'My son was told he'd serve three-and-a-half years minimum - 14 years later and he's still locked up'

A thug carried out a vicious machete attack on a schoolfriend over a drugs debt - then boasted on Instagram he was 'armed and dangerous' as he tried to flee the law.

Video footage shows the aftermath of a melee involving former Wales captain Ashley Williams at his son's football match. The former Swansea City and Everton star has been charged with 'improper conduct' including 'violent or threatening behaviour by the Manchester FA following the incident.

Mimi Webb has announced that she will release her debut album, ‘Amelia’, next spring. She will also be touring the UK and Ireland in support of the record.“Announcing my first ever album is such an important moment in my career that honestly, sometimes I wasn’t even sure would happen”, she says.

Former Wales captain Ashley Williams has been charged by the FA in Manchester after an incident at his son's football match.

Wales have qualified for the first time since 1958. The incident that saw him charged allegedly occurred following an exchange between his son and an opponent during an East Manchester Junior Football League (EMJFL) match between Corinthians and Williams’s TSC United on September 18. Williams and the coach were both said to have entered the field of play before clashing in front of shocked parents.

A 'strong' cancer patient with a 'beaming smile' wrote a final goodbye message as he ended his own life, an inquest has heard. Marc Talbot, from Reddish, had 'seemed himself' the day before taking a fatal mix of drugs according to his family.

Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly interested in the prospect of potentially making a move to David Beckham’s Inter Miami in the MLS.

Manu Akanji is ready to step in for Manchester City at Anfield to continue his dream start at the club.

Manchester United striker Alejandro Garnacho has praised Kobbie Mainoo after he scored twice in a six-goal thriller against Brighton and Hove Albion on Saturday.

High street bakery giant Greggs recently announced that many of its stores will extend their opening hours into the late evening.

A police horse who dedicated over half of his life to serving Greater Manchester has now retired to the Horse Trust.

Bicep have released their magnetic new single ‘Water’ featuring Clara La San. Check it out below alongside an interview with the electronic music duo.The propulsive track arrives with B-side ‘Waterfall’ – an earlier, instrumental version of ‘Water’ – marking Bicep’s first brand new music since their 2021 album ‘Isles’.The Belfast-born, London-based duo – Andrew Ferguson and Matthew McBriar – told NME how the tracks were created during a studio jam session when they were writing new music for this summer’s live shows.

Guy Lodge Film Critic A total of 164 feature films will play at this year’s London Film Festival, alongside an abundance of shorts, TV series and an expanded program of XR (extended reality) works — and that’s in a comparatively slimmed-down era of curation for a public-facing festival that has long aimed to bring the best of the global festival circuit to non-traveling cinephiles. What has definitely grown is the LFF’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and COVID-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream on the BFI Player platform: “It’s really important to us to get to those places we can’t reach with our venue partnerships,” says Tuttle, adding that their priority is “to give new audiences a taste of what the festival is like.”

Former Manchester City star Sun Jihai is now a successful businessman away from football.

When Manchester United signed Christian Eriksen as a free agent in the summer, many thought he would be used as a bit-part player but six games into their season and he has been instrumental in the centre of the pitch.

Manchester United will have to find a way to deal with Manchester City striker Erling Haaland if they want to beat Pep Guardiola's side at the weekend, according to Wes Brown.