Crime

New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) found a 50% increase in assaults and abuse of shop workers as it slammed the Government's "woefully inadequate" action

San Mateo Police confirmed a 9mm pistol and loaded magazine were discovered in the family-of-four California home after the husband is believed to have shot dead his wife

Carol Devaney, 64, stabbed her partner Michael Richardson in the head in Cellardyke, Fife, after the pair down several drinks together and when she asked him if he loved her, he said no

A Florida woman, Talia Nelson, faces severe charges after her 14-year-old son Zayke Smith-Nelson died weighing only 2 stone 3 (33 pounds), revealing a disturbing case of alleged neglect and starvation

Erin Patterson remains in prison in Victoria, Australia, accused of murder over a deadly mushroom lunch which killed three in her ex-husband's family and left another man in intensive care

Heba Alhayek, 29, Pauline Ankunda, 26, and 27-year-old Noimutu Olayinka have been found guilty of a terror offence after displaying images of 'paragliders' at a pro-Palestine march

Israel's invasion of Gaza continues at pace, with the country's government now considering a ground attack on Rafah, where 1.4million Palestinians fled to avoid conflict elsewhere in the Strip

A mass stabbing inside a technical school in Manassas, Virginia, resulted in one death and one critical injury as the police announced the suspect was shot dead on the scene. All involved were males

The viral clip used artificial intelligence (AI) to replicate his voice and make it sound like he was criticising Remembrance events and demanding that pro-Palestinian marches to take precedence

Officers at North Yorkshire Police were left shocked after they received a 999 call from a man in his 50s in Knaresborough, who wanted to report himself for drink driving - after a 'heavy weekend'

A woman familiar with violence who would wield guns and crossbows while doing 'Heil Hitler' salutes at her neighbours hated her disabled son so much she would only call him 'the boy'

Kayla Montgomery gave an emotional testimony on her estranged husband, Adam Montgomery's alleged role in the death of their 5-year-old daughter, Harmony

A Florida woman who had been in the middle of a divorce took a trip to Spain but then vanished with almost no trace as a man wearing a helmet was seen blacking out security cameras, sparking kidnapping rumours

Allan Grimson, known as the 'Frankenstein killer', could be freed from jail this week as the family of one of his suspected victims branded him a 'danger to society'

Jamie Cassidy, an ex-Liverpool footballer who played alongside Premier League stars at youth level, pleaded guilty to involvement in the EncroChat drugs racket alongside his brother

A whopping 8,614 nurses, 2,752 police officers and 568 firefighters are away from work for long term health reasons, according to data uncovered by the Liberal Democrats

Shannon Grant, 27, was caught on CCTV buying cable ties that he would later use to strangle Natasha Morais, 40 to death in her own home, before making off with her card and phone

Danyal Sajid, 25 offered the false PCR swab tests to travellers who needed them to go abroad due to pandemic border restrictions - by selling false documents on Snapchat

Darren Steel, 39, is accused of beating older brother Martin Steel, 48, to death in a drunken rage, with their mother Diane Steel finding his 'lifeless' body in an armchair

Jeanette and Geoff Charley where watching television at their home on Anglesey when they received a phone call from their son to check they were okay after a plane crashed into their garden

Leeds Crown Court heard Piran Ditta Khan had a "pivotal" role in planning the robbery which lead to the death of PC Sharon Beshenivsky in 2005

President Joe Biden's mental state has been called into question once again after a series of blunders and gaffes recently including apparent conversations with dead politicians

Ian Butcher, from Ipswich, has been sentenced to prison for sex offences against eight people, ranging from the age of 12 to 32 - police have since commended a young girl for providing information

WARNING: VIOLENCE AND GRAPHIC INJURIES: Finley Phillips and Marzin Moshen brutally attacked Ryan Young whilst he was on duty at Bridgend HMP Parc's young offenders unit - they knocked the prison guard unconcious during the attack

Jeff Walker, from Blackpool, died on Christmas Day last year while on holiday in Australia - but while fiancée Donna Jones and his family were attending a memorial, their home was burgled