A brother who attacked his older sister with a hammer as she lay in bed has been detained indefinitely for her manslaughter.

France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state, while allowing possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human ...

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was repeatedly stabbed as he travelled on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on January 7.

John Swinney has said he “very much” regrets former SNP Westminster deputy leader Mhairi Black’s decision to quit the party. Ms Black, who spent nine years as an MP, said the party’s “capitulation” on ...

Thomas Kavanagh, the head of the Kinahan organised crime group, will have three months to pay the sum or face another 12 years in prison.

Britain’s proscription of Palestine Action is a “disturbing misuse” of anti-terror laws, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Volker Turk has urged the UK to lift the ban, which he ...

Drivers who are captured driving in a bus lane will receive a standard fine of £70, which is reduced to £35 if paid within 21 days ...

Failing to return an expired licence to the DVLA is an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and can be punished with a ...

One in four gig goers miss the encore and leave early – with a third prioritising how they’ll feel the next day.

The Israeli government is considering “alternative options” to ceasefire talks with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday, after Israel and the US recalled their negotiating teams, ...

The only foreign language phrase half of Brits have truly nailed – is how to order a drink abroad. A poll of 2,000 adults found 30 per cent are likely to simply make up a word in another language when ...

Videos circulating online claim that on someone’s fourth trip abroad, an automatic alert will be sent to the “mobility oversight unit”, said to be a new branch under HMRC and the Home Office, which ...