33 h. ago Emmerdale star opens up on dad being jailed for 17 years saying 'I always knew'

Former Emmerdale star Kelli Hollis, who played Ali Spencer in the ITV show, has opened up about her father's criminal past as a drug kingpin who was jailed for 17 years.

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40 h. ago Emmerdale star says 'I always knew what he did' as dad jailed for 17 years

Former Emmerdale star Kelli Hollis has finally opened up about her father, a drug supplier who was jailed for 17 years, after social media users tried to 'out' her online

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41 h. ago Emmerdale star breaks silence on dad being jailed for 17 years and says 'I always knew'

Former Emmerdale star Kelli Hollis, who played Ali Spencer in the ITV soap, has bravely opened up about her father, who is a convicted drug kingpin and was jailed for 17 years

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67 h. ago Drug gang boss Conor McGregor jailed after extradition from Morocco

Conor McGregor, 32, was finally arrested in Morocco in July 2024, before being returned to Scotland in January 2025.

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68 h. ago Drug gang boss jailed for six years after extradition from Morocco

Conor McGregor, 32, was head of an organised crime group that made ‘significant’ amounts of money selling drugs over a three-year period.

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4 d. ago Pregnant British teen 'drug mule' facing life in Georgia prison set for release if 'substantial' fine paid

Bella May Culley, 19, is accused of carrying £200,000 worth of narcotics into the ex-Soviet country

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4 d. ago All Brit 'drug mules' in foreign jails as pregnant teen Bella Culley may soon be free

As pregnant teenager Bella Culley appears in court in Georgia accused of drug smuggling, we share a list of Brits accused of similar crimes currently held in prisons abroad

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8 d. ago ‘Young, ignorant’ vape users warned they could be caned for breaking Singapore laws

Etomidate in vape pods reclassified as a controlled drug with caning and jail terms for traffickers

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1 week ago Brit, 29, facing 60 years in USA jail after Manchester Airport flight arrest 'could be home in 12 months'

Kim Hall is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine

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1 week ago Family of Brit, 29, arrested in USA before Manchester Airport flight home hail 'best news we could have hoped for'

Kim Hall is accused of smuggling 43kg of cocaine

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2 w. ago "When you in, hard to go back": The messages that led to a gangster's downfall

Jamie Rothwell organised a host of criminal activity from Spain

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2 w. ago Marco Pierre White Jr's secret baby mama says he's a 'WONDERFUL father' to their young daughter as drug addict faces jail for burglary

The child and her stunning blonde single mother are still in touch with Marco junior and enjoy an idyllic life in the Cotswolds, where only a close circle of their friends know the identity of the girl's father.

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2 w. ago Moment respected 'sustainable fisherman' who met King but led a secret life as drug smuggler was caught in front of shocked beachgoers 

Peter Williams, from Hampshire, pictured, was a respected fisherman who had met King Charles several times, but turned to drugs importation after falling on hard times. He was jailed on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Shock moment boat police chase drug gang on to Cornish beach in front of shocked swimmers

Peter Williams, from Hampshire, pictured, was a respected fisherman who had met King Charles several times, but turned to drugs importation after falling on hard times. He was jailed on Thursday.

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2 w. ago He'd only been out of prison a few weeks when police caught him at it again

Craig O'Donohue had previously scammed Liverpool fans out of football tickets, and has now been jailed for drug dealing

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2 w. ago Bart left his house to pick up fish and chips for his Friday night tea

The 86-year-old died after 'reckless' Dylan Green crashed into him on an e-bike

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2 w. ago Notorious gangster Jamie Rothwell among the criminals to be locked up this week

The Manchester Evening News has looked back on those locked up this week in our region

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2 w. ago What it was like to grow up with the UK's most feared gangster: Locals on Liverpool housing estate where notorious enforcer began his reign of terror are still too afraid to speak his name

EXCLUSIVE: Paul 'Woody' Woodford, a member of the hated Huyton Firm, has convictions for violent offences in Liverpool and mainland Europe stretching back three decades.

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3 w. ago "That’s where the breadcrumb trail started": How Salford gangster Jamie Rothwell finally ran out of luck

A selfie and a holiday snap helped lead to his downfall

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3 w. ago Moment UK drug kingpin who ran £26m empire dances for the camera as he’s arrested by police in Spain

Watch the moment a leader of a crime gang that ran a £26million drug empire is arrested by Spanish authorities.

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