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Suspects charged with serious knife and firearm offences are being released on bail amid Britain's prison overcrowding crisis, the country's most senior police officer has warned.

A non-profit legal group has threatened to sue HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for allegedly allowing Israeli settlement trade to enter the UK tariff-free.

A former Premier League referee has sparked a backlash after revealing he used to entertain himself by "joking about" and playing "games" while officiating matches.

A schoolboy who stabbed a teacher in the head has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in youth detention.

The UK is in a "deeply uncomfortable" fiscal position ahead of next month's budget, experts have warned, after government borrowing costs soared to a near 30-year high amid growing pressure on global bond yields.

More than 70,000 pints of Guinness worth around £115,000 have been stolen from an industrial estate.

Four people accused of murdering a newborn baby girl who was repeatedly stabbed will go on trial next year.

A former college lecturer caused the deaths of a husband and wife in a head-on crash while drink-driving following a Christmas party.

Several schools will close early on Friday "to ensure pupils' safety" as the first funeral for one of five young men killed in the A66 wrong-way crash is set to take place.

An invasive mosquito species known to transmit diseases such as the dengue and Zika viruses has been found to be breeding in the UK for the first time.