Drayton Manor Theme Park in England will remain shut on Wednesday as a mark of respect after an 11-year-old schoolgirl died after falling from a water ride.

Latest: An 11-year-old girl has died after falling from a ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire Police said.

The parents of a one-year-old boy treated for heatstroke after being left in a locked car in England have been given police cautions.

A new program in the UK is to utilise virtual reality headsets to transport jurors to crime scenes so that they can better understand evidence presentations.

Shocking footage has been released showing a drunk lorry driver reversing along a busy British motorway forcing cars to dodge him.

Emergency services in England are dealing with a "serious collision" between a motorcycle and a fire engine.

A violent criminal who escaped from prison said he “wanted to test out the security” as he was tracked down in Spain.

Police are examining mobile phone footage following reports of racist and abusive behaviour by Chelsea fans on a train last night.

A man has died in England after he was shot with a Taser by police responding to reports of a house burglary.

Two luxury cars have been stolen from the home of Aston Villa striker Darren Bent.

A 53-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a blaze in a fireworks warehouse in the UK.

One person is unaccounted for after a large blaze broke out at a fireworks factory, police said tonight.

Football pundit Stan Collymore has re-activated his Twitter account and announced police have spoken to two teenagers about abuse he received online.

Twitter has insisted it has clear processes to help the police tackle racist abuse, after former England footballer Stan Collymore was subjected to death threats online.

Former footballer Stan Collymore has accused Twitter of “not doing enough” to combat abusive tweets on the social networking site after he was targeted by internet trolls.

A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody in England after appearing in court charged with the murder of an elderly man in the early hours of Christmas Day.

Police in the UK have arrested 23 fans after “disorder” following a football match.

British police have launched a criminal inquiry after a four-month-old baby boy was found with a dummy taped to his face at a scandal-hit hospital.

Several people were feared dead today after a crash on a busy motorway in England.

Police have released the name of a 22-year-old man who died at this year’s V Festival.

Police are investigating the “unexplained” death of a 20-year-old man at this year’s V Festival.

A passenger using an electronic cigarette which gives off a vapour caused armed police to swoop on a coach in a terror alert which closed a motorway in Britain for more than four hours.

A passenger using an electronic cigarette which gives off a vapour caused armed police to swoop on a coach in a terror alert which closed a motorway for more than four hours.

A law student who sent Stan Collymore a series of racist tweets has been spared jail.

A law student will appear in court today charged with racially abusing ex-footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter.

Police have begun an investigation after ex-Premier League star and football pundit Stan Collymore was allegedly the victim of racist abuse on Twitter.

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.

COUNTER terrorism police arrested 12 suspects in four cities yesterday over fears they were preparing to launch an attack.

Twelve men were arrested early today in a major national counter-terrorism operation in the UK, police said.

A MOTHER has confessed to killing her two children in a Spanish hotel room, court officials said yesterday.

A mother has confessed to killing her two children in a Spanish hotel room, court officials said today.

THE case of a family whose two children were found dead in a Spanish hotel room has been referred to Britain’s police watchdog.

A newborn baby boy died in hospital today after he was found outside an Islamic centre, a UK police spokesman said.

Stoke striker Ricardo Fuller was arrested after an incident at a nightclub yesterday morning, the football club said today.

Rail travellers in the UK faced long delays as services were suspended following a light aircraft crash today.

A bus driver today suffered a driving lesson disaster