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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says borders will be exposed to risks after Brexit due to a lack of planning.

Amanda Leather, 28, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, smoked cannabis and drank alcohol with a 15-year-old boy before having sexual activity with the child.

Charlie Pearce, from Leicester, had been out celebrating his 17th birthday when he raped and bludgeoned his victim in Leicester's Victoria Park last year.

Merseyside resident Alexander Dobbie was handed a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of making indecent images and one count of possessing them.

The boy was burned with cigarettes during a 36-hour ordeal prior to the alleged sex attack in a disabled toilet in the Bristol's Children's Hospital, Bristol.

The shooting took place in Watford, Greater London, in December last year. The victim, who was not their intended target, suffered severe leg wounds.

Lavinia Woodward launches appeal against 10-month suspended prison sentence she received her stabbing boyfriend with bread knife.

Jack and Shaun Doyle guilty of fraud after charging elderly man more than 25 times the true costs for work done at his home.

West Midlands Police constable Marcus Beale admits charge under Official Secrets Act after sensitive documents stolen from unmarked car

Home Office says fifth of record terrorism-related arrests related to deadly attacks in London and Manchester.

House prices grow 3.9% in the year to November, as annual rate of growth drops for the first time since July.

The political group Momentum has been placed under investigation by the Electoral Commission over possible spending breaches.

Firms that run the government's controversial PIP disability tests have come under fire after it was revealed that they only employ four doctors between them.

The Tory politician suggested that air strikes could be used to get rid of the 270 UK citizens who travelled to Syria and Iraq.

Rail fares are going up because the government is trying to shift the burden of subsidy from the state onto the passenger.

A newborn baby died at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Manchester after her mother's labour pains were dismissed as constipation.

Allies of Brexit secretary David Davis are using Theresa May's Brexit woes as a chance to oust the prime minister.

Stephen Stott, 23, and Dean Jones, 34, were arrested after US Homeland Security investigators discovered large groups of paedophiles watching rape videos together.

Northamptonshire Police say 13 missing Vietnamese teenagers, all aged between 14 and 18, have vanished from Northampton and Corby between June and September this year.

George Smith, 48, was given a suspended jail sentence, after he was found standing on a wooden crate having sex with a mare in a stable in Hinckley, Leicestershire.

David O'Brien, 39, in Strangeways prison, Manchester, got a second life sentence after pleading guilty to slashing a man's throat after he thought he had stolen his rosary beads.

Samantha Ayres, 34, was driving on the wrong side of the road when she hit motorcyclist David Kirk, 26, near Lincoln. She had been chatting hands-free for 27 minutes.

Paedophile priest Andrew Soper, formerly known as Father Laurence, found guilty of 19 counts of sexual and physical abuse against boys at St Benedict's Catholic School in Ealing.

Parliamentary member of staff held by police after reportedly attacking man by smashing glass into his face in House of Commons bar.

Liberal Democrat councillor calls for Trump's head to be "cut off and use that as a trophy or sell it for rubber".

Husnain Rashid targets young royal for terror attack in inflammatory Telegram message, Westminster court hears.

Study by research firm Ipsos reveals British public misinformed about social issues. Do you think you know more than the average person?

Mental health experts warn against "snowflake" slur against the young as insurance firm Aviva research finds that 72% of 16-24-year-olds think term unfair.

Perils of Perception survey show pessimistic Britons get statistics on murder rates, prison populations, terror deaths and teen pregnancies wildly wrong.