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Tuesday November 21 2023

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Tom Ball

northern correspondent

Tom Ball is northern correspondent for The Times, based in Manchester. He covers everything north of the Midlands and up to the borders, including local politics, crime and the environment, and he has also written undercover investigations. Before joining the paper in 2019 he lived in Russia.

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Ashley Dale lived with her partner Lee Harrison, who was at one time on friendly terms with her killers

Gangsters’ feud left girlfriend dead

Four Merseyside gangsters have been found guilty of murdering a council worker who was shot dead in her home in a revenge attack intended to...

Monday November 20 2023, 10.15pm, The Times

Ukraine’s military said that it had conducted a “series of successful operations” on the left bank of the Dnipro

Ukraine pushes back enemy on the Dnipro in first advance for months

Ukrainian troops say they have enlarged a foothold on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in what would be one of the most...

Monday November 20 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Prisoners of war work six days a week for $8 a month, which they can use to buy Coca-Cola, which has not been available in Russia since the war started

‘It’s like pulling someone from a sect’: how Ukraine ‘re-educates’ Russian PoWs

He may not like it, but it is for his benefit, say officials at the camp for Russian prisoners of war. When he signed up to fight in July...

Friday November 17 2023, 4.20pm, The Times

Gracie Spinks was visiting her horse, Paddy, at his stables when she was attacked

We lost our daughter — then learnt how police had failed her

Gracie Spinks was unlawfully killed by a man she had reported to police for stalking, an inquest jury has unanimously concluded.

Spinks, 23, was...

Thursday November 16 2023, 3.30pm, The Times

Cameron praises Johnson on surprise trip to Kyiv

Lord Cameron has praised Boris Johnson’s support for President Zelensky as “the finest thing that he and his governments did” during a visit to...

Thursday November 16 2023, 12.05pm, The Times

Kelly Barton and Mike Leatherbarrow, who said it was clear from their first run that there was “a spark” between them

Blind runner marries guide after falling in love on the run

If strong marriages are built on foundations of trust and support then Kelly Barton and Mike Leatherbarrow’s union is likely to be as solid as...

Friday November 10 2023, 12.00am, The Times

Lions traumatised by Ukraine war to be rehomed in Britain

In the 36 years he has been a lion keeper, Colin Northcott has learned that the golden rule when it comes to big cats is never to show them any...

Friday October 27 2023, 3.45pm, The Times

Production of foie gras is banned in the UK, but about 200 tonnes are imported from Europe each year

Halt imports of foie gras, say nine in ten

Almost nine in ten Britons would support an import ban on foie gras, according to a study.

Production of the French delicacy, which involves...

Friday October 27 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Wing Commander Jolyon Goodwin was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Nato officer at a party near the Allied Air Command HQ Ramstein airbase in Germany

‘I don’t even do it to my wife’: RAF chief cleared of sexual assault

An RAF chief has been cleared of forcing his tongue into the mouth of a fellow Nato officer after telling a military court: “I don’t even do that...

Thursday October 26 2023, 9.00pm, The Times

Police to review killing of schoolboy after inquest

The police have said that they will “carefully review” an inquest which found that a private schoolboy had been unlawfully killed by his friend...

Wednesday October 25 2023, 7.45pm, The Times

Scottish salmon farms like this on the Isle of Muck produce the UK’s biggest food export

Scottish salmon producers want ‘farmed’ taken off labels

Scottish fish producers are trying to have the word “farmed” removed from their salmon packaging in a move that campaigners say is misleading...

Tuesday October 24 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Andrew Malkinson said that living in a tent in Spain let him enjoy “anonymity and nature” and that he didn’t trust the British after his ordeal

Man wrongly jailed for rape living in tent

A man who spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit has said he is broke and living in a tent.

Andrew Malkinson’s conviction for the...

Thursday October 19 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Aviva Studios is a multipurpose venue with warehouse space and a 1,500-seat theatre

Biggest state-funded cultural project for 25 years opens in Manchester

The biggest government-funded cultural project in nearly 25 years has opened in Manchester, with its backers saying it proves the arts can thrive...

Thursday October 19 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Miles Routledge, 23, from Birmingham, was released by the Taliban earlier this month. He was caught up in the takeover in Kabul and is pictured taking a selfie in Afghanistan

Released ‘danger tourist’ praises Taliban captors

A self-styled “danger tourist” who was freed from eight months of captivity in Afghanistan has said he plans to return to the country within...

Tuesday October 17 2023, 7.30pm, The Times

North West Ambulance Service said there were “a number of casualties” who were taken to hospital

Driver arrested after bus crashes into Manchester office building

A bus driver has been arrested after crashing into an office block in Manchester city centre, injuring 12 people including a woman who was left...

Monday October 16 2023, 8.35pm, The Times

The house in Wharton Terrace is believed to have been occupied by four male asylum seekers from different backgrounds

Counter-terrorism police investigate Hartlepool migrant murder

Counter-terrorism officers are investigating a murder believed to have taken place outside a migrant accommodation centre.

The incident on Sunday...

Monday October 16 2023, 4.45pm, The Times

Chris Pincher resigned after he was suspended from parliament over a groping scandal. Tamworth’s town centre features a statue of Robert Peel

Tories face wipeout in groping claim MP’s former seat

In the centre of Tamworth stands a statue of the Staffordshire town’s most famous son, Sir Robert Peel, the prime minister and putative founder...

Monday October 16 2023, 12.01am, The Times

The trunk of the felled tree was removed from the wall on Thursday. Its upper boughs and branches absorbed the impact so that although the tree fell across Hadrian’s Wall, it did little damage

‘Extraordinary luck’ saved Hadrian’s Wall from sycamore damage

By a stroke of “extraordinary luck” Hadrian’s Wall suffered only minor damage when the Sycamore Gap tree toppled on to it, the first full...

Saturday October 14 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Liam Gallagher adds a personal message at Man City’s ground

Liam Gallagher helps Manchester tram users to Roll With It

Given that he has sung hits including She’s Electric, Stand By Me and Roll With It, it should perhaps be no surprise that Liam Gallagher, the...

Thursday October 12 2023, 12.01am, The Times

Tree surgeons begin preparing the tree for removal

National Trust on alert as Sycamore Gap tree is moved to safety

National Trust employees have been told to watch out for suspicious activity as tree surgeons begin work to remove the felled Sycamore Gap tree.

Wednesday October 11 2023, 2.45pm, The Times