Man Jailed For Wearing 'Kill A Cop' T-Shirt

Man Jailed For Wearing 'Kill A Cop' T-Shirt

Dina Rickman  11.10.2012
A 39-year-old man has been jailed for eight months for wearing a homemade T-shirt advocating the murder of police for "justice" and fun",...

Top Five Emerging Icons Live: 15 Oct - 21Oct 2012

9.10.2012
As the temperature continues to drop, the need to be in an enclosed space full of sweating bodies becomes more and more appealing. To help...
Forget One Nation Labour, Vocational Education Was the Star of Miliband's Conference Speech

Forget One Nation Labour, Vocational Education Was the Star of Miliband's Conference Speech

3.10.2012
Although the 'One Nation' philosophy which flowed through the speech was undoubtedly important, another significant vein ran through Miliband's...
Latvian Model, 23, Plunges To Death From Luxury Manchester Apartment

Latvian Model, 23, Plunges To Death From Luxury Manchester Apartment

Ted Thornhill  3.10.2012
A Latvian model has plunged to her death in a luxury apartment block in Manchester where many Labour Party Conference delegates are staying. Laura...

Labour Party Conference 2012 - The Mood Before Miliband's Speech

2.10.2012
Whatever the reason, this conference the Party seems to have genuinely acknowledged the mistakes of its past. Political points are carefully...
Billionaire Offers £40m Marriage Bounty For The Man Who Woos His Lesbian Daughter

Billionaire Offers £40m Marriage Bounty For The Man Who Woos His Lesbian Daughter

Sara C Nelson  26.09.2012
A Hong Kong billionaire has announced a £40m “marriage bounty” to the man who successfully woos his lesbian daughter. Cecil Chao...
Man Charged With Raping 13-Year-Old Boy In Shopping Centre Toilets

Man Charged With Raping 13-Year-Old Boy In Shopping Centre Toilets

20.09.2012
A man has been charged with raping a 13-year-old boy in the toilets of a shopping centre. Police were called to the Spindles shopping...
Drinking, Cancer, Obesity: Manchester And Liverpool Above European Average

Drinking, Cancer, Obesity: Manchester And Liverpool Above European Average

18.09.2012
Manchester and Liverpool are home to above average rates of drinking, depression and cancer according to a recent study comparing 26 European...
Theresa May Calls Police Murders 'Deeply Shocking'

Theresa May Calls Police Murders 'Deeply Shocking'

18.09.2012
The murder of two woman police officers is "a terrible reminder of the risks that police officers face every day to keep our communities...

Is Doing a Masters in Creative Writing the Best Way to Get Published?

12.09.2012
'Money can't buy feelings,' Mick tells me. We're sitting in Piccadilly Square, central Manchester. Strange faces, foreign accents and new...
Respect Party Candidate Pulls Out Of By-Election Over Galloway Rape Comments

Respect Party Candidate Pulls Out Of By-Election Over Galloway Rape Comments

4.09.2012
A Respect Party parliamentary candidate has pulled out of a by-election in protest against George Galloway’s “unacceptable” comments...
'Magic Carpet' Could Help Prevent Falls Among Elderly, Say Scientists

'Magic Carpet' Could Help Prevent Falls Among Elderly, Say Scientists

Ted Thornhill  4.09.2012
It’s not quite up to the spec that Aladdin would expect, but scientists have nevertheless invented a kind of “magic carpet”. It’s...
Nurse Stabbed Daughter To Death And Then Drank Anti-Freeze

Nurse Stabbed Daughter To Death And Then Drank Anti-Freeze

30.08.2012
A nurse who stabbed her four-year-old daughter to death before attempting to kill herself has been jailed for 12 years. Dawn Makin, 35,...
Man Charged With Murder Of Girl, 2

Man Charged With Murder Of Girl, 2

16.08.2012
A man has been charged with the murder of a two-year-old girl who was reported to have fallen down stairs at her home. Paramedics called...