A man has been charged with attempted murder and assault in Derry.

Coronation Street actor Bill Roache has vowed to fight allegations that he raped a 15-year-old girl in 1967.

A man who handed his friend in to a police station while dressed as Batman has been charged with burglary in England.

The brother of athlete Oscar Pistorius is standing trial in South Africa today over the death of a woman in a road accident in 2008.

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has today been charged with driving while disqualified and without insurance, Cheshire Police have confirmed.

A man who was brought into a police station by a figure dressed as Batman is due before magistrates in the UK today.

Two suspected dissident republicans charged in connection with a mortar bomb find were refused bail today after a judge said they posed a serious risk to society.

A man will stand trial in England today accused of a public order offence after a bottle was thrown at the start of the men’s Olympic 100m final.

Lostprophets vocalist Ian Watkins is to appear before magistrates charged with child sex offences, police have said.

The continued intensive hunt for the body of missing girl April Jones in Wales is still targeting more than 300 separate search locations, police have revealed.

AS A HUGE fan of the immensely important work that Wikileaks has done in recent years, it has been depressing to watch the deranged cult that surrounds its founder sully its brand.

N-Dubz rapper Dappy will have his case heard in the Crown Court after being charged with affray over a fight at a petrol station which left three men with serious facial injuries.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London seeking political asylum, sources told the Press Association.

A gospel church in England was fined after nearby residents complained about its services being too noisy, it has been revealed today.

A student who mocked footballer Fabrice Muamba on Twitter after he collapsed during a match was jailed today for inciting racial hatred.

The brother of a former 'EastEnders' actress appeared in the dock today accused of murdering his sister and dumping her torso in a canal.

A woman and her partner have been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murder of her four-year-old son.

The captain of a cargo ship has pleaded guilty to being over the alcohol limit after his vessel and a ferry were in collision recently.

A woman was remanded in custody today charged with the murder of a 13-year-old girl who was found fatally stabbed in a park in Britain.

Chris Huhne resigned as Britain's Energy and Climate Change Secretary today after being charged with perverting the course of justice over allegations that he asked his ex-wife to take a speeding penalty for him.

A woman in Britain who killed a kitten in a microwave in revenge for its owner reporting her abusive partner to police was today jailed for 168 days.

A BARBER who callously shaved the word “fool” in inch-high letters on to the back of the head of a man with learning difficulties has been handed a community order.

THE trader accused of a $2.3 billion (€1.7bn) fraud at Swiss bank UBS is “sorry beyond words”, his lawyer said yesterday, as a court remanded him in custody for another month.

A man is to face a series of charges linked to rioting in Derry.

SOME of the Travellers staying at the British caravan site at the centre of a slavery investigation are normally resident in Ireland and have claimed no knowledge of what was going on under their noses.

Sixty people were arrested after far-right demonstrators clashed with police at protests in London yesterday.

A 27-YEAR-OLD nurse charged in connection with the deaths of five hospital patients at the centre of a tampering probe has been remanded in custody.

A man accused of stabbing his mother to death on Mother’s Day appeared in court today charged with her murder.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn today whether he is to remain in prison into the new year as British prosecutors attempt to prevent him being released on bail.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains in custody tonight after Swedish prosecutors appealed against a decision to grant him bail.

A BRITISH judge sent Julian Assange to jail yesterday, denying bail to the WikiLeaks founder who vowed to fight efforts to extradite him to Sweden in a sex-crimes investigation.

Scotland Yard has received the paperwork required to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, sources said tonight.

A pensioner has died after he was injured during an attempted robbery in west Belfast, police said today.

A man charged with serious sexual offences was accidentally released from prison in the North, officials said today.

The mother of a deceased toddler vigorously denied neglecting her child in the months before she was killed, a court heard today.

Pop star George Michael was jailed for eight weeks today after he admitted crashing his Range Rover while under the influence of cannabis.

Four men and a 16-year-old boy are due to appear in court in Belfast charged with a number of terrorism and firearms offences.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of firearms offences in connection with the Raoul Moat investigation, police said today.

Detectives in Britain were tonight trying to unravel a network of accomplices suspected of harbouring gunman Raoul Moat as he widened his deadly threats from police to the public.

Tottenham and England footballer Jermain Defoe is set to go on trial after the World Cup accused of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.

A man who worked at a British Airways call centre will appear in court in the UK today accused of terrorist offences.

A five-year-old girl who was rescued from a car that plunged into a UK river died today, police said.

A BRITISH poker champion accused of killing his wife then spending her money during a “playboy” weekend in Las Vegas fears he faces the death penalty in the US, a court heard yesterday.

A couple have been charged with abducting an eight-month-old boy who was found in a cathedral in Carlow, police in the UK said today.