David Bolt also told a committee of peers that he does not feel optimistic about the ‘ability to smash the gangs’.

The Real IRA bomb in the Co Tyrone town in August 1998 killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins.

Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the ...

Reanne Coulson, 34, was last sighted in Coventry in May and her family raised concerns after she failed to make contact with them on her birthday on June 17. A 42-year-old man was arrested on ...

A British Airways flight from Heathrow to Dubai on Sunday turned around over Saudi Arabia and was diverted to Zurich, Switzerland, spending a total of nine hours in flight. The airline’s subsequent ...

A police force which was repeatedly in contact with the killers of a nine-year-old boy who was assaulted, beaten and murdered in the family home did not sufficiently train officers to identify child ...

Russian drones, missiles and artillery have killed at least 16 civilians and injured almost 100 others in Ukraine, officials said. The attacks came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sought ...

Israel and Iran must “get back” to the fragile ceasefire brokered overnight, Sir Keir Starmer said, amid a fresh exchange of hostilities in the Middle East. The two warring nations had signed up to a ...

More changeable weather is expected this week with some showers, before temperatures are set to rise at the weekend, the Met Office said.

The UK population is projected to grow at a slower rate than previously stated, because of a sharp drop in the estimated level of migration. Initial figures published in January by the Office for ...

Lidl has launched an urgent recall for a popular air fryer, warning that it could be a “fire hazard”. The discount supermarket chain has shared a recall notice for the Tower eight litre dual basket ...

Kulsuma Akter was killed by her husband Habibur Masum after he confronted her in the street in Bradford while she was pushing their baby in a pram.