A “highly dangerous” inmate tried to kill five prison officers with homemade weapons including a sharpened plastic spoon, a court has heard. Aklakar Rahman (pictured), 38, allegedly repeatedly attacked staff
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A man has been jailed for life for murdering his partner who died with severe burns two years after he poured petrol on her and set her on fire. Leigh
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RAF Scampton will not be used to house asylum seekers because the plan does not represent value for money, the Home Office has announced. The former airbase (pictured) in Lincolnshire,
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The sister of a two-year-old boy who was found dead alongside his father in Lincolnshire has said police and social services “did what they could” and are not to blame.
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A police force has referred itself to the police watchdog after a toddler was found dead next to his father’s body. Bronson Battersby, two, was found beside his dad Kenneth,
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A former police officer who admitted misconduct charges after engaging in sexual acts while on duty has been jailed for 20 months. Ex-police constable Shaun Wheeler (pictured), aged 56, was
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A prolific sex offender, whose abuse spanned more than 20 years, has been found guilty of a catalogue of offences against young children. Christopher Manning (pictured), 38, committed his first
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Two men who smuggled 31 Iraqi migrants, including children as young as one, into Britain in the back of hired vans have each been jailed for seven years. Akan Brayan
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A sex offender who absconded from an open prison in Lincolnshire, sparking a major manhunt, has been arrested. Paul Robson, 56, was described as a “particular danger to women and
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A police manhunt has been launched for a convicted sex offender who “presents a particular danger to women and young children”. Paul Robson (pictured), who is serving a life sentence
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