Heathcliffe Bowen, 50, from Bradford's Safeguarding Children Board, was found guilty of attempting to meet children for sex and possessing incident images of children.
Polish national Anna Kaminska, 26, allegedly approached the girl and told her 'just come with me' at the Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre, in Edinburgh.
Sheffield Crown Court was told the 14 plants Dean Gilbourne was growing in Doncaster could yield 1.26kg. He was handed a 26-week prison sentence, suspended for 12-months.
A court reportedly heard how 25-year-old Umar Haque was found with a large knife wrapped in newspaper hidden in his car when police searched his property and vehicle.
A 19-year-old Brazilian girl has put her virginity up for auction in an attempt to support her family and buy her mum a house.
Zoe Hickey, 29, and her partner Imogen Mellor, 28, went on the run after attacking Kevin Garfoot with a rubber mallet and then kicked and punched him in the head in Blackpool.
More than 300 people have been detained for criticising Turkey's offensive into Syria on social media, as the government cracks down on dissenters.
Street Vet's volunteers have been caring for homeless people's animals since 2016.
Winston Dowarris was left traumatised from watching the neighbouring tower go up in flames on 14 June 2017. He spoke to a childhood friend trapped inside the building, who later died.
The problems with palm oil production include deforestation, contributing to climate change, human health and exploitation and animal welfare.
Mumbai's slum hotel is opening for tourists wishing to experience the reality of poverty in India's largest cities.
Two lorry trailers loaded with 44 tons of chocolate were stolen in southern Germany, with police still hunting for the sweet- toothed thieves.
London police have released images of a silver Lexus they believe in linked to a shooting in Stratford on Sunday, 21 January.
The owner of Val mineral water has taken out a lawsuit against two unnamed restaurants in Brussels for allegedly selling diners tap water in its bottles and passing it off as mineral water.
Maths teacher Richard Hill woke up to find a woman half his age in her bra and panties standing over him clutching a set of knives.
Pilot and passenger escaped unscathed after plane landed on 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa, south of Los Angeles.
One in five existing UK jobs are set to be "displaced" by robots and globalisation, according to a new report, with northern cities set to be hit hardest.
Kim Jong-un has nearly emptied an important "slush fund" inherited from his father with recent nuclear and missile tests designed to scare Donald Trump
Fake news has three distinct meanings, and only one of them is legitimate.
White House officials concerned Trump likely to perjure himself as he faces tough questioning under oath. "Trump doesn't deal in reality."
Bromley arrest of 51-year-old as victims as young as 12 assaulted across five London boroughs in possible linked attacks.
Emily Bowen released after serving five months of 21-month sentence for attacking classmate Molly Young.
More than 10 transgender women arrested by Aceh police and forced through masculine "training" regime.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, met American man on Malaysian island Langkawi just four days before his assassination, says police witness.
Kent musicians Joshua Lambert-Price, 22, James Truscott, 25, and Maximum Martin, 35, each overdosed on fentanyl, the super-strength pain killer that killed pop legend Prince.
A new study indicates attractive people are more likely to be conservative than liberal, as better treatment makes them blind to the need for left-wing policies.
Desperate parents are being duped into giving their autistic children poisonous chemicals in the hope that it will cure them, an investigation has revealed.
Warning: this disturbing picture of diner's unwanted topping might put you off ordering a burger ever again.
Cape Town is in the grips of a drought so severe that it is projected to run out of water on 12 April, becoming the world's first major city to run dry
Man found collapsed in street in Croydon alleged to have attacked ambulance crew who went to help him.