Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after man who was hit by a car on Christmas Day died. Kirk Marsden, 37, was injured outside The Gate bar on the corner of Moorgate Street, Blackburn, just after 16:45 GMT on Wednesday following reports of a row, Lancashire Constabulary said.

A man accused of the murder of two women on Christmas Day has appeared in court. Jazwell Brown, 49, of Santa Cruz Avenue, Bletchley, was remanded in custody at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Saturday. The appearance came as police confirmed the identities of the victims as Joanne Pearson, 38, and Teohna Grant, 24.

A woman has been charged with the murder of a father-of-six on Christmas Day. Kirsty Carless, 33, has been charged over the death of fisherman and Aston Villa supporter Louis Price in Norton Canes, Staffordshire Police said.

A murder investigation is underway in a Staffordshire village after a man in his 30s was found dead at a house on Christmas Day.

Police in the Ellis County city of Palmer are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in a home on Poinsettia Drive this Christmas.

A third man has been arrested in connection to a man who was fatally struck by a car near a Blackburn pub on Christmas Day.

A murder probe has been launched after a much-loved dad was knocked down and killed outside a pub on Christmas Day. Kirk Marsden, 37, suffered multiple injuries and died in hospital in the early hours of Boxing Day (December 26) after being hit by a Toyota Land Cruiser in Blackburn,