Frankie Smith, 20, has admitted child cruelty but accuses her partner, Savannah Brockhill, of killing 16-month-old girlA 20-year-old woman was “a terrible mother” who was cruel to her toddler daughter but did not kill her, a court has heard.Sixteen-mon…
UK’s largest purpose-built village for rough sleepers planned in Manchester
Embassy Village will provide 40 purpose-built pods underneath railway arches in desirable Castlefield district Plans are under way to build the UK’s largest village for rough sleepers in one of Manchester’s most desirable neighbourhoods. Embassy Villag…
‘Got to be accessible’: Derbyshire MP presses on with face-to-face surgeries
Robert Largan has made one concession to safety after the death of Sir David Amess: a security guardAt least once a week, Robert Largan, Conservative MP for High Peak in Derbyshire, holds a surgery. It might be outside a supermarket or a train station …
‘Spiritual medicine’: orchestra helps people with dementia write music
Suburb where Shameless was filmed is now home to Manchester Camerata, which is intent on serving the communityOn paper, it may seem like an odd pairing: the Manchester Camerata, one of Europe’s most renowned orchestras, and Gorton, the tough Manchester…
‘I’m loving life,’ says first CBeebies presenter with Down’s syndrome
George Webster, a 20-year-old actor from Leeds, was overwhelmed by the reaction to his first BBC showAt 7.23am on Monday, George Webster made TV history when he bounced into the CBeebies house.Most young viewers would have been unaware they were witnes…
Darlington man jailed for four years for killing woman during sex
Campaigners say Sam Pybus’s sentence for strangling Sophie Moss sends ‘dreadful message’A man who strangled a vulnerable woman during sex after drinking 24 bottles of beer has been sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.Sam Pybus, 32, from …
Channel 4 opens new HQ in Leeds as it fights against privatisation
Bosses hope move away from London will soften government attempts to sell off broadcasterChannel 4 will open its national headquarters in Leeds on Monday as it fights against a government threatening to sell it off to the highest bidder.About 200 of th…
Afghan boy, 5, fell from Sheffield hotel on to car park roof, inquest told
Mohammed Munib Majeedi died last week after arriving from Afghanistan with his familyThe body of a five-year-old Afghan refugee who fell from a hotel in Sheffield was found on top of a neighbouring multistorey car park, an inquest has heard.Mohammed Mu…
Leeds mother pleads for help with autistic daughter’s ballet school fees
Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costsBefore she was even accepted into one of the country’s most prestigious ballet schools, Constance Bailey’s audition immediately…
HS2 eastern leg to Leeds may be scrapped, new leak claims
Tory MPs celebrate demise of a ‘hugely expensive white elephant’ while other northern leaders dismayedNorthern leaders have reacted with dismay to further claims that HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds may be scrapped, while some “red wall” Tory MPs celebrated…