1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (139+ words) A second man has been charged with conspiracy to murder following the death of a man who was fatally stabbed outside his house. Zeshaan Shaukat, 34, died in hospital on 28 August, three days after being attacked on Ashville Avenue, Hodge Hill,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (290+ words) The Metropolitan Police has arrested 187 people and seized 157 vehicles as part of a crackdown on prolific thieves using e-bikes and mopeds in Westminster. The arrests were for a variety of offences including possession of dangerous weapons, drug-related crimes, robbery and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (248+ words) A man has been charged with the murder of 39-year-old Thomas Carey, who was found with head injuries in a property in south London last Friday. Carey, 39, was declared dead at the scene, on Poynders Road in Clapham, shortly after…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (220+ words) A customised bicycle was seized by police in Nottinghamshire after officers discovered it could reach speeds of almost 30mph (48km/h). Officers from Kirkby-in-Ashfield stopped the vehicle on Tuesday and found the bike had a scooter motor roughly wired to a battery held…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (578+ words) A man has been charged with murder after a victim of a violent assault died from a fatal epileptic seizure more than 15 years after the attack, a court has heard. Daniel Allright was 16 when he was attacked in south-east London…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (389+ words) A private hospital's failure to provide preventative medication contributed to the death of Lady Joan Branson, an inquest has concluded. The 80-year-old, who was married to Sir Richard Branson, died on 24 November last year after suffering a cardiac arrest at…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (160+ words) Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: (00:38) The number of people being recalled to prison after early release in England and Wales is rising sharply. Why? (07:37) Is the UK millionaire an endangered species? We ask…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (87+ words) A man has been charged with murder after another man was found dead at a property in Birmingham. Atiqullah Niazai, 26, was discovered with stab wounds at an address on Long Street, Sparkbrook on 28 August, West Midlands Police said. Me'Schach Crichton,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (365+ words) Actor Noel Clarke has been charged with sexual offences including sexual assault, voyeurism and exposure. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge the Doctor Who and Kidulthood star on Wednesday. Clarke, 50, from Kensington, west London, was…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (296+ words) Members of the public tried to save a seven-year-old and her aunt who were killed in a house fire, an inquest heard. Natalie McDonald, 34, died alongside her niece Valentina Foster in the blaze at Birchington Avenue, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, in…...