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Two-vote winning margin for new Labour MP in committee contest

A Labour MP has won the election to chair the Commons Scottish Affairs Committee by just two votes following a recount. Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow West) emerged victorious over her fellow member of the 2024 intake Gregor Poynton, the Labour MP for ...

12 Sept 2024 at 10:12

MP ‘deeply concerned’ as 440 jobs at heat pump factory are put at risk

An MP has said he is “deeply concerned” about the risk of 440 jobs being lost at a West Lothian electronics factory due to falling demand for its products. The Mitsubishi Electric factory in Livingston, which was established in 1993, employs ...

05 Sept 2024 at 08:59

Scotland

Scottish Labour MP becomes minister as part of Starmer’s reshuffle

Scottish Labour MP Martin McCluskey said he was “looking forward to a new challenge” after becoming a junior energy minister in Sir Keir Starmer’s reshuffle. The Prime Minister has completed a major overhaul of his Cabinet and ministerial ...

07 Sept 2025 at 21:29

Second teenager killed on railway line named

The second teenager who died on a railway has been named as 16-year-old Jordan Everett, 16, who dreamed of becoming a pilot, his family said. Jordan was killed along with Joshua Myers, also, 16, near Poynton railway station in Cheshire. ...

08 Jul 2025 at 10:37

Quirky

‘My dad cycled to Australia in the 1980s, so now I’m following in his footsteps pedalling my way to Thailand’

A 25-year-old is following in his father’s footsteps by cycling from the UK to Thailand, covering around 120km a day, wild camping and even staying in hay barns during rainy nights. Olly Hargreaves, from Poynton, Cheshire, was inspired ...

22 May 2025 at 14:22

Quirky

‘You only live once’: Man, 26, cycles from Cheshire to Nepal, covering 120km a day, on an epic journey toward Thailand

A 26-year-old has cycled from Cheshire to Nepal, covering around 120km a day and camping along the way, with the goal of reaching Thailand in December. Olly Hargreaves, from Poynton, Cheshire, was inspired by his dad, Phil Hargreaves, ...

11 Nov 2025 at 06:30

Teenager hailed as hero at inquest after dying in bid to save friend

Teenager hailed as hero at inquest after losing life in bid to save friend

A teenager has been hailed “a hero” as he died in an attempt to save a “stressed” friend who jumped on to a rail line. Jordan Everett, 16, tried to push Joshua Myers, 16, to safety from an oncoming train but both were struck and died ...

25 Feb 2026 at 07:10

Quirky

Man, 26, cycles from Cheshire to Thailand, pedalling 120km a day and braving jungles, snow and deserts

A 26-year-old cycled from Cheshire to Thailand, covering 120km daily, camping across Europe, Central Asia and the Himalayas, facing tiger-infested jungles, snow, and deserts, and discovering the kindness of strangers along the way. ...

09 Jan 2026 at 06:30

Family

‘This might be my last Christmas – the thought my two-year-old son might not remember me is heartbreaking’

A mother with a terminal lung condition who may not be alive next Christmas said the possibility her two-year-old son will not remember her “is heartbreaking”. Fiona Hinton, 42, a global data ingress manager from Poynton, Cheshire,...

17 Dec 2024 at 06:30

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