Murderers who chopped up dad into suitcases jailed as victim's family speak of 'pure hell'

An engineering student was caught carrying a suitcase with more than £250,000 in cash on a train at Manchester Piccadilly station. Yuming Dong was part of a 'Chinese underground banking scheme' among students at the University of Manchester.

A prison officer has denied murdering a man who was found dead on his 40th birthday. James Johnson, 29, pleaded not guilty to murdering David Toulson in Salford.

It has now been 13 years since Manchester’s own ‘Al Capone’ was jailed for life for his involvement in the Gooch Gang’s ‘Wild West’ crime spree.

Cousins who murdered a dad and dismembered his body, storing it in four suitcases were among those jailed in our region last month.

Camelot has announced it will reopen its iconic them park to introduce a terrifying horror experience for visitors.

When mum-of-three Lara Besbrode arrived in the UK in 2014, she had no home, no money and no plan.

The heartbroken family of an 'inseparable' couple who were stabbed to death by their son say they fear they 'will never get to know the truth of what happened'. Lee Tipping, 36, was found guilty by a jury last month of the murders of his parents, teenage sweethearts Tricia Livesey and Anthony Tipping, at the home all three shared.

A drug dealer who stashed ammunition and drugs at his mum’s house has been jailed.

Police are appealing for information after a religious leader was attacked and left unconscious in the street in Manchester city centre last month. The 62-year-old, who police say was a 'Sikh priest', still remains in a critical condition after the brutal assault on June 23.

The National have debuted a new song at this year’s Newport Folk Festival – check out the moment below.The new song is called ‘Space Invaders (Threaded Gold)’ and comes after the band performed three other new songs in Spain back in May. At that gig, the National aired ‘Tropic Morning News (Haversham)’, ‘Grease In Your Hair (Birdie)’, and ‘Bathwater (Mount Auburn)’.Check out the latest new song below:In a social media post shared in May, The National revealed that they have been working on new material. “Rehearsals are underway,” they wrote on Instagram.

Few crimes have the power to shock in the way a parent causing harm to their child does - it's as true today as it must have been in 1885 when Swansea was gripped by the case of a father accused of murdering his young daughter by throwing her off the town's pier into the stormy sea.

Summer holidays are coming up, parents are thinking about back-to-school and there are social invitations getting dished out left right and centre. So really, there’s only one thing for it: a new pair of shoes.

Former Corrie star Lucy Fallon was in the mood for change as she she switched hair styles for the summer. The Bethany Platt actress adopted a different look as she posed on her Instagram after going in for the chop.

Detectives investigating a terrifying machete attack have released CCTV footage of a man seen in the area before and after. Greater Manchester Police said in an appeal they want to speak with him.