Nearly 6,000 fewer police will be on the streets in the three years' time as the government's budget cuts take hold, it has been revealed. Nationwi...

Police have warned the public not to approach a man wanted in connection with the death of a woman following a domestic incident. Cleveland Police ...

Falklands veteran Simon Weston has pulled out of the race to become one of the UK's first high-powered civilian police bosses. Mr Weston said he wa...

Detectives investigating the murder of a man who was stabbed to death at a busy shopping centre just yards from the Olympic Park have charged nine peo...

Police expect a repeat of last summer's riots and are concerned about how budget cuts will affect their ability to deal with the unrest, according to ...

The victim of a fatal stabbing at a nightclub was a 17-year-old boy, it was revealed tonight. The teenager, named by police as Jordan Malutshi from...

The chairman of Barclays Bank was tonight reported to be on the brink of stepping down as the row intensified over the Libor rate-fixing scandal. R...

It would be disastrous if the government, by introducing plain-packaging legislation, removes the simplest mechanism for the ordinary consumer to tell whether their cigarettes are counterfeit or not.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pregnant woman and the death of the unborn baby girl she was carrying. Tony McLernon, 23, ...

A man is has been seriously injured after allegedly leaping from the third floor balcony of Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre. The incident, wh...

A convicted murderer who was on the run for 48 hours has been arrested. John Massey, 64, used a makeshift rope, thought to be made from bed sheets,...

A man was stabbed to death today at a busy shopping centre just yards from the Olympic Park, police said. A fight broke out involving a large group...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today refused to comply with a police request to surrender himself to officers, saying he will remain inside the Emba...

Police have arrested two muslim converts on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack on a London 2012 Olympic venue. Sources told The Daily Telegra...

Police in London staged a cunning operation on Thursday, using a London bus to sneak up on Westminster Bridge con artists unawares. Undercover offi...

The deputy chief constable of Surrey Police is being investigated over claims that he failed to act over the hacking of schoolgirl Milly Dowler's phon...

A police helicopter landed on a beach to rescue two girls who were trapped by the incoming tide, a force spokesman has said. The dramatic landing h...

The Government should consider allowing suspected terrorists to apply for bail, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation said today. David...

The gas explosion on Tuesday morning in Oldham left scenes of utter devastation. The blast, in the Shaw area of the town, left a child dead and a m...

A former police detective has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years after admitting the murder of his partner, a policewoman whose body...

A pensioner was under arrest today after an elderly man was fatally stabbed. Police said they were called to reports of a disturbance in Clifton St...

A nine-year-old girl has been treated in hospital after being hit over the head with a bottle as she made her way home from the supermarket. The yo...