A council has been fined £500,000 after a tree limb fell and killed a man walking his dog in a public park. Father-of-one Chris Hall was out with his cocker spaniel Benson on a path in The Carrs, a ...
A schizophrenic man who stabbed his mother to death outside their family home after he had delusions that she was the leader of a war tribe has been handed a life sentence subject to a hospital order.
Dozens of green groups are urging Sir Keir Starmer to “stay strong and not waver” on climate leadership following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. More than 50 climate, ...
An Iranian national who dubbed himself “the best smuggler” has been jailed for 17 years after he arranged Channel small boat crossings from his home in Lancashire. On Friday, Amanj Hasan Zada, of ...
An armed teenager’s chasing of two boys during an alleged murderous attack was “perfunctory and ineffectual”, his barrister has told a jury. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died from stab wounds ...
An Asian elephant has been not-so-secretly filmed showering with a water hose at a zoo in Germany, in what scientists described as a “sophisticated behaviour” that shows “remarkable skill”. Mary was ...