The British Bank Holiday is a notoriously slow news day. Unless an untoward sighting of a royal backside occurs, hapless journalists are tied to their telephones in half empty offices hoping for a story to emerge. If the sun is shining and their spouses are burying their children in sand on British beaches, the misery of their Babylonian captivity is heightened.

The funeral of a police officer shot dead as he tried to stop a gunman will take place on Tuesday. Pc Ian Dibell, 41, was killed near his home in C...

Peter Reeve, who is believed to have shot dead off-duty policeman Pc Ian Dibell said "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I shot the police officer" before killing h...

Peter Reeve, who is believed to have shot dead off-duty policeman Pc Ian Dibell said "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I shot the police officer" before killing h...

Peter Reeve, the man suspected of shooting Pc Ian Dibell and wounding another man on Monday before evading a night-long police manhunt, killed himself...

Detectives have stressed a "live murder inquiry" will continue after a man wanted for murdering a police officer was found dead in a churchyard. Es...

A man suspected of shooting an off-duty police officer in Essex has been found dead in a churchyard after a round-the-clock manhunt, Essex police said...

UPDATE: A man suspected of shooting an off-duty police officer in Essex has been found dead in a churchyard after a round-the-clock manhunt, Essex pol...

Tributes were paid to the policeman who was shot dead after intervening in a "deadly situation" in a seaside town. Sir Hugh Orde, President of ...

Armed police are hunting for a man suspected of killing an off-duty policeman who was gunned down after intervening in a dispute near his home. Pc ...

Essex Police have named a 64-year-old man they want to find in connection with a shooting in Clacton-on-Sea in which a police officer was shot dead. ...

A house has collapsed following an explosion in the early hours of this morning. Police and firefighters were called to a house, divided into t...