A man is due in court in England charged with the murder of a woman whose headless torso was found in a suitcase.

Police in England are hunting a 57-year-old man in connection with a murder after a woman’s torso was found in a suitcase.

Hundreds of convicted sex offenders have gone missing across the UK, police have revealed.

A children’s doctor who abused 18 boys in his care has been jailed for 22 years after a judge described him as the worst paedophile he had ever seen.

A children’s doctor who abused 18 boys in his care has been jailed for 22 years after a judge described him as the worst paedophile he had ever seen.

A “callous and brutal” father who murdered his baby daughter by repeatedly biting, punching and shaking her has been jailed for life in the UK for a minimum of 22 years.

A man in England has been jailed for plotting to have his pregnant lover attacked to kill their unborn child.

The family of a man killed by a "remorseless" driver who was using two mobile phones at the wheel have pleaded with others not to repeat her stupidity.

An amnesia sufferer who had been unable to remember his own name after being found in a park in the UK has been identified following an appeal by doctors.

A hospital has launched an appeal to identify a man who cannot remember his own name.

A politician has called for cannabis coffee shops and social clubs to be allowed under his radical attempt to decriminalise the drug.

Five homes and an office were raided yesterday as part of a European-wide operation against a notorious Irish crime network.

Britain’s beleaguered towns and villages were dealt a further blow today as more rain battered the country and 200,000 householders were warned they could lose their home insurance policies.

Police were today investigating comments allegedly made on Twitter by BNP leader Nick Griffin about a gay couple at the centre of a landmark legal ruling.

Marussia test driver Maria De Villota has been taken to hospital with “life-threatening injuries” after suffering an accident in the UK this morning.

The parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have been contacted by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

Thousands of students across the UK have been staging sit-ins, walk-outs and demonstrations to show their opposition to the increase in tuition fees.

Detectives were today granted a further 36 hours to quiz a man arrested in connection with a murder in the North more than a decade ago.

Tornadoes ripped through parts of Britain today, leaving a trail of destruction behind them.

Bodies were discovered today in a helicopter which crashed with an honorary vice-president of Chelsea onboard.

Phillip Carter, who is missing following a helicopter crash, is an honorary vice-president of Chelsea and was on his way back from the club's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool.

A primary school caretaker was being questioned by detectives tonight over the recent series of seven letter bombings.

SOHAM killer Ian Huntley was officially "eliminated" as a suspect in the murder hunt just six days into the police investigation, a secret report revealed yesterday.

Police may interview Soham killer Ian Huntley in jail after he reportedly made a series of confessions in a taped interview, it emerged tonight.

Soham killer Ian Huntley claims it was his girlfriend Maxine Carr who orchestrated the cover-up of the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, it was reported today.

The door of the office of the Equestrian Federation of Ireland (EFI) in Kildare was forced and a cabinet rifled through during a break-in overnight.

Pat Finucane’s murder was one of the most notorious killings in Northern Ireland’s bloody history.

Soham murder Ian Huntley has admitted to his parents that he deliberately killed Jessica Chapman, it was reported today.

Lawyers acting for British Home Secretary David Blunkett intend to lodge a legal action against Humberside Police Authority today in the latest stage of a power struggle over the future of Chief Constable David Westwood.

British Home Secretary David Blunkett was tonight preparing for a High Court battle, which could come as early as Monday, over the future of Humberside’s Chief Constable David Woodward.

A BELEAGUERED was last night involved in a stand-off with the British Home Secretary who had ordered his suspension over the Soham debacle.

Cambridgeshire Police were today criticised for their handling of the Soham inquiry in a separate report carried out by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary.

The British police force that investigated the Soham murders faces a double barrage of criticism for its handling of Ian Huntley in two scathing reports expected out next week.

A POLICE report warning that Ian Huntley was a “serial sex attacker” would have been revealed if Lincolnshire Police had been asked for a vetting check, the Soham inquiry heard yesterday.

British detectives investigating allegations that disabled scientist Stephen Hawking had been abused today said they could find no evidence to substantiate the claims.

BRITISH police have interviewed scientist Professor Stephen Hawking over allegations he was physically abused

The headteacher who employed child killer Ian Huntley as a school caretaker was entering the glare of the Soham inquiry today.

The vetting of Ian Huntley to become a school caretaker was flawed at every basic stage, Cambridgeshire Chief Constable Tom Lloyd has admitted.

Vetting systems at Cambridgeshire Police had “weaknesses” and “shortcomings” at the time Ian Huntley was being checked, its chief constable admitted today.

THE Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Police accepts it is “more likely than not” that his force never asked Humberside Police to vet Soham killer Ian Huntley, the Bichard Inquiry heard yesterday.

The Chief Constable of the British police force that failed to keep records of a string of sex allegations against Ian Huntley was appearing before the Soham inquiry today.

A detective who decided no action should be taken against Ian Huntley over three separate allegations of underage sex stood by his decisions today.

The inquiry into how Soham child killer Ian Huntley got a job as a school caretaker, despite a string of sex allegations, was under way.

An investigation into allegations that disabled physicist Stephen Hawking has been assaulted or physically abused is likely to go on for several weeks, police sources said today.