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
Crash which left six dead, including two children, is ‘devastating news’ – MP
The collision between a car and motorbike happened on the A61 between Barnsley and Wakefield on Sunday afternoon.
By Dave Higgens
22 Jul 2024
Crime
Jury retires in trial of driver who ran over and killed father as he helped stranger
Chris Marriott was one of five people run over by Hassan Jhangur in December 2023, Sheffield Crown Court has heard.
By Dave Higgens
17 Jul 2024
Crime
Four died in crash after stolen BMW drove on wrong side of road, inquest told
Three young men were killed when the car they were in ploughed into a vehicle driven by a ‘devoted’ mother on the A63 near Hull.
By Dave Higgens
15 Jul 2024
Crime
Christian social worker refused job due to views says he will appeal judgment
An employment tribunal has produced a mixed ruling after Felix Ngole claimed he was discriminated against by a health charity.
By Dave Higgens
1 Jul 2024
UK
Police speak to 163 families over ashes at funeral directors
Humberside Police launched a huge investigation into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors after 35 bodies were removed from the firm’s Hull premises.
By Dave Higgens
1 Jul 2024
Crime
Man admits throwing objects at Nigel Farage
Josh Greally was arrested in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on June 11 after the Reform UK leader was targeted while on the election campaign trail.
By Dave Higgens
26 Jun 2024
Politics
Four men arrested at Prime Minister’s home released on bail
The group were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at Rishi Sunak’s home in a North Yorkshire village.
By Dave Higgens
26 Jun 2024
Crime
Man who ran over and killed father-of-two was laughing after crash, jury told
Riasat Khan told Sheffield Crown Court how he was one of five people who were hit by a car in Sheffield in December 2023.
By Dave Higgens
25 Jun 2024
Crime
Man tells jury he was stabbed by driver who ran over and killed Chris Marriott
Chris Marriott, 46, died in December when a car driven by Hassan Jhangur drove over him and a number of other people in a Sheffield street.
By Dave Higgens
24 Jun 2024
Crime
Father killed by car ‘used as a weapon’ as he tried to help stranger, jury told
Chris Marriott was one of five people run over by Hassan Jhangur, who then stabbed another man, Sheffield Crown Court has heard.
By Dave Higgens
18 Jun 2024
Politics
Sunak ‘doesn’t understand how folk feel’ about D-Day controversy, says Farage
Mr Farage repeated his criticism of Mr Sunak, who has apologised repeatedly for returning to the UK part-way through the ceremonies in France.
By Dave Higgens
11 Jun 2024
Environment
Invitation to ‘paddle under Pennines’ through UK’s longest canal tunnel
Guided tours by canoe will take place for the first time through Standedge Tunnel.
By Dave Higgens
11 Jun 2024
Politics
Tories fail to field candidate in Rotherham amid last-minute withdrawals
The Conservatives’ Laila Cunningham was marked as ‘nomination withdrawn’, which leaves the party with nobody standing.
By Dave Higgens
7 Jun 2024
Crime
Seven guilty of sexual abuse of girls in Rotherham
The National Crime Agency said the evidence in this case was ‘some of the most harrowing we have come across’ in their Rotherham investigation.
By Dave Higgens
5 Jun 2024
Crime
Pair who filmed as they tortured vulnerable man to death jailed for life
Zoe Rider, 36, and Nicola Lethbridge, 45, attacked their 60-year-old neighbour Stephen Koszyczarski in his flat last year.
By Dave Higgens
5 Jun 2024
Crime
Teenager jailed for fatally stabbing two men in row outside nightclub
Rashane Douglas, 19, attacked Haidar Shah, 19, and Joshua Clark, 21, in Halifax, West Yorkshire, in the early hours of October 1 last year.
By Dave Higgens
4 Jun 2024
UK
D-Day veteran recalls the horrors of 1944 as he celebrates his 100th birthday
Eric Suchland remembered the horrors he witnessed after he landed on Sword Beach, as friends and family gathered to mark his special day.
By Dave Higgens
3 Jun 2024
Politics
Tories are ignoring a ‘new street crime wave’, says Labour’s Cooper
Yvette Cooper said a Sir Keir Starmer-led government will put 13,000 more police and police community support officers back into communities.
By Dave Higgens
30 May 2024
UK
Tout dubbed the ‘Ticket Queen’ jailed for four years
The 54-year-old was jailed at Leeds Crown Court on Friday alongside her employee Paul Douglas.
By Dave Higgens
17 May 2024
UK
Teammate talks of flashbacks after Adam Johnson death as arrested man rebailed
Ice hockey player Johnson died after he was hit in the neck by an opponent’s skate as he appeared for Nottingham Panthers.
By Dave Higgens
14 May 2024