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Clive Grunshaw, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire said: “There’s nowhere apart from [a] back garden that these scooters can be legally used, so it’s a confused message,” he said.He urged police forces to stop selling e-bikes, which he said have become the “transport of choice for drug gangs” because they are “so difficult to catch”.He suspects that some criminals whose vehicles are seized simply try to buy them back from auction websites.Grunshaw worries some criminals are buying legally compliant e-bikes from police and then giving them illegal modifications.Legal electric pedal bikes are restricted so they cannot drive faster…

Christian Eckerlin laughs modestly when asked if he feels he has contributed to Brighton’s success.Last season, the 39-year-old MMA fighter was brought in by the Premier League club to help with their training for set-pieces.Eckerlin was a professional footballer in Germany before transitioning to MMA, and says he taught Brighton players “wrestling, head control, hip control, and how to push back against opponents”.Days before this interview with Eckerlin took place, the Seagulls moved up to third in the Premier League after beating champions and set-piece kings Arsenal 3-0.Eckerlin is quick to play down the impact of his advice for the…

A top netball coach has said plans for a new sports campus linked to a major regeneration programme could help tackle one of the sport’s biggest challenges, a lack of facilities.In Oldham, the newly approved Mayoral Development Corporation could help deliver SportsTown, a proposed health, sport and education hub, which includes a 3,000 seater arena where Manchester Thunder could play.It is among projects which are intended to drive investment and regeneration across the borough over the coming years.Manchester Thunder’s Karen Greig, said: “It definitely pricked our interest and we’re excited to see if it’s actually something that can happen.”The franchise…

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A coroner investigating the deaths of people treated by the jailed breast surgeon Ian Paterson has appealed for 106 more patients’ families to make contact.Inquests are currently being heard into the deaths of 70 women, to see if Paterson’s treatment or care caused an unnatural death.Paterson was jailed in 2017 after being convicted of wounding patients by way of botched and unnecessary operations and given a 20-year prison sentence.The inquests’ coroner, Judge Richard Foster, said he was recently notified of the deaths of a further 106 patients who were in their lifetime treated by Paterson for breast cancer, but he…

Pinto set up Football Leaks in 2015, to – in his words – expose “the hidden side of football”.Antonio Varela remembers the website’s launch like it was yesterday. The Portuguese journalist was the first person contacted by Pinto, whose real identity would not be known for years to come, and was initially known by the pseudonym “John”.”It was a common day of September 2015. I was at the news room at [Portuguese sports newspaper] Record and I got an email from Football Leaks. It was strange. Then I immediately go to the site, and I can’t believe there is lots…

A cabinet minister under Sir Keir Starmer has said Andy Burnham’s government is not focused enough on boosting economic growth and needs to act with “more urgency”.Speaking to the two months after being sacked in Burnham’s cabinet reshuffle upon entering office, Peter Kyle said he wasn’t making a “criticism” but “pointing to the potential that we have as a country and as a government”. “If the destination means prosperity, it means freedom for people to do new things, and it means security for people and families, then why wouldn’t we put our foot down and get there quicker,” the former…

After a drab first half, the game picked up after the restart and the first flashpoint came in the 65th minute when Ballard was adjudged to have fouled Luka Lochoshvili when challenging for a cross after a VAR review.Pierce saved the penalty from Paris St-Germain winger Kvaratskhelia, and Northern Ireland had an appeal of their own waved away when Charles appeared to have been caught in the area in the 88th minute.The NI manager was also angry at the lack of a foul on substitute O’Neill, who is now tied to Northern Ireland for three years after he won his…

A man has died after being seriously injured in a flat fire in Warrington.Emergency services were called to Teal Grove in Birchwood at about 10:10 BST on 22 September.Firefighters rescued a 58-year-old man from the property before he was taken to Whiston Hospital.Cheshire Police said he had since died despite the efforts of emergency services and medical staff.An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, but officers said there was not believed to be any third-party involvement.

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