Man who got behind wheel after drug bender killed beloved grandad-of-24 in horror smash

Former Strictly Come Dancing stars Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec welcomed their newborn daughter into the world at the weekend. After her birth on Saturday, the pair's celeb pals rushed to praise the happy couple, who had kept the tot's gender a secret.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Paul Reubens, who is best known for playing Pee-wee Herman has died at the age of 70.The actor died on Sunday night, 30 July, after a battle with cancer. A statement posted to Instagram says: "Please accept my apology for not going public with what I’ve been facing the last six years. I have always felt a huge amount of love and respect from my friends, fans and supporters.

A 70-year-old man has died after a crash on the M56.

The HS2 programme has been given an “unachievable” rating by the official infrastructure watchdog.

With Manchester home to two of the most renowned football teams in the world, it is no surprise that some of the wealthiest footballer players choose to reside in our region. Over the years, many affluent areas in the boroughs of Trafford, Stockport and Salford have been home to some pretty big Premiere League footballers including Marcus Rashford, Harry Maguire and Phil Foden.

A prison officer accused of murdering his friend told jurors that he feared he was going to ‘possibly rape’ him so put him in a chokehold to ‘regain control’.

A man who spent 17 years behind bars for a rape he says he did not commit will today find out if the Court of Appeal will clear his name. Andy Malkinson, 57, has always denied carrying out the attack on a woman by the M61 motorway in Little Hulton, Salford in July 2003.

A Scots man who went missing in Magaluf is now back home "safe and well" after a group of Irish holidaymakers found him and got him a taxi back to his hotel.

This CCTV footage captured the moment a Manchester City fan made a 'disgusting' gesture mocking the Hillsborough tragedy during a game against Liverpool last year.

A knifeman who fatally stabbed the 15-year-old son of his estranged partner before trying to flee the country on a dinghy has been found guilty of murder. Suleman Altaf, 45, also tried to murder his ex during a horrifying attack at her family home in Miles Platting.

A former adviser to Boris Johnson has become the youngest peer in the House of Lords after taking her seat in the unelected chamber.

A man who was killed in an HGV crash on the A74(M) near Moffat has been named as Thomas Hein, from Germany.

Having already been diagnosed with a heart condition, Kay Warren knew she had to make major lifestyle changes when she was threatened with diabetes.

A Manchester City fan has been handed a football banning order for repeatedly making a 'disgusting' gesture mocking the Hillsborough tragedy during a game against Liverpool last year.

She's been a mainstay of Emmerdale for 25 years. But now we'll be saying goodbye to B&B owner and former Woolpack landlady Bernice Blackstock, as actress Samantha Giles 'quits' the ITV soap. Samantha, 52, is set to leave the Yorkshire Dales behind later in the year.This will be the fourth time that the actress has left the show since she made her debut back in 1998.

They arrived on double-deckers buses from the inner-city. But their new home was a world away from the tightly-packed terraced streets they'd left behind in Hulme, Ardwick, Bradford and Ancoats.

The life of a teenager murdered by her parents in an 'honour' killing was being remembered this week on what would have been her 37th birthday.

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Footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of all charges after being found not guilty of rape and attempted rape. The World Cup winner wept in the dock as he was unanimously acquitted, after jurors deliberated for about three hours and 15 minutes after a two week trial at Chester Crown Court.

Jurors have retired to deliberate their verdicts in Benjamin Mendy's rape trial. The French footballer, 28, is accused of raping one woman in October 2020, and of attempting to rape a second woman two years earlier.