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The death of a much-loved great grandad who went missing for almost ten weeks was a ‘tragic accident’, a coroner has ruled.
Peter Baglin, from Boothstown, vanished from home on December 28 last year[1] and was missing for almost ten weeks before his bo…
A hit-and-run driver who killed a much-loved grandmother then tried to hide evidence by arranging for his car to be repaired in the aftermath before going on holiday has been jailed. The family of Katherine West, who was 59, said they will ‘never forgi…
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SMALLTHORNE: Drink-driver Benjamin Lunt has been banned from the roads for two years. The 21-year-old was stopped by police driving on Longport Road, in Longport[1], at 1.45am on October 8.
Prosecutor…
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The family of a great-grandmother who died after being struck by a car[1] on one of the main roads in Tameside[2] have paid a moving tribute to her.
The vehicle collided with 82-year-old pedestrian[3] Ann Bates, from Audenshaw, on Manchester Road near …
A woman stole thousands of pounds from her letting agency bosses almost putting the firm out of business. Joanne Barker siphoned the cash into her account as well as those of her unsuspecting husband and the personal trainer she was having an affair wi…
The bridge – just 11ft 6 inches high – has been the site of several similar crashes By Emily Jane Davies[1] Published: 01:31, 6 December 2023 | Updated: 01:42, 6 December 2023
The roof of a double-decker bus was torn off…
Traffic is queuing on a stretch of the M60 this morning after a crash.
Two lanes are currently shut on the anticlockwise carriageway, according to traffic alert service Inrix. They are closed at junction one near the Stockport Pyramid.
Congestion is cu…
A road in Salford[1] is blocked this morning after a bus hit a bridge.
Police were called to the scene of the crash on Barton Lane in Eccles at around 7.20am. A bus has collided with the low bridge near the junction with Barton Road.
A Greater Manchest…
Carer Linda McWilliams, 63, was driving along Hulme Road, Bolton[1], in her Ford Fiesta on the evening of January 13 when the collision happened.
But McWilliams, of Pemberton Street, Little Hulton, failed to stop and drove back home.
Having previously…