Crime

Four students from the University of Essex died in a horror car crash in Colchester in the early hours of Saturday morning, as police urged people to keep their curtains shut.

The book appeared to be set alight in footage that was livestreamed on social media on Saturday.

Two people have been arrested after a boy and a girl were killed in a crash on a residential cul-de-sac in Essex.

Jeremy Bamber was convicted in 1986 of murdering his adoptive parents, Nevill and June, his adoptive sister Sheila Cafell, and her twin boys Daniel and Nicholas, aged just six.

A couple, from Australia, forced their teenage daughter to follow a strict diet, take part in intense ballet training and taught her to become fully reliant on them - they have been jailed for neglect.

The finance worker, using the pseudonym Sinead, said she was initially contacted by the scammer on Twitter after she responded to a post by Coldplay’s management on the social network.

Authorities confiscated real estate and cryptocurrency from the suspects.

KRIK reports that energy deals feature prominently in encrypted messages between a drug trafficker and his associates, including a pro-government businessman.

A young man was thrown into the air and landed in the backseat of a BMW convertible after being struck by a speeding drug dealer.

UK musician Digga D, whose real name is Rhys Herbert, has been jailed after he pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the importation and supply of the Class B drug.

In October 2019, a social worker told a court they assessed that Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother were "able to meet Sara and [a sibling’s] needs for safety, stability, emotional warmth and guidance".

The murder of a US Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border appears to be linked to a radical leftist trans militant cult accused of killings across the country.

This is the shocking moment a tattoo-covered cocaine gang kingpin is arrested in his pants.

Jason Savage, 35, also downloaded and watched violent and extremist videos and researched how to kill with a knife.

At least 82 people have been abducted since June, according to an official tally. But rights groups estimate the real number could be three times that.

A human bone belonging to Sarah Mayhew was found by a dog in April last year, before police found arms, legs, and a head nearby - more than a month later her limbless torso was found in a river.

A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports.

Retail crime is "out of control" and shoplifters are carrying out increasingly brazen and violent acts of theft because they do not fear any consequences, an industry body has told the BBC.

A 13-year-old boy has suddenly died at school in South Wales - as police launch an urgent investigation.

Tracy Turner, 51, an operating theatre assistant at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales is accused of a string of charges including a plot to kidnap, rape and murder a young child.

A Europol-coordinated crackdown exposes a sophisticated smuggling ring luring victims with false job promises, only to trap them in debt bondage and sexual exploitation.

Retail crime is "spiralling out of control", with shoplifting at record levels and staff threatened and abused at triple the rates of a few years ago, a report has found.