Twelve years ago today, Madeleine McCann disappeared in Praia da Luz, Portugal.

A retired policewoman who worked with Scotland Yard has told of her meetings with Mary Lowry which led to vital evidence about the murder of Bobby Ryan.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

The former husband of a British woman detained in Dubai for calling his new wife a "horse" had reported her to British police for alleged harassment nearly four years ago, it has emerged.

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Police said they have been taken to hospital but are not in a life-threatening condition.

All the packages were capable of igniting a small fire when opened, police said

A dedicated Garda internet unit would allow it to refer greater volumes of takedown requests to companies concerning online terrorist material, according to the EU’s counter-terrorism chief.

A schoolgirl who sparked an international hunt after she left the UK for Poland has been found.

A wealthy antiques dealer has admitted the murder of his seven-year-old daughter, dramatically changing his plea on the third day of his trial.

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Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned alongside her father in England last month, said she has found herself in a "totally different life" as she continues to recover from the nerve agent attack.

Investigators are removing the bench where poisoned former Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found.

The bodies of two young boys and their father were discovered at the foot of cliffs on the south coast an hour before their mother was found dead more than 80 miles away.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has vowed that Britain will respond "robustly" if evidence of state responsibility emerges after a Russian double agent was left fighting for his life following suspected exposure to an unknown substance.

The inventor of the wind-up radio, Trevor Baylis, has died aged 80.

A 25-year-old man, believed to be a model, has died after being assaulted and stabbed in west London.

Scotland Yard is urgently reviewing around 30 sex cases due to go to trial in the UK after the collapse of two rape prosecutions in the past week.

A murder investigation has started in the UK after a teenage boy was stabbed to death, the Metropolitan Police said.

A man was arrested as police in London clashed with a crowd ahead of Chelsea's Champion League match against Roma.

Nine females - three aged 11 - have been approached and sexually touched by an attacker in the last three months, UK police have said.

British police are investigating an allegation of sexual assault involving Harvey Weinstein from the 1980s, sources said.

A woman has been charged by police in England after being arrested while trying to scale the front gates of Buckingham Palace in London.

A man arrested after a minicab crash sparked a terror alert in London's museum district has been released by police.

A woman has been arrested after attempting to scale the front gates of Buckingham Palace, Scotland Yard said.

Eleven people have been injured and a man detained by police after a car ploughed into pedestrians in one of London's busiest tourist areas, sparking a terror alert.

Here's your lunchtime news bulletin.

Six people have been reported injured in a suspected noxious substance attack at an east London shopping centre, police said.

A newborn baby is being treated in hospital after being abandoned in a park wrapped in a white blanket.

A manhunt has been launched after a bomb was detonated in a terror attack on a packed London Underground train.

Latest: London Police are reviewing CCTV in the hunt for those responsible for the terrorist blast on a tube train this morning.

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of public order offences after thousands of Cologne fans turned up to the Emirates Stadium for their side's Europa League game against Arsenal.

Prince George is expected to return to school as normal after a woman was arrested on suspicion of trying to break in.

A man has been injured by a small power explosion on one of the country's busiest shopping streets, police said.

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann have been offered fresh hope after police asked for more funds to keep the investigation alive.

Police have issued a warning about ecstasy pills after a woman died and two men taken to hospital after taking the drugs.

A takeaway delivery driver has had a corrosive substance squirted in his face by an attacker who demanded money in east London.

Fans at the Oval cricket ground in England have been evacuated after what was described as a "crossbow bolt" was fired on to the pitch.

Play has been suspended in Surrey's County Championship clash with Middlesex after a "crossbow bolt landed on the square" at The Oval.

A man found with a large blade outside Buckingham Palace is being questioned by counter-terror police.

A man has been arrested outside Buckingham Palace on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault after two officers were injured, Scotland Yard said.

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to ask for more funds to extend their search, it has been reported.

Police hunting a jogger who knocked a woman into the path of a bus on Putney Bridge have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, Scotland Yard said.

Over the last several years, there has been numerous reports of buildings, built primarily during the boom, not meeting fire safety or other building regulations or being deemed unsafe, writes Paul Mills,