A former prison officer accused of stirring up racial hatred on social media has told a jury he did not back a “call to arms” in the wake of the Southport attacks and regarded last summer’s riots as ...

British actor Tom Hardy has paid tribute to his “lovely friend”, cinematographer Dick Pope, following his death aged 77. Announcing news of his death, the British Society Of Cinematographers said in a ...

Three people have been found dead and four people have been taken to hospital after an incident at a Dorset care home, police said. Emergency services are at the scene at Gainsborough Care Home in ...

Sports broadcaster Hazel Irvine and casting director Des Hamilton are to be recognised with Outstanding Contribution awards from Bafta Scotland. They will receive the honours at the Bafta Scotland ...

Northumbria Police confirmed Jason Laws was the second person to die in a blast in Benwell, Newcastle, on October 16.

All-out war erupted in Lebanon last month after Israeli strikes killed Hezbollah’s top leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and most of his senior commanders. Israeli ground forces invaded southern Lebanon ...

Murdered Brianna Ghey had become “immersed in darkness”, her mother has told the inquest into the teenager’s death. Esther Ghey said, in a statement read to Warrington Coroner’s Court, that when ...

The Commons heard NHS waiting times in Northern Ireland are the longest in the UK and public services are ‘in crisis’ because of a lack ...

Police have started excavating a section of wasteland behind eight-year-old Kyran’s former family home in Dundalk, Co Louth.

A Metropolitan Police officer who posted offensive tweets about Jewish people and non-Muslims has been found to have committed gross misconduct. Pc Ruby Begum admitted during a police misconduct ...

Nationalising water firms would cost up to £100 billion and “not resolve the problems” faced by customers, according to the Environment Secretary. Steve Reed ruled out bringing the companies back into ...