Crime

EastEnders is lining up an explosive Christmas Day whodunnit where one person, potentially more, will be killed off in dramatic scenes with the BBC One soap dropping plenty of hints

Havering Council in Essex said last month it would not be installing a Jewish menorah to celebrate Hanukkah due to security concerns given the current Israel and Hamas conflict

Christ the King Primary School in Islington has launched a probe alongside the Metropolitan Police into allegations from Charles Etumnu who said his son, 10, was punched by a teacher

Beverley Allitt appeared before a mental health tribunal which ruled she should remain a patient in the Nottinghamshire psychiatric unit and it could be as long as three years before she's assessed again

Pitchfork, who murdered two girls in Leicestershire, was released two years ago but found himself back behind bars after breaching his licence when he approached a young woman. The Parole Board has today rejected a fresh freedom bid

Jaclyn Elmquist tragically died after falling down a garbage chute, it is believed. Her friends and family have now expressed their devastation and paid tribute to a “creative” and “beautiful” sister

Double murderer Colin Pitchfork could soon walk free as a Parole Board decision is expected this week - he spent more than 33 years in HMP Leyhill after his accomplice made a crucial mistake

A survey saw more than 26,000 people across Britain asked how happy they are with where they live - and although London's Richmond-upon-Thames clinched the top spot, an area less than 10 miles away came last

Daniel Mihai Popescu, 28, has appeared at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court where he has been charged with attempted murder, witness intimidation and stalking following an alleged attack on Andreea Pintilli

Keir Starmer listened to "utterly heart-breaking stories" from relatives of women who were killed by men as he vows to tackling violence against females if he is Prime Minister

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have arrested a man are a grandfather was punched by a stranger while walking his granddaughter in a stroller in the affluent Calabasas neighborhood in California

Heavily pregnant Andreea Pintilli, 29, was stabbed in a horrific attack in Aberfan, south Wales, with neighbours rushing to help her in the street and stop the flow of blood

A California dad has been handed down a four-year jail sentence after his nine-year-old son caught an appalling act of domestic abuse on camera

The authorities have revealed how they have focused on propagation from seeds and cuttings they have taken which they say show positive signs for growth

A 10-year-old pupil had to go to A&E immediately after reporting severe pains across his chest and back. The teacher in question is now being investigated, the school confirmed

The family of Albert Douglas, 61, believe that he was attacked because the fellow inmate at Al Barsha prison was jealous that he spent so much time on the phone to his relatives - which cost £130 per call

Despite other passengers trying to intervene and remove three thugs off the man, one of them bit off half of his ear and spat it out, before all three disembarked the train in December last year

The man arrested as a suspect in a Texas shooting spree has been identified as a veteran who is in his mid 30s, according to arrest records

An active shooter is reported at UNLV, sending students and faculty into lockdown mode, with flights grounded at nearby Harry Reid International Airport

A major crime review team found new DNA evidence to convict serial rapist Donald Robertson of Shani Warren's murder 35 years after her death - but her cold case could have potentially been solved much sooner

Lianne Gordon, described as a "good neighbour", was shot and killed in Hackney, east London, on Tuesday after she had tried to protect someone she knew - thought to have been her son

Shani Warren's tragic death was left unsolved for 35 years until new evidence explained how the 26-year-old's corpse was found bound and gagged in a Buckinghamshire lake

Olivia Spencer's friends and family members have paid tribute to the healthcare support worker of Treorchy, Rhondda, describing her as 'one of a kind' and a 'beautiful angel'

Previously unknown details revealed by Monique Olivier were so distressing that - after two terrible hours - Roger Parrish, 80, and his ex-wife Pauline Murrell, 75, could bear to listen no longer

A trial has heard how the DNA and blood of Brianna Ghey was found on a shoe and knife, recovered from one of her accused murderer's homes - but he refused to comment