Nestled in the foothills of the Pennines, Rochdale is a town with a proud history. It was once home to the world's foremost cotton processing centres and is widely known as the birthplace of the modern co-operative movement. But in recent years the town has been marred by child exploitation …...Read More

"We have utilised the latest technology to strengthen security," Om Birla said (File) Elaborate safety arrangements, which may inconvenience visitors, are in place in Parliament to ensure that incidents such as last year's security breach do not recur, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday. Two people had jumped …...Read More

Sharmistha Mukherjee, the daughter of former President late Pranab Mukherjee, has criticised Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's proposal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a separate memorial for former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. Dr. Manmohan Singh died of age-related illnesses at Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on …...Read More

A brain-damaged man jailed for life as a teenager will tell the appeal court today he was pressed by police into making a false murder confession. Troubled Oliver Campbell, now 53, was interviewed without a lawyer after his arrest for a fatal shooting during an off-licence robbery in 1990. He …...Read More

A mother accused of murdering her three-year-old son has claimed she used a bamboo cane to beat him because the Bible told her she could "chastise her child", a court has heard. Christina Robinson, 30, called the emergency services to her home in Bracken Court, Durham, in November 2022 and …...Read More

Financier Thomas Kingston, who married into the Royal Family, has died at the age of 45. He was the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's daughter. The King and Queen have sent their "heartfelt thoughts and prayers" to both families. Mr Kingston studied at Bristol …...Read More

Despite being 99 years old, John Roberts has no problem recollecting the events of 6 June 1944. D-Day saw 160,000 Allied troops cross the Channel to begin the liberation of Europe from the Nazis. "The army got ashore relatively easily to begin with, and it was an hour or two …...Read More

A sixth person has been charged with allegedly spying for Russia. Bulgarian national Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev is accused of "conspiring to collect information intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy", the Met Police said. That information was allegedly collected with a "purpose prejudicial to the safety and …...Read More

Thomas Kingston, the husband of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent's daughter Lady Gabriella Kingston, has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "The King and the Queen have been informed of Thomas's death and join Prince and Princess Michael of Kent and all those who knew …...Read More

Constance Marten was twice warned of the dangers of allowing a baby to fall asleep on her chest, a court has heard. She was also told that keeping a baby in a tent during winter was "wholly inappropriate". Marten, 36, and her partner Mark Gordon, 49, deny charges including manslaughter …...Read More