All news by author: Martin Fricker

Valdo Calocane has appeared in court following the deaths of Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in Nottingham last year - prosecutors have accepted his not guilty plea to murder

Media publishers have strongly criticised the BBC for threatening local and independent news sources, saying the broadcaster's licence fee gives it an unfair advantage

Usually people give up driving at around the age of 75, but 100-year-old Eric Dixon is still proudly motoring in his Kia Picanto and says drivers lake the courtesy they used to have

Lance Corporal Harold Jones, a World War Two veteran who lives in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, has been doing laps of his back garden 30 times every day since 2020

The Lancaster Bomber crew families received a poignant surprise after being sent a long-lost poem about their heroic relatives, and even found out some old crew nicknames

A rare miniature ‘New Avengers’ Jaguar toy car that was bought for just 50p at a car boot is set to go for more than £2000 at an auction - after the buyer originally put it up for 99p on eBay

Some of 2023's big lottery winners have explained what they did with the cash - with some of the purchases more outlandish than others

More than 200 youngsters turned up on the opening day of the ‘present bank’ to receive free toy parcels from 12-year-old Isaac Winfield at the present bank in Redditch

Heroic schoolboy Isaac Winfield charmed the nation when he opened a food bank during the pandemic, and now he has expanded his giving to include a 'present bank' for kids missing out this Xmas

The syndicate, who all work at Ye Olde Bell Hotel in Retford, Notts, will need bigger stockings this year after each pocketing £76,923

Nicola Bayless lives only 50ft from the edge of a cliff in Norfolk. After a very stormy few months in the UK, she fears coastal erosion could sink her home before Christmas day

Andrew Knott received his Mexico 70 album as a 12th birthday present and now hopes to get at least £1,800 when it goes under the hammer with Gildings Auctioneers

Crystal Owen paid an emotional tribute to her 17-year-old son Harvey, who died along with pals Jevon Hirst, 16, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, during a camping trip in North Wales

Jevon Hirst, 16, Harvey Owen, 17, Wilf Fitchett, 17, and Hugo Morris, 18, were travelling to Snowdonia for an overnight camping trip when their car left the road and crash into a ditch

Harvey Owen's mum Crystal, who travelled to North Wales to help with the search, spoke for the first time about the tragedy today and said "nothing will make the nightmare go away"

Wilf Fitchett was described as 'one in a million' in the short tribute as friends and loved ones grieve following the news he and Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen and Hugo Morris, died in a car accident in Snowdonia, Wales

Neil Jones, who won £2.4m on the National Lottery in 2010, skippered the England pool team in the European Championships after becoming hooked on the sport following his big win

More than a quarter of mums and dads have been tricked by purchase scams, where goods are paid for but never turn up - especially low-cost phones or computers put up by criminals

Shawn Seesahai was fatally knifed while standing with a group of friends on playing fields in Bilston, West Midlands, on Monday. He died before getting to hospital

Albert Johanneson's Leeds shirt will go under the hammer and is expected to sell for thousands of pounds - it also features the signatures of 23 legends from the team he was then playing in

Lucky cat Mowgli got a reprieve when 'matriach' pooch Daisy decided, after the moggy had been missing for six days, to take it upon herself to go and find her

Andrew Peters, a 63-year-old businessman, desperately tried to dodge a driving ban by claiming he was upset at the death of Queen Elizabeth II

Rev Gary Ward sports his dog collar behind the bar and sups an ale with regulars after every shift as he splits his time between running All Saints Church and serving drinkers

Neil Jones won £2.4million on the National Lottery in 2010 and purchased a pool table. During the coronavirus pandemic, he played for hours every day and became a champion

Many parents are being forced to cut back on non-essential items, with sport and fitness the most likely activities to be ditched, followed by days out, according to a new report