Nurse, 25, admits 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate at Strangeways - while a prison worker is accused of fling with same man

A man who says he waited nearly four hours for his takeaway to arrive claims he was told days later that the order was never placed to begin with. Iain Lucas, hoped to spend his Saturday night enjoying the takeaway with his family.

Interviewed for the Strangeways ITV documentary, killer bodybuilder Michael Sharp painted a bleak picture of life inside Manchester's notorious prison. "There’s no light at the end of the tunnel, so there's a lot of stabbings, a lot of slashings, people boiling up tubs of butter, turning it into oil, throwing that over the faces, over the body, they don't care what they do," he said.

Victoria Beckham sparked debate again as she toasted a triumphant time at Paris Fashion Week. As the Spice Girl turned world renowned fashion designer was joined by her loving family last week for her first ever Paris runway show, some followers questioned the choice of a black lace camisole dress for daughter Harper, 11.

A man accused of punching a taxi driver in a racially motivated attack has told a court it was because he 'saw him masturbating'. David Platt, 30, has admitted wounding, but denied racially aggravated assault.

A pre-inquest review has opened into the death of a prisoner at Strangeways who may have died after taking spice.

Victoria Beckham was sure to ignore any backlash as she basked in her family's support following her Paris Fashion Week show debut. Over the weekend, the Spice Girl turned internationally renowned fashion designer showcased her spring/summer 2023 collection at the annual fashion event.

Not many, if any at all, of the Manchester United players came out of Sunday's humbling derby defeat to bitter rivals Man City with much credit.

A Manchester aid worker captured in Ukraine sent a message to his two daughters telling them 'I love you so much' before he tragically died - and it's now been delivered to them in person by a freed hostage he was held and tortured with, reports the Sunday Mirror.

A series of train strike dates are planned throughout October over an ongoing dispute regarding jobs, pay, and working conditions.

A dealer was caught running a ‘Dyno’ drugs line months after being released from prison during a coronavirus lockdown. Levi Sparrow, 28, came out to find he was out of work and resorted to dealing heroin and crack cocaine.

Judges were wrong to release defendants accused of serious crimes from prison after trials had to be postponed because of the barristers strike, a court has ruled. Those accused of crimes can be held in jail for up to six months before their trial is heard in court before their 'custody time limit' expires.

The Smiths‘ Mike Joyce has discussed the band’s final album ‘Strangeways, Here We Come’ on its 35th anniversary.The legendary Manchester quartet’s fourth studio LP came out on September 28, 1987, a few months after the band split up.Speaking to BBC News to celebrate its birthday, Joyce said “it was a great experience recording that album,” adding that he marks it out from the band’s previous records because it is “a story album”.Joyce added: “I think it’s just an unusual-sounding album. There’s great songs on the others, but it just pips it for me, in terms of what we ended up with as an album and the whole thing in its entirety, rather than individual songs.”Remembering the recording process for the album, Joyce said: “A lot of it was written in the studio.

A gang threw dozens of packages containing drugs, phones and tobacco over the walls of Forest Bank jail after they'd been ordered by serving prisoners. Police claim they have now dismantled an organised criminal gang behind the smuggling of contraband into the Salford prison, after two men were locked up for their part in the plot.

A person was rescued from a fire at a flat in Irlam on Monday evening after the blaze broke out in a kitchen. Emergency services raced to the scene of the fire at a block of apartments on Liverpool Road shortly before 8pm.

Judges in Manchester have freed defendants accused of serious crimes from prison as the criminal justice system reaches crisis point. An alleged rapist, two men accused of causing grievous bodily harm and an alleged sexual offender were released on conditional bail as the barristers strike continues.