6 h. ago Police issue update following investigation after woman found dead near former cricket club

Officers have been looking into the circumstances

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28 h. ago Police issue update on death of 'loving' boy, 14, who was killed in fire at derelict warehouse after 16 children arrested in manslaughter probe were released on bail

Police investigating the death of 14-year-old boy in a fire at an industrial estate in Gateshead have released 16 boys and girls on bail following their arrest for suspected manslaughter.

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35 h. ago Police issue update as pedestrian, 71, dies after being hit by car

An investigation is underway

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52 h. ago Police issue update after murder arrest following death on cruise ship

A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man in his 60s on the MSC Virtuosa

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54 h. ago Greater Manchester Police comb site of former cricket club after a woman's body is found

Officers have not confirmed whether it is being treated as suspicious

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56 h. ago Body of mystery woman is found near cricket club as police scour area for clues to her identity

Emergency services were called to Brookthorpe Avenue, Burnage, in south Manchester at around 3pm on Monday following reports of a body found nearby.

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3 d. ago Police issue update as man left in critical condition after pub attack

South Wales Police had been looking for a suspect following an alleged assault that left a 61-year-old man badly hurt

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3 d. ago Membership fees to join the exclusive cricket club that owns Lord's could soar to £100,000 under plans to turn the 238

Plans are under way to turn the 238-year-old club into a public limited company, in one of the most significant changes in its history.

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7 d. ago Police issue update on Salford plane crash as man fights for life

One person is still fighting for their life as another was left seriously injured

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7 d. ago British woman, 33, found dead at Ibiza Rocks Hotel sparking police investigation

The 33-year-old woman died in her room at the adults-only Ibiza Rocks Hotel in San Antonio last night despite efforts to save her — the incident is the second tragedy at the hotel this week

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7 d. ago Holding Fever: when club side Rishton signed the fastest bowler in the world

Huge crowds turned out to watch Michael Holding play at Blackburn Road in 1981 – and to enjoy the club’s late barBy Scott Oliver from his book Sticky Dogs and Stardust 2To paraphrase Bishop Berkeley’s famous empiricist thought-experiment: if a legendary over is bowled in a game that isn’t televised, did it really happen? The answer is: yes, Bish, it happened. In fact, Geoffrey Boycott still remembers punching a 150kph throat ball toward Joel Garner in the gully. But, unless you happened to have been watching Tony Francis’ two-minute despatch on News at Ten on Saturday 14 March 1981, it would have slipped past your attention that Rishton’s new pro, Michael Holding, had relocated Geoffrey’s off stump 20 yards nearer the press box. Which, if you were one of the Lancashire League’s top-order batters, might not be a bad thing to have slipped your attention.Nevertheless, if they hadn’t seen the recent Barbados bombardment, they will have had vivid memories of Andy Roberts’ and especially ...

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1 week ago First picture of Cefn Cribwr alleged murder victim as police issue update

The body of Tracey Davies was discovered at a house in the village of Cefn Cribwr, near Bridgend on April 18

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1 week ago Police issue update after two teenagers stabbed on busy Manchester road

A car, a bike and a bloodstained shirt were all used as evidence by forensics at the scene

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1 week ago Doune cricketers set to no longer be 'caught short' after toilet deal struck

Doune and Dunblane Cricket Club had faced expense and inconvenience after an arrangement to use the next-door Doune Primary's facilities was shelved - but talks have now seen the original agreement restored.

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2 w. ago Police issue major update after Brit man 'lynched and burned alive' by Ecuador mob

A man, who is believed to be British, was dragged out of a police station and set upon by hundreds of locals after he was arrested in connection to a shooting in Ecuador

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2 w. ago Ecuadorian police issue update in lynching and burning alive of 'British' man in wildlife reserve

He was dragged out of a police station in the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in the South American country's Amazon region and burnt alive by around 200 locals armed with guns.

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2 w. ago Murder investigation launched after woman found dead inside property

A 56-year-old man found inside the property has been arrested on suspicion of murder

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2 w. ago Body of missing Paria Veisi found as police issue update and man charged with murder

A 41-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Paria Veisi after the missing woman's body was discovered at a residential property in Penylan, Cardiff, police say

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2 w. ago Police Scotland orders policy review in wake of Supreme Court gender definition ruling

Police Scotland has issued an update in the wake of Wednesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court on the definition of a woman.

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2 w. ago Salisbury fire horror as huge blaze rips through airfield and police issue furious update

Emergency services were called to Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, shortly before 7pm last night (April 17) after a blaze ripped through the site, which ignited at Hangar 3

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