Elphicke, 48, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 6.

Fashion designer Khalid Al Qasimi - a Middle Eastern crown prince - has died in "unexpected circumstances" at an apartment in London.

Donald Trump has called Sadiq Khan "a disaster" in response to violence in London, where three men were killed in separate attacks in less than 24 hours.

The assault on Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend Chris happened on the top of a double-decker London night bus when they refused to kiss on a bus.

A man who set himself on fire outside of the White House yesterday has died from his injuries.

Police said they have been taken to hospital but are not in a life-threatening condition.

Birmingham City fan Paul Mitchell, 27, has been jailed at Birmingham Magistrates' Court for 14 weeks for assaulting Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish.

A newborn baby was found abandoned in a shopping bag in an east London park as temperatures approached freezing.

Fulham's Aboubakar Kamara was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and criminal damage after a fight at the club's training ground.

The BBC has said it will not challenge a High Court judge's ruling after it lost a legal battle with Mr Richard Richard over its coverage of a police raid on his home.

Yulia Skripal has said her strength is "growing daily" after the nerve agent attack which left her and her father in intensive care.

A man in his 20s has died after being stabbed in Hackney, London, on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.

Detectives in England have released a CCTV still of a man suspected of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

Investigators are removing the bench where poisoned former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found.

Police in England are investigating a possible hate crime after reports that anti-Islamic letters were posted across the country.

The bodies of two young boys and their father were discovered at the foot of cliffs on the south coast an hour before their mother was found dead more than 80 miles away.

The inventor of the wind-up radio, Trevor Baylis, has died aged 80.

Blizzards are hitting parts of the UK, as freezing conditions and heavy snow cause deaths and wreak disruption.

A policeman has appeared at a disciplinary hearing, accused of taking a tin of biscuits belonging to a colleague.

A second man has been arrested in connection with a car crash that killed three teenage boys in England after he handed himself in to police.

West Ham are expected to issue a stadium ban to one of their supporters if it is determined comments were made about the death of the baby son of West Brom midfielder Jake Livermore.

Panic descended on London's Oxford Street during the post-Christmas sales after shoppers mistakenly thought they heard gunfire, leaving one woman injured when a window smashed.

Damian Green has been sacked from the British Government by Theresa May and admitted he made "misleading" statements about allegations pornography was found on his Commons computer in 2008.

Scotland Yard is urgently reviewing around 30 sex cases due to go to trial in the UK after the collapse of two rape prosecutions in the past week.

A gang of armed robbers in the UK held a man hostage for two days, stripping him naked and beating him before raiding his parents' home.

Lawyers acting for the man convicted of murdering Lin and Megan Russell in England in 1996 say they have new evidence of his innocence, including a "very detailed confession" to the killings from serial killer Levi Bellfield.

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A car which was being chased by police in England has run down and injured a female pedestrian.

Seventy people and a stillborn baby make up the final death toll in the Grenfell Tower fire, police have confirmed.

Theresa May is attempting to stem the tide of sleaze engulfing Westminster as her most senior Cabinet minister faces questioning over allegations made against him.

Fresh sleaze allegations hit the British government as Westminster's swirl of sexual harassment claims continued to spiral.

A seven-year-old girl who suffered "critical injuries" in an incident at a house on Friday morning has died in hospital, police said.

Heathrow is "completely secure", the airport's chief executive has said following reports that a memory stick found in the street contained sensitive information about the flight hub.

A murder investigation has started in the UK after a teenage boy was stabbed to death, the Metropolitan Police said.

A man was arrested as police in London clashed with a crowd ahead of Chelsea's Champion League match against Roma.

British police are investigating an allegation of sexual assault involving Harvey Weinstein from the 1980s, sources said.

A woman has been arrested after attempting to scale the front gates of Buckingham Palace, Scotland Yard said.

Eleven people have been injured and a man detained by police after a car ploughed into pedestrians in one of London's busiest tourist areas, sparking a terror alert.

More than £11m (€12.5m) has been spent on the probe to find the missing girl, who vanished from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal 2007.

Six people have been reported injured in a suspected noxious substance attack at an east London shopping centre, police said.

A neighbour in England said she smelled a "weird barbecue" in the garden where a badly burned body was found.

There are fears of a chemical incident in south London after residents were rushed to hospital with nausea and vomiting.

A 14-year-old girl was raped in a south-east London park in broad daylight.

Theresa May has raised concerns with Donald Trump over his claim that the perpetrators of the Parsons Green Tube bombing had been "in the sights" of Scotland Yard.