A married father-of-three has admitted sexually attacking a horse in England.

More than a dozen women have contacted police in England fearing they were targeted by a night stalker rapist who is due to be sentenced for attacks spanning nearly 30 years.

A robber who boasted about plans for an armed robbery in England on Facebook has been jailed for four years.

A second pilot in three days has been arrested by British police over concerns about alcohol levels in his body, it has emerged.

Police in England investigating an armed raid on a bank have arrested a man.

Police are hunting a pensioner who tried to hold up a bank at gun point.

A two-year-old girl has died after a fire surround fell on her in her home.

A woman has appeared in court in connection with 24 abuse offences against children, including rape and sexual assault.

The town of Newry is reeling, after the death of one of the North's wealthiest businessmen.

One of the people killed when a helicopter crashed in thick fog in the UK was Northern Irish businessman Eddie Haughey, according to reports.

Four people are believed to have died after a civilian helicopter crashed in thick fog in Britain tonight.

Thieves have stolen a hive containing thousands of sleeping bees.

Thieves have stolen belongings salvaged from a home which fell into the sea after a tidal surge hit the east coast.

Flood waters are reported to be receding after the worst tidal surge for more than 60 years hit coastal towns along the east coast of Britain.

A police force in the UK has told members of the public to ignore people dressed as clowns if they meet them in the street.

Detectives in the UK are hunting two men dressed as Oompa-Loompas who were responsible for a city-centre assault.

Norwich have reported four separate incidents of actual or alleged racist abuse towards their player Sebastien Bassong to police, the club have announced in a statement.

British police investigating the discovery of a body on the Queen’s estate have said identification could take another three days.

Police in Britain will take no further action against a youth who advertised the teeth and jaw of a dead whale for sale on Facebook.

A DETECTIVE has warned that social networking sites are increasingly hampering major police investigations.

A woman whose body was found in a pub freezer was shot in the head, police in Britain said today.

AN independent review will investigate the allegations made by climate change “sceptics” that a series of stolen emails showed scientists were manipulating data, the university at the centre of the row said yesterday.

A DOOR-TO-DOOR salesman assaulted a potential customer after suffering repeated rejection in his attempts to shift double glazing and conservatories, police said yesterday.

A 21-YEAR-OLD Irishman will appear before magistrates today charged with offences involving young girls.

POLICE are trying to trace the owner of €65,400 mistakenly sent to a 16-year-old boy who bought a Playstation Two for £95 on eBay.

The estranged wife of the man suspected of being involved in the disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann tonight said she was “assisting police in any way she could”.

The father of a prostitute murdered four years ago said he could see “lots of similarities” between his daughter’s death and the murders of prostitutes in Ipswich.

POLICE are investigating the death of a man who cut the lines of his parachute after jumping from an aircraft.

Police foiled a fathers’ rights protest in Britain aimed at disrupting the Queen’s Christmas church service today.

A PENSIONER who uses a coffin as a coffee table in his lounge was visited by the police after two women saw it at his house.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of a seven-year-old boy missing for two days were today following up several potential sightings of the youngster on the day he went missing.

The father of a missing seven-year-old boy said today he was exhausted after searching for his son all through the night.

Five people, including two children, were killed by falling trees and debris as gale force winds caused chaos across Britain, emergency services said today.

The search was continuing today for the helicopter which crashed into the North Sea, killing five people and leaving another six feared dead.

Mechanical failure was tonight being blamed for a helicopter crash in the North Sea, which killed five people and left another six feared dead.

British police have confirmed that author and academic Winfried Georg Sebald has died in a road accident.

Police investigating the murder of Northern Ireland human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson were tonight continuing to question a top loyalist.

A mother and daughter have appeared in court in the North on paramilitary-related charges.

Two men have been arrested by police investigating the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, police said.

Two men have been arrested by police investigating the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson, police said tonight.