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.

Andrew Campbell, 42, had a collection of weapons including modified air rifles, gas-powered revolvers and batons, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

A BBC Spotlight programme which aired a claim Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was ‘measured and precise’.

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

The American musician was arrested at a hotel in the early hours of Thursday by detectives from the Metropolitan Police.

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.

A three-year-old rescue cat was rushed into emergency surgery at Taverham Veterinary Hospital near Norwich after swallowing a needle.

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 ...

A woman has been taken to the hospital after falling from a horse while out on a ride in Honing Road in Lyngate, a village near North Walsham.

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.