A man has pleaded guilty to 15 historic counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child. Shelim Ahmed, now 37, committed the offences in Rochdale in the early 2000s when he was 17 and the victim ...

Luke Littler has been awarded Honorary Citizenship of the Borough of Warrington in recognition of his World Darts Championship win in January. The Warrington-born teenager, who defeated Michael van ...

A drone was used to count the number of seals along a stretch of the Norfolk coast in a pilot project by Natural England using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

We would like to speak to the woman pictured, as a witness, as our investigation into an incident in Poulton continues.

The world’s only seagoing paddle steamer crashed into a pier injuring 24 people following engine failure, investigators have found. Fewer people might have been injured if passengers had been warned ...

Rawal Rehman, 35, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after the collision in Manchester on Saturday.

The data covers cases dealt with by councils on public land, but rural businesses warn of ‘staggering’ costs to clean up fly-tipping on ...

The fossil fuels giant said it would increase oil and gas investment by about 20 to £7.9 billion a year as part of a major strategy update.

Foreign tourists have visited North Korea in the past week – making them the first international travellers to enter the country in five years, aside from a Russian group in 2024.

A man from Manchester has been charged in relation to the tram and van crash which killed a three-year-old Burnley girl in Manchester city centre.

Erik ten Hag says the current generation of players “usually find it difficult to deal with criticism” and that the one he grew up in had “much thicker skin”.

Lewis Hamilton ended his full testing debut for Ferrari in fifth as Formula One’s pre-season running fired up in Bahrain. Hamilton’s transfer from Mercedes to Ferrari is the major talking point prior ...