Crime

Nine Scotland Yard officers have been suspended following an investigation into claims of excessive use of force and making discriminatory and misogynistic comments.

A drug-smuggling gang was apprehended after postal workers thwarted a scheme to import cannabis into the UK disguised as candles.

The victim, reported to be a British-born Sikh in her 20s, informed officers that a racist remark was directed at her during the attack in the Tame Road area of Oldbury on Tuesday morning, which was reported to West Midlands Police just before 8:30 am.

Javon Riley, 33, has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey, with a minimum term of 34 years, for the shooting of a nine-year-old girl and three men outside a restaurant in a prolonged gang feud.

Mosques in Scotland have increased their security measures following a foiled terror plot and a series of other incidents across the country.

Thousands of imported guns acquired for as little as £50 online are flooding the streets of Britain, an LBC investigation has revealed.

An MP’s office has been hit with a suspected arson attack overnight.

A farmer was tricked out of his life savings by a conman who spent the money on luxury dining and trips abroad.

A man has been arrested following an incident at Heathrow Airport that led to the evacuation of Terminal 4 on Monday evening.

Two men have died while unloading glass panels from a lorry in a football ground car park.

A pensioner who attempted to smuggle cocaine worth more than £600,000 into the UK hidden in his mobility scooter has been jailed.

A former senior noncommissioned army officer has admitted to sexually assaulting the teenage soldier Jaysley Beck, who later killed herself.

A man charged with the murder of his brother after he was found with 36 stab wounds to his head, neck and chest, has appeared in court.

A finance manager stole more than £200,000 from a music technology company to give himself a pay rise and fund a holiday to the Caribbean.

Bribes have been used to bypass the long waiting lists for affordable homes, according to the City of London Police, which has now launched an investigation into corrupt housing officers.

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A woman accused of murdering her two children and hiding their remains in suitcases is being tried in New Zealand, in a high-profile case that has shocked the country.

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed that cyber criminals stole £27,000 from the pub he owns in the Cotswolds.

This is the shocking moment a knifeman, just in his underwear, stabbed a cop in the neck in a "vicious" attack, after he had threatened a woman.

A murder investigation has begun after a man in his 60s, who was ’seriously assaulted’ in Balham, passed away on Friday.

Former boxer and world champion trainer Andrew Bulcroft - known as ’Stefy Bull’ - has been jailed for 10 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine.

A 17-year-old girl is fighting for her life after a friend’s dog attacked her.