A private detective accused of exploiting the hunt for Madeleine McCann to fund his lavish lifestyle has been found dead.

Solicitors have called for a fresh criminal investigation into the alleged “suppression of forensic evidence” in the prosecution of the Guildford Four, more than 40 years ago.

A terrifying gang of teenage girls who battered a 14-year-old girl with a crowbar leaving her with "extremely serious" injuries have been sentenced.

A teenager responsible for killing a family's beloved cat and seriously injuring six others during a shooting spree has been jailed.

An urgent appeal has been launched in the UK following reports a boy was bundled into a van and abducted in Surrey.

Disgraced Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has pleaded guilty to 21 historical child sex offences as part of a police investigation into a youth disco.

Armed police and a helicopter have been scrambled to a residential road in England amid reports someone was seen with a firearm during a dawn raid.

Six people were injured in England when a large tree fell on to two passing cars, police said.

A teenage girl was stabbed and raped after a man dragged her from a Pizza Hut restaurant in front of terrified staff in a busy town centre in England.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at a house in a quiet English town.

A cyclist has been fined after being caught riding his bike the wrong way down a motorway in a bid to reach Heathrow Airport, police in England have said.

A woman died after a 4x4 careered into a number of pedestrians.

Serial killer’s account of the 14 hours during which he raped, tortured, and strangled teen finally revealed.

Police in England have urged people to stay away from an unlicensed rave.

Two children, aged one and six, and their mother have died in a fire at their mobile home in England.

Two young children and their mother have died in a fire at their mobile home in England.

A huge manhunt is under way for a Lithuanian builder following the double murder of a man and woman in a village house in England.

Four men have been arrested following an investigation into the sale of Rangers Football Club in 2011.

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Milly Dowler’s sister has slammed the “incestuous” relationship between Britain’s top politicians and the press as she spoke out in the wake of the first verdicts in the phone hacking trial.

Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing, has died aged 60, his family have announced.

An armed robber Michael Wheatley, known as the "Skull Cracker", who has been on the run in the UK has been found and two men are in custody in London, Kent police said

A man has been arrested in France in connection with the killings of a British engineer and his family.

A seven-year-old boy died and 17 people, including his parents and police officers, were taken to hospital after falling ill in a flood-hit town.

A seven-year-old boy has died in hospital after being taken unwell along with two adults, police have said.

The brother of a British engineer who was shot dead in the French Alps has been released from police bail.

Gatwick Airport chiefs face a possible investigation over the Christmas travel misery as more stormy weather is set to hit the UK.

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The brother of a British engineer shot dead with his wife and mother-in-law in the French Alps last year was arrested today on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

A 54-year-old man was arrested in England today in connection with the murders of three members of a British family and a French cyclist who were shot dead in the Alps in September last year.

A review into a police force’s contacts with Jimmy Savile has concluded that there is no evidence its officers protected him from arrest or prosecution.

Police in Britain have spoken to more than 30 former female pupils of a prestigious music school who have reported historic sexual abuse.

Former senior officers at Surrey Police appeared to be suffering from a “form of collective amnesia” after they failed to act on evidence of the alleged hacking of schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone during their 2002 investigation of her murder, the police watchdog has found.

Former senior officers at Surrey Police in England failed to act on evidence of the alleged hacking of schoolgirl Milly Dowler’s phone during their 2002 investigation of her murder, the police watchdog has found.

Motorists caught driving while using their mobile phones have blamed “ranting” ex-wives, over-zealous bosses and even childbirth for their offending behaviour, according to police.

N-Dubz rapper Dappy has been given a six-month sentence suspended for 18 months for assault and affray at Guildford Crown Court today for a brawl he sparked at a petrol station.

Over 50 of Jimmy Savile’s sex abuse victims will seek compensation from the BBC, the NHS, the disgraced TV presenter’s estate and other organisations, their lawyer has said.

Jimmy Savile was “one of the UK’s most prolific known sexual predators” who abused children as young as eight across six decades, a chilling report concluded today.

Women who claim they were abused by Jimmy Savile at a girls’ school were “delinquents” who were “looking for money” by making allegations against the late TV entertainer, their former headteacher has said.

The “best opportunity” to catch Jimmy Savile over abuse claims was missed by police who decided not to interview the former headteacher of a children’s home, it was claimed today.

Dozens of big name stars from the 1960s and 70s have contacted Max Clifford “frightened to death” they will become implicated in the widening Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal, the PR guru has claimed.

Seven alleged victims of Jimmy Savile made complaints to four separate police forces in the UK while the disgraced television presenter was alive.

Claims are being investigated that three doctors were involved in a network of child abusers connected with disgraced television presenter Jimmy Savile.

Information on three doctors who worked at hospitals where Jimmy Savile had links has been passed to police amid claims they were involved in a network of child abusers connected with the disgraced presenter.

The decision not to prosecute Jimmy Savile over abuse allegations in 2009 will come under the spotlight again after the Prime Minister said Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer will review legal papers from the case.

BBC boss George Entwistle will be quizzed about the corporation’s handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal by a committee of MPs today.

BBC Newsnight editor Peter Rippon has stepped aside after the corporation said his explanation of why the show dropped its investigation into the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal was “inaccurate or incomplete”.

A Panorama documentary will tonight plunge the BBC into fresh controversy by claiming the corporation pulled an investigation into the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal after coming under pressure from senior managers.

The BBC will broadcast a Panorama special examining Newsnight’s decision to drop an investigation into Jimmy Savile’s abuse of children.

Jimmy Savile’s alleged catalogue of abuse could have spanned six decades and included around 60 victims, police said.