A court hears Paul and Dean Mathews made £136,000 through their illegal refunds scheme.

Father and son jailed for steam iron returns scam

Three people have been jailed after a man was kidnapped and held against his will while his family were told to pay money to secure his release. Zarie Jackson-Burchall, 28, was sentenced to five years and eight months at Bradford Crown Court. Shanikae Smith-Gardener, 28, and Jahrico Smith-Gardener, 25, were...

Three jailed after man was kidnapped and assaulted

Coroner Paul Marks said the death was accidental with the cause confirmed as chest injuries.

Farmer dies after being run over by his own Range Rover

A man in his 40s is arrested on suspicion of murder after a body is found in woodland in Wythenshawe.

Murder arrest after body found in woods

Two men have been arrested after police carried out simultaneous drug raids on properties in Selby and Goole. Officers entered two properties in Selby, on Kitchener Close and George Street, and a business premises in Goole, in a joint operation by North Yorkshire and Humberside forces. They found suspected class...

Two men arrested after drug raids

A fire broke out in a house in the early hours of the morning, firefighters say.

House fire being treated as 'targeted attack'

A vape shop has been ordered to close for three months after an investigation by Wiltshire Council. Red Power Market Ltd, on Minster Street, Salisbury, was served a closure notice by Trading Standards on Saturday. Officers said they had seized several illegal vape and tobacco products from the shop, and...

Vape shop ordered to close due to illegal sales

An former Debenhams store could be turned into a park after a blueprint for redevelopment was drawn up. The Cardiff city centre shop, closed in 2021 and is being knocked down. Shoppers who spoke to BBC Wales were positive about the idea, which has been submitted to the council. One...

Watch shoppers react to park plan at old Debenhams

One-Day Cup: Pears v Bears in quarters - Glam & Somerset to host semis.

Pears v Bears - Glamorgan & Somerset to host semis

David Fuller, 62, pleaded not guilty to three counts of possessing a knife in a public place.

Man appears in court after protest

A 91-year-old driver who struck and killed a child with her car in Edinburgh said she was "so, so sorry", a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has heard. Three-year-old Xander Irvine died in June 2020 when a Kia driven by Edith Duncan veered off Morningside Road and hit him and his mother Victoria, before smashing into a charity shop.

Elderly driver 'so sorry' for crash that killed toddler

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Other lives: BBC regional news presenter who changed to a new career as a firefighter

Beccy Barr obituary

Police arrest a woman after a suspicious fire broke out in a house near Truro.

Woman arrested over suspicious house fire

Tina Peters was found guilty of four felony charges related to the election interference case.

Ex-county clerk found guilty of election interference

A boat hand-crafted to look like a great white shark has been vandalised just five days after its maiden voyage. Fin Bowron, from Boulmer, had attached a fibreglass shark head and fins to a 1970s jet boat frame and installed an engine. He first envisioned his aquatic dream 15 years...

Shark speedboat broken in engine theft

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Shadow minister Tom Tugendhat has accused Sir Keir Starmer of a “failure of leadership” in his handling of the disorder that swept through parts of Britain while branding Nigel Farage’s intervention “deeply irresponsible and dangerous”.The Tory leadership hopeful claimed the Prime Minister “fell short” in the first test of his premiership, before also hitting out at the policing response in the wake of the unrest, suggesting officers had not acted “without fear or favour” during some counter-demonstrations.In a far-ranging speech in Westminster on Tuesday, the shadow security minister suggested Sir Keir should have gone further, for example by holding daily...

Tory leadership hopeful Tom Tugendhat claims Starmer failed country over riots

Hotel staff were left fearing for their safety as rioters broke into the building, a court has heard. Major public disorder unfolded at the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, Rotherham on 4 August, where around 200 asylum seekers were housed at the time. At Sheffield Crown Court earlier, Billy Pemberton,...

Riot hotel staff feared for their safety, court told

A father and son were caught pocketing £136,000 in an illegal “get-rich-quick scheme” involving steam irons and high street chain Argos.Paul and Dean Mathews forged Argos receipts to return £400 Tefal steam irons they had bought heavily discounted.The irons purchased by the pair were reconditioned, meaning they had been repaired and offered for re-sale at discounted prices. They claimed the full amount back for brand-new irons.In total, the crooks returned or exchanged 528 items at Argos going back as far as 2021, cashing in a total of £136,000.But the pair were caught when staff at Argos raised suspicions over Paul...

Father and son jailed after making £136,000 in ‘get-rich-quick’ Argos iron fraud

A wreck has been found off the Aberdeenshire coast that is believed to be a lost Royal Navy warship, sunk by a torpedo during World War One. HMS Hawke was discovered by a team of divers about 70 miles east of Fraserburgh earlier this week in "remarkable" condition. More than...

Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition

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Sunderland are quite well stocked in central defence this season, but Regis Le Bris seems to think one fringe player has a big future ahead of him.

'I like him' - Regis Le Bris talks up Sunderland youngster's prospects

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Williams resigns as FAW president

Football Association of Wales (FAW) president Steve Williams has resigned with immediate effect. Williams was suspended in July pending an investigation and has now decided to...

Williams resigns as FAW president

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