Crime

David Wilson, emeritus professor of criminology at Birmingham City University, has explained the five theories police will be considering during their search for missing mum Nicola Bulley

It has been one week since Nicola Bulley 45, disappeared while walking her brown spaniel Willow along the River Wyre in the tight-knit village of St Michael's-on-Wyre in Lancashire

Mason Greenwood has seen charges against him dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service but a judge has questioned why Greater Manchester Police ignored breaches of his bail while under investigation

Edgardo Greco was wanted in Italy to serve a life sentence for the murders of two brothers which were "part of a 'mafia war'… that marked the early 1990s" in Italy

The woman photographed, 68-year-old Christine Bowman, said she was baffled by the appeal as she had already spoken to police on the day of Nicola's disappearance and “doesn’t know anything”

Missing dog walker Nicola Bulley disappeared last Friday morning while taking her brown spaniel Willow along the River Wyre in the tight-knit village of St Michael's-on-Wyre in Lancashire

YouTuber Stephen McCullagh, 32, is accused of murdering pregnant Natalie McNally, with a court hearing he allegedly staged a livestream making it appear he was playing Grand Theft Auto at the time

Police officers rushed to reports of a disorder on Slade Road in Birmingham, where they arrested five teenage girls on suspicion of criminal damage, assault and affray

England footballer Mason Greenwood will not face trial over an alleged sex attack with all charges against the Manchester United player, including attempted rape, dropped by the CPS

Climate activists want to draw attention to Barclays’ role as the UK and Europe’s largest fossil fuel investor – and their tactics were inspired by the suffragettes’ window smashing protests of 1911 and 1912

Up to 20 hours of additional footage could be released - including audio of what the Memphis officers charged with murder said immediately after Mr Nichols was taken to hospital.

Actress Lana Clarkson was shot dead at point blank by record producer Phil Spector 20 years ago. Her mum Donna reflected on the final day she saw her

Joseph Ward reversed into Inspector Tony McGovern in a horrific smash that left the officer needing to be rushed to hospital before a manhunt finally brought him to justice

Lancashire Police have released a new satellite image illustrating the missing mum's last known journey through a wooded area and field in St Michael's before she disappeared last week

Heartbroken family have revealed that 'murdered' woman Alana Sims was five months pregnant with her second child. She was found dead next to her car with her toddler sleeping inside in New Tampa, Florida, US

Trainee cops have been told 'if you don't say anything you are complicit' after the force was criticised for missing opportunities to stop serial rapist David Carrick

John Woodbridge has been charged with murder after his wife, Anne Woodbridge, was found dead at a home in Weston-super-Mare on Monday morning

Chelsey Brown, from New York, US, is trying to uncover why a man supposedly killed in a botched post office robbery was sending letters from Scotland

Patricia Spann knowingly married her son, who had no idea she was his mother, then tied the knot with her daughter, before trying to wed another son

Labour's Luke Pollard says thousands of pump-action guns must be removed from UK homes, while misogynistic violence should be treated as a hate crime to prevent a repeat of the sickening Plymouth murders

The traumatised 17-year-old was walking home through Ashton-under-Lyne when a stranger asked her for a cigarette before licking her face and pushing her into an alleyway

The Snapchat videos, sent by murdered 22-year-old Paul, have been shown in court with a witness saying it places Alex Murdaugh at the scene shortly before the killings

Mortgage advisor Nicola Bulley, from Lancashire, vanished in broad daylight after taking her children to school and walking along the river with her pet spaniel Willow

Mum-of-two Nicola Bulley, 45, disappeared while on a walk with her dog last Friday in St Michaels on Wyre, Lancashire, with police having launched a major search operation

Devastated family and friends have set up a GoFundMe to help towards the cost of Alice Stones' funeral, and give the "most special and beautiful send off this little princess deserves"