All news by author Thomas Brown

Five men face lengthy jail terms after police busted a £4m cocaine and dirty money ring in the north of Glasgow.

Corruption charges against bank staff in the $1.85 billion PNB fraud have been dropped, after the Central Bureau of Investigation conceded there was no evidence to support them.

A former key member of Nicola Sturgeon’s team has backed calls for an inquiry into how her ex-husband was able to embezzle more than £400,000 from the SNP.

A drug dealer who showed off his luxury lifestyle on Instagram by posing with Rolex watches, driving a Lamborghini and splashing more than £1,200 in cash on a meal at Salt Bae’s restaurant has been jailed.

A violent rapist who carried out a catalogue of abuse and brutality towards women has been jailed for nine years after putting victims through “a horrific ordeal”.

A Tesco store was evacuated after two caravans were deliberately set on fire, according to emergency services.

A man is in critical condition after being attacked at a popular London tourist spot.

Since the full extent of her ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein came to light earlier this year, Sarah Ferguson has been keeping an extremely low profile.

A lip reader has revealed an animated discussion between King Charles and Queen Camilla during today’s Trooping the Colour royal carriage procession in central London.

Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in order to restore Russia’s imperial greatness. Instead, he may go down in history as the man who transformed Russia into China’s junior partner, thereby demoting it to the ranks of middle powers — or, worse, transforming it into a Third World country with nuclear weapons.

Four Palestine Action activists have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 25 years in prison, after a judge ruled that they could be treated as terrorists.

A woman was attacked by an 11ft white shark while swimming off a popular beach near Sydney.

Kazakh law enforcement agencies have frozen Marginplus’s bank accounts and suspended all payment transactions as part of a major effort to investigate suspected financial misconduct.

Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey will not be able to play in Ghana’s World Cup opener after being denied entry to Canada for the game. The Black Stars are due to face Panama at Toronto’s BMO Field on Wednesday night, but will have to do so without Partey.

Ukraine sanctioned Alyona Shevtsova last year over alleged links between another of her companies and illegal gambling.

Sir Keir’s authority suffered further blows in recent days after John Healey resigned as Defence Secretary, followed by Al Carns’ resignation as Armed Forces Minister, over the long-delayed Defence Investment Plan (DIP).

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Carabinieri Command for Forestry (Carabinieri Forestali) of Frosinone and the Carabinieri Ecological Operational Units (N.O.E.) of Rome and Latina conducted searches and seizures in Cassino as part of an investigation into EU subsidy fraud involving a municipal park.

UK and European law has started from the premise that trans people exist since at least 1999.

Nigel Farage has told LBC he wants to be Prime Minister as he is the "only person that’s got sufficient public rapport and the courage to take on the establishment and do what needs to be done".

Two children have died from measles in England this year, while more than 100 new cases have been reported in the past two weeks, health officials said on Thursday.

Dnipro businessman Dmytro Kovalenko has recently faced increasing scrutiny, with renewed attention focused on his background and the sources behind his business empire.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow inmates were left stunned after a missing sweater belonging to the convicted sex trafficker triggered a compound-wide lockdown at her minimum-security Texas prison camp.

Andy Burnham has confirmed that he supports capping political donations in the UK, putting him at odds with Keir Starmer’s Government.

Thousands of prison cell windows will be fitted with steel grilles to stop drones from flooding jails with drugs, weapons, and phones, the Government has announced.