Cheshire Police

A Cheshire man is jailed for murdering his friend after an escalating row over a drunken prank.

Matthew Higgins, 36, stabbed his friend David Eaton, 37, twice in the heart.

Melanie Kamayou was robbed of a Rolex watch and Hermes bag outside a restaurant in Alderley Edge.

Joanne Sharkey waited a quarter of a century for "a knock on the door" from the police.

Darren Kearn says the incident was "a big blur" and he is now in temporary accommodation.

Optometry expert Judy Lea died when her car collided with a fire engine in Alsager on Friday.

The crash, involving a Mercedes and a tractor, left two homes in Chester badly damaged.

People who were inside the two houses at the time are said by Cheshire Police to be "safe and well".