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A man has died in a car crash following reports he was driving the wrong way down the M62 motorway. Police received calls shortly after 2am on Saturday that a Vauxhall Corsa was travelling westbound on the eastbound carriageway. Officers were sent to locate the vehicle but it was found to have crashed into a VW Golf a short time later close to Scammonden Bridge, to the east of Huddersfield.Fire […]

A growing number of organisations are using social prescribing to reduce waiting lists and costs as pressure mounts on Children and Young People's Mental Health Services.Almost one million children are waiting for mental health treatment and these non-clinical initiatives are being used to support their emotional wellbeing. It's an approach being used by the charity StreetGames, which runs sport-based sessions across the country, including in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where a […]

A 12-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenage girl was stabbed in Kent, police have said.Officers and paramedics were called to Adelaide Drive in Sittingbourne at 3.55pm on Friday after reports of a stabbing, according to Kent Police.They found the girl with knife wounds at the scene and rushed her to hospital in London, where she remains in a stable condition.The boy was arrested on suspicion of wounding with […]

Richard Taylor, the father of murdered schoolboy Damilola Taylor, has died aged 75.Mr Taylor campaigned tirelessly against gang violence in the capital after his 10-year-old son was murdered in south London on 27 November 2000 as he walked home from the local library after school. Damilola, who dreamed of being a doctor, had moved to London from Nigeria a few months before he was found bleeding to death in a […]

Sven-Goran Eriksson has said it is "like a dream" to be taking charge of Liverpool for a charity match at Anfield this weekend, which he acknowledges will be his last as a football manager.The 76-year-old former England boss, who revealed earlier this year he had terminal cancer, will be part of the Reds management team for the Legends game against Ajax. In an interview with Sky News in January, Eriksson […]

The Princess of Wales said she and Prince William have been doing everything they can to "process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family" after revealing she is receiving cancer treatment.The future queen added it has "taken time" to explain her diagnosis to her children George, Charlotte and Louis in a way that is "appropriate for them, and to reassure them that I am going to […]

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have wished "health and healing" for the Princess of Wales and the family.Harry and Meghan shared the message of support for their sister-in-law in a statement, saying: "We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace."The princess announced earlier this evening that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing […]

The chancellor has claimed that earning £100,000 a year is "not a huge salary".Jeremy Hunt made the remark on social media platform X, in a post which was aimed at his constituents in Surrey. He will be campaigning hard as he is changing seats for the next general election after the boundaries were redrawn as part of a regular review.Politics latest: Sunak hits out at StarmerIn the post on his […]

Police are investigating alleged racist comments made by one of the Conservative Party's largest donors about former Labour MP Diane Abbott. The remarks, first reported by the Guardian, were said to have been made by businessman Frank Hester during a company meeting in 2019, where he said Ms Abbott made him "want to hate all black women" and that she "should be shot". Mr Hester later said he was "deeply […]