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Sadie Hartley murder: Court hears how two friends plotted to kill businesswoman for months
Sarah Williams and Katrina Walsh are accused of murdering the 60-year-old woman in her home in Helmshore, Lancashire.
Tor user blames FBI for being caught during massive child pornography website sting
CIA operated a dark web child porn website to catch paedophiles, now one of them says agency is at fault.
Violent crime up by 27% in England and Wales with homicides at highest level for a decade
Police sources reportedly put spike in murders to moving resources to other investigations.
Litvinenko inquiry: Widow Marina calls for David Cameron to take action against Vladimir Putin
Putin 'probably' approved Russian intelligence plot to murder agent says inquiry.
Hacked Uber accounts sold on dark web for more than credit card details as users complain of 'ghost rides'
Stolen Uber accounts a hot commodity for cybercriminals as users complain being of charged for 'ghost rides'.
UK: Father escapes trial despite judge finding 13-month old girl sexually assaulted before death
Toddler Poppi Worthington died after being found with serious injuries in Barrow in December 2012.
UK: Two Walsall men arrested last week charged with terrorism offences
The pair will appear before magistrates on Tuesday 19 January.
UK prisons: 'Al Capones' on the rise as alcohol brewing behind bars increases six-fold
Justice Secretary Michael Gove calls for 'urgent' crackdown against contraband in UK prisons.
Swedish doctor 'held woman captive in purpose-built bunker and repeatedly raped her'
Swedish police believe man may have intended to kidnap other women.
Michael Gove needs to make rehabilitation easier to stop prisoners going back to jail
The number of people released from prison on temporary licence has fallen by 41% since 2013.
Teen Nakasia James uses Facebook to allegedly confess to murdering her boyfriend Dorian Powell
The 18-year-old murder suspect in hiding after posting confession to allegedly stabbing boyfriend in face.
Cybercriminals pay crooked call centres to phone banks pretending to be you
Call centres employ multilingual staff to phone banks in their local language to try and extract money.
El Chapo: Matt Damon defends Sean Penn interview with Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman
Penn hails it 'the first interview El Chapo had ever granted outside an interrogation room'.
Sebastiano Magnanini: 3 plead guilty to offences relating to death of art thief found in Regent's Canal
Italian carpenter Sebastiano Magnanini's body was tied to a shopping trolley and dumped in the canal last autumn.
Skin ripped off four-year-old's legs after pranksters cover McDonald's toilet seat in superglue
Exeter Police hunt for two 'laughing' girls seen leaving the cubicle before the incident.
Florida: 19-stone dad accused of suffocating son, 6, while playing video games on Christmas Eve
James Dearman, 31, is charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child.
Woman, 73, robbed of handbag at Hanwell Cemetery on Christmas Eve
Elderly victim tending husband's grave sustained minor injuries in violent robbery on Uxbridge Road.
UK floods: Yorkshireman arrested on suspicion of looting flood victim's home in Mytholmroyd
Alleged thief was arrested in a flood-hit village in West Yorkshire.
Police appeal: 'Disgusting' Christmas Day burglars steal bravery medals from pensioners' home
Thieves ransack elderly couple's home, taking war medals with them.
Islington: Murder investigation launched after man stabbed to death in north London
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Drug mules swallowing up to 110 packages of heroin and cocaine at a time trying to sneak into UK
The mules are going to dangerous new lengths to smuggle illegal substances through customs.
Celebrity hack: Sex tapes, scripts and industry secrets stolen from famous actors' accounts
Man arrested after hacking hundreds of celebrity accounts and trying to sell scripts and explicit images.
Montpellier 'terror' arrest: Police detain woman with fake pregnancy belly on suicide bombing suspicion
The 23-year-old mother was said to have possessed material relating to Islamic State (Isis).
NatWest refunds pensioner who was robbed of £23k in cashpoint theft
The distraction scam was caught on CCTV as three thieves stole the 93-year-old's card.
UK: Thieves seen stealing presents from underneath Christmas tree
Police have released CCTV footage of two men apparently stealing gifts from under a Christmas tree.
Callous thieves rob £23k from 93-year-old man's account after stealing card at cashpoint
The victim was withdrawing money at the St Peter's Hill branch of Natwest in Grantham when he was distracted by the thieves.
Christmas 2015: Chaotic scenes as drunken revellers take to the streets for 'Black-eye Friday'
There were chaotic scenes across the UK last night as drunken revellers embraced 'Black-eye Friday'.
UK: Mother killed her unborn baby with DIY abortion using internet drugs
Natalie Towers, 24, admitted administering a poison with intent to procure a miscarriage.
Simon Cowell burglary: CCTV released of man after raid at X Factor judge's London home
Cowell and family were asleep when burglar broke into their home.
London Islamophobic attack: Woman 'subjected to racist abuse' on Kings Cross-Peckham bus
Officers were called to reports of a woman being subject to racist abuse on a route 63 bus in Southwark.