West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was killed in a fatal road traffic incident in Pontefract yesterday evening (July 13).

Officers were called to an alley at rear of Eastbourne Terrace in Pontefract after a 16-year-old male had come off a motorbike.

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A spokesperson for the force said: “The 16-year-old boy was provided with medical treatment by police and paramedics but sadly died at the scene.

“Following enquiries officers later located a second teenage boy, aged 13, suspected to have been on the bike at the time of the collision. He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.”

Due to prior police contact with the bike before the crash, the force says a mandatory referral has been made to the IOPC.

Anyone who saw or has footage which could assist enquiries is asked to contact the Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101 or online at https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/livechat

Please reference police log 1352 of 13 July.

Bev Craig, who’s running for Greater Manchester Mayor, said the city has ‘never been as vibrant’ as she called for accountability from the owners over the strip’s demise.

Deansgate Locks’ owners have been slammed for ‘allowing decline’ and leaving the area an ‘eyesore’. Bev Craig, who’s running for Greater Manchester Mayor, said the city has ‘never been as vibrant’ as she called for accountability over the strip’s demise.

Both Popworld and Ark at the former nightlife hub on Deansgate Locks will close on Sunday, July 19. The closure of the two venues will bring to an end decades of entertainment along the stretch which once used to be the place to be.

The Locks, former railway arches, sit on the stretch of Whitworth Street West between Deansgate and Albion Street. Throughout the noughties, Deansgate Locks was known as Manchester’s most famous nightclub strip, packed with revellers and taxis bumper to bumper down the street into the early hours.

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In recent years though, it has become a shell of its former self.

A shift in nightlife habits, pressures on the hospitality industry, and the cost of living crisis have all been cited as reasons why the strip has struggled in the last few years. Issues with damp in the Grade II-listed structure have also been raised and previously plans were submitted to Manchester City Council to carry out repair works.

Asked about the end of an era and what she thinks should be done, Labour’s candidate for Greater Manchester Mayor and city council leader Bev Craig told the Manchester Evening News: “I think it’s just a visible sign of how cities change.

“Manchester’s nightlife sector has never been as vibrant. We’ve got more venues and businesses now for bars and hospitality across the city centre than we have had for a long time so it’s a sign of how things are changing.

“People when I moved to Manchester went to Deansgate Locks for a night out. When I came here in 2003, that was the place that you went to in town for a night out.

“Now people go all over the city centre, neighbourhoods, and local towns. I think what does need to happen in Deansgate Locks is the owners of that building have allowed decline there for quite some time.

“I’ve been working as the council leader with local councillors around a bit of accountability in not allowing those buildings to sit empty. I think there’s some great things with the right level of will and the right level of appetite from landowners they could do there and I think you could make that thriving.

“It needs the owners of those buildings to recognise things change. When was the last time many people went for a night out on Deansgate Locks and contrast that with the last time they went for a drink or a night out?

“It’s not that people have stopped drinking or having a night out. It’s that people have stopped going to Deansgate Locks. I think the sad demise of Popworld means there’ll have to be a new future and the owners of that building need to crack on because at the moment it’s a bit of an eyesore.”

She added: “We’ve never seen a city centre as busy from tourist numbers, footfall numbers, night out numbers, and the amount of spend that Manchester bars receive per head of the population. The night time economy is much stronger than London’s.

“On average, Manchester residents spend more income going out. It’s not that the city centre has seen a demise.

“It’s that a little strip of four bars have changed and I wouldn’t read too much into Deansgate Locks when a private company owns a couple of units they could simply do up and rent out for another business use.”

The owners of Deansgate Locks are listed as “SWIPACS1” in planning documents. The LDRS understands this is Scottish Widows, the insurance giant which deals with pension funds and property management.

The LDRS has attempted to contact the owners but so far have had no response. Stonegate Group are the leaseholders for Popworld and Ark and are not the owners.

Hannibal Lecter was named the greatest villain in American cinema thanks to Anthony Hopkins’s chilling performance in the 1991 film. Now, Gina Gionfriddo adapts Thomas Harris’s multi-million-selling novel for its world stage premiere. When FBI trainee Clarice Starling is sent to interview a cannibalistic murderer, it’s hoped that his brilliant mind will help her to catch a sadistic new serial-killer, Buffalo Bill. But there’s nothing straightforward about Lecter, as we know. Casting tbc.

Curve, Leicester, Aug 1-15, then touring the UK and Ireland

Tickets: silenceofthelambsplay.com

Our Friends in the North

The BAFTA-winning 1996 TV phenomenon returns to Newcastle, the city where it’s set, in a new stage adaptation by the series’ original creator Peter Flannery, with Jack McNamara, artistic director at local playwriting powerhouse Live. The focus of this fresh theatrical version is two episodes in which Nicky, Mary, Tosker and Geordie (played in the series by Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Mark Strong and Daniel Craig) come of age in the city during the turbulent early Thatcher years (1979-1984).

