All news by author: Lucy Thornton

The UK is home to the rarest giant otters in Europe - after a wildlife park celebrated a new additon to their growing otter family - which includes otter triplets

Lindsey Burrow reacted with delight at the final plans for a motor neurone disease treatment centre in Leeds, which will include shared spaces for families, a central courtyard and activity areas

Hazel Wilkins was allegedly duped out of her life savings by on-the-run Eastenders Ian Beale lookalike, John Eric Wells - South Yorkshire Police are still looking for him

A takeaway boss accused of being the mastermind of a gang who tried to rob a travel agent, and ended up gunning down rookie police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was described as a 'friend' of the business he robbed

A gang who shot dead rookie officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky during a botched raid in Bradford in 2005 watched the news on TV 'in panic' from a safe house in Leeds, a court heard

The gang behind a robbery at Universal Express Travel in Bradford in 2005 which left rookie police officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky dead allegedly went on a champagne and vodka fuelled night out at a brothel hours before

Officers at North Yorkshire Police were left shocked after they received a 999 call from a man in his 50s in Knaresborough, who wanted to report himself for drink driving - after a 'heavy weekend'

Leeds Crown Court heard Piran Ditta Khan had a "pivotal" role in planning the robbery which lead to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005

Piran Ditta Khan appeared at Leeds crown court on Monday for the start of jury selection after being extradited from Pakistan last April over the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky

Esther Ghey has revealed her daughter sends "pink signs" to tell her she's okay as the family prepare to mark the first anniversary of her murder at the hands of Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe

Age UK's new report warns that older people living in a household with an income of less than £20,000 per year with no benefits are suffering in this brutal winter

An Iceland volcano near the town of Grindavik has erupted for the third time in just three months, with locals fearing it could last for years to come, as lava spurts from the ground and heads for the world-famous Blue Lagoon

The player of the match award at this year’s Super League Grand Final will receive the Rob Burrow Award, with the legendary Burrow the first to win the trophy twice

Residents in Ulrome and Skipsea in East Yorkshire have watched up to eight football pitches of land vanish over the years and experts fear the loss of whole villages in the future

The ban on XL Bullies has come into force but a mother whose child Jack Lis was a victim of a brutal dog attack says the rules against dangerous breeds don't go far enough

Emma Whitfield has demanded action after h10-year-old son Jack Lis was killed by an XL Bully called ‘Beast' in 2021 near his home in South Wales. She hopes she can prevent another tragedy

Humble Cyrus Leung, who attends school in Sheffield, has been accepted into the exclusive Mensa society after achieving an impressive 160, two marks off the top score

David Creamer, 62, from Rotherham, has finally been offered an NHS dentist after saying how he has been looking for seven months and been left in "agony" from toothache

Storm Isha claimed three lives when it hit Britain on Sunday and Monday, with the Met Office now warning of more weather destruction at the hands of Storm Jocelyn

Storm Isha has brought 99mph winds to the UK and a rare red 'danger to life warning' as the ninth storm of the season led to travel chaos across the country this morning

A national incident has been declared following an outbreak of measles which started around Birmingham and Coventry with doctors demand parents give their kids the MMR jab

The IOPC police watchdog has confirmed it has had a referral from Lincolnshire Police over its handling of the Bronson Battersby case, after the toddler was found dead

Toddler Bronson Battersby and his dad Kenneth's bodies were found by the child's social worker and their rented home's landlady after they had not been seen alive for two weeks

Children are struggling to get to school and locals are unable to get to work and miss important appointments because bus services are being cut which leaves them unable to get around

Toddler Bronson Battersby, of Skegness, Lincolnshire, was tragically found curled up dead next to his dad Kenneth - who died of a heart attack - two weeks after they were last seen