The Director of Public Prosecutions’ Office (DPPO) announces, with profound regret, that charges have been brought against ...

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

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

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

A woman has made her first appearance in court after being charged with murdering another woman in Church, Accrington.

A man will go on trial next year after pleading not guilty to rape. Adam Thompson, 37, is accused of one count of raping a woman aged 16 or older. The offence allegedly took place in Burnley in July ...

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 ...

Aleric McKee, of Alexandra Close, Clayton-le-Moors, was arrested and charged for five theft from a shop offences in Accrington. He was also charged with three breaches of bail. The 30-year-old ...

Police were alerted by hospital chiefs in November 2018 after a student nurse on a work placement said Hudson suggested administering unprescribed zopiclone, a sleeping pill, to an elderly patient, ...

Arne Slot has been hailed for his touching gesture, following Liverpool's FA Cup win over Accrington Stanley. Opposition boss John Doolan was full of praise for the Reds' head coach after he was ...

But the Liverpool boss warned fans not to get carried away after the winger's cameo, saying: "It is definitely a good first step, but as much as I liked the way Accrington Stanley played we have ...