Abul Taher

Chaudhry Rukhsar Ahmed (pictured), 55, was arrested at Manchester Airport in July 2024 on suspicion of raping and trafficking at least two underage girls during the 1990s.

The record number of arrests stood at 976 - up from 142 in 2023 - and in the six months to June this year the figure was already at 600, according to police figures.

He's the civil servant tasked with delivering Andy Burnham 's pledge to end centuries of London-centric government by running an outpost in Manchester.

To his neighbours in a leafy north-west London suburb, he is simply the softly-spoken, bespectacled old man who lives in the house on the corner.

To his neighbours in a leafy north-west London suburb, he is simply the softly-spoken, bespectacled old man who lives in the house on the corner.

He's the civil servant tasked with delivering Andy Burnham 's pledge to end centuries of London-centric government by running an outpost in Manchester.

Network Rail has introduced speed restrictions in several parts of the UK, which will lead to trains being delayed or axed.

Commuters nationwide face disruption this week as trains are cancelled and speed restrictions imposed amid fear the soaring heat may be damaging rail tracks.

A drone packed with Semtex slammed into the wing of a stationary Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport late on August 4 but failed to detonate.

The Prime Minister said last week that he was not embarrassed to have exchanged messages with a person posing as Donald Trump's chief of staff.