Crime

The Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) regularly updates its country profiles with travel warnings and guidance for British travellers - and has urged Brits to remain vigilant after 51 sexual assaults, including rape, were reported in 2022

The 39-year-old defender has been arrested following an accusation he assaulted a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in late December - an allegation he vehemently denies

Yousef Makki's family had been calling for a new inquest into the death of the boy who was stabbed to death in 2019. Today, they were told their campaign has succeeded

St James's University Hospital in Leeds has seen part of the building cordoned off this morning after a 'suspicious package' was found leading to bomb disposal descending on the scene

A teenager thought to be a student is 'dragged to the ground and repeatedly slapped, kicked and punched by two other girls' in a clip which has sparked outrage on social media

Christopher Molloy, 55, died following an attack by a gang of three in Bootle, Merseyside, after one accused him of "touching" his girlfriend during a confrontation near a Burger King

Footage shows scenes of destruction at the compound where El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzman was hiding in Culiacan, Mexico, before his capture with bullet holes and blood stains

Levelling Up plans in South Shields turned to dust and local MP Emma Lewell-Buck was naturally incensed, telling voters: “Freeports bid – rejected; towns fund bid – rejected; two levelling up bids – rejected. Levelling up is just an empty slogan"

Jack Addis, 63, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, will appear in court accused of child sex abuse image offences - while serving Chief Inspector Richard Watkinson was found dead last week

Kirsty Easthope’s late mum Irma Barnett left her a £300,000 bungalow but also stated her live-in partner Arthur Hepple - who sexually abused Kirsty for 10 years - could remain in the property for the rest of his life

Police in Coventry are investigating the circumstances of a 'deeply distressing' incident after a bin man tragically died while carrying out collections this morning

Tottenham striker Richarlison was involved in a tense showdown with Arsenal star Aaron Ramsdale after his side’s North London Derby defeat to the Gunners with the FA having now made a decision on a punishment

Noisette Tahoun, who first met Constance Marten while working at a productions company in Cairo, has pleaded with the mum to reach out to her loved ones as soon as possible

Trials are being rescheduled due to a lack of prosecutors being available - as latest figures reveal outstanding cases in the Crown Courts are the highest on record

Jennifer Brown, the mum of an eight-year-old boy, had been missing for two weeks before her body was finally discovered in Royersford, Pennsylvania, US

Remains of the parents of Verity Beck, 49, who were both in their 70s, were found by police at their home in Pennsylvania, US, with a chainsaw near them in a horrid scene

Synara Souza, 36, was stoned to death in front of her daughter in São João do Jaguaribe, Ceará State, Brazil. The suspect was arrested and investigations are ongoing

Liam Smith was found with a fatal gunshot wound and doused in acid late last year - Greater Manchester Police have today revealed a 35-year-old man has been arrested

Halyna Hutchins' family seemingly welcomed Alec Baldwin's manslaughter charge, saying it is a 'comfort' to know that 'no one is above the law'

The remains of a woman were found a mile away from Kayla Keeley's alleged kidnapper, Ocaster Ferguson's house, however, the body hasn't been identified yet in Frisco, Texas, US

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sajjad Heydari killed his 17-year-old wife and paraded down the street with her head in his hands in Iran. He was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for murder and a further eight months for intentional assault

Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton, two retired Met police officers, have both been charged with child sex offences after being caught in an investigation into a serving Met police chief for similar offences

Andrew Hadwin and Cheryl Pickles subjected children to sustained campaigns of physical and emotional abuse making them eat soap, take boiling showers and go without food

The teenage girl was held at the station just eight days after another 15-year-old girl, named only as Child Q, was strip-searched at a school in Hackney, east London

Mental health nurse Racheal Donegan became close with prison inmate Lloyd Senior back in 2016 when she was involved in providing his medication, but has avoided being struck off