Dave Higgens

Sheffield

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Writer at Evening Standard

Reporting for @PA since the 20th century. Interested in all things Yorkshire

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Suspected crossbow attacker died from self-inflicted ‘airgun injury to the head’

2 days ago | independent.co.uk | Dave Higgens

An inquest into Owen Lawrence’s death was opened and adjourned in Wakefield Dave HiggensA 38-year-old man who is suspected of attacking two women in Leeds died as a result of a self-inflicted airgun wound to the head, an inquest has heard. Owen Lawrence was taken to hospital last month after two women were injured in Otley Road, in the Headingley area of the city, in a suspected crossbow attack, but he died two days later.
Rachel Reeves insists welfare system needs reform amid disquiet on benefit cuts

5 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | David Lynch |Christopher McKeon |Dave Higgens

Labour MPs must realise the welfare system needs reform, Rachel Reeves has said, after more than 40 MPs wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to pause and reassess planned cuts to disability benefits. Some 42 backbenchers said the planned cuts were “impossible to support” in a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, and represented “the biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity”. But in response, the Chancellor said the MPs “know that the system needs reform”.
Police investigating death of boy, 14, after fire make fresh appeal

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Dave Higgens

Layton Carr’s body was found inside a building at an industrial park in Gateshead on Friday evening. Dave HiggensPolice investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy after a fire at an industrial estate are appealing for further witnesses to come forward. The body of Layton Carr was found inside a building at Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday evening.
Police investigating death of boy, 14, after fire make fresh appeal

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Dave Higgens

Police investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy after a fire at an industrial estate are appealing for further witnesses to come forward. The body of Layton Carr was found inside a building at Fairfield industrial park in the Bill Quay area of Gateshead on Friday evening. Thirteen boys and three girls, aged between 11 and 14, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and later released on bail pending further inquiries.
Man denies murdering 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in Huddersfield town centre

1 week ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Dave Higgens

A 20-year-old man has denied murdering a teenage boy who was fatally stabbed in a town centre. Ahmad Mamdouh Al Ibrahim, 16, died in hospital after he was stabbed in the neck during an incident in Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in April. On Wednesday, Alfie Franco, 20, appeared at Leeds Crown Court by videolink from prison and pleaded not guilty to murdering Ahmad. But he admitted a charge of possessing a knife in a public place.
Drug trial for severe epilepsy has transformed children’s lives, families say

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Dave Higgens

The parents of children with Dravet syndrome taking part in a clinical trial at Sheffield Children’s Hospital have reported life-changing results. Dave HiggensThe mother of a seven-year-old boy said “I feel like a millionaire, like I’ve won the lottery” after a pioneering clinical trial transformed the life of her son, who has a severe form of epilepsy.
Partner of crossbow victim says Leeds attack shows urgent need for restrictions

2 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Dave Higgens

Laura Sugden was commenting after counter-terror police announced that 38-year-old Owen Lawrence – the man suspected of carrying out a crossbow attack in the Headingley area of Leeds – had died. Mr Lawrence, from Headingley, was taken to hospital on Saturday with a self-inflicted wound after two women were injured in Otley Road. Ms Sugden was seriously injured in 2018 by a crossbow-wielding neighbour – coincidentally called Lawrence – who killed her partner Shane Gilmer.
Partner of crossbow victim says Leeds attack shows urgent need for restrictions

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Dave Higgens

Laura Sugden was seriously injured in an attack in 2018 which killed her partner Shane Gilmer. Dave HiggensA woman whose partner was killed in a crossbow attack says the injuries inflicted on two women in the recent incident in Leeds is further proof that action is needed on the sale of these weapons. Laura Sugden was commenting after counter-terror police announced that 38-year-old Owen Lawrence – the man suspected of carrying out a crossbow attack in the Headingley area of Leeds – had died.
No criminal charges over death of Canadian ice hockey player Adam Johnson

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Dave Higgens

Adam Johnson died after he was hit in the neck by Steelers player Matthew Petgrave’s skate in October 2023Dave HiggensNo criminal charges will be brought against a professional ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of fellow player Adam Johnson. Mr Johnson was playing for Nottingham Panthers against Sheffield Steelers when he was hit in the neck by Steelers player Matthew Petgrave’s skate in October 2023.
Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to tree

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Katie Dickinson |Tom Wilkinson |Dave Higgens

Sycamore Gap accused ‘revelled in news reports of what they had done’ to treeTwo friends filmed themselves in a “moronic mission” to cut down the famous Sycamore Gap tree before keeping a wedge of the trunk as a “trophy” and “revelling” in their infamy when news broke the next day, prosecutors told a jury. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers are accused of driving from Carlisle to the Northumberland beauty spot in the dead of night to chop down the tree with a chainsaw.