5 h. ago Urgent appeal issued over missing teenage girl with links to Wigan

Lexie Hurst, from Skelmersdale, has been missing since Monday morning

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8 h. ago Desperate family say 'please just stick to facts' in search for missing Wigan man

Darren Orme's family have asked people to continue reporting any information to the police

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15 h. ago Family of missing Layla Santanello last seen running barefoot from hotel told she’d be ‘chopped into pieces’ in sick ransom texts

Layla Santanello, 20, was last seen running barefoot from her hotel in June 2023 - and her family are now desperately searching for answers but are bracing themselves for the worst outcome

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61 h. ago ‘I was terrified’: refugees who fled DRC to Burundi recall deadly river crossing

People tell of family members being swept away in desperate attempts to escape the advance of the M23 rebel group Atosha winced as she recalled the 15 minutes she spent in the fast-flowing Rusizi River, which separates the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Burundi, on a Friday night in late February.“I was terrified,” the 23-year-old said of her journey of about 130 metres, spent clinging to a makeshift float alongside a young man whom she had paid to take her to the Burundian side. “It was my first time crossing that river and I had no option.” Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Scots tourist vanishes in Italy as worried family desperate for answers

Robert John Cadger, from Aberdeen, headed to Italy on Saturday, March 8 for a four-day holiday to enjoy the football.

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4 d. ago 'Just please come home': 100 friends, family and loved ones take to street in desperate search for Darren Orme

"He was always joking and laughing"

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4 d. ago Man found dead in river as desperate family search for answers

“‘Our Rick’ had a heart of gold, he’d just fallen on some hard times in life. He was known and loved by many."

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4 d. ago Family sues after woman is found dead in towed van in impound lot a month after crash by drunk driver

Her family believes Monica Cameroni De Adams, 65, may have desperately needed medical attention after a crash by a drunken driver, not to be towed to an impound lot and left to die

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5 d. ago Wigan Athletic manager makes emotional statement over popular missing fan Darren Orme as police issue new plea

The search for the 54-year-old is in its second week

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5 d. ago Major search continues into second week to find missing Wigan Athletic fan

It has now been over a week since Darren was last seen

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5 d. ago Elianne Andam's tortured family issue desperate plea as they say 'we've been abandoned'

Hassan Sentamu, 18, was jailed for life today after he erupted in "white hot" rage and stabbed 15-year-old Elianne Andam to death in a row over a teddy bear

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7 d. ago Family of Celtic fan missing in Lanzarote to visit island in desperate bid for answers

Gary Shearer went missing in Lanzarote in 2023.

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7 d. ago Stacey Solomon transforms Welsh home after hearing family's emotional story

The Bowen family desperately needed Stacey Solomon's help in her BBC One show Sort Your Life Out

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7 d. ago "We just want you home": Family's heartbreaking appeal to missing man as underwater teams deployed in huge search

A major police search is continuing across Wigan to find missing Darren Orme

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9 d. ago Scots sex abuse victim's harrowing email before he took his own life

Kevin Sutherland's family believe that he committed suicide after “callous” response to his desperate plea for anonymity.

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1 week ago 'Find our mate': Football supporters plan search for missing Wigan Athletic fan Darren Orme

Darren Orme was last seen on Wednesday

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1 week ago Scotland and Wales stick with what they know in search of better fortunes

Both Gregor Townsend and Matt Sherratt have shown faith in the XVs who performed well in their most recent defeatsNeither of these two are where they want to be after three rounds. In the case of Wales, rock bottom cannot be worse than where they feared they might be; in the case of Scotland, fourth must be so much worse than they had hoped. And some might say deserve.Eyebrows may rise, then, at the news that both coaches will more or less send out the same teams that featured in their respective defeats in round three. But Six Nations tend to have narratives more nuanced than those supplied by the table at any given moment. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Urgent search launched to find missing man last seen in Wigan Athletic jumper

Darren was last seen in Wigan on Wednesday evening (March 5)

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3 w. ago NRL legend Sam Burgess left off Las Vegas flight as visa issue blows up for Warrington Wolves coach

NRL legend Sam Burgess has been left grounded in England and could miss Warrington's historic rugby league clash against Wigan in Las Vegas due to visa complications.

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4 w. ago Israeli hostage vowed to return to his family – only to find they had been killed

Eli Sharabi learned his wife and daughters had been killed after his release from captivity in Gaza but is ‘mentally strong’, says British brother-in-law“Don’t worry, I will be back. Whatever they do to me, I will be back,” was one of the last things Eli Sharabi told his wife and daughters before he was abducted by Hamas. And when the 52-year-old was freed after 16 months in captivity in Gaza, he was desperate to know if his family were waiting for him.It was only then that he was told that his British wife, Lianne Sharabi, 48, and daughters Noiya, 16, and Yahel, 13, had been murdered at their home in the Be’eri kibbutz in Israel on 7 October 2023. Continue reading...

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