National Headlines

A trainee police officer has been charged with the rape and kidnap of a woman in Manchester while off-duty over the weekend, Greater Manchester Police said.

A 25-year-old man has been shot dead near a pub in southwest London.

Which prisoners get released early should be based on "risk not feelings", former Home Office minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News.

Olympic swimmer Baroness Sharron Davies is set to stand trial over a motorway speeding ticket after blaming the incident on a sign "so poor it was easy to miss".

The widow of a EuroMillions winner who died while cycling has said she is "completely broken" as he "will never get to meet our unborn baby".

The family which controls Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is vying with the Premier League side's former chairman to win control of a new European basketball league's $1bn (£741m) London franchise.

More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday.

Space enthusiasts across the UK will be treated to two spectacular displays within hours on Wednesday as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak.

A former translator for the British Army who became a taxi driver after arriving in Scotland from Afghanistan has been jailed for seven years for raping a female passenger.

England is "leading the world" in efforts to eliminate hepatitis C as deaths from the virus have reduced by 36% in the last 10 years, NHS England said.