A FORMER hockey player and TV soap extra has been jailed for 28 years after he raped and sexually assaulted girls as young as ...

AN urgent search has been launched for a missing teenager reportedly last seen at a cafe. Scarlett, 13, was last seen at ...

London’s 33 borough councils are starting to reveal how much their council tax bills will rise from April. Most are expected to agree a near five per cent rise in demands, according to draft budget ...

Hari Mann, 25, of Indian origin, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment after firing blanks at armed officers in ...

An Indian-origin man who wore a fake police uniform and fired blanks at armed officers while brandishing an imitation gun near Leicester, eastern England, has been sentenced to three years’ ...

San Francisco is suffering a police staffing crisis. And yet its crime rate has plummeted along with its count of sworn ...

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Commander Louise Puddefoot, in charge of the policing operation, said the force was ‘well prepared’ for both protests ...

Six people have been arrested after thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters marched in central London on Saturday, with some caught entering a counter-demo area, said the Met Police.

Six people arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters and opponents face off - Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in ...

A protest organised under the name "Stop the Isolation" or "Unite the Kingdom", in support of Robinson, whose real name is ...