Crime

A school in Manchester has told parents that absent pupils can expect a visit from police on random days during term time in the evening, if they are missing for just that day

Many trains are still operating without CCTV despite British Transport Police seeing a huge upturn in sex crimes on the rail - from harassment and voyeurism to rape

Marek Hecko, who was jailed for life yesterday, could be seen swigging from a bottle of alcohol outside a home in Essex as he told a police officer that he "knows what happened"

Footage shows an explosion tearing through the property in Swansea, sending smoke billowing into the sky and debris flying across the road as a postman flees from his van

Eleanor Williams, 22, was jailed yesterday after falsely accusing multiple local men of grooming and raping her, even going so far as to injure herself with a hammer as "proof"

A Hendon schoolgirl says she was attacked by a group of boys who had sent her racist threats in the past, while her older sister claims school staff failed to take care of the 14-year-old

In Jordan Trengove’s first TV interview since Eleanor Williams was jailed, he told Good Morning Britain hosts Ed Balls and Susanna Reid her lies drove him to attempt to take his life

Shaun Moule, 42, has been jailed after two violent attacks on a woman left her feeling disfigured when she lost a tooth in one of the incidents at the hands of her ex partner

Every driver should check their driving licence straight away, as simply skipping over the expiration date could leave you with a huge £1,000 fine without even knowing you're at risk

Thomas Maguire, 30, was killed after being mown down by Kerry Fair, 39, after being suspected of stealing a motorbike

The 53-year-old 'made it her full-time career' to pinch items from high street shops - including across the Midlands - before fraudulently claiming refunds she was not entitled to

Missing Claudia Lawrence's heartbroken mum Joan says the BBC continues to hound her daughter for her TV licence fee 14 years after she vanished - and in January threatened court action

Gloucestershire Police arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion of terror offences as well as attempted murder after a woman - reported to be a US spy working at GCHQ - was stabbed

Police were called to a home in Florida, US, after an 8-year-old boy allegedly choked a foster child and then slashed the boy's neck with a kitchen knife during a terrifying attack

Paedophile was sent back to jail on Monday for trying to surf the Dark Web just weeks after being freed - and a lawyer for one victim says he should never be released again

Prince Andrew is said to have engaged in "extreme and outrageous conduct" with alleged sex attack victim Virginia Giuffre, according to her lawyer as part of a different case involving Jeffrey Epstein

Baton Rouge Police Department said Derrick Perkins, 45, was "needed for questioning" after dad-of-five Nathan Millard went missing on a business trip in Louisiana, US, on February 23

Margaret Barnes , 71, had been down in Barmouth, visiting friends when she had a few drinks and returned to what she thought was her hotel - but she accidentally entered David Redfern's home

Jason Brockbanks' body was found in the shower cubicle at his private student accommodation in Newcastle, three days after he was allegedly killed by Aaron Ray last September.

Amelia Garcia Fernandez suffered a fatal heart attack while receiving condolences at the funeral of her politician son and 11-year-old grandson who were shot dead, she was rushed to hospital but was unable to be saved

Mohammed Taroos Khan was found guilty of murdering biomedical student Somaiya Begum, 20, with a metal spike before her body was found dead just over a mile from her home in Bradford, West Yorks

Bryan Kohberger who is accused of killing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, is reportedly obsessed with following the news on his case

As Eleanor Williams was jailed for eight and a half years today, the Mirror looks at the disturbing lies she told and the impact they had on the victims and the wider community

Former world boxing champion told court he feared gunman would pull the trigger as gang demanded his £70,000 diamond-encrusted timepiece

Anthony Bennett said his 14-year-old son Ethan is "lucky" to be alive after being pulled from the wreckage of a suspected gas explosion in Swansea, Wales, on Monday