National Headlines

What started as a missing person case led to the capture of an "evil" serial killer who "got sadistic sexual pleasure" from murdering women.

A man who had his leg amputated after a hit-and-run has criticised the "appalling" sentence given to the motorist - as he backed a campaign to increase the "shoddy" penalties for uninsured drivers.

The child who died in a school coach crash in Somerset on Thursday was a 10-year-old boy, Avon and Somerset Police have said.

The parents of a young man who was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old girl say their son was failed by the state.

An amber alert for thunderstorms is in place for London and most of southeast England, with forecasters warning of "torrential" rain.

A police dog that took part in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral has died in a car crash.

A 65-year-old woman dubbed "gangster granny" by police has been jailed for running a UK-wide drug-dealing operation.

Dozens of Russian spies have been sanctioned by the government - including those responsible for targeting Yulia Skripal five years before her attempted murder in Salisbury.

An independent review of the water industry is to recommend sweeping changes to the way the sector is managed, including the potential replacement of Ofwat with a strengthened body combining economic and environmental regulation.

Maria's treatment by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was so shocking the chief constable described it as "undefendable".