Former England footballer Adam Johnson has been jailed for six years for engaging in sexual activity with a besotted 15-year-old fan after a judge was told he was also arrested for possessing extreme pornography.

Police involved in a major operation to tackle an ongoing feud in England which saw two teenagers’ skulls being stolen from a grave have found two sub-machine guns and ammunition.

Footballer Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under 16 and one of grooming.

Police have arrested five people after a rabbit was stolen from a hutch then taken to a party and allegedly set on fire and thrown from a window.

‘FLYING DRESS’

A man is critically ill in hospital with head injuries after an incident with a stun gun at a cattle market, police in Britain said today.

Police have recovered Chinese treasures worth more than £2 million (€2.42m) that were stolen in a well-planned heist earlier this month.

Police in the UK have released photographs of two men wanted in connection with a well-planned raid on a museum in which treasures worth more than £2m (€2.4m) were stolen.

A MAN who shot his partner and two other women before killing himself had his guns taken from him by police three years ago amid concerns for the state of his mind, it has emerged.

THE debate over tightening Britain’s gun laws is set to intensify after it emerged a man who shot himself after killing three women on New Year’s Day was a licensed holder of firearms.

A man who shot himself after killing three women in England on New Year’s Day was a licensed holder of firearms, it has emerged.

Four people have been found dead in a house in the north-east of England following a shooting.

UK Police officers have bought 10,000 sweets to hand out to students to remind them to keep the noise down when returning home from a night out.

Detectives are investigating after the daughter of 'Dragons' Den' star Duncan Bannatyne was threatened on Twitter.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has accused the supporters who invaded the pitch during the team's pre-season friendly at Darlington yesterday of "truly appalling behaviour".

Three people who were arrested after a pitch invasion during a pre-season friendly match have been charged by British police.

An investigation was under way today after a 44-year-old man died at a police station in the UK.

Howard Johnson today spoke of his horror after armed raiders held him and his wife at gunpoint and robbed them of more than £100,000.

One person died and several passengers were injured today in a crash between two buses.

Former England football star Paul Gascoigne has been arrested for the second time in two days.

A MAN accused of stealing a priceless first edition work of Shakespeare arrived at court dressed in Highland tartan yesterday.

A man armed with a crossbow fired bolts and made threats to kill police before he was shot dead today by marksmen, an eye-witness has said.

A SCHOOLGIRL who police fear has run away with a man she met on the internet has been spotted on a ferry travelling to France, police said yesterday.

A 385-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago, valued $30 million (€18.86m), has been recovered after a man walked into a library in Washington and asked to have it authenticated.

Controversial snooker legend Alex Higgins attacked a referee at an exhibition match against Jimmy White which was arranged to raise cash for young players, it was revealed today.

UP TO 200 teenagers from across Britain trashed a family house while the parents were away after their daughter advertised the bash on the MySpace internet site, police said yesterday.

FORGET high-tech gatsos, the latest weapon in the fight against speeding motorists is a scarecrow called Nancy.

A 25-year-old man whose body was found on farmland died in a parachuting accident, police said tonight.

A British schoolboy who was placed on the sex offender register after admitting to “smacking girls’ bottoms and pinching bra straps” was today learning whether he has won a High Court challenge over the blacklisting of unconvicted juvenile offenders.

Police and safety experts have begun an investigation after a factory worker was found dead in a piece of machinery, police said today.

Six men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop in north-east England have been released without charge by police.

Three men arrested in an anti-terrorism swoop in north-east England were released without charge tonight, police said.

British anti-terrorism detectives questioning six men arrested in North East England have been granted more time to hold the suspects.

A 15-year-old youth has been charged with attempted rape.

A runaway "Romeo and Juliet" have turned up safe and well at home.