The maximum sentence for the owner of a dog who kills somebody has been raised from two years to 14 years.

In 2012 there were 70,000 complaints made to the UK home maintenance sector illustrating that the demand for honest hard-working builders is evident, according to the Office of Fair Trading

Man, 65, died in RTC yesterday

The 21-year-old victim was chased by a gun-toting offender along Great Clowes Street, Higher Broughton, before being shot twice from behind on the stretch of Curzon Road.

Ms Knox, 80, who plays Rita Tanner in the ITV soap, entered the plea at Macclesfield Magistrates’ Court this morning

Police are now hunting the gunman who had threatened the 14-year-old boy and his friend as they walked along a wooded cut-through between Belthorne Avenue and Moston Lane.

Micheal Lynn, 30, originally from Rhynie Drive, Glasgow, was sentenced to four in prison years after pleading guilty to possession with intent to supply class A drugs at an earlier hearing

Martin Thomas has been charged after police found a four-month-old girl unconscious and not breathing and an address on Beech Hill Avenue on February 21

After North West police claim to be clamping down on vicious dogs, animal welfare groups are calling for more to be done to protect the animals from negligent owners.

Coronation Street actress Barbara Knox has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving and released on bail until April 2

Leading members of the Green Party, including Baroness Jenny Jones, have requested a meeting to discuss the ‘appalling’ police tactics at Barton Moss.