A plot to make bombs by two teenage friends who discussed blowing up Buckingham Palace was foiled when they were discovered by one of their mothers.

The father of a mentally ill woman who killed herself days before going on trial for making a false rape claim has questioned the decision not to take legal action against Lord Janner because of his dementia.

UK Journalists should not be taken to court over paying officials for information if it is in the public interest, former director of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald has said.

Most of the UK journalists awaiting trial for paying public officials for scoops had their cases dropped today, signalling a major victory for critics of the controversial Operation Elveden police investigation.