The Independent Office for Police Conduct launched an investigation after a man was shot in Huyton, near Liverpool, on Wednesday.

Measures to curb migrant Channel crossings are not expected to bring numbers down until next year, the PA news agency understands. Officials are understood to be pessimistic about the prospect of ...

Whiston's retirement comes just after the announcement of the first-ever crossover between the ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street.