All news by author: Paul Britton

Joseph Higginson, 27, from Greater Manchester was having a takeaway with his family when he suffered an allergic reaction to a chicken curry. His sister tried using an EpiPen but he did not respond

Mechanic Joseph Higginson from Bury, Greater Manchester, died days after a mouthful of a butter chicken curry triggered a fatal allergic reaction due to a nut allergy which had evolved without him realising

Cieran McNamara, 37, who uses three other names, was this week unmasked as a fraudster who preyed on women for their wealth, often snaring them online or through dating apps.

EasyJet said they were unable to remove the luggage safely from the Manchester to Iceland flight, leaving passengers in -7C weather with nothing but the clothes on their back and handluggage

Teenager Joe Cairns died alongside a staff member in the horror crash with a lorry, whose driver James Majury was using his phone throughout his journey

Xena Georgiou, 20, died in a car crash in Sale, Greater Manchester, following a police chase and her family have paid tribute to her saying she was a "beautiful, loving and caring girl"

A man believed to be homeless has been found dead in a shop doorway in Manchester city centre following bitterly cold temperatures overnight and flurries of snow

Abraham Andemariam, 31, left seven geese dead and others injured after driving through them. He showed a 'clear disregard for the animals in the road', the court heard

Retired HGV driver Raymond Lucy, from Chadderton in Oldham, was diagnosed with COPD back in 2016, but his family say his health was not adequately protected while he was locked up in HMP Forest Bank in Salford

Scary footage filmed at Manchester Airport yesterday shows some passenger planes being forced to perform go-arounds due to strong winds brought in by Storm Agnes

Police in Heywood, near Rochdale in Greater Manchester, have told a driver suspected of crashing a car during a chase before fleeing "our traps are set" following the incident on Friday afternoon

An inquest heard how the 31-year-old Kirsty Hendry's condition was wrongly linked with illegal drug use and that a number of policies weren't followed after she was admitted to hospital

Emma Harris was taking her young daughter shopping in Trafford Centre, and on their way up an escalator in Primark her child's shoe got caught, nearly causing the girl "life-changing" injuries

Becky Collins was just 35 and leaves a 12-year-old son after she died suddenly at her flat in Whalley Range, Manchester, last week

A "furious" woman from Greater Manchester has told how she woke up to find "half her pathway missing" as thieves stole valuable paving stone that has now become a common target

Shafilea Ahmed was murdered by her parents in an "honour-based" killing in the lounge of their family home near Warrington, Cheshire, after she had refused a forced marriage in Pakistan

Lancashire Police caught a gang of drug dealers after an investigation into the use of the encrypted EncroChat network - two people were jailed and officers are still looking for two more

Karen McBride's experiences of the benefits system led to her becoming an integral part of the Poverty Truth Commission, where she gave "inspiring" speeches calling for everyone to "have a lifeline within reach"

Karen McBride, 46, was moved to a property in Tameside which was "in a very poor state", including black mould which made her and her children ill, as well as pigeons nesting in the loft

Dan Butler was resuscitated on the pavement and rushed to hospital in Lanzarote, just hours after arriving on the Canary Island, and it is thought his heart had stopped suddenly

David Judd named the scorpion Brian after he managed to catch it with a pair of litter-picking-style tongs and put it in a plastic tub at his home in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

Retired lecturer Martyn Pye, from Rochdale, claims that he won £8,000 with a bet on the snooker with William Hill and he is still waiting for his money weeks later

Residents have been left completely fed up after a strange spate of vandalism has seen a number of cars completely destroyed, with some victims reporting oil being poured over driving seats and excessive graffiti on the cars' paint

A horrifying contraption was stumbled upon at a popular Greater Manchester site that could cause untold damage to kids and animals – and there may be more of them

The Ofsted report into Kidspiration nursery highlighted "incredibly poor" care practices, and the inspector who carried out the assessment even had to intervene on occasions