The Government brought forward the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill after new guidelines for judges to consider a criminal’s ethnicity before sentencing prompted claims of a “two-tier ...

A police staff member has been charged with trying to arrange sexual activity with a child under 13 and other child-related offences. Christopher Thompson, 31, who works in Regional Scientific Support ...

Rachel Reeves will meet American counterpart Scott Bessant for talks on an economic deal between the US and UK.

A jury has concluded that the New York Times did not libel former Alaska governor Sarah Palin with an error in a 2017 editorial which she says damaged her reputation.

A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices has unanimously accepted charges against six more key allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly attempting a coup to keep him in office.

Russell George, the Conservative member for Montgomeryshire, said he was withdrawing his candidacy to stand in next year’s election.

South West Water said around 9,500 properties in the Torquay area were still affected after a pipe burst on Monday.

A rare Victorian engine once used in an Edinburgh police building has been found in an attic during renovation work. The Crossley engine lay hidden for decades before it was discovered in the attic of ...

A shiver of endangered dusky and sandbar sharks has been swimming near a beach close to the city of Hadera for years.

A huge gathering of the Catholic faithful will come together to grieve the loss of Pope Francis in the coming days, followed ...

The Defence Secretary told the Commons that ministers and officials, including from the US and Europe, would discuss long-term peace on Wednesday.

At least 20 tourists have been killed by gunmen at a tourist resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. Two senior officers said at least four gunmen, whom they described as militants, fired at ...