Notorious criminals who dodge their sentencing hearings could be dragged into the dock using “reasonable force” with the ...

The search for a British sailor missing in the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France has been suspended. The 73-year-old man, ...

The allegation against consultant Dr Stephen Brearey will be in an appeal centring on disturbing new evidence about alleged ...

When a crime shakes the public’s faith in humanity as these murders have, the debate around capital punishment soon rears its ...

NatWest Group, which also owns Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank, has closed 1,431 branches since January 2015, ...

Axel Rudakubana is the latest high-profile killer to avoid facing his victims’ families while being sentenced. The Southport killer was removed from his own sentencing twice for repeatedly shouting, ...

There were 65 prisoners serving whole life orders in the UK as of 30 June 2023, according to the Ministry of Justice. Killers Rosemary West, Levi Bellfield, Michael Adebolajo, Wayne Couzens and Lucy ...

After 16 years as a journalist at The Herald, including eight covering health, Helen McArdle reflects on that stories that stood out and what ...

Lucy Letby will be sent to HMP Low Newton - a high security Category A female prison near Durham city, which sits adjacent to ...

While Letby murdered seven babies and attempted to murder seven others between June 2015 and June 2016, only three "serious ...

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, national medical director for NHS England, gave evidence to the Thirlwall Inquiry on Friday.