All news by author: James Holt

The search for 19-year-old Jay Slater, from Lancashire, has now entered its eighth day and a tourist guide in Tenerife has pointed to what is so "strange" about his disappearance

Jay Slater went missing during a holiday in Tenerife, and the search mission has now moved to a ravine as rescue teams carefully comb through dead palm trees by a river

Missing British teenager Jay Slater was in Tenerife for a music festival before disappearing, and his final Snapchat message showed him smiling and having fun in the Canary Islands

A total of 52 people were arrested over the weekend for a number of offences - including being in possession of drugs, assault and robbery following the mass brawl

Nicholas Moxham, 52, hid secret cameras in his home - including inside pens - to record his sickening series of rapes and sexual assaults against numerous women

Ava Hodgkinson, from Southport, Merseyside, was just two when she died after contracting Strep A, a bacterial infection, alongside her older brother and sister, an inquest heard

Nurse Sarah Baines, 61, from Hyde, Greater Manchester, collapsed suddenly during a holiday break to the Lake District and was rushed for treatment at a hospital in Blackpool

Police have now revealed more information about the victim after human remains were found wrapped in sheets of cellophane at Kersal Dale, a Greater Manchester beauty spot

Two-year-old Masie Elizabeth Lomax-Newton tragically died after falling into a pond at a farm in Atherton, Greater Manchester, having been left unsupervised for around 30 minutes, an inquest heard

A large number of arrests have been made around the UK over an online scamming website where 70,000 victims have allegedly been tricked into giving out personal details

A Ryanair flight was seen coming in to land at Manchester Airport in strong winds today and it, along with several others, was forced to abort while an easyJet flight had to divert to Liverpool

Greater Manchester Police were called to a road in Moss Side, Manchester, earlier today after a teenager was stabbed on Raby Street, where a cordon remains in place

Mark Downey, 44, first complained of a headache last September, but knew something wasn't quite right - he went to hospital, before scans quickly revealed he had a grade four glioblastoma, a fast-growing cancerous tumour

An investigation into the circumstances of the fire, which took place in Golbourne, Manchester - however the incident is currently believed to be non-suspicious

Paramedics, police and fire crews descended on Briscoe Lane, near Newton Heath, following the collision. Two women were assessed at the scene before one was taken to hospital

Greater Manchester Police officers swooped on the scene on a residential street in Stockport after witnesses claimed a Vauxhall was rammed off the road before a fight ensued

Police officers were executing a warrant at an apartment block in Collyhurst, Manchester, in connection with a criminal investigation when the man, who was inside the apartment, fell from the window

A woman, 70, had to be rescued from Hollingworth Lake in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, when she fell in while out riding her mobility scooter earlier today

Aneliya Tihomirova Lazarova, who died last June after suffering with acute myeloid leukaemia, prayed for other sick children while she was in the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Five-year-old Ellis Hamer-Holland was being treated for leukaemia when he was re-admitted to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital with severe pain, an inquest heard

A Scandinavian Airlines plane heading to Manchester Airportwas intercepted by two RAF Typhoons after a "brief and temporary loss of communications" which left residents in Greater Manchester startled

Holidaymakers were looking forward to taking off on the VS127 flight from Manchester to New York's JFK airport on Monday 15 January when one passenger noticed some missing bolts on the wing

Horrified holidaymakers had to watch a man recieve CPR after he fell ill whilst on board a Ryanair flight from Spain back to Manchester Airport - the man sadly passed away

Anyone wanting to rent this Manchester flat would be paying out £850 a month but would save on heating bills as the double bed is positioned right next to the oven and hob

Lillian Ferguson's relatives, who say the grandmother was "the heart and soul of the family", have expressed their heartbreak after police found her body off the M56