Merseyside police urge people to avoid Crosby beach near the derelict Seaforth radar tower

A major search is taking place for a missing 14-year-old boy who had been swimming with friends in the River Mersey on Sunday evening.

Police said the emergency services received a report of concern at 7pm on Sunday for the safety of the boy, who had been swimming near the derelict Seaforth radar tower, off Crosby beach.

Case remains open following unsuccessful coordinated attempt to locate missing British teenager

Police in Tenerife have said the unsuccessful two-week search in the mountains for a missing British teenager is now over, although the case remains open.

Jay Slater, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, went missing on Monday 17 June after attending a weekend rave with friends.

South Yorkshire police appeal for information after Laurence Ward, 57, arrested and charged over her death

Police investigating the death of a woman in Rotherham have named her as Joanne Ward and asked for anyone who knew her to contact them.

South Yorkshire police said they were called to an address in the town at 5.53pm on Friday 21 June.

Five-day strike by junior doctors is the 11th action in their long-running pay dispute

“I’m itching to get back to work, to get back to the grindstone,” says Matthew Alexander, a junior radiology doctor. “Nobody wants to be here, nobody wants to be on strike.” Alexander, 30, is one of about 50 junior doctors on a Thursday morning picket line at the Friarage hospital in Northallerton, a bustling market town in Rishi Sunak’s sprawling North Yorkshire constituency.

It’s a sunny day; there’s cheerful, enthusiastic chanting and lots of support from drivers who honk their horns, but it is abundantly clear that only Betty, a laid-back 11-year-old jackapoo, is anywhere approaching happy to be here.