The Prime Minister has defended plans to release some criminals on recall earlier to ease jail overcrowding as ministers faced a backlash over concerns for victim and public safety.

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

Brent Council claims it contacted Bridge Park Montessori Nursery in Stonebridge six months ago after parents turned up with children to discover ...

The company’s boss said criminals had bribed some of its customer service agents who live outside the US to hand over personal data on customers.

The wife of a former Conservative county councillor who was jailed after an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks faces a wait to see if her appeal against a 31-month sentence ...

MP raises fears for historic display team, based at RAF Waddington, because of ‘glint and glare’ from solar panels on new farms.

The police watchdog said the use of force to arrest actor Reece Richards after he was mistaken for a suspect was "reasonable".

The bill – which may not be the final total – was revealed in a freedom of information request by he Scottish Conservatives.

Armed officers were called to Huyton, Merseyside on Wednesday following a report that a man in his 20s and woman in her 50s had been stabbed.

Eurovision Song Contest act Emmy Kristiansen did a “deep dive” to represent Ireland, a fellow Norwegian singer has said. Kristiansen will perform her song Laika Party, about a Soviet dog sent to space ...

Aldi and the Co-op have pledged to continue sourcing meat from British farms amid ongoing UK-US trade talks. Giles Hurley, Aldi UK and Ireland’s chief executive, said on Thursday that the supermarket ...

Police have released CCTV footage of two teenagers they want to speak to after a pair of kittens were tortured and killed in west London.