All news by author: Laura Sharman

Lancashire Police was marked as needing improvement when it comes to investigating crime in a thorough and timely manner according to the latest annual inspection by HMIC

Catherine Robinson, from Manchester, is desperate for her daughter Nikita to come home after the schoolgirl went to get some orange juice on Thursday and never returned

Customers fled the Asda store in Chadderton, after what appeared to start as an argument between two men turned into a machete fight

Samantha Stanley, from Darlington, is creating lasting memories with her pet dog Dolly including a canoe ride in the Lake District and a road trip through the Highlands

Elizabeth Price, of Swansea, said she was scared to go to bed aged 11 because her biological dad would sexually abuse and photograph her when he thought she was sleeping

Diana Parkes has asked Dominic Raab to block the early release of her daughter's killer Robert Brown who bludgeoned her to death with a hammer in front of their children

Peter Faulding's Specialist Group International is reportedly no longer listed as an expert search group amid an internal investigation to review whether it should return

After blissful 17C sunshine began warming up parts of the country in recent days, the UK is set for another big chill with temperatures as low as -7C expected next week

One parent at Woodhouse Academy in Biddulph, Staffordshire, said her son was left busting in between lessons when only children with a medical pass can use the loo

Punters at Ye Olde King's Head in Chester sip on pints among ghostly creatures including a 'haunted' clown doll locked away in a case and a tall doll that sings to itself

Maths teacher Jeana Watt believed her fast growing brain tumour had been caused by blue water and toxic chemicals at the school where she worked in Lanarkshire, Scotland

Craig Daggern, of Lincs, killed himself after he found his girlfriend Jenny Shanley dead in their bathroom and "disgusting" allegations were made against him, it was said

Now 23 days after Nicola Bulley's disappearance, trolls are believed to have logged into her traumatised partner Paul Ansell's Pinterest account and shared fake posts

Emma Lawless was on a day out with her daughters at Hesketh Park in Southport when she made the "upsetting" discovery of the ashes of a girl who died at only 12 years old

The den is decked out with carpet, lights, paintings, furniture and even board games, but the entire structure is at risk of being destroyed after a complaint was lodged

Residents likened the Morrisons CCTV cameras to a prison camp peering into their homes, in Kent, but the supermarket insists they were installed to monitor the car park

A cold weather alert has been issued for England as temperatures plummet with Brits being told to heat homes to 18°C and look out for those most vulnerable to the cold

The traumatised 17-year-old was walking home through Ashton-under-Lyne when a stranger asked her for a cigarette before licking her face and pushing her into an alleyway

Mortgage advisor Nicola Bulley, from Lancashire, vanished in broad daylight after taking her children to school and walking along the river with her pet spaniel Willow

Pet pups should be strapped into the car in line with particular guidelines before joining owners on a road trip to avoid the hefty fine, according to the Highway Code

Beth Doherty, of West Midlands, said she felt like she was wasting her doctor's time when he mansplained why she didn't have cancer leaving her undiagnosed for six months

The frightened youngsters were approached by an apparent stranger in the dark and invited into his car before making the decision to run away in Ponteland, Northumberland

Beautiful white-sided dolphins and a 56-year-old lone orca can be seen swimming in circles, stuck in tiny pools at Miami Seaquarium in Florida, just metres from the ocean

The old gasworks in Hollicombe is a stone's throw away from some of Devon's best beaches but it has been left to decay despite the area being cleared of toxic chemicals

Porsha Williams fought every day at a hospital in Cardiff, leaving her family in awe of her bravery, but she tragically died heading for a lung transplant with hope