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10/12/25

A man with autism has accepted a paid position at a Waitrose store just weeks after being told he could no longer stack shelves there. Tom Boyd, 28, was offered the job last month and chose to take it following discussions with his family.

Before being asked to stop working, Mr Boyd had completed around 600 hours of unpaid shifts at the Waitrose in Cheadle Hulme, Greater Manchester. His mother, Frances Boyd, said the decision came shortly after she inquired about securing paid employment for him.

25/11/25

Two care workers have been charged with the ill-treatment of patients at an NHS mental health facility that was the subject of a BBC Panorama investigation.

Support worker Sheryl Price, 45, from Bolton, faces 14 counts of ill-treatment. Sara Coleman, 43, a nurse from Stretford, has been charged with five counts relating to four alleged victims.

21/10/25

A major drug trafficker who paid his daughter's private school fees with envelopes of cash left at reception has been jailed for nearly 19 years.

Gregory Bell, 43, made millions as a leading supplier of Class A drugs. Police discovered he owned 34 properties—mostly in east Manchester—along with two villas in Spain, while living in a £2,200-a-month rented apartment in Prestbury, Cheshire.

26/09/25

A young boy was left paralysed and his two siblings seriously injured after their mother allowed her drug dealer to drive them home.

Shayna Bowman, 29, accepted a lift from Rhys Farry, 30, following a football tournament, despite knowing he had been drinking and using cocaine. During the journey on the A537 near Chelford, Farry ran a red light, clipped another car, and crashed into a tree.

28/08/25

Paul Gallagher, the elder brother of Liam and Noel Gallagher, has appeared in court facing multiple sex offence charges, including rape.

Gallagher, 59, is also accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, three counts of sexual assault, three counts of intentional strangulation, coercive and controlling behaviour, and two counts of making threats to kill. The alleged offences are said to have taken place between 2022 and 2024.