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Who is backing who? Eight candidates in leadership race as Javid pulls out

Who is backing who? Shapps bows out to support Sunak in leadership contest

As the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party picks up steam, many Tory MPs have publicly revealed who has their backing. As of 7pm on Tuesday, the PA news agency had confirmed the intentions of more than 160 Tory Members ...

12 Jul 2022 at 21:18

Gunman who killed Ashley Dale tells court he has had year of ‘torture’

A man who admits shooting a 28-year-old woman in her home with a machine gun told a court the last year has been “torture” for him. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was shot with a Skorpion machine pistol in Old Swan, Liverpool, at about 12....

08 Nov 2023 at 16:12

Four men to be sentenced over machine gun murder of Ashley Dale

Four men are due to be sentenced for the murder of a 28-year-old woman who was shot with a machine gun in her home. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was killed when gunman James Witham, 41, forced his way into her home in Old Swan, ...

22 Nov 2023 at 02:45

Murder accused said he would shoot victim’s boyfriend, court hears

A man accused of the murder of a council worker said he would shoot her boyfriend, according to messages she sent to friends in the weeks before her death. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale, 28, was hit in the abdomen by a bullet ...

09 Oct 2023 at 16:58

Four men convicted of murder of woman shot with machine gun in her home

Four men have been convicted of the murder of a woman who was shot with a machine gun in her home after a feud involving her boyfriend. Environmental health officer Ashley Dale, 28, was killed when gunman James Witham, 41, forced open ...

20 Nov 2023 at 16:28

Priti Patel urges Government to consider offshore cable alternative to pylons

Ministers must reconsider plans to build a network of pylons across the East of England, a Conservative former minister has said. Former home secretary Priti Patel urged the Government to meet with campaigners from the East of ...

18 Apr 2023 at 13:09

Jury in trial of woman shot in home retires to consider verdicts

The jury in the trial of five men accused of the murder of a 28-year-old woman shot with a machine gun in her own home has retired to consider its verdicts. Environmental health worker Ashley Dale was killed when a gunman ...

17 Nov 2023 at 16:34

Who is backing who in leadership race as Tory MPs prepare to vote

As the race to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party picks up steam, many Tory MPs have publicly revealed who has their backing. As of Wednesday, the PA news agency had confirmed the intentions of ...

13 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Ashley Dale’s father talks of ‘history repeating itself’ after son’s 2015 murder

The father of Ashley Dale said “history had repeated itself” when she was killed almost seven years after his youngest son was shot dead. Ashley Dale, 28, was shot with a Skorpion machine gun in her home in Old Swan,...

22 Nov 2023 at 15:00

Ashley Dale’s shooting was ‘act of reckless madness’, court told

The shooting of a council worker in her home was an “act of reckless madness” but not a targeted attack, the lawyer defending the gunman has told his trial. James Witham, 41, admits the manslaughter of Ashley Dale, ...

14 Nov 2023 at 15:40

Man admits manslaughter of council worker shot dead in home but denies murder

A man has admitted the unlawful killing of a council worker shot dead at home. James Witham, 41, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Ashley Dale, 28, at a Liverpool Crown Court hearing on Thursday, a court ...

21 Sept 2023 at 16:58

Boyfriend of murder victim jailed for drug offences

The boyfriend of a woman who was killed in a shooting has been jailed for five years for conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Ashley Dale, 28, was killed when a gunman forced his way into her home in Old ...

21 Feb 2025 at 15:41

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