and interviewed about the matter but he shamelessly carried on his do-it-yourself …
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A killer who bundled his naked victim into a car boot, then set fire to him in a woodland, died before his sentencing, a report says. Samuel Stewart, 36, had cocaine and other drugs in his system when he was found ‘cold and stiff’ in his cell at HMP Wormwood …
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Man in hospital Emergency services were called at 6.40am. A spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police said: “We went to Tontine Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, after concerns were raised for the safety of a man. “Colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended and a man was taken to hospital.” The ambulance …
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Police said she was walking nearby when she was assaulted by a driver Leicester Royal Infirmary(Image: Hinckley Times) A woman is fighting for her life after being attacked near a Midlands hospital. The woman is said to have suffered life-threatening injuries when she was assaulted by a driver whose vehicle …
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Fire crews tackled a blaze by the A34 last night. Smoke was seen billowing from the scene off Liverpool Road in Newcastle where a caravan was found ‘well alight’. Now police have launched an investigation after the blaze was determined as deliberate. Dramatic footage shared with StokeonTrentLive shows firefighters at …
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A woman who claimed a man sexually assaulted her in a Mutley Plain teeth-whitening salon in December 2022 said he “looked like he was possessed”. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was one of a number giving evidence against 31-year-old Ricky Stubberfield who had previously been the …
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Rohith-Reddy Kananala, 28, posed as a fraud investigator to prey on vulnerable people 16:43, 23 Jun 2025Updated 16:44, 23 Jun 2025 A shameless scam artist who brazenly counted the thousands he duped from elderly pensioners has been slapped with a one-year jail term. Rohith-Reddy Kananala, aged 28, masqueraded as a …
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Ewan Methven, 27, murdered Phoenix Spencer-Horn, 21, in the home they shared :: Warning distressing content 16:51, 17 Jun 2025Updated 16:55, 17 Jun 2025 Ewan Methven(Image: Police Scotland) A man brutally murdered his girlfriend and then deceitfully texted her mother, masquerading as the deceased. Ewan Methven took the life of …
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