Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld a slander conviction against US defendant Amanda Knox for accusing an innocent man in her British flatmate’s 2007 murder.

Southport’s Labour MP Patrick Hurley said the sentence was “not severe enough” and he had asked the Attorney General to review the sentence as “unduly lenient”, adding: “We need a sentence that ...

Police urged social media commentators not to post graphic details of the Southport victims’ injuries at the request of the family.

Chris Wood has signed a two-year contract extension with Nottingham Forest until 2027. The New Zealand forward has scored 14 Premier League goals to help Forest climb to third in the table. Wood, 33, ...

British film star Ralph Fiennes has said he is “thrilled” to receive a best actor Oscar nomination for his role in pope drama Conclave. This year’s announcement saw Spanish-language musical Emilia ...

The Met Office has issued the following weather forecast for Bolton this weekend. On Friday, January 24, a yellow warning is in place for wind. Heavy rain is expected in the early hours, with ...

Teenager Axel Rudakubana had attacked a pupil with a hockey stick, used school computers to look up the London Bridge terror outrage and carried a knife on a bus and into class before he carried out ...

Yuval Raphael, 24, survived the Nova music festival in southern Israel as Hamas militants stormed the event on October 7 2023.

Bolton Wanderers legend Sam Allardyce says he does not want to replace Ian Evatt but would be interested in helping the club in another capacity.

The 18-year-old’s disruptions meant he was not in court as the judge handed him one of the longest minimum terms on record.

More than four million people across Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland have received emergency alerts on their phones in the “largest real life use of the tool to date”, the Government said.

Southport child-killer Axel Rudakubana is likely to die in jail after being detained for life with a minimum term of 52 years for the “sadistic” murders of three girls. The 18-year-old was sentenced ...