Newcastle Theatre Royal

Booking: Oct 15-24

Tickets: theatreroyal.co.uk

On Friday, Wigan and Leigh Police were granted a Partial Closer Order by a court to serve to a property on Conway Close.

This was following ongoing reports of anti-social behaviour linked to the address, with evidence submitted to the court demonstrating ‘persistent anti-social behaviour’.

Officers stated that the property had been having ‘a significant negative impact’ on residents and the wider community.

The order, which is designed to prevent further nuisance, disorder and criminality,  restricts access to the property for named individuals.

It also provides police and partner agencies with additional powers to address the issues that have been impacting the area.

The Plaid Cymru minority government in Cardiff Bay looks destined to lose its first major Senedd vote this evening.

Labour has now ruled out supporting the Welsh Government’s proposed supplementary budget, which will allocate £411m of spending that was unallocated in the main budget earlier this year.

Plaid needs at least six other votes in the Senedd to pass its spending plans and, as of Tuesday afternoon, appears not to have won the support of any other group in the chamber.

It would be a significant symbolic loss for Rhun ap Iorwerth’s administration which shows how challenging it will be to run a minority administration for the next four years.

On Tuesday morning the Tories and Reform UK made it clear they will not support Plaid’s budget as it stood then, but Labour’s Senedd members were meeting to discuss a last-ditch offer from Plaid Cymru which was sent by the First Minister on Monday (July 13).

Plaid offered Labour an extra £120m for additional learning needs education over the next three years to win the party’s support.

But on Tuesday afternoon interim Welsh Labour leader Ken Skates said he had written to First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth asking him to withdraw the supplementary budget, saying it was not enough.

“In all our discussions funding for additional learning needs (ALN) has been a top priority for Welsh Labour,” said Mr Skates.

“Yesterday both the school leaders’ unions in Wales, NAHT Cymru and ASCL Cymru, notified the cabinet minister for education and the Welsh language that they are formally declaring a trade dispute with the Welsh Government.

“This is both unprecedented and deeply regrettable.

“Less than 100 days into government Plaid Cymru find themselves in chaos, unable to work collaboratively.

“By withdrawing the budget today we hope that they will resolve these issues with teaching unions and bring back another supplementary budget in the summer with £100m allocated for ALN.”

Following the news Labour would block the budget a Plaid Cymru source said: “By voting against the supplementary budget Labour will vote against £145m to cut NHS waiting lists, £120m for children with additional learning needs, £55m to expand funded childcare, and £15m for free school meals for secondary pupils most in need. In doing so Labour has abandoned its progressive values.

“Despite inheriting £333m of in-year pressures in the NHS the Welsh Government worked quickly to put a £120m proposal on the table to build a more sustainable ALN system.

“Labour have walked away from that offer – a move that will rightly be questioned by parents and teachers.

“By voting against the supplementary budget Labour are not only voting against more money for children with additional learning needs, money to cut waiting lists, and money to fund childcare, they will also be teaming up with the Tories and Reform.

“It is clear that they have learnt nothing from their humiliating election defeat in May. Wales rejected Labour in May but that doesn’t mean Labour should reject the priorities of the people of Wales.”

The debate on the budget is scheduled for 6pm if it is not withdrawn. Before it, at 1.30pm, is First Minister’s Questions where Rhun ap Iorwerth will be quizzed on a range of topics including cost savings, NHS waiting times, and whether he thinks there will be an impact of the UK Government’s defence investment plan on Wales.

He will also use a statement to lay out the first legislation his party plans to take through the Senedd. That includes a bill to strengthen the rights of people living in private rented accommodation, creating a community right to buy scheme, and a law that ensures the needs of people in rural areas are considered in policy-making.

Also in the Senedd today deputy first minister Sioned Williams will give further details on her party’s childcare plans and constitution minister Dafydd Trystan Davies will face questions.

