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Jake Kearsley and Reece Sharples both pleaded not guilty to GBH charges

Two men bailed after denying GBH attack charges

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Festival to host music, art and chats on the future of our town

Luke Melling’s GBH case will be heard at Liverpool Crown Court. He makes a first appearance next month

Savage attack allegation made against man, 30

A Citroen C1 similar to the one Lewis Roberts dangerously

Dangerous driver avoids immediate jail time

Kyle Johnston will make a further Bolton Crown Court appearance on the rape charge he faces on October 19

Young man denies rape charge

Domestic abuser Anthony Howarth's mugshot

Jail for thug who terrorised woman

It is alleged that Nathan Lovell drove a Ford Transit like this one while banned and over the drink-drive limit

Man accused of serious motoring offences and assault

A provisional trial date has been set for Wigan man Philip Owen, who is facing charges of false imprisonment, child neglect and making death threats. But first there will be an assessment of his mental capacity to plead

Fitness to plead hearing for neglect and hostage-taking suspect

Drug dealer Donna Glynn will return to Manchester Crown Court for sentencing in November

Jury convicts woman of peddling class A drugs

Ian and Cameron Nicholas are accused of being in charge of an XL bully which attacked two people and another dog

XL bully attack charges made against father and son

Stephen Baynham walked free from court when the prosecution case against him was withdrawn

Domestic abuse and strangulation charges against man are dropped

Coun Chris Ready and Mark Cowley (left) with Scot and Rob from Be Well at Mesnes Park

Mesnes Park tennis courts back after makeover

Nigel McDonough will stand trial for making thousands of indecent films of children next year. Before then he is remanded into custody

Man in custody after child sex abuse film denials

Michael McGuigan will be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next month for arson, violence and other offences

Sentence awaits home-torching thug

Malcolm Platt and Martin Hughes will be sentenced at Bolton Crown Court in late October

Pair confess to GBH attack

A June 2027 trial has been scheduled at Liverpool Crown Court for Dale Doran who denies multiple counts of violence

Man denies multiple assault charges
A summer 2026 trial date is scheduled for a Wigan man who denies multiple counts of violence against the same woman
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Shirzad Ashraf had been on bail awaiting trial for two years when the allegations against him were withdrawn

Man's assault trial collapses

Wayne Needham will make his first appearance before a Bolton Crown Court judge on historical child sex abuse charges on September 23

Man faces historical child sexual offences

The serious violence charges against Darren Scott have now been taken to Liverpool Crown Court

Serious violence case to go to crown court

Jailed: Aaron Whittaker

Thug jailed for crippling wrench attack

Emma Roberts will be sentenced at Bolton Crown Court on August 19

Woman confesses to arson spree

Players gartered before the start of our last event in Sheffield. The biggest one day competitive padel event (90
competitors)

Local roots of UK's biggest padel tournament

Velocity Padel Wigan will boast nine outdoor courts to start but six more will be coming soon

More local padel courts due to open

From left, Roger Lingard and Riki Bennett, co-founders of Padel Parx, who have opened two doubles courts and one singles court in the shadow of Mill One at The Cotton Works

Grab your padel for Britain's fastest-growing sport

It allows Asset Reality to offer crypto custody services

Ad Feature First asset recovery operating system registers with FCA

Andrew Bowman is confronted and attacks two Environment Agency water bailiffs whilst fishing at Poole Hall Fisheries near Alveley - assisted by his dad Sidney Bowman.

Anglers turn violent after being caught fishing with no licence

Mariah Carey’s signature Christmas song was the subject of a copyright infringement case brought to courts in 2022

Mariah Carey copyright lawsuit over Christmas hit dropped
The lawsuit alleged one of the UK’s most favourite Christmas songs ‘borrowed’ from another song
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A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

'Brazen' shoplifter hides stolen goods in a pushchair

CCTV: Brazen shoplifter crams pushchair with stolen goods in Poundland

Authorities in the UK have intensified efforts to tackle illegal streaming devices such as modified Fire TV sticks and IPTV services

Dodgy streaming mastermind caught by police

Thieves caught with £5,000 of stolen glasses.

