The BBC has responded to criticism by the Archbishop of Canterbury about its handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.

Enquiries into a crossbow bolt landing on the Oval field during Surrey's County Championship clash with Middlesex remain ongoing, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.

The British Prime Minister will be updated on the Grenfell Tower recovery effort later as the number of high rises feared to pose similar fire risks mounts.

Five teenagers have been charged with terror offences in England.

A judge in England has made a personal apology to a victim of a former children's home worker and Catholic priest who sexually abused 12 children dating back to the 1970s, and slipped through the British justice system before admitting his crimes.

1968’s ‘Humane Vitae’ has done massive harm to the Catholic Church and has been largely ignored by many, writes TP O’Mahony

Gang members jailed for up to 6 years 8 months; £17m in items stolen; may have sold for treble that

Members of an organised crime gang have been jailed for up to six years and eight months, after plotting to steal up to £57m in rhino horn and Chinese artefacts in a series of museum raids.

We’re used to borrowing books from a library but what if you could borrow tools or kitchen equipments as you need them? Elizabeth O’Neill looks at a community project in London where this is happening.

Despite his exalted place in UK hip-hop and a new collaboration with Major Lazer, rapper Roots Manuva is as modest and articulate as ever, writes Ed Power

A campaigning British MP has called for the reinvestigation of the suspicious deaths more than 20 years ago of two whistleblowers who he believes had significant information relating to organised child abuse.

People who repeatedly commit alcohol-related crime will be forced to wear ankle tags that monitor if they are still drinking, under a year-long pilot scheme in the UK.

A former Scotland Yard detective has claimed he was moved from his post after trying to investigate British politicians over child abuse.

Many victims of modern slavery are being “hidden in plain sight” across Britain, British home secretary Theresa May has warned following the discovery of three women allegedly held as slaves for at least 30 years.

Police are conducting house-to-house inquires in the area where three women allegedly held as slaves for at least 30 years were rescued.

The discovery of three women allegedly held as slaves for 30 years is the “tip of a rather large iceberg”, according to an MP in charge of reviewing evidence of slavery in Britain.

As police in Britain continue their probe into the enslavement of three women — one Irish — for 30 years, support groups here have urged greater focus on the potential of slavery in this country.

The suspects bailed after three women were alleged to have been held as slaves for 30 years were previously arrested in the 1970s.

The two suspects bailed after three women were alleged to have been held as slaves for 30 years were previously arrested in the 1970s.

The Migrant Rights Centre in Ireland has said there are hundreds of cases of slavery here similar to that of the three women in London.

Two people being questioned after police in England rescued three alleged slavery victims, including a 30-year-old woman who spent her whole life in servitude, have been released on bail.

A 57-year-old Irishwoman was among three women who were last night recovering from 30 years of alleged slavery in London.

Two people have been arrested in Britain after police rescued three alleged slavery victims, including an Irish woman and another 30-year-old woman who had spent her whole life in servitude.

Three “traumatised women” kept as slaves have been freed after spending three decades imprisoned against their will in a city home, police said.

There were two wins for One Direction at the Radio 1 Teen Awards.

Police investigating allegations of sex offences against boys and young men by a retired Church of England bishop said seven more people have come forward claiming they were abused.

A JACKET belonging to Stephen Lawrence was stored in the same outer bag as clothing seized from one of the men suspected of his murder, a court has heard.

Up to 26 British police officers were being treated in hospital today following riots which broke out in north London two days after a man was shot dead by police.

Proposals to change the way MPs are elected were decisively rejected by voters in a referendum across the UK today.

DETECTIVES in London have urged two gang targets to come forward to explain who shot a five-year-old girl in the chest and blasted a shopkeeper in the face.

GREAT train robber Ronnie Biggs was taken to hospital yesterday after suffering a suspected stroke.

Great train robber Ronnie Biggs was taken to hospital today after suffering a suspected stroke.

Students fighting to stop education cuts in the UK were divided tonight over the justification of violent clashes at the headquarters of the Tory party.

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was today admitted to hospital after complaining of chest pain.

British Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has become a victim of crime after his mobility scooter was vandalised, it was reported today.

GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs will stay in hospital for at least a week after his release yesterday from prison on compassionate grounds, his son Michael said.

The family of Ronnie Biggs vowed to fight on for his freedom after Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw condemned the Great Train Robber to a likely death behind bars.

GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was waiting last night to hear whether he will be freed on parole in the next few days.

More than 140 suspected thugs, thieves and gang members were arrested by police in London today.

GREAT train robber Ronnie Biggs faces an agonising wait to learn if he will be freed from jail after his parole hearing adjourned without a result.

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs faces an agonising wait to learn if he will be freed from jail after his parole hearing adjourned without a result.

Former Sugababe Mutya Buena joins Britpop legend Jarvis Cocker on stage tonight for the UK’s largest concert against knife crime.

Former police chief Brian Paddick, tennis star Martina Navratilova and ex-MP Robert Kilroy-Silk will be joining Wags and faded pop and soap stars in the latest series of 'I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'.

MORE armed police officers will be deployed to the streets of south London in a bid to halt an “unprecedented” spate of shootings which has claimed the lives of three teenage boys.

UK Coffee shop owner Costa today said it planned to triple the number of outlets in the chain within the next three years.

A MAN who used a dead baby’s name for 23 years to live the life of a lord and has refused to reveal his true identity even to his own ex-wife and children may be hiding “a dark secret”, a detective said yesterday.

An engineer was gagged, bound and murdered just months after he called in anti-drugs officers to investigate tenants in his family home, police said tonight.

The Tories say the experiment in the decriminalisation of cannabis has allowed drug gangs to flourish.

French authorities say the body found in a lake near Dieppe is that of Bunmi Shagaya.

Police investigating the disappearance of Bunmi Shagaya are preparing to lift an object from the swimming area of the lake near Dieppe.