National Headlines

A Norwegian teenager who flew to the UK to carry out murder for an Iran-backed gang has been jailed for 20 years.

A man convicted of arson attacks targeting Sir Keir Starmer has been deported, the Home Office said.

NHS staff may have improperly accessed information about a man killed by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

A former soap opera star has been jailed for nine years after fleeing the UK for Spain to avoid facing trial for allegedly conning would-be models out of more than £13m.

A "fantasist" who murdered a woman at an Airbnb to exact "brutal and fatal revenge" after she rejected him has been jailed for at least 28 years.

A British father has been fined €3,000 (£2,500) for causing the death of his two-year-old son who fell from the fourth floor of a hotel in Cyprus.

A pipe bomb exploded after being put through the letterbox of a Belfast home while a mother and her children were inside, police have said.

The prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case could face a new rape trial after German prosecutors launched a legal bid to overturn his acquittal on a string of sex charges, unrelated to the missing British girl.

A ban on pornography depicting strangulation and incestuous relationships - as well as someone pretending to be a child under 16 - will come into effect next month.

The head of the army says the UK's political leaders are about to start a "frank conversation" with the public about the need to prepare for war.