We’ll be with you live from the Senedd throughout the afternoon with updates below:

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Monday, July 13

Ayr

2.00 Vega King
2.30 JM Jhingree
3.00 White Ladder
3.30 Millbuie
4.00 JRK Cobbler
4.30 Spiritoftheblues
5.05 Cascade Hall

Windsor

5.20 Terminology
5.50 Leonardo Blu
6.20 Sovereigns High
6.50 Market Leader
7.20 Papa Cocktail
7.50 Kalokalo
8.20 A Major Payne
8.50 Bintsaleh Nap

Lingfield

5.10 Greek Symphony
5.40 Mister Daydream NB
6.10 Aphra Behn
6.40 Split Elevens
7.10 Perfect Location
7.40 Nutcracker
8.10 Freedom Bay
8.40 Graffiti

Newton Abbot

2.42 Gove Point
3.12 God of Fire
3.42 Saucats
4.12 Ellerton
4.42 Slaney Opera
5.17 Park Hall

• Whistler Nap: Kalokalo, 7.50 Windsor
• Marlborough Nap: Bintsaleh, 8.50 Windsor

Tuesday, July 14

Beverley

2.17 Hair Raising
2.47 Our Hero Matty
3.17 It’s Debateable
3.48 Bradbury
4.23 Crafty Spirit
4.58 The Sweet Escape

Leicester

1.54 Emerlad Bay
2.24 Kudos Too
2.54 Betelgeuse
3.24 Dottie Diamond
3.57 Musical Soldier
4.30 Hot Silk
5.04 Sir Rodneyredblood

Ffos Las

2.30 Sole Ambition Nap
3.00 Tallahassie Lassie
3.30 Star Velocity NB
4.05 Mayberry Moon
4.40 Ibiza Lights
5.14 Liveinthelight

Wolverhampton

4.53 Lady Magu
5.25 George Wickham
5.55 Aigeas
6.25 Wilbur
6.55 Midnights Dream
7.25 Classy Clarets
7.55 Luan

• Whistler Nap: Aigeas, 5.55 Wolverhampton
• Marlborough Nap: Sole Ambition, 2.30 Ffos Las

One person sustained a broken nose in a fight that broke out at one of the events

A city centre pub will have its licence reviewed as “significant concerns” have been raised about boxing events. Cambridgeshire Police has applied to Peterborough City Council for it to review the premises licence for The Peacock pub in London Road, Peterborough.

Police have requested the review on the grounds the pub is undermining the objectives of: prevention of crime and disorder; public safety; and prevention of public nuisance.

The police have raised “significant concerns” to the promotion and management of boxing events at the pub. In the licencing document, it said: “[This] follows incidents occurring on March 14, 2026, and July 4, 2026, together with subsequent intelligence received by police.

“The cumulative evidence demonstrates a pattern of escalating risk, violence and disorder associated with these events, in the view of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, requires licencing authority intervention.”

On March 14, the document said that there was a “confrontation” and “exchange of words” between a boxer and promoter. It added: “The incident escalated to a verbal and physical altercation requiring intervention from security staff.

“Police were subsequently informed of reports that an individual may have been in possession of a baseball bat outside the venue. Whilst this report was not substantiated and no weapon was recovered, associates of those involved remained gathered outside the venue for approximately thirty minutes following the incident.”

While no offences were recorded, police felt there was a “clear risk of disorder”.

The incident on July 4 took place at around 9.55pm when police received reports of “significant disorder” at the pub. The document said: “The initial report described fighting involving between 15 and 50 persons, injuries including a broken nose and blood being present, together with information that security staff were unable to manage the situation.

“Officers attended and established the incident stemmed from a confrontation involving members of two boxing families attending the event.” Police had to intervene to “restore order”.

Police then received third-party footage from July 7, which showed another violent incident in the back car park. The footage is currently under review and an investigation is ongoing.

From the two incidents recorded by police, the force has said the evidence demonstrates:

• Escalating tensions associated with organised boxing events
• A realistic likelihood of violence and disorder occurring
• Inadequate controls to prevent or mitigate disorder
• Reliance upon security intervention to prevent violence
• Circumstances where security staff were reportedly unable to effectively manage disorder
• The need for police deployment and intervention to restore order
• Significant public safety concerns affecting participants, spectators, staff and the wider public

The pub has held several boxing events within temporary structures and under Temporary Event Notices. The document said the premises had provided information that it would accommodate up to around 200 people at the events.

There would also be “regulated entertainment”, alcohol sales and a marquee. The Peacock is one the oldest pubs in Peterborough, after opening in 1876. It’s a popular pub amongst locals, especially being opposite the Peterborough United football ground.

Jovhan Pascoe has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years after being found guilty of rape

Footage has been released by Greater Manchester Police showing the arrest of a man after he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a woman.

Jovhan Pascoe, 39, of Moss Bank Road, Crumpsall, was jailed at Manchester Crown Court on Monday 13 July and ordered to serve a minimum of 15 years. He was also made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order after being found guilty of rape.

The video shows officers entering a room where Pascoe is seated before they place him in handcuffs and escort him from the property. He is then taken to a waiting police van, where officers carry out a security scan before placing him inside the vehicle.

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Police launched an investigation after officers were called to reports of a serious sexual assault at an address in Cheetham Hill in September las tyear.

