A British council at the centre of a child sexual exploitation scandal has been condemned for giving a £40,000 pay-off to an official who quit following a damning report into the events.

Questions have been raised about British Government plans to introduce enhanced screening for Ebola at major airports and terminals, after Gatwick said it knew nothing about the measures.

Embattled South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner (PCC) Shaun Wright has cancelled a planned surgery today, saying no members of the public had booked an appointment.

The chief constable of South Yorkshire Police has apologised to Cliff Richard if the force was "insensitive" about the search of the singer’s home.

Pop star Cliff Richard will not become “embroiled” in a row between police and the BBC over coverage of the search of his home, his lawyers have said.

A child protection campaigner has warned that the sexual exploitation of youngsters in the UK is a much wider issue than had been acknowledged.

Britain’s approach to tackling child abuse is under fresh scrutiny after a shocking report found 1,400 youngsters in a town suffered sexual exploitation in a 16-year period.

Around 1,400 children were sexually exploited in one town in England over a 16-year period, a report said today.

Director general Tony Hall said BBC journalists "acted appropriately" in their coverage of the police raid on Cliff Richard’s flat following sexual assault allegations.

Director general Tony Hall said BBC journalists “acted appropriately” in their coverage of the police raid on Cliff Richard’s flat following sexual assault allegations.

Cliff Richard has turned down the freedom of his adopted Portuguese home city after finding himself at the centre of a police sex abuse investigation.

Cilla Black has rallied to the defence of fellow showbiz veteran Cliff Richard and said she thinks allegations that he sexually assaulted a boy in the 1980s are "without foundation".

Cliff Richard has pulled out of a charity event after finding himself at the centre of a police sex abuse investigation.

Cilla Black has rallied to the defence of fellow showbiz veteran Cliff Richard and said she thinks allegations that he sexually assaulted a boy in the 1980s are “without foundation”.

The British Government should take steps to claw back some of the pay-off given to a former council chief executive who presided over a sickening grooming scandal, an MP has said.

One of Scotland Yard’s most senior police officers will be quizzed by MPs over the investigation into the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

More than 2,400 police officers could face investigation over the Hillsborough disaster, the British police watchdog confirmed today.

South Yorkshire Police will take just two weeks to give the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) the names and addresses of up to 1,000 officers who were on duty on the day of the Hillsborough disaster.

In the UK, senior executives from private security firm G4S will be grilled by MPs later over its failure to honour its contract for London 2012.

Theresa May was accused of giving MPs a “selective account” about when she knew G4S were having problems supplying enough guards to secure the Olympics.

The parents of an Indian engineering student who was shot dead in Britain on St Stephen's Day will make an emotional visit to the scene of his murder today.

The riots that spread across English cities this summer might have been avoided if police had “appreciated the magnitude of the task”, the head of a Commons committee said today.

Amy Winehouse’s father said the foundation he plans to set up in her name to support people struggling with drink and drugs would “help thousands of people”.

The father of singer Amy Winehouse today pleaded with the British government to reform drug rehabilitation centres for youngsters in memory of his daughter.

Britain’s biggest police force was in turmoil tonight after another senior officer fell on his sword over the phone-hacking scandal.

Detectives have told a cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes his number was found on the phone hacking list of a News of the World private investigator.

One of Britain's top policemen said today that he was "99% certain" his phone had been hacked, as MPs grilled him about his decision not to reopen the investigation into the scandal.

The company that supplied the Taser guns used by police in the stand-off with gunman Raoul Moat breached its licence, sources confirmed today.

Some police actions during the G20 protests risked undermining the sacrifice of officers who have given their lives protecting the public, the police watchdog warned today.

BRITAIN’S chief prosecutor and ex-government legal adviser dealt new blows yesterday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s faltering plans to tighten terrorism laws, saying tougher measures are not needed and are likely to stir ill feelings in Muslim communities.

Gordon Brown’s controversial proposals to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects were hit with a fresh blow today when former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith said he had seen no evidence to justify going beyond 28 days.

One of the world’s most eminent scientists is at the centre of a row after reportedly claiming black people are less intelligent than whites.