Crime

A man has been arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat to a primary school in Swindon on Tuesday.

Laura Winham, 41, was found dead in her apartment in Woking, Surrey after her family raised the alarm. Today, an inquest into the tragedy heard a pathologist provide her cause of death.

Police confirmed that the 18-year-old student passed away after being involved in a crash while riding an electric bicycle on the University of Nottingham’s Park Campus in the early hours.

A retired surgeon accused of raping and sexually assaulting hundreds of young patients, some while they were under anesthetic, told the opening of his trial in western France on Monday that he had committed "despicable" acts.

The event left a trail of evidence from Crosby to Waterloo.

The prosecution told Oxford Crown Court that the 18-carat gold toilet, titled America and created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, weighed approximately 98kg and had been insured for $6m (£4.75m).

Police could soon have the ability to enter homes where stolen phones have been tracked, without needing prior court approval.

The official cause of death of two sisters found in a river in Aberdeen was drowning, BBC Scotland News has learned.

A man who shot dead his mother and two siblings was also planning to commit a mass shooting at a local school, police have confirmed.

A great-granddad has been jailed for five years after he pulled a pistol on his granddaughter during an argument over his late wife’s ashes.

London cyclists have begged the Met Police to start patrolling Regent’s Park in the early morning after a spate of muggings and hammer attacks.

A yoga teacher who was repeatedly stabbed in the Southport attacks has described helping several children to run to safety, adding that she felt she had to survive in order to save those in her class.

A British man found dead alongside his wife at their home in rural France likely killed her during a botched staged burglary, police believe.

The French gangster known as ’the Fly’ has been arrested in Romania following his deadly prison escape nine months ago, according to police.

A teenage boy was stabbed in front of shoppers at a Primark store in Nottingham today.

Police hunting for a missing 23-year-old woman have found a body.

Schoolfriends, family members and neighbours are among the dozens of men arrested for the rape of a teenager in India.

Cryptocurrency firm Bybit said hackers stole $1.5bn (£1.1bn) worth of digital currency in what could be the biggest crypto theft in history.

Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, was previously imprisoned for the rape and sexual assault of four victims, but he faces another trial next week after the police discovered diaries detailing hundreds of abuses.

A 27-year-old man died at Manchester Airport after swallowing cocaine concealed in his underwear, prompting an investigation into the sudden death at Terminal 2.

Pilot Jeremy Gudorf, 33, was preparing to fly a JetBlue plane to Paris when he was detained by police due to an arrest warrant and held in custody prior to a court hearing today.

Three brothers have been imprisoned for grooming and sexually abusing young girls in Leeds and Barrow-in-Furness.

A family targeted by machete wielding thieves who stole £20,000 and their pet dog have been left to catch the gang themselves after police closed the case just one day later.