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TWO hotel residents who dodged paying a rail fare of £5.10 have been ordered by the courts to pay back more than £900 between them. The cases of Meron Masho and Tmnint Yonas were heard this past week ...

A MAN was found dead with a wound in his head and a gun in his hand at a Cheshire hospital, a coroner was told.

It would be morally wrong not to open the UK’s first safer drug-consumption room in Glasgow, a councillor has said. Allan Casey, who convenes Glasgow City Council’s addiction services, welcomed the ...

The three men who have been charged with conspiracy to steal motor vehicles are Sean Fagan, aged 31 and of Whitney Road in Woolton; Daniel Johnston, aged 37 and of Ingrave Road in Walton; and Curtis ...

Just Stop Oil (JSO) supporters have spray-painted “1.5 is dead” on Charles Darwin’s grave following confirmation that last year was the first to breach the key global warming threshold. Two people ...

A CHESHIRE man has appeared in court accused of having a stash of terrorist material. Jonathan Wilson, from Abbey Road in Macclesfield, faces nine charges of possession of a record containing ...

A DANGEROUS driver who was under the influence of drugs has been jailed for killing his girlfriend – a ‘bright and funny’ young woman – in an M62 crash. Jamie Hughes was locked up today, Friday, at ...

HOUSEHOLDS in Warrington will be getting a one-off cold weather payment. Cold Weather Payments are a government scheme to help people with their heating bills when temperatures drop to zero. It is a ...

BATH must head to Dublin with no fear for their huge Investec Champions Cup encounter with Leinster according to former England winger and ...

The 2025 Bahrain Darts Masters will resume this afternoon with the quarter-finals, before the semi-finals and final conclude matters tonight. Former Runcorn resident Littler defeated Michael van ...

Private firms are charging Halton Council more than £25 million to provide accommodation for 93 children in care this year.