A dispersal zone has been put in place until Monday 19:11, 08 Mar 2025Updated 19:25, 08 Mar 2025 A dispersal zone has been put in place until Monday Merseyside Police have been given extra powers this weekend following reports of criminal and anti-social behaviour in Liverpool city centre. A Dispersal …
Read More »Man dies after hit and run on busy road
Three cordons were in place with an air ambulance landing nearby The scene of an RTC at the junction of Tarbock Road and Cronton Road in Huyton(Image: Liverpool Echo) A man has died after he was hit by a car. Merseyside Police confirmed a man in his 60s had died …
Read More »Victim of Northumberland predatory postman still waiting for direct apology from Royal Mail
One of the victims of former postman Michael Stewart, 63, who was convicted of multiple sexual offences against women in Northumberland, says she is still waiting for a direct apology from Royal Mail. While the company issued a general statement apologising about Stewart’s “abhorrent” behaviour, one of the women affected …
Read More »Houghton thug who threatened ex-partner caught on her shed roof after being tracked on Find My iPhone
A thug who threatened to put his ex-partner in a coma was caught on the roof of her shed after being tracked on Find My iPhone. Kim Forth, 39, sent a series of voice notes and messages to his ex-partner that include threats to smash her windows and torcher her. …
Read More »Bankrupt businessman Leslie Crossland ignored ban – now he’s in jail
A Barnsley engineer has been jailed after he continued to manage his businesses while he was disqualified as a company director. Leslie Crossland, 75, of Netherfield Croft, Barnsley, also failed to inform Insolvency Service officials that he had withdrawn four of his pensions, disposing of £23,300 in assets in the …
Read More »Police shoot XL Bullies 19 times after pensioner seriously hurt in ‘vicious attack’
The suspected XL Bully is said to have escaped from an address and attacked the man A general image of an XL bully dog(Image: Getty Images) Police blasted 19 shots at XL Bullies after a pensioner was ‘viciously attacked’ while walking. An 84-year-old man was mauled by a dog – …
Read More »Live updates as police tape off North Staffordshire post office
Police have taped off a town centre post office after an ‘attempted burglary’. A sign has gone up in the window at Cheadle Post Office, based off Tape Street car park, to tell residents it’s currently shut. This morning and the facility has police tape outside as an investigation gets …
Read More »Newbiggin Hall son jailed after burning mother with ‘scalding’ oil and headbutting her during attack
A drunken son brutally attacked his own mother, burned her with hot oil and bit her during a violent outburst in her own home. Edward Castor refused to leave his mother’s Newcastle home after she asked him to leave when he began verbally abusing her after a day of drinking …
Read More »Police come away with drugs haul after pulling over car on Stoke-on-Trent street
Police have seized cannabis, cocaine and cash – after stopping a car on a city street. Officers pulled over the car on Trent Vale’s Keelings Drive. And that stop resulted in a property being searched. Following the sting, which unfolded on February 8, officers arrested a 20-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent. …
Read More »North Shields thug who racially abused Metro guard and suffocated ex-partner jailed
A thug who racially abused a Metro guard and suffocated a former partner has been jailed. During a torrent of abuse Lewis Nicholson, 26, told the guard at North Shields Metro Station to go back to his home country, along with other racially aggravated language, and threatened to throw staff …
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