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Teenager murdered friend with meat cleaver after Snapchat emoji row about who was 'toughest'
Abdulrahman Ali, 16, from Tottenham, north London, sent laughing emojis on a group chat when Osman Sharif Soufi, also 16, claimed he was toughest.
Brexit poll: Britons now support second EU referendum by 16-point margin
A joint survey conducted by The Guardian and ICM shows that British voters now favour a second Brexit referendum by a 16-point margin.
Fetish club DJ who collected animal and child porn caught when he left images on USB stick
David Dawson known by his DJ name 'Dave the Butcher' ran 'Kage Club' events in Bury, Greater Manchester, before a USB stick was found that contained disgusting images.
Russia wants to attack Britain's energy supply and 'cause chaos' says UK defence secretary
UK defence secretary Gavin Williamson says Russia is looking to target British energy infrastructure rather than a military invasion.
Teenager, 17, promoted jihad after extremist material found in two hospital prayer rooms, court hears
Extremist material including lectures by the banned al-Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaki were discovered in prayer rooms at the Royal London Hospital and University College Hospital
Ex-Manchester City player turned crime boss jailed over 'professional' money laundering ring
Ryan McDowell, 33, from St Helens in Merseyside, who was a youth player at Manchester City has now been jailed after police made cash seizures in 2014, totalling over £230,000.
Giant python called Tiny strangled owner to death in act of 'affection'
A 2.5 metre long African Rock Python was "shocked" when its UK owner dropped dead from "affectionate" suffocation.
Schoolgirl, 15, raped in alleyway by stranger who chased her before witnesses stepped in
The schoolgirl was raped as she walked down an alleyway on Nelson Road, Crouch End, north London, on 2 December before she managed to escape with her attacker in pursuit.
Grandmother caught with 28 grams of cocaine says she thought it was Polyfilla
Anne-Marie McLoughlin, 52, Wilmslow, Cheshire, was in possession of 28 grams of 76% pure cocaine, that was worth £1,500, that was stashed in a Tupperware box.
Jealous ex 'slit Tinder girlfriend's throat in car park after begging her not to dump him'
Maidstone Crown Court heard Joshua Stimpson, 26, from Rochester, Kent, met Molly McLaren, 23, on dating app Tinder before he stabbed her to death in Chatham Dockside Outlet.
Security guard has 'ammonia sprayed in face by robbers' who stole cash box outside bank
A GS4 security guard is now receiving treatment in hospital after being sprayed with 'an ammonia type substance' outside a branch of Barclays Bank in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Black cab rapist John Worboys 'moved back to London where he committed his crimes'
John Worboys, 60, is expected to be released imminently after being moved from HMP Wakefield to London's HMP Belmarsh after spending nine years and nine months in prison.
Finsbury Park mosque 'attacker brainwashed by Rochdale grooming drama and right-wing propaganda'
Darren Osborne, 48, from Cardiff, is charged with murder and attempted murder after allegedly ploughing a car into a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque in Finsbury Park.
Couple repeatedly raped vulnerable female sex slave they treated 'worse than animal' for 18 months
Kevin Warren, 27, and Donna Morris, 35, from Leicester, pleaded guilty to a charge under the Modern Slavery Act after inflicting 'truly shocking' sexual abuse on a young woman.
Raped woman texted mum 'he's going to kill me' after friend 'had her throat slit by killer uncle'
Mujahid Arshid googled 'acid bath murderer' and researched infamous killer John George Haigh, before he killed his niece and attacked another woman with a knife, a court has heard.
Amazon will finally open checkout-less store in Seattle
After almost a year of delays, Amazon's checkout-less shop the Go store is finally set to be open to the general public.
Boozy smell in cockpit; British Airways pilot arrested on 'drunk at controls' charge
Sussex police boarded a British Airways plane and arrested the pilot after crew noticed he smelled of alcohol and contacted authorities.
Charity worker who arranged threesome with '14-year-old girl' caught by paedophile hunters avoids jail
Toni Stevens, 32, was working for Hele's Angels charity shop in Torquay, when he contacted a person he thought was a teenage girl, but was actually vigilante paedophile hunters.
How much would a bridge across the English Channel connecting the UK and France cost?
Boris Johnson has reportedly floated the idea of a bridge connecting the UK and France in a meeting with Emmanuel Macron.
Boris Johnson proposes building a bridge to France and it's not a metaphor
The Foreign Secretary said it's 'ridiculous' that the UK and France, two of the world's biggest economies, were linked by a single rail tunnel, say reports.
Former British boxing champion Anthony Small charged with encouraging acts of terrorism
Anthony Small won the British and Commonwealth light middleweight titles in 2009 and appeared in BBC2's two-part documentary, Muslims Like Us.
Suspect found in takeaway murder of Halton McCollin that's been unsolved for a decade
Halton McCollin was shot in the back of the head in China Garden takeaway on Chester Road in Trafford just before 9pm on Saturday 19 January 2008.
Anti-Trump protests in UK to attract thousands - even though US president cancelled journey
Donald Trump cancellation of UK visit for opening of US embassy fails to dent widespread antipathy and demonstration will still go ahead, protesters pledge.
Britain set to spend £45m on Calais border to keep France on side for Brexit talks
As well as footing the bill for extra security, Britain is set to take in more child migrants as well.
Jealous husband made hoax bomb threats to pub to ruin wife's night out
Mo Ahmed, 42, admitted making two hoax calls saying that a bomb was about to explode at The Duke of Wellington pub in Minehead, Somerset, that lead to 155 customers evacuated.
Amelia Blake: British backpacker found dead in 'murder-suicide' next to boyfriend in Sydney
Police believe Amelia Blake, 24, who had been in Australia for 8 months, was killed by her 30-something boyfriend in a flat above a Persian restaurant.
Life sentence for man who killed teenage girl in 'snuff movie fantasy' sex game and hid body in wardrobe
Ashley Foster, 24, from Dudley, had only been released from prison three days before he strangled 17-year-old Megan Bills in his hostel in Brierley Hill.
Imam performed sex acts on children after buying them sweets and clothes, court told
Noor Alam, 34, has appeared at Swansea Crown Court to deny 14 counts of sexual assault against children under the age of 13, up until the summer of last year.
New Tory vice chair says unemployed should have vasectomies to avoid UK 'drowning in wasters'
Ben Bradley, appointed the vice chair for youth in last week's reshuffle, said the UK would drown in a 'vast sea of unemployed wasters' if jobless people had too many kids.
'Woman beater' bludgeoned Muslim convert wife to death with hammer and burned her body
Akshar Ali stopped his wife Sinead Wooding from seeing her family before she was bludgeoned with a hammer and stabbed 6 times.