The Home Secretary has defended the Government’s expansion of live facial recognition technology as a “targeted” crackdown on high-harm offenders, amid concerns over privacy.

Lord Bracadale has refused an application for him to step down from the Scottish Police Federation, Pc Craig Walker and Nicole Short.

Drivers in France are being advised to stay off the road between noon and 4pm local time and cover their rear windows because of soaring temperatures. The guidance comes as thousands of UK motorists ...

TV presenter Jay Blades has appeared in court via videolink charged with two counts of rape. The 55-year-old, who fronted primetime BBC show The Repair Shop, spoke only to confirm his name, address ...

The heat is expected to give way to instability in Scotland, with a growing risk of thunderstorms and a chance of flooding and disruption.

The 1,500 hectare Stiperstones Landscape national nature reserve is triple the size of the previously protected area.

Council leader Carl Smith and MP Rupert Lowe to discuss major local government reform with residents on August 14 at the ...

A suicidal father who attempted to murder his two-year-old son by walking in front of a train while carrying the child after learning his ex-partner had moved on has been jailed for 10 years.

A biker was taken to hospital after a crash involving a motorbike and a car on the A149 between Potter Heigham and Catfield on the Norfolk Broads.

Backbench Welsh Labour politician Hefin David has died suddenly, the First Minister of Wales has confirmed. Eluned Morgan, the Welsh Labour leader, paid tribute to the Caerphilly MS, who has been a ...

The three teenagers, who are all from London and were arrested soon afterwards, were charged with murder on Tuesday and remanded in custody to appear at Medway Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. They ...

Robert Bush, who is accused of preventing lawful burials, ran three funeral homes in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.