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Two men have been jailed following a high-speed police pursuit in a lorry containing more than £40,000 worth of stolen tyres.The pair stole around 500 tyres from a parked trailer in Warrington[1] and loaded them into their own HGV on 12 December 2025, …
Leeds duo Dean Higgins, of Winrose Avenue, and Connor Barnett, of Quarry Way in Horsforth, have been jailed.
A detective inspector said: “I hope this sends a message loud and clear that we are tireless in our efforts to stop cross-county criminals in t…
Liverpool Crown Court heard that at around 2.45am on 12 December 2025, a driver who was asleep in his HGV in Warrington was woken by loud banging coming from the rear trailer.
He discovered that tyres from his trailer were being unloaded and placed ont…
Dean Higgins and Connor Barnett appeared at Liverpool Crown Court over the incident
08:52, 10 Mar 2026
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Police have released footage of the dramatic chase that saw three separate police forces working together with dogs and helicopters to…
The thieves crashed into a police vehicle before making off across the M62 on foot
05:46, 10 Mar 2026Updated 06:26, 10 Mar 2026
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Dean Higgins and Connor Barnett were chased for miles on the M62 before being apprehended in West Yorkshire. …
Police have released footage of the dramatic chase that saw three separate police forces working together with dogs and helicopters to catch the audacious thieves that made off with £40,000 of stolen tyres.Dean Higgins, 35, and Connor Barnett, 21, were…
Two men in a lorry containing more than £40,000 worth of stolen tyres have been jailed after a “dangerous pursuit” involving police from three different forces.
Dean Higgins, 35, of Winrose Avenue, Leeds, and Connor Barnett, 21, of Quarry Way, Leeds, “…
The pair fled in their own lorry and caused a dangerous police pursuit across three counties, and resulting in a police car smashing into the central motorway reservation.
Dean Higgins and Connor Barnett have now been brought to justice over the shocki…
Dean Higgins, 35, of Winrose Avenue, Leeds, has been jailed for 27 months after pleading guilty to theft, driving whilst disqualified, and dangerous driving.
Connor Barnett, 21, of Quarry Way, Leeds, has been jailed for 14 months after pleading guilty …
Today (Saturday, February 28) marks the 25th anniversary of the Great Heck rail disaster. Retired Press chief reporter Mike Laycock – who was one of the first journalists on the scene – looks back at the UK’s worst rail disaster of the 21st century so …