Manchester City will be hoping to tighten their grip on top spot when they face Liverpool in a huge Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.
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A delivery driver who murdered his wife, set fire to their home, and then blamed their teenage son and a man who bludgeoned a woman to death with a dumbbell were among the worst offenders sent to jail in the UK in the last month.
Other criminals facing lengthy jail terms include a self-styled 'assassin' who was encouraged by an AI chatbot to break into Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow to kill the late Queen and a predatory police officer who violently raped his friend.
Five members of a Rochdale grooming gang, a former GCHQ worker who tried to kill a US spy and a widower who shot dead his daughter’s ex-partner and his father over a family court case were also locked up in October.
READ MORE: Teenage killers, 'monsters', and drug-dealing brothers - The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in October
Read more court stories from the Manchester Evening News here.
Lengthy sentences are handed to some of the worst offenders each month. These are some of the most shocking court cases that have been widely reported in the UK in recent weeks.
An eco-terrorist, who was radicalised on online forums, planted a potentially explosive device in one of Edinburgh’s tourist hotspots.
Nikolaos Karvounakis, 35, planted the explosive in Princes Street Gardens on January 11 in 2018. It was found by members of the public inside a cardboard box, which had been left in a shelter, and the incident caused huge disruption in the city centre as emergency services rushed to seal off the scene.
Inside the box was a pipe containing 58 nails, 27 of which were cut in half. Lord Braid told the High Court in Edinburgh that the device had a chance of detonating despite being wired in a way as to not explode when opened. He said it could
Manchester City will be hoping to tighten their grip on top spot when they face Liverpool in a huge Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.
The real reason for Meghan Markle missing King Charles’ Coronation has finally been revealed.
Richard Madeley has waded in on the secret reason behind Nella Rose and Fred Sireix's ITV I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! feud.
UPDATED, with Live Nation response: A Senate subcommittee has subpoenaed Live Nation/Ticketmaster, demanding documents as part of an investigation into exorbitant ticket prices for Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and other concerts.
Reality for the UK and Ireland. I caught the film in Berlin last month and absolutely loved it.The film comes to the screen from first-time director Tina Satter, and stars Sydney Sweeney (White Lotus, Euphoria).
A new group of celebrities will spend the next few weeks living in the Australian bush as a new series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here gets underway.
There's set to be a new King or Queen of the jungle as I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here returns to screens. Ten new famous faces will be swapping their usual luxuries for camp life as they head to Australia.
Royal biographer Omid Scobie spilled all the details about everything that happened during the final hours of Queen Elizabeth II‘s reign.
An arrest has been made in connection with hockey standout Adam Johnson’s death.
Peter Hook & The Light have announced a huge 2024 world tour that will see the band play the ‘Substance’ albums from Joy Division and New Order in full – find dates and ticket information below.The New Order and Joy Division co-founder will be touring with his band from May next year, spanning New Zealand, Australia, North America, the UK and Ireland.The tour will open at the Opera House in Wellington, New Zealand on May 16, followed by eight more dates across New Zealand and Australia. From August 31, they’ll continue with a North American run that starts at History in Toronto, Canada.
Two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer Ed Lachman looked shattered by the time he sat down with us for an interview here at EnergaCamerimage in Torun, Poland.
Like many of us, Kate Middleton and Prince William have adorable nicknames for their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis - and no matter how high you are in the Royal Family, having multiple names and titles is the norm. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, like any other loving parents, have special pet names for their kids, with another separate set of names for day to day use, such as at school.
BBC's hit show Strictly Come Dancing has once again captivated the UK as this year’s crop of celebs vie for the coveted Glitterball trophy. However, the allure of the show goes beyond dance steps with the chemistry between the celebrity contestants and their professional partners often kindling genuine romances. From unexpected connections to lasting relationships, here's a glance at the couples who found love beyond the ballroom.
Scots have been issued with a weather warning as parts of the country are set to be battered by winds up to 80mph.
Matthew Perry was happy and sober before his death, according to Friends creator Marta Kauffman. The TV executive, who created the beloved sitcom with David Crane, spoke to the actor just two weeks before his death at the weekend at the age of 54, which sparked an outpouring of grief from fans around the world.
Naman Ramachandran Signature Entertainment has acquired U.K. and Ireland rights to horror thriller “Don’t Move” from Capstone Global. The film follows a seasoned killer as he injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent.
Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. In 2005, Alanis Morissette starred in a Gap campaign in which she, Keith Urban, Jason Mraz and John Legend were tapped to sing a rendition of their favorite song to promote the brand’s new line of fall denim. Her pick: “Crazy” by Seal, which she also recorded for her greatest hits album “The Collection” earlier that year.
Manchester City have reportedly slapped a £50m price tag on Kalvin Phillips ahead of the January transfer window despite his bit-part squad status.
In 2015, the world watched in awe as Tyson Fury defeated Wladimir Klitschko, marking one of the greatest moments in British boxing history. Little did the world know, behind the scenes, The Gypsy King was spiralling into a deep state of depression, grappling with alcohol and cocaine abuse, and even experiencing suicidal thoughts.This tumultuous period led him to take a lengthy hiatus from the sport that made him a household name. As Tyson's weight ballooned, the titles he'd worked tirelessly to earn slipped through his fingers, and it appeared that his boxing career was a thing of the past.
On the heels of the wonderful 2019 The Two Popes, in which Anthony Hopkins starred as Pope Benedict XVI in an imagined conversation with Jonathan Pryce’s future Pope Francis, Hopkins is once again involved in the same kind of cinematic historical fictional meeting as founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud, who is engaged in a private debate with The Chronicles of Narnia author and theologian C.S. Lewis (played by Matthew Goode) on the existence of God. As with The Two Popes, there is no proof whatsoever that any meeting ever took place, but it clearly provides lots of material to wrap your head around. That is exactly what Mark St. Germain did in creating his 2009 play Freud’s Last Session, which was built on the 1967 Harvard lectures of Dr. Armond M. Nicholi Jr in his presentation “The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life.”