A pensioner suffered serious burns when candles on a birthday cake set light to her clothes at a hairdressing salon. The woman, who is believed to ...

A 45-year-old was arrested on suspicion of murder in the North East on Saturday after a man and a woman in their 60s were found dead in a house in Sal...

The driver of the coach at the centre of the fake cigarette terror alert which brought the M6 toll to a standstill has described how he had no choice ...

A wealthy jeweller and his wife who disposed of evidence to help cover up after their jealous son murdered his girlfriend have been jailed for 27 mont...

Detectives investigating the death of a man who was stabbed near the Olympic Park have charged a tenth man in connection with the incident. Tristan...

Police investigating the discovery of a torso on a beach have arrested a man. The 46-year-old, from the Portsmouth area was arrested last night by ...

Police are to open a murder inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings 40 years ago in Northern Ireland. The probe has not started because the resourc...

A terror alert aboard on Megabus which closed the M6 toll on Thursday was caused by a "health improvement aid for smokers", police said. Armed offi...

Bomb disposal vans, police cars and fire engines squealed across the M6 Toll road on Thursday after reports of a passenger pouring smoking liquid into...

Detectives investigating the discovery of a torso in a bin liner on a beach believe other body parts may have been dumped nearby. The body, without...

A four-and-a-half hour terror scare on the M6 toll road has ended with no suspects and no one hurt. Scores of police and a bomb disposal unit desce...

Two former NHS employees have been arrested by detectives investigating allegations of inappropriate payments to police and public officials. Poli...

Police are investigating after a body was found on a beach. Officers were called to the seaside resort of Southsea, Portsmouth, after a member of t...

A man will appear in court today charged with attempted murder after a solicitor was blasted in the face with a sawn-off shotgun. James Ward, 58, w...

Detectives investigating the death of a man who was stabbed to death in a busy shopping centre have arrested two men on suspicion of murder and violen...

The man shot at a solicitors office in Devizies, Wiltshire has been named locally as James Ward, a principal partner at the firm Morris, Goddard and W...

The police officer accused of the manslaughter of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson accepted on Tuesday that he was "wrong" to have hit and pushed him. ...

A 62-year-old man remains in custody after a shooting at a solicitor's office left a man fighting for his life in hospital. The family of the victi...

A dissatisfied customer who lost his patience was filmed calmly trashing a mobile phone shop then waiting for police to come and arrest him. Thousa...

A man was taken to hospital today with life threatening injuries after he was shot in a solicitors office, police said. Emergency services rushed t...

A woman fatally stabbed a 13-year-old girl in a random attack in a park just months after spending time in a psychiatric hospital, a court heard today...

She’s been nicknamed the ‘Buxom Bandit’ – and the clip of the robbery she carried out makes it fairly clear why. CCTV footage has been uplo...

A police officer accused of killing Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests was "shocked" when he first saw film footage of him pushing the 47-year-old ...

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...