Watch: Thieves caught with £5,000 of stolen designer glasses

Dilovan Sindi.

Watch: Arsonist set fire to customers inside barber shop

CCTV captures remarkable moment crook ransacks city centre jewellers

Five men have been found guilty of a conspiracy to rob a cannabis farm that led to the murder of Kevin Pokuta - and innocent and unrelated 19-year-old dad-of-two who was fatally shot by Jake Brown, of Horninglow Road, in a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Gunman opens fire at dad-of-two in 'mistaken identity' revenge killing

Before-and-after pictures show how a house of horrors which was turned into a makeshift dump has finally been cleared of rubbish after more than a year.

Makeshift tip FINALLY cleared as nightmare neighbour evicted

Amanj Hasan Zada is arrested.

Human trafficker labelled 'best smuggler' jailed for boat crossings

Amanj Hasan Zada is arrested.

Watch: People smuggler who advertised services on Facebook is arrested

Video shows a man drifting then crashing with parked cars as well as injuring a member of the public.

Watch as reckless driver crashes car doing donuts and injures onlooker

Hugh Nelson has been jailed for 18 years. Photo: Greater Manchester Police

Jail for ‘depraved’ paedophile who used AI to make child abuse pics

CCTV catches angry man throwing mayonnaise, bread and eggs at magistrates court

Caught on CCTV! Angry man throws mayo and eggs at court building

Video grab from footage as Police have mocked a group of dopey dealers who were caught after they videoed themselves bagging up illegal drugs.

Watch dopey drug dealers film themselves bagging up heroin and cocaine

A general view of Elbow Lane, Formby, where 96-year-old June Mills (insert) mounted the pavement in her Vauxhall Corsa and killed a pedestrian.

Watch: Woman, 96, leaves court after sentencing for killing pedestrian

BMW driver speeding at 140MPH says he DIDN'T KNOW how fast he was going

BMW driver caught at 140mph says "I wouldn't say it was dangerous"

Biker clocked speeding 127mph: 'It's a road not a race track!'

Biker clocked speeding 127mph: 'It's a road not a race track!'

Edward Murray creeps into shop he’s banned from and steals chocolates.

Watch: Thief creeps into shop he’s banned from and steals chocolates

Stacey Vint falls over trying to ram police with alight wheelie bin.

Watch: Woman falls over trying to ram police with alight wheelie bin

A burglar was caught driving a stolen car - more than FOUR TIMES over the legal drink limit.

Watch moment drink-driver captured by police four times over the limit

Ian Chowles, 44, pleaded guilty to attempted theft from a vehicle after police caught him in the act.

Watch: 'It was smashed already'- Would-be car thief caught in the act

Yvonne, the mother of murder victim Nicholas Billingham

Watch: Mother's anguish as killer admits burying son under garden

A bitter neighbour boundary dispute has been settled in court - after raging for decades. Angela Coupe, 70, and Ian Revell, 66

Watch: Neighbours at war settle boundary dispute after 30 years

Terri-Ann Marshall was killed in a fatal collision by two drivers 'racing' each other.

Reckless drivers killed mum while 'racing' at speeds of up to 100mph

Former subpostmaster Vijay Parekh was wrongly accused of stealing £78,000 from his branch

‘I lost 15 years of my life’ says former sub-postmaster

Many journalists who have campaigned against Section 40 from the outset will welcome the commitment in the King's Speech to “protect public interest journalism,” by repealing Section 40 through the inclusion of the Media Bill.

Section 40 repeal: Press freedom was never more in the public interest Gary Shipton

Cocaine dealer who boasted about owning a jet ski jailed

Timothy Schofield was found guilty in April of 11 sexual offences involving a child between 2016 and 2019.

Breaking Phillip Schofield’s brother jailed after sexually abusing boy

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