Dave Higgens
Business News
‘I need my RSJs’ Rayner jokes during visit to Scunthorpe steelworks
The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary thanked British Steel staff for keeping the plant running during a turbulent time.
By Dave Higgens
14 Apr 2025
UK
Burglar jailed after triggering ‘Home Alone-style trap’
Paul Howell was caught on CCTV tripping a string which pulled over a bucket of water during an attempted break-in.
By Dave Higgens
19 Feb 2025
Business News
Actor Stephen Graham backs new organisation to help ex-offenders find work
The Rebuilding Futures Alliance has been launched to offer former inmates the chance to learn a skilled trade in the transport sector.
By Dave Higgens
18 Feb 2025
UK
Officer’s sacrifice will never be forgotten, chief constable tells funeral
Pc Rosie Prior, who died as she stopped to helped at a road crash, has been given a full ceremonial funeral at York Minster.
By Dave Higgens
13 Feb 2025
UK
Funeral to be held of ‘deeply missed’ officer who died as she helped at crash
Around 800 people are expected to attend the full ceremonial police funeral of Pc Rosie Prior at York Minster.
By Dave Higgens
13 Feb 2025
Politics
Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ John Prescott
Senior figures from past and current Labour governments gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister.
By Dave Higgens
30 Jan 2025
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Labour titans pay tribute to 'working class hero' John Prescott
Labour leaders past and present gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister
Crime
Supporter sorry for ‘upset and anger’ caused by Hillsborough post after fan died
He is the third Sheffield Wednesday fan to be sentenced for communications-based offences in a little over a year.
By Dave Higgens
24 Jan 2025
Crime
Three members of grooming gang which targeted teenage girls in 1990s jailed
The men are the latest of eight defendants who have been jailed in relation to the abuse of the two girls, it can now be reported.
By Dave Higgens
17 Jan 2025
Crime
Rioter told he has ‘utterly wrecked his life’ as he is jailed for three years
John Webster, 41, was a ‘prominent participant’ in the confrontations between rioters and police outside the Holiday Inn Express, in Rotherham.
By Dave Higgens
16 Jan 2025
Crime
Fan who mocked dead player at derby match fined and banned from football
A district judge heard how Brandon Pedryc, 23, typed out ‘Where’s Baldock’ in large letters on his phone and waved it at rival fans.
By Dave Higgens
13 Jan 2025
Politics
Crowds gather for magical event kickstarting Bradford’s year as City of Culture
Steven Frayne, formerly known as Dynamo, told the crowd in City Park that he was proud to be from the city.
By Dave Higgens
10 Jan 2025
Environment
Video: See inside the huge mine where England’s gritters get their salt
Boulby Mine, in North Yorkshire, is one of only two places in England where the salt used on the country’s roads is mined.
By Dave Higgens
3 Jan 2025
UK
Family of teenage photographer hugged by Kate gather to celebrate her life
Liz Hatton, 17, hit the headlines when she was pictured embracing the Princess of Wales at Windsor Castle.
By Dave Higgens
11 Dec 2024
Health
Family welcomes start of new investigation into death of boy sent home from A&E
Yusuf Mahmud Nazir, five, died eight days after he was seen at Rotherham Hospital and sent home with antibiotics.
By Dave Higgens
27 Nov 2024
Crime
Rioter who lit fire in hotel car park during mob violence jailed for six years
Scott Greenwood admitted setting light to a generator outside a hotel housing more than 200 asylum seekers during rioting in Rotherham in August.
By Dave Higgens
26 Nov 2024
Crime
Murderer John Cannan died in prison from ruptured aneurysm, inquest hears
He was found dead at the age of 70 in high-security HMP Full Sutton, in East Yorkshire.
By Dave Higgens
15 Nov 2024
UK
Man arrested following death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson is rebailed
Mr Johnson died after he was hit in the neck by a skate as he played for Nottingham Panthers at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.
By Dave Higgens
11 Nov 2024
UK
Sunless gloom set to lift early next week
The ‘anticyclonic gloom’ enveloping the UK has left southern England seeing less than one hour of sunshine, on average, so far in November
By Dave Higgens
8 Nov 2024
Crime
Woman whose body was found in river had drowned, inquest hears
Victoria Taylor went missing from her home in North Yorkshire on September 30, her body was recovered from the River Derwent three weeks later.
By Dave Higgens
7 Nov 2024
Politics
BBC should not have to justify ‘very existence’ every 10 years, says chairman
Samir Shah questioned why the BBC needed a ‘root-and-branch review of everything we do, including our very existence’ every 10 years.
By Dave Higgens
5 Nov 2024