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Student training to become first deafblind climber to reach summit of Everest before losing her sight completely

A British student hopes to become the fist deafblind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest after reaching base camp last year and deciding she must make as many memories as possible before she risks losing her sight for good. Karolina ...

20 Feb 2024 at 06:30

Passport workers begin five-week strike in row over pay and conditions

Passport Office workers have begun a five-week strike in a dispute over jobs, pay, pensions and conditions as a union warned it could cause delays for those looking to renew their passports. More than 1,000 members of the Public and ...

03 Apr 2023 at 12:33

Football

Fighting mars Blackpool’s pre-season friendly at Southport

Fighting fans led to the temporary suspension of Saturday’s so-called friendly between Southport and Blackpool. Recently-appointed manager Michael Appleton kicked-off pre-season with a 2-0 win for the Championship side at their ...

02 Jul 2022 at 18:07

Nine-year-old boy seriously injured as inflatable zorb ball ‘blown off lake’

A nine-year-old boy has been seriously injured as an inflatable zorb ball came off a lake and landed on grass nearby. The boy was inside the zorb at 2pm on Sunday at an outdoor festival in Victoria Park, Rotten Row, Southport, ...

04 Jun 2023 at 20:36

Family centre to move to new venue after Southport knife attack

A family centre where three girls were fatally stabbed in an attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class will continue its work in a new venue. Bebe King, six, Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, died ...

26 Sept 2024 at 08:15

Yvette Cooper: Serious debate on immigration will not be silenced by disorder

Yvette Cooper said disorder and violence should not “silence a serious debate” on immigration, as she also claimed the Conservatives are becoming “right-wing wreckers”. The Home Secretary condemned recent riots and disorder ...

24 Sept 2024 at 17:26

Men who took part in Stoke-on-Trent disorder jailed

Five men, including three who threw bricks and other missiles at a mosque, have been jailed for taking part in violent disorder in Stoke-on-Trent. James Watkins, 35, Andrew Townley, 45, Ashley Morris, 31, Lee Grocott, 48 ...

24 Sept 2024 at 17:51

Man filmed at protest carrying stick cleared of possessing offensive weapon

A 46-year-old man seen carrying a wooden stick on TV coverage of a counter-protest in Birmingham has been found not guilty after claiming the item was a spiritual staff. Shehraz Sarwar was acquitted on Monday of ...

23 Sept 2024 at 16:08

Number of people sentenced for offences linked to riots reaches 300

Some 300 people have now been sentenced for offences in connection with the riots and disorder that broke out in parts of the country following the knife attack at a Southport dance studio on July 29 that left ...

23 Sept 2024 at 18:06

Justice Secretary visits Southport mosque to show ‘solidarity’ after riots

The Justice Secretary has praised the response to disorder over the summer as “the best of British” during a visit to the Southport mosque that was besieged by rioters. Shabana Mahmood met imam Ibrahim ...

25 Sept 2024 at 16:37

Bricklayer jailed for throwing fire extinguisher and chair at police at hotel

A bricklayer who went into a hotel which was besieged by rioters before throwing a fire extinguisher and a chair at police has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. Ashley Williams, 21, was caught on ...

25 Sept 2024 at 17:49

Man first to admit charge of riot in UK after nationwide disorder jailed

A 32-year-old who encouraged “mob violence” and was the first defendant in the UK to admit a charge of riot following nationwide disorder last month has been jailed for four years and four months. ...

27 Sept 2024 at 13:44

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