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Couple forced to close £85 per night holiday home due to ‘barmy’ council decision

Couple had spent £16,000 on converting a carpenter’s shed in their back garden into a luxury garden lodge

The Independent UK · May 4, 2025

Inside the unit hunting Manchester’s most dangerous fugitives – and the shocking crime that started it all

In 2012, Manchester’s most wanted fugitive laid a trap and murdered two police officers after weeks evading capture. Crime Correspondent Amy-Clare Martin visited the specialist unit which now works to capture the city’s most dangerous suspects by tracking their every move

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

Former Chief of Staff: Trump's Support Bolstered, Insurrection Charges Disputed

Former Chief of Staff to VP Mike Pence, Mark Short, discusses the legal implications of disqualifying candidates based on insurrection allegations, and how...

Top News · Dec 21, 2023

Nephew of cop killer Dale Cregan who called himself 'bad man' jailed over drug dealing and theft of £5,000 Rolex

"The defendant is a young man born into circumstances not of his own but there are many in similar circumstances that have still gone on to live law-abiding lives."

Manchester Evening News · Jan 23, 2023

Nephew of cop killer Dale Cregan JAILED after being unmasked as drug pusher 'Bad Man'

Oscar Cregan, the 20-year-old nephew of Dale Cregan who went on a murderous rampage in 2012, admitted criminal damage, theft and intent to supply drugs and was jailed for three years

Daily Mirror · Jan 23, 2023

The most notorious prisoners ever to serve time at Strangeways revealed as prison's future in question

Late last year it was revealed that Manchester city council had approached the government about the prospect of Strangeways prison being closed and relocated out of Manchester

Manchester Evening News · Jan 7, 2023

Jan. 6 takeaways: Final revelations from investigation

Interview transcripts released by House investigators in recent days give further insight into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the weeks leading up to it, as Donald Trump tried to overturn his defeat in the presidential election

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Remembering the brave police officers lured to their deaths by Dale Cregan

Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes were murdered ten years ago in a gun and grenade attack that shocked the nation

Liverpool Echo · Sep 18, 2022

The bravest of cops, a cowardly killer - the awful truth about Dale Cregan, ten years on

On the tenth anniversary of the police murders which shocked Britain, Manchester Evening News' crime writer John Scheerhout looks back. His report contains distressing detail

Manchester Evening News · Sep 18, 2022

Australian Anglican church questions breakaway diocese’s ‘perplexing’ decision to split over same-sex marriage

Archbishop says new Southern Cross diocese ‘perplexing’ as church’s official position is that ‘marriage is between a man and a woman’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2022