All news by author: Paul Byrne

Six fire engines and several police vehicles were sent to Blackpool Tower after members of the public reported seeing a fire - but Lancashire Police has since confirmed there was never any blaze

Gareth and Lyndsey Moody have told how a tornado tore through their street in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, and their family was lucky to get out alive as ceilings collapsed

Luke 'The Nuke' Littler celebrated his amazing victory with a soft drink and a kebab - because he's too young to drink - after picking up his first darts aged just one

The two teens, identified only by the court names Boy Y and Girl X, were found guilty of murdering transgender teen Brianna Ghey by stabbing her 28 times in a "senseless" attack

Two teenagers, both aged 16, have been found guilty of murdering transgender student Brianna Ghey, who was stabbed 28 times during a vicious knife attack in Linear Park, Cheshire

Rightmove said there had been an average of 56 enquiries per property this year, compared to just eight three years ago with estate agents saying the star had generated “a feel-good factor”.

Football fans are keen to live in Wrexham following the club's takeover, revealing just how popular the Welsh city has become since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's involvement in the football club

Alex Batty's mum gave massages and wanted to set up her own commune in the south of France, claimed an expat who knew her. The teen has now returned to home to the UK after being missing for six years

Alex Batty has spoken publicly for the first time since returning home to Oldham, Greater Manchester at the weekend. The 17-year-old had been missing for more than six years when he was found in France last week

Alex Batty was found wandering along a country road in France, six years after he went missing. British police now want to piece together more details about what happened to him

Six years after he went missing with his mother and grandfather Alex Batty was found earlier this week wandering along a country road in France and is set for an emotional reunion with his grandmother today

Alex Batty vanished aged 11 when travelling with his mum and grandfather, but miraculously turned up recently, telling the lorry driver who found him he had been 'kidnapped'

Alex Batty is expected to have an emotional reunion with grandmother Susan Caruana back in Oldham, Greater Manchester, in the next few days after he was found in France

Maureen Batty spoke to The Mirror as nephew Alex Batty was confirmed safe and well on Thursday after he was picked up on a road in the south of France by a lorry driver

The aunt of missing British teenager Alex Batty from Oldham, Greater Manchester, spoke out after French gendarmes confirmed he had been found in the south of France

Two adorable pooches who had never been stroked or taken for a walk in their lives have finally been sent to a good home after their plight was featured in the Mirror

Louis Jones underwent gruelling heart surgery at Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital months after he was born premature, and spent most of his short life so far on a neonatal ward

Tyson Fury, along with his brothers John and Shane, is facing the hefty bill over an alleged unpaid council tax on their £1million mansion

Furious residents of the Scottish town where a Pan Am flight exploded then crashed have slammed a Christmas jumper as being 'offensive' to the hundreds who died in 1988

The government has finally responded to former Bishop James Jones's report into the Hillsborough tragedy that took 97 lives - but they haven't gone as far as many would have hoped

The Clarets may be struggling on the pitch, but their fans have the best value for money of any supporter base in the top flight, according to a new study

The couple - who scooped a £1million prize on Christmas Day in 2015 - are doing the bulk of the work on the former bungalow and they hope to move in in the spring

Brianna Ghey was allegedly stabbed 28 times in a "sustained and violent attack" by a girl and a boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, who were both 15 at the time of the attack

Following the death of 15-year-old Alfie Lewis in Leeds, Tanya Brown, who lost her own son Connor, 18, in a stabbing, is demanding action by the Government on knife crime

Holly Dodd was unable to control her partner's XL Bully Rambo as it ran outside and attacked a seven-year-old girl on a street in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, last month