Crime

Alex Batty said mum Melanie, 43, and grandad David, 64, should avoid the police in an interview with reporters. The pair disappeared with Alex on a holiday when he was 11

A joint investigation between cops and the Health and Safety Executive is underway to examine the incident which saw a local business owner killed on Wednesday in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire

Home Secretary James Cleverly - who is facing calls to resign after he joked about giving his wife a date-rape joke - has been branded 'Colonel Calamity' by Tory MPs

Greater Manchester Police said a 42-year-old woman and a 15-year-old travelling in one of the vehicles had died at the scene, the driver of the second car is in custody

Blase Raia, 39, and his wife Brooke, 34, got into an argument at around 7pm on Tuesday night in the basement of their home in Greenwood, Pennsylvania

A man made homeless by a fire then stranded in a car park has found Christmas cheer in a small Scottish village with locals rallying round to help him and his three dogs

The Fawcett Society said Home Secretary James Cleverly could not be trusted to address violence against women after the Mirror revealed he joked about giving his wife Rohypnol

Damien Vernon disappeared in December 2014 leaving his daughter, Courtney without a dad - every year she still wraps him a gift and makes his favourite food

On Christmas Day EastEnders fans will finally discover the identity of the Queen Vic murder victim, but here's everything you need to know if you haven't been watching this year

Conservative peer Michelle Mone complained that she is being treated like the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar as her bank accounts are frozen by the National Crime Agency

The soap actor was pictured walking away from the wreck of his car following a road incident on Friday in Surrey. No injuries or arrests were reported following the accident.

Jack Branning emerged as a late runner in the race to uncover the identity of the Christmas murder victim and killer, but EastEnders star Scott Maslen has revealed why he shouldn't be ruled out

Notorious serial killer Robert Maudsley has spent more than 16,600 consecutive days in isolation for his horrific crimes, and will remain in his underground cell on Christmas Day

Home Secretary James Cleverly has been been criticised by former Love Island contestant Sharon Gaffka, who was a victim of drink spiking, after he joked about Rohypnol

Nancy Shore was shot in the face by a hitman in her own garage, but when she woke up in hospital she was stunned to find out who police thought was behind the attack

A body discovered wrapped in chains by two fishermen in Lake Barkley, Kentucky, almost 25 years ago has finally been identified as Roger Dale Parham, who was on the FBI most wanted list

Police Scotland said the 88-year-old pedestrian was walking his dog along a busy road in Loanhead, Midlothian, when he was hit by a car and tragically died four days later in hospital in Edinburgh

Manchester United's team vehicle was damaged by a bottle thrown by supporters outside the ground when Erik ten Hag's squad arrived for last weekend's goalless draw

Susan Caruana, 68, says she'll never be able to forgive her daughter Melanie Batty, 43, after she took her grandson Alex Batty abroad and disappeared for six years with no updates

"Some people have ten shots and think they're Arnie," said one security guard when Mirror reporter Matthew Dresch joined police during the madness of 'Black Eye Friday' in Bristol

The festive period turned to one of bloodshed and fear for many unsupecting families with stories of deadly stampedes, massacres and some which are just down right creepy

Eve Brown, from Scotland, sadly passed away following a crash between her Kia Sorento and a Tesco HGV lorry earlier this week - and was pictured smiling at her baby shower just days before her death

The artist confirmed the artwork was his in a social media post on Friday shortly after midday - and within just an hour two men had torn it down and fled off with it

Pablo Hoad made the call to 999 telling them "I stabbed a girl through the throat after he killed Shannon Stanley by slashing her in the neck at a home in Birmingham

Police have launched a murder investigation after 48-year-old Fiona Holm was reported missing in London on June 29, and have offered a £20,000 reward for information that helps find her body