A Drongan rapist found guilty of sexually abusing two young children has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by ...

Figures obtained by The Independent showed dog attacks rose by nine per cent in the first five months since the ban was ...

Dangerous' predator Chris Wearing groomed the girl on social media before helping her book a train from Wigan to his house ...

A “depraved” Accrington man who groomed and raped a teenage girl has been given a sentence of more than 20 years.

A paedophile who pretended to be a teenager in order to groom a Wigan borough schoolgirl before raping her will spend a long ...

A gang of cryptocurrency fraudsters based in Lancashire have been ordered to pay back £24.5m to the victim of their theft.

Janet Connor, 52, also of Walmsley Close, has been charged with her murder. A statement from Ms Crowther's family described ...

Thompson, of Malvern Close, Accrington, entered a not guilty plea to the offence at Burnley Crown Court on Tuesday (January 14). A trial date was set for March 23, 2026, and is estimated to last ...

A woman murdered 12 years ago was found stabbed in the chest, with a cut throat and burned clothes – but police officers who attended did not initially believe the death to be suspicious, a ...

It's exactly half a century to the day that Lesley was taken at gunpoint by the so-called Black Panther and left to die 54ft underground in a North Staffordshire park ...