Crime

Central London is always a busy place to be, but as soon as the Christmas shopping rush gets into full swing it becomes claustrophobic and a near impossible task to move any faster than at a snail's pace

The Met Police has released a CCTV grab as Shakira Spencer was driven to her flat having been bundled into the boot of a Honda Civic car after being beaten "to the brink of death"

Merseyside Police is investigating the stabbing of three people in a block of flats in Toxteth, Liverpool, on Sunday which left one man dead and another fighting for his life

Shakira Spencer, 35, died after falling under the influence of her former neighbour Ashana Studholme, 38, her lover Shaun Pendlebury, 26, and their friend Lisa Richardson, 44

West Mercia Police have launched a murder investigation after the 80-year-old woman died at her home in Droitwich, Worcestershire, on Friday while a man was taken to hospital

Police have arrested a boy aged 12 after a teenage girl was reportedly hospitalised when she used a vape, with teachers and parents being told to remain vigilant

The younger sister of a businesswoman based in London has been caught up in China's largest 'repatriation' of North Korean detainees for years and is now missing

Jonathan Martinez-Garcia, 17, was jailed for up to 40 years for the vicious attack on his teacher in Las Vegas in April 2022

A 16-year-old girl accused of murdering Brianna Ghey at Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire, has been giving evidence as she stands trial at Manchester crown court

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Claire Holland has not been seen for more than 10 years since she was spotted leaving a pub in the centre of Bristol. Today her ex partner Darren Osment has been found guilty of her murder

Gaynor Lord failed to return home from work on Friday evening. Police would like to hear from anyone who may have seen her since she was reported missing

Sarah Jagger, from Manchester, who calls herself Sexy Sarah has a 16-year record of assaults and beat up two prison officers in her latest attack but escaped jail

A 28-year-old woman is now in police custody following the incident near Boothferry Road, West Hull, which saw a 39-year-old hospitalised with lacerations to her neck

Deveca Rose, 29, has been charged with four counts of manslaughter and child abandonment after her two sets of twins died in the inferno at their home in Collingwood Road, Sutton, south London

Chloe Holland tragically died by suicide in March after her ex-partner was jailed for domestic abuse - now mum Sharon Holland is pushing for abusers like him to face manslaughter charges

Three men raced around Merseyside in a black Ford Fiesta and allegedly robbed a number of delivery vans with drivers getting out Christmas gifts - including demanding the 'expensive parcels'

Epsom College headteacher Emma Pattison was found dead along with her seven-year-old daughter and husband George in a suspected murder suicide, with her sister now saying she planned to leave him

Emergency services were called to a block of flats in Toxteth, Liverpool on Sunday evening after reports of a fatal stabbing as a 28-year-old died from his injuries in hospital

Chilling new police footage shows Loui Cadman deny that he raped a woman in a Leighton Buzzard alleyway, just hours after the sickening attack that later saw him jailed

Baristas at Farley’s East Coffee Shop in California stopped a woman from entering the bathroom to take a picture of the writing, which said "Zionism = Fascism" and "your neutrality is enabling genocide"

London's Stratford train station saw a terrifying attack on Sunday evening as an 'XL Bully' dog attacked a man, lunging at him as he fell down near the edge of a platform as a train approached

Sabrina Rahman, 24, was killed while out for a walk with her young son in their Austin, Texas, neighborhood on Tuesday morning, just a day after they had moved into their new home

The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell was attacked during a break-in at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska

Lawrence Sullivan says his likeness was used in the GTA 6 trailer, which features several viral Florida moments, but Lindsay Lohan previously unsuccessfully sued Rockstar Games for using her likeness in GTA 5