Strangeways protester sentenced for trashing prison cell hours after climbing down from roof

A much-needed play area has been vandalised just hours after opening.

A man who got stuck on the Big One in Blackpool yesterday has told of his 'terrifying experience' in trying to get down from the rollercoaster.

Pep Guardiola hinted at another start for his marathon man Rodri after suggesting that Kalvin Phillips is still not ready to start.

A "predatory" paedophile is to be released after serving just half of a 15 year jail sentence. David Walker was just a teenager when he started to abuse young children and in 2015 was jailed for a string of historic attacks spanning two decades.

The killer of Olivia Pratt-Korbel could have his 42-year prison sentence increased due to complaints that the verdict was 'too lenient'. Thomas Cashman, 34, could not face the nine-year-old's relatives in court when handed his sentence.

Emmerdale fans flocked to social media as they think they spotted an error during Chloe Harris' birth scenes. In scenes aired in the ITV soap earlier this week, Chloe's waters broke while she was enjoying a pamper night with Sarah Sugden.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has resigned from the government.

A 'dedicated raver' was found dead just hours after he received messages from someone threatening to stab him, an inquest has heard. Gareth Curran, known as Cuz, was found at his home in Blackpool by his friend on October 1 last year.

Helen Flanagan has wowed her followers as she posed up a storm in her latest bikini display after jetting back from her sunshine break. Over Easter, the former Coronation Street star whisked her three children - Matilda, seven, Delilah, four and two-year-old son Charlie - off on a luxury holiday

A couple who fled the scene of a motorway crash that saw a schoolgirl killed after being thrown from a car will not have time added to their prison sentences.

Max George broke down in tears as he opened up about the death of his best friend Tom Parker, in scenes on tonight's episode of C4's Scared of the Dark. Manchester-born singer Max, 34, got emotional as he discussed Tom's tragic death from a brain tumour in March 2022, when he was aged just 33. Max and Tom were both singers in the popular boyband, The Wanted, which launched in 2009, alongside Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and Nathan Sykes.

The Just Stop Oil protester who stormed the World Snooker Championships glued his hand to a painting at the Manchester Art Gallery last year in another demonstration.

PrettyLittleThing founder Umar Kamani has announced he will be stepping down as CEO after 12 years of running the fashion empire.

A Strangeways prisoner who spent 12 hours protesting on the roof of the high security jail was among those jailed this week. Joe Outlaw eventually came down from the roof at about 4am on Thursday morning after spending the night protesting against a controversial punishment which he is currently subject to.

Footballer Jesse Lingard is to stand trial after denying providing the details of a fictitious man when his Range Rover was flashed by a speed camera.

Down the years, the roof of Strangeways prison has been the stage for compelling drama that most rational folk would probably dismiss as outrageously far-fetched if they'd seen such crazy storylines unfold in a TV fiction.

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The prisoner who staged a 12-hour overnight protest on the roof of Strangeways has caused more than £50,000-worth of damage at other jails, a court heard.

A man has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after a van flipped onto its roof on a motorway.

Video has captured the moment an inmate climbed onto the roof of Strangeways prison in Manchester.