Pascoe was later arrested on suspicion of rape before being charged and convicted.

In a victim impact statement, the survivor described the lasting impact the attack has had on her life.

She said: “Since that night I haven’t slept properly. I have to sleep with a light and that’s if I can get to sleep.”

“Some nights I don’t sleep for days because I’m terrified and nervous thinking someone is going to walk in and hurt me again. The slightest noise makes me jump. Even the sound of a car revving outside, or if something falls on the floor and makes a bang, I get palpitations where my chest and heart start racing.”

Detective Constable Katie Geldard, from Greater Manchester Police’s City of Manchester CID, said: “I’d like to thank the brave victim for coming forward and reporting this horrendous crime to us, and for working with us throughout the course of the investigation.”

“Thanks to her courage, this dangerous sexual predator have been removed from the streets and put behind bars. I hope this sentence brings her a sense of justice and she rebuilds her life.”

By DAVID CHURCHILL

Published: 17:09 BST, 14 July 2026 | Updated: 18:08 BST, 14 July 2026

Humberside Police has unmasked four men behind a class A drugs operation after they all entered guilty pleas at Hull Crown Court yesterday (July 13).

Nathan Langton, 32, formerly of Burstall Hill in Bridlington, Liam Langton, 28, of Quay Street in Scarborough, and Lewis Wenn, 29, of The Close in Cottingham, each pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply class A cocaine.

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Jordan Withey, 27, of St Georges Avenue, Bridlington, admitted conspiring to supply class A cocaine, possession with intent to supply class A cocaine, and possession of criminal property.

They are due to be sentenced at the end of the month (July 28).

The investigation into the group was launched in January 2026 when officers from the Kinetic Organised Crime Group Team identified a mobile number used to advertise and sell cocaine in Bridlington and surrounding areas.

Further enquiries revealed that the number was part of a wider network of burner phones used to send bulk messages advertising Class A drugs.

Detectives identified Liam Langton and Lewis Wenn – both of whom were out on licence from prison for drug offences – along with Jordan Withey, as key members of the gang.

After a series of warrants in Bridlington and Scarborough on March 4, Langton and Withey were arrested, with a search of Withey’s address uncovering a significant quantity of class A drugs and around £7,000 in criminal cash.

Langton was also arrested during a raid at his home and officers witnessed him attempting to dispose of a mobile phone, which was seized and later found to contain key evidence.

The phone contained communications with Lewis Wenn and conversations with his brother, Nathan Langton – who was directing the operation from inside his prison cell.

Mobile data analysis, CCTV footage, and financial records established that the group worked together to advertise, prepare, and distribute cocaine, police said.

CCTV showed Lewis Wenn purchasing a top-up voucher for one of the drug line phones before leaving in a vehicle insured by Liam Langton.

It was also established that Jordan Withey provided a base for storing and supplying the drugs, and was responsible for holding cash generated by the operation.

(L-R) Liam Langton, Lewis Wenn, and Jordan Withey (Image: Humberside Police)

Both Withey and Liam Langton were detained, questioned, and later charged and remanded in custody.

On Wednesday, April 1, Lewis Wenn was located at a holiday property near South Cave; two mobile phones recovered from the property contained messages arranging cocaine deals.

Messages between Wenn and a contact saved as “Fat” (traced to Nathan Langton) discussed the preparation and distribution of drugs and boasted about the money he was making, despite being behind bars.

He also referred to plans involving drones to deliver prohibited items into the prison.

On Thursday, May 7, a specialist prison search team entered Nathan Langton’s cell and recovered a concealed mobile phone, which he originally attempted to hide by diving into bed.

The phone had been used to contact the drug line and associates outside prison, but once the phone was seized, the drugs line stopped operating.

Constable Karl Freeman said: “This investigation is a perfect example of organised crime not being glamorous or untouchable.

“It’s a group of individuals motivated by money, willing to exploit addiction and bring harm into our communities.

“Even after three of his associates had been arrested, Nathan still tried to keep the drugs line alive, convinced he could stay one step ahead, which inevitably failed.”

Humberside Police said that they will continue to work with the Home Office Clear Hold Build Initiative in Bridlington to stop organised crime and selling drugs.

Constable Freeman added: “Thanks to the dedication of our officers, specialist analysts and our partners within the prison service, four people who played significant roles in this network face the consequences. Thank you to members of the public who continue to report information to us.

“Every organised crime group we dismantle makes our communities safer, disrupts the supply of dangerous drugs and sends a clear message that there is nowhere criminals can hide, not even behind prison walls.”

Members of the public with information are urged to contact police via the non-emergency 101 line or by speaking to local officers, and to call 999 in an emergency.

Information can also be reported anonymously through the independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111.