Speeding driver accused of killing man denies he was doing anything unsafe

Eight men appeared before a court today accused of sexually abusing girls aged as young as 12. The men are accused of 'widespread sexual exploitation and abuse' of two victims aged between 12 and 16 between 2002 and 2006, Manchester Magistrates' Court was told.

The families of two men who died after a crash in Oldham have paid tribute to their 'precious' and 'beloved' sons. Harry Atkinson and Lewis Meeson have been named as the two men who died after a collision on High Barn Street, Royton, on Friday (April 15).

Pictures show the scene after a driver smashed their car into a barrier near the Trafford Centre. The incident happened on Wednesday afternoon (April 13).

Shocking footage shows hundreds of Ryanair passengers sandwiched together inside a departures gate with 'no ventilation' at Manchester Airport. Holidaymakers travelling from the airport's Terminal Three on Tuesday (April 12) were reportedly left standing for an hour and a half after four flights scheduled to leave from the same gate at a similar time were delayed.

A driver has been left infuriated after his car was stolen from a Bolton NCP - before his calls for help were not returned. Dad-to-be Jamie Hoole parked up his Ford Fiesta ST at the Deane Road multi-storey car park at 12.56pm last Thursday (March 31), believing the building was safe for his pride and joy.

The man who killed the mother of reality star Chanelle Hayes will stay behind bars after the Parole Board decided he should not be released. Keith Pollard’s request to be moved to an open prison was also rejected.

A trapped driver was cut free from his car following a crash in Bury. Emergency services were called to the two-car smash in Walmersley Road at about 4.30pm on Tuesday.

A man has been found guilty of knocking down a pensioner and killing him on a pedestrian crossing as he accelerated through a junction. Abdelkader Dhrif, 70, died from his injuries after the collision on the A580 East Lancashire Road in Worsley, Salford.

A driver sped down the wrong side of a busy dual carriageway to escape a police chase. The driver was only stopped by crashing into another vehicle.

The driver of a Skoda Octavia found slumped unconscious over the wheel of his car at traffic lights off the M60 motorway has been arrested.

David Beckham at his luxury London and Oxfordshire homes and allegedly targeting his ten-year-old daughter. Sharon Bell, 58, is accused of harassing the former Manchester United and England midfielder with a series of letters and alleged attempts to make contact with the star. It is said Bell turned up at the school of Beckham’s daughter, Harper, in an attempt to meet her, and she is also accused of going to the family home in west London.

A teenager has claimed he 'needed to take revenge’ for the death of his friend, a trial has heard. Manchester Crown Court earlier heard that Alexander John Soyoye was killed on Bonfire Night 2020 by members of or those affiliated to the Release the Danger (RTD) gang.

An uninsured provisional driver who risked getting behind the wheel unsupervised has been arrested in Ashton. Things got worse for the driver, whose vehicle had already been seized for the previous offences, failed a roadside drugs test for cannabis and was later detained.

Campaigners say there needs to be improvement in safety for motorcyclists after four bikers died on roads in Greater Manchester in the space of just five days