Avanti West Coast has announced a ticket discount trial to services to and from Manchester in a bid to boost passenger numbers.
23.02.2023 - 13:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A pervert who arranged to meet who he thought was a 14-year-old girl for unprotected sex - and then claimed to police that his phone had been hacked - has been jailed.
Martin Waite, 31, thought he was talking to a teenage girl online and made plans to meet up with her, 'put his hands down his pants' and have sex. When he turned up at the location in Preston, he quickly fled after being confronted by a paedophile hunter group.
But he still sent the girl's account messages while on the run and was later arrested at a nearby garage. Waite had previously sent a series of Facebook and WhatsApp messages to the girl, which included him asking for naked pictures and sending ones of himself, reports LancsLive.
READ MORE: Killer who yelled 'yahoo' as he hunted down and murdered his friend dies in prison
Waite pleaded guilty to arranging a child sex offence, causing a child to look at an image of sexual activity, and attempting sexual communication with a child and returned to Preston Crown Court on Tuesday (February 21) to be sentenced. Beth Pilling, prosecuting, said: "She made it very clear that she was 14 years of age and the defendant started by indicating he was too old to be talking to her. That conversation started non-sexual but became sexual when he asked what she was learning at school, if she knows about the birds and the bees, if she had a boyfriend and so on."
Ms Pilling said that Waite told the girl to keep their conversations secret and that she should close down the chats so no-one else could see them. He asked her for photographs of her genitals, indicating that he would see her naked soon anyway, and talked about masturbating to her.
He arranged to meet up with her in Preston near to a Tesco shop, with the
Avanti West Coast has announced a ticket discount trial to services to and from Manchester in a bid to boost passenger numbers.
“65” has arrived.The new sci-fi thriller stars Adam Driver as a space traveler who crash lands on a foreign planet after his ship is struck by asteroids. Except that this isn’t an alien planet, it’s earth 65 million years ago. And he’s not dealing with marauding alien creatures; he’s battling dinosaurs.
Police are appealing for the public's help to find a missing 12-year-old-girl from north Manchester. Jessica was last seen on Old Hall Drive in Gorton at 3pm on Wednesday.
season 23 is showcasing some jaw-dropping talent!NBC shared a sneak peek from Monday's episode of the singing competition on Friday, featuring a Blind Audition from 15-year-old Ryley Tate Wilson, who gets a 4-chair turn for his performance of Robyn's «Dancing on My Own.»Kelly Clarkson is first to turn her chair, followed quickly by Niall Horan, but all four coaches are impressed by Ryley, and shocked to learn his age.«I didn't hear anything after 15!» Kelly exclaims. «You're 15 and sounding like that?»Niall praises Ryley for keeping his nerves under control, recalling his audition for at a similar age.
alone—she was joined by her eight-year-old son, . first revealed her new icy blonde bob on Instagram on March 5, marking the first time she's gone blonde since 1995. However, her latest photo dump revealed that her son is rocking the same .
The man on trial for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel visited his lover the night the nine-year-old died and said 'no one can know I'm here', a court heard.
Wonderful news for this little girl’s family!
Such an awful story, but at least the family is finally getting some amount of justice…
READ MORE: Woman, 23, trapped in the body of an eight-year-old girl lays bare new love interestDan then flew to the US, and the couple went on a series of dates, with Shauna claiming they were "similar" and he had "piqued her interest" with his active lifestyle. These dates were chronicled on her TLC reality series, I Am Shauna Rae. However, Dan received some cruel backlash.
As 'feud' rumours circulate ITV's Britain's Got Talent (BGT), and auditions go into full swing following the shock exit of David Walliams, long-standing judge Amanda Holden has distracted fans by posing in nothing but a blazer.
Jill Biden says the concept floated by GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley that any politician over age 75 submit to a mental compentancy test is a nonstarter.
Proud mom. Heather Dubrow announced her 12-year-old child has come out as transgender.
Kate Middleton is known for keeping in shape with regular exercise and a healthy balanced diet, including her go-to lunch dish of watermelon salad. So it came as a surprise when the Princess of Wales revealed during a recent chat with a 109-year-old nursing home resident that they shared a favourite food - kidneys. The 41 year old royal was on a solo engagement at the Oxford Nursing Home in Slough when she got chatting to Nora, alongside her grandchildren Lynne and John.
Kate Middleton wore a 17 year old pair of gloves on St David’s Day that had a sweet and sentimental meaning. The princess, 41, attended a parade at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, alongside husband Prince William, 40, on Wednesday to celebrate the Patron Saint of Wales.
He's been a somewhat controversial figure of late but that didn't stop one mum from dressing her son as Prince Harry for World Book Day.
They say don’t meet your heroes — but if your hero is Martin Short maybe it’s time to rethink that rule!
Farrah Abraham is once again under fire for her parenting decisions after sharing a video of her 14-year-old daughter, Sophia, getting six facial piercings in honor of her birthday."@sophialabraham HAPPY 14th Birthday! #snakebite & #earlobe piercing party!" the former reality star captioned the clip.
The cast of Everything Everywhere All at Once won big at the SAG Awards and 94-year-old actor James Hong totally stole the show with an amazing moment during the final speech of the night.
Farrah Abraham doesn’t want to hear it!!