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The PM said that stricter measures will be put in place to monitor licensed breeders and restrict illegal sale of dogs on the internet.

#AVeryMerryMuslimChristmas: Christmas time gets both Muslim puritans and white xenophobes going.

It is this contradiction between the rhetoric of the Brexiteers and the reality that makes the whole thing feel like such a con.

A man in his 20s was shot in the head with a shotgun in front of shocked Christmas shoppers at lunchtime in Southport town centre, Merseyside, on Thursday (21 December).

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in Aldi, Keighley Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, shortly before 3.30pm on Thursday (21 December).

The Metropolitan Police is facing a growing backlash over its role in the first secretary of state Damian Green's downfall after he quit in the fallout from the porn scandal.

Gale force winds on the Shetland Islands on 7 December left a four-year-old orca stranded on a grassy field near Eshaness on the west coast.

Ismael Watson, formally Jack Watson, from Walsall, has been jailed for planning to join Isis before his pregnant wife told the authorities.

MP for Wyre Forest found not to have breached ministerial code following allegations of sexual misconduct.

Paedophile ring members live-streamed each other sexually abusing children in shocking case that shakes judge's faith in humanity

Sara Thornton, head of National Police Chiefs Council, warns that policy of always believing alleged victim has warped judgment of officers.

Pots Bar in Northumberland finds cheeky way to mark Mad Friday or Black Eye Friday - the booziest night of the year.

A London gang who kidnapped and tortured a man they believed had stolen £40,000 of drugs were caught when an Air Ambulance accidentally spotted them in rural Kent.

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Pensioner Paul Edmunds linked to more than 100 shootings after making bullets from home used in weapons imported from US.

Armand Krasniqi discharges gun passed to him by friend during late-night street fight in north London.

A recent research paper has revealed UK residents will pay about 20% more for wine by the time Brexit is complete.

British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been held in Iran for more than 18 months is eligible for early release.

After pictures of 25-year-old Abbie Crawford in her skimpy shorts and jacket went viral on Facebook, a police hunt was launched to track her down.

Labour MP Stephen Timms said that delivery workers on mopeds refuse to travel in certain parts of the city for fear of being attacked.

Karl Anderson, 29, was sentenced to 16 weeks imprisonment after pleading guilty to racially aggravated common assault outside Manchester City's training ground.

Former police officer Andrew Stevenson, of Morriston, Swansea, screamed 'she has taken everything from me' as he launched into the attack in September 2017.

Heroin addict Kieron West from Leicester left the corpse of his postman dad Peter in his house for three weeks and spent his wages. He has been jailed for 40 months.

First Secretary of State Damian Green has resigned his cabinet position after an investigation into allegations he was found to have kept pornography on a parliamentary computer.

At an annual conference on robot relationships, a cognitive science researcher claimed that humans were unlikely to 'maintain power' in human-robot relationships.

Late-night stunt at London Underground station believed to be Stratford put driver and passengers at risk.

A new study conducted by a renowned intelligence researcher has suggested that IQ gains in many western nations is reversing, particularly among the brightest children.

Clip shows security guard kicking and throwing man's possessions outside Manchester city centre branch in wake of homeless crisis.

Police were called to a Cardiff school to calm a group of parents angered by a headteacher who is said to have "raged" at pupils over their nativity performances.