Crime

Images emerged today of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, which was made famous in Kevin Costner film Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, lying on the ground, with a stump left in the ground where it once stood

One teenager was reportedly 'stabbed' during a brawl on a UK street, with police now investigating the incident and confirming an 18-year-old has been treated following the fight

The number of serious criminal cases waiting to get to court has reached a record high with the Crown Court backlog hitting 64,709 at the end of June this year

A California nanny stands accused of abusing a child she was supposed to have been watching, using them to film child abuse imagery and then distributing it across social media

Maths teacher Jamie Sansom was stabbed at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucester shortly before the summer holidays. The school, and two others nearby, were put into lockdown

Families of the missing were out protesting after seven boys were abducted by armed men while they were enjoying a weekend away at a remote ranch in the north-central state of Zacatecas

WARNING, OFFENSIVE FOOTAGE: Juan Ynoa, a New York City public school teacher and esteemed youth baseball coach for New York Longhorns Baseball was caught on video lasing out in a homophobic attack

Elianne Andam was described as a 'lovely girl' who 'went to school and didn't come home' as family paid tribute to the 15-year-old stabbed to death in Croydon

Burglaries tend to rise as we head into the darker months towards Christmas

Bike thief David Seagar was brought to justice following a frustrated mum, who camped outside his home and staged a protest against his string of bicycle thefts

Cameron Robertson, 41, and his wife Jill Robertson were returning to their hotel after a gig in New York City, when he was hit by two 9mm rounds during a hail of gunfire

West Ham supporters were arrested 89 times during the 2022/23 season, more than any other club, while there were 2,264 football-related arrests across the campaign

Police have vowed more arrests to come as shop owners try to pick up the pieces of their devastated stores. Aldi, Footlocker, booze shops and LULU Lemon were among the man raided

A boy was knifed near Tooting, south London, just seven miles from the scene of the fatal stabbing of Eliyanna Andam, who was attacked after disembarking a bus in Croydon

Dad-of-six Gareth Roper was taken away from his home after his wife reported him 'acting somewhat strangely' and shortly after, he tragically died after being hit by a speeding car

Josh Menkens, 27, from Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, is accused of stabbing the unidentified 37-year-old Brit several times in what a judge called an "exceptional display of violence"

Staff and patients at View Street Medical in North Perth, Australia have been hailed as heroes for preventing a 55-year-old axe attacker from carrying out a rampage this morning

Gareth Roper died in a hit-and-run crash in Wigan, Greater Manchester, after police left him left barefoot outside a supermarket without money or his mobile phone

The aunt of murdered teenager Eliyanna Andam - stabbed in Croydon on her way to school - has said the family are "all devastated by this" and "can't comprehend the heartbreak"

Motosir Ali, who picked up the teenager outside a nightclub and subjected her to a sexual assault, was jailed at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court as he abused his trust

Britain's most prolific child killer Lucy Letby will live out the rest of her days behind bars, spending most of her time isolated in a single cell and subject to 'extreme bullying and intimidation'

Jason Billingsley was being hunted by police after the brutal death of EcoMap Technologies founder Pava LaPere in Mount Vernon, Baltimore - he has now been arrested

The "much-loved" victim, named as 'Eliyanna' in numerous tributes at the scene, died after being stabbed in the neck with a foot-long zombie knife during yesterday's morning rush hour in Croydon

The 15-year-old girl was stabbed as she got off a bus after people witnessed a stand off between a boy and his ex-girlfriend, with the Met Police continuing to question a 17-year-old boy

A horror mass shooting in Washington DC has killed two men and police say it involved 'historic beefs' - while a manhunt is underway for two suspects who are on the run