Crime

Rishi Sunak is keen to clamp down on anti-social behaviour after polls showed it was a major area of concern for voters ahead of the summer's local elections and next year's general election

West Midlands Police confirmed today they are taking allegations of blackmail occuring in their area seriously, as pals of Alison Hammond claim the This Morning favourite has been forced to hand over thousands in cash to a blackmailer

An investigation is continuing after sisters Zi'Ariel Robinson Oliver, nine, A'Miyah Hughes, eight, and five-year-old Te'Mari Robinson Oliver were found dead in a pond in Texas last year

Adam Perkins went missing earlier this week after leaving his house in Sheffield to go camping around Great Ayton in North Yorkshire. Yesterday, a body was found in the search for him

Shazib Khan was jailed in 2016, aged 23, and was described by a judge as "absolutely committed to the Jihadi creed" after planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS

The four female suspects, described as aged in their mid to late teens, allegedly caused chaos on the top deck of the bus as it passed through Croydon in South London late at night

An unidentified gunman with his face covered by a Covid mask stalked the streets and pointed a gun at cars near Eton College before fleeing, say Thames Valley Police

Television star Alison Hammond is said to have contacted West Midlands Police after becoming the victim of blackmail and has handed thousands of pounds over

Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene in Weymouth after being electrocuted on a railway line, with her heartbroken family paying tribute to the "beautiful" schoolgirl

Investigators are now trying to track down Christine Belusko's daughter, Christa, who was just two years old at the time of her mother's 'brutal and depraved' murder

Rohan Shand, who was known as Fred by his family and friends, died following an incident near the Cock Hotel in Harborough Road at about 3.35pm on Wednesday

An award-winning author and filmmaker has claimed Kurt Cobain was murdered and has offered his widow Courtney Love a lie detector test to 'clear her name'

PC Steven Athawes was on shift when he told supervisors he couldn't respond to emergency calls as he was on a 'medication run' when he had picked up PC Daria Krolewicz

Daniel White, 36, has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years for the murder of Angela White, 45, who he strangled before cutting her throat after kicking open a locked door

Aiden Fucci was found guilty of first-degree murder, with a Florida judge condemning him for the 'painful, horrifying death' he inflicted upon 13-year-old cheerleader Tristyn Bailey on May 9, 2021

Boxer Amir Khan was robbed of his £70,000 watch at gunpoint as he left a restaurant in Leyton, London, in April last year, and two men have now been convicted of the crime

Mariah Hussein, 16, and Kiara O’Lisa, 13, were passengers in a Vauxhall Corsa when it was involved in a collision with a Ford Fiesta on Mother's Day in Cheshire

Jamie Acourt, 46, appeared at the City of London Magistrates' Court today over his failure to pay back £90,000 he made from a £3million drugs plot

Donald Trump posted an image of himself holding a baseball bat next to a picture of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as he awaits the grand jury's decision to arrest him or not

Sherrie Milnes, 51, was found dead in her home in Weymouth, Dorset, in April 2021 with stab wounds and wounds to her neck, while Steven Doughty was also later found dead

Goalie Bruno Fernandes ordered a gang to abduct actress and model Eliza Samudio, 25, who was later strangled to death before her body was butchered and fed to a pack of ravenous hounds in Brazil

Nicky McHale, 32, told a jury at Manchester Crown Court he saw Thomas Cashman, 34, smoking cannabis in the garden of a house in Liverpool around the time he is alleged to have shot Olivia Pratt-Korbel

The Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Bill received an unopposed third reading in the Commons. It will now be scrutinised in the House of Lords before it becomes law.

The killers who murdered a 'bubbly, energetic, witty' dad of eight Anthony Sargeant were sentenced to a combined total of over 100 years in prison at Birmingham Crown Court

A total of 17 youngsters were snatched by Vladimir Putin's forces and hauled off to Russia-held Crimea after being told by their cruel captors that their families had abandoned them