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Colin Pitchfork, 63, was given the green light to walk free, but now a judge has ordered a reconsideration of the decision, meaning the killer will remain in prison

Yalda Hakim announced that she is leaving BBC News after more than 10 years, and will instead take on a role at a different news channel

Leaving Paphos District Court today, 76-year-old David Hunter was in good spirits and relieved the sentencing had not been adjourned until September, telling the Mirror: "I’m ok, I’m still exercising"

Two police officers have been injured in a knife attack in south Manchester while attending a road crash where they arrested a 26-year-old man and an 18-year-old moped rider

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has left the club after more than a decade, becoming the latest big-name international to make the move to the Saudi Pro League

Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey wept as a jury delivered not guilty verdicts inside Southwark Crown Court, after denying accusations he sexually assaulted four men in the period between 2001 and 2013.

Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police Will Kerr has been suspended following allegations of misconduct just seven months into the job after a 'rigorous selection process'

A crane in Hells Kitchen in the centre of New York has dramatically erupted into flames and then collapsed to the ground - emergency services have rushed to the scene

Spain's airport operator, AENA, said that despite forest fires scorching 200 hectares of woodlands overnight, Gran Canaria's international travel hub on the east coast will remain open for now

An unnamed 21-year-old reportedly gave birth in the Seine-Saint-Denis area in the northern suburbs of Paris before the baby was found dead and dismembered in a rucksack at her home

Swimmers were forced to head to land at Port de la Selva beach in the northeast of Catalunya after the two predatory beasts were seen moving closer to the beach

The woman was an ex-pat resident of the popular coastal resort town of Alyana and had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but the cause of her death has not yet been established

The NFL has a new highest earner as the Los Angeles Chargers have put their trust in Justin Herbert, extending his stay at the franchise with a considerable pay rise

Devastating wildfires have spent days burning across Rhodes, Greece, a popular holiday hotspot, and have sent visitors running into the sea or fleeing across the island for safety

A former U.S. Marine who was released from Russia in a prisoner swap last year has been injured while fighting in Ukraine

Footage aired on Greek TV showed the moment the plane circled over forestry before slowly falling to the ground and bursting into flames as the country continues to battle fires amid a heatwave

Two-time All-Star Jaylen Brown is set to sign the biggest contract in NBA history after agreeing terms on a supermax extension with the Boston Celtics, ending uncertainty over his future in the NBA

Bronny James' family have issued an update after the highly-regarded NBA prospect suffered a cardiac arrest in practice at the University of Southern California on Monday

The Republican White House hopeful was in a car accident while traveling to an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Connor Gibson has been found guilty of strangling his 16-year-old sister at a park in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, after sexually assaulting her in November 2021

Leicestershire Police rushed to a property in Leicester at 9pm on Monday after a five-year-old boy and a man aged 41 were found unconscious. They were both declared dead at the scene

A Russian fighter jet damaged an American MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over Syria on July 23 when it fired flares at it, knocking out one of its propellers, according to an Air Force official

It comes as Greece battles a third successive heatwave tearing through its islands, where temperatures have breached the lethal 40C mark for the eighth day

Devastating wildfires in Greece have spread to a second island as Corfu is evacuated after the chaos on Rhodes - meanwhile EasyJet is putting on two repatriation flights as Tui cancels all outbound flights

A man has been arrested after an attempted kidnap of a two-year-old girl on an unnamed beach in Ibiza, with an off-duty police officer said to have stepped in on hearing the child's mum screaming