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The National Crime Agency has updated its list of the most wanted men in the UK - officers are hunting for the fugitives behind horrific crimes, including murder, rape and drug trafficking

A US student who allegedly “assaulted” a security guard has been sentenced to a year in prison - and has spoken out on feeling “violated” by the Dubai authorities. Los Santos, 21, denies the charges

Retired HGV driver Raymond Lucy, from Chadderton in Oldham, was diagnosed with COPD back in 2016, but his family say his health was not adequately protected while he was locked up in HMP Forest Bank in Salford

Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a student from New York, was transiting through Dubai as she was coming home from Istanbul, Turkey, and only intended to stay for six hours

Beverley Allitt will go before a panel of experts in an attempt to move from Rampton Secure Hospital to a mainstream prison, despite being branded 'a serious danger' by a judge

Tonight the second part of The Long Shadow retells the story of how Peter Sutcliffe plunged society into a period of darkness and fear but he later suffered an excruciating final few days

Prison officers based at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough say they have faced ongoing abuse from inmates - who have reportedly punched, kicked and stabbed them whilst on duty

Bellfield – who murdered teenager Milly Dowler in 1996 – had given a statement in which he admitted killing Lin, 45, daughter Megan, six, and attempting to kill her sister Josie, nine

James Bulger was two years old when he was snatched from a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside, in 1993. The abductors – Jon Venables and his friend Robert Thompson, then murdered him

Reverend Dr Jeff Hood has described the harrowing final moments of Death Row killer Anthony Sanchez who was executed by lethal injection - and claims nurses are being tasked with carrying out a punishment that 'human beings shouldn't have to perform'

Nathaniel Mortley is one of a few Black fine dining chefs in the UK as only six per cent of Michelin-starred restaurants are led by Black and South Asian chefs - he tells us about his culinary journey

Kevin Dugar, who spent almost 20 years in prison for a 2003 murder, was released from Cook County Jail in Chicago after his identical twin, Karl Smith, confessed to the crime

Excruciating video shows Evgeny Kovtkov, a prisoner of war in Ukraine, visibly confused as to why his girlfriend risked jail or death from Vladimir Putin's thugs by fleeing their homeland

The number of serious criminal cases waiting to get to court has reached a record high with the Crown Court backlog hitting 64,709 at the end of June this year

Britain's most prolific child killer Lucy Letby will live out the rest of her days behind bars, spending most of her time isolated in a single cell and subject to 'extreme bullying and intimidation'

Gregor Formanek, who has been officially linked to the deaths of more than 3,300 people between 1943 and 1945, is likely to appear in juvenile court due to his age at the time

Inspectors looking into the operation of HMP Pentonville in north London says the “lack of privacy alone could not be described as decent or humane”.

John Merritt, originally from Halewood, Merseyside, has died from cancer just months into a prison sentence after finally being caught for raping two boys 40 years earlier

The Prime Minister could block the chance of early release for rapists when the Government unveils it agenda in the King's Speech in November, according to reports

The terror suspect has pleaded not guilty to escaping from Wandsworth Prison whilst awaiting trial, in an incident in which he is accused of sneaking out on the underside of an HGV delivering food

Noelle Obcarska, 64, posted videos on YouTube hurling abuse at her neighbours, John McKimmie, 40, and his wife, who live in the quaint village of Pulford, Cheshire

Members of the warped internet group ­dedicated to the serial killer boast of writing to the jail where she is being held after she was sentenced to life for murdering seven babies

Fred Sirieix was brought in to teach lags at Wormwood Scrubs, West London, how to run a restaurant in a bid to get them to give up crime - but the plan backfired

Veronica Youngblood has been sentenced to 78 years in prison for shooting her daughters Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklynn Youngblood, five, in their apartment in McLean, Virginia

As more horrified families speak out about Lucy Letby's disturbing treatment, the Mirror takes a look at everything the evil NHS neonatal nurse will face behind bars