Crime

A scathing new report by the cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee says steps to root out bad behaviour by officers "aren't good enough" and said a ban on paying for sex is among a raft of measures needed

Samuel Bond Haskell IV, the son of a successful Hollywood agent, was arrested today in his Los Angeles home after someone found a woman's torso in a plastic bag dumped in a parking lot

Two amused police officers were left in hysterics after being called upon to chase after a crazed runaway swan who was causing havoc in the streets of Hampshire

Following a fight in a nightclub after her sister was violently attacked, Brenda saw her hopes of becoming a childminder go up in smoke as she ended up in prison, her life falling apart in front of her

Jack Burton, 19, stabbed a friend of his sister at the family home in Stoke-on-Trent, after grabbing a knife in a row over playing music too loud in her bedroom

Yesterday, a 34-year-old man from Manchester failed to stop in Warrington, before racing out onto the motorway, where officers chased him down, ramming him repeatedly in an attempt to stop the vehicle

Tiffanie Lucas, a mum accused of murdering her two children in cold blood by shooting in their homes in Kentucky, was shown scowling in a mugshot released by police

Texas inmate Brent Ray Brewer whose attorneys say received a death sentence due to false and unscientific expert testimony faces execution on Thursday evening for fatally stabbing an man during a robbery

Police are investigating a string of incidents that has seen two bodies found within a handful of days - first in a field and then most recently along the A52, where a gun was also discovered

Kaitlin Armstrong, 34, was arrested on murder charges over the death of pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, on May 11, 2022, is now in court for her crimes

Katie Tidmarsh, 39, from Leicester, has been found guilty of murdering Ruby Thompson in 2012 after she had recently been adopted and was found with "car-crash-like" head injuries

Ashling Murphy was just 23-years-old when she went out for a job last year, on January 12, when 33-year-old Jozef Puska, a father-of-five, attacked and killed her

The remarkable moment a pregnant woman was saved from an attempted carjacking by two good samaritans in Ocala, Florida, was caught in dramatic bodycam footage

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handwritten note to colleagues was shown as the former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel faced a grilling from the Covid Inquiry

An area of Walsall in the West Midlands has been dubbed Britain's roughest estate after residents liken it to 'war-torn Ukraine' and say knife-wielding youths have been causing misery for three years

Synagogue leader Samantha Woll's body was discovered but was discovered outside of her home last month and now police say a suspect has been taken into custody in connection with her death

Orion's owner was murdered after being shot in the head by thieves - and in a heartbreaking moment after the funeral, the bulldog began jumping up at the coffin, leaving family members stunned

A picture from the scene at the block of flats near Golders Green, north London shows a cordoned off area with officers investigating. A pink rucksack can be seen on top of one of the bins.

Cathy Mccann's son Alex Littler, now 17, was rushed to hospital last year complaining his chest felt like 'popping bubble wrap' after taking laughing gas at Manchester's Parklife

Kelly Hannah-Rogers couldn't buy a ticket at Folkestone Station in Kent when trying to travel to London, and tried three further times before being given a penalty fare

James Witham, who has already pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 28-year-old Ashley Dale but denies her murder, told a court he had been through a 'year of torture' after her death

The dismembered torso of a woman was found in a black plastic bag tossed near a dumpster at a strip mall in Encino, Los Angeles, California on Wednesday morning. The suspect's wife and her parents remain missing

Merseyside Police has introduced the vans fitted with the latest AI and infrared technology in the hopes to stop drivers breaking laws such as using phones

Poppy seller Jim Henderson claimed he was 'punched' by pro-Palestinian protesters at Waverley Station in Edinburgh - but British Transport Police say there is 'insufficient evidence'

The teenager, who was wearing a grey tracksuit, blew a kiss to his parents, who sat in front of the dock, as he came into court. His mother was visibly upset