“Let me in,” a most melancholy voice sobbed. “I’ve come home: I’d lost my way on the moor.” As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child’s face looking through the window, almost maddening me with ...

A wildfire forced road closures around Saddleworth Moor in Yorkshire. Footage shows heavy plumes of smoke billowing into the air as the blaze engulfs the area near the M62 motorway on Thursday, May 1.

A mystery man found dead on Saddleworth Moor died of "strychnine poisoning," police have confirmed. The man, aged between 65 and 75, was found fully clothed near Dove Stone Reservoir, Oldham on 12 ...

British police on Friday said they were investigating after an author probing the notorious "Moors Murders" killing of a 12-year-old boy in 1964 claimed to have found human remains. The boy, Keith ...

Specialist units are on standby in case of a flare-up after an enormous blaze was brought under control on Saddleworth Moor. The teams will remain at the site between Manchester and Huddersfield "for ...

Editor's Note: This article contains graphic details that may be triggering for some readers.Saddleworth Moor, in northwestern England, is one of the most beautiful places you'll ever see, an ...

On this day, May 6, in 1966, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life in prison for murdering five children between the ages of 10 and 17 in Greater Manchester, England. The case became known ...

Between 1963 and 1965, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted and murdered five children before burying their bodies on Saddleworth Moor in the North of England. It remains one of the UK’s most infamous ...

One was on her way to a dance when she was taken. Another, snatched from a market. One girl, just 10, was kidnapped from a fairground. The final victim, invited back for what seemed like an innocent ...

Firefighters in West Yorkshire have put out a “terrible” fire on Saddleworth Moor – as Britain’s winter temperatures broke records. An area of around 1.5 square kilometres was burning on the moorland ...

Experts say a focus on re-wetting our parched peat would significantly dampen down the UK's fire-driven carbon emissions and help mitigate against climate change. A new study led by the University of ...