Victim satisfaction with how police handle crime in England and Wales has dropped to a historic low, a new survey has suggested. The number of people reporting seeing officers regularly on the beat in ...

An immediate and rare ‘stop-drive’ order was given for certain models on June 20 because of a potentially fatal airbag safety fault.

The Office for National Statistics has delayed the publication of its latest monthly retail statistics to allow for “further quality assurance”. It is the latest in a string of setbacks regarding data ...

A volunteer Met Police officer accused of raping a woman was posing online as a 16-year-old girl, a court has heard.

A shamed Fife councillor who was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to 27 months in jail. David Graham, 43, was convicted of one charge of having sex with a child aged ...

Sir Keir Starmer has returned to Scotland after a family holiday was interrupted by crunch talks on Ukraine in Washington DC. The Prime Minister’s plane flew from the US to Glasgow overnight following ...

Construction firms continue to come under the most pressure, with 3,984 insolvencies in the 12 months to July – making up 17% of all cases. This is followed by wholesale and retailers, who made up 16% ...

A second 21-year-old has admitted robbing a woman of a BMW which later crashed into a care home in Sunderland while being pursued by police. Two elderly residents at Highcliffe Care Home, Witherwack, ...

A “Checkpoint Charlie” situation has been created near London bridges by councils making contrasting decisions on licensing electric bikes, a comedian said. Irish stand-up Dara O Briain complained ...

Donald Trump has said that meetings with European leaders could pave the way for three-way talks between the leaders of ...

There has been a call for urgent cross-party action to save Lough Neagh. The lough has been blighted with blue-green algae in ...

The figure is down from July’s 5.2 – which represented a rise from inflation of 4.7 a month earlier and marked the highest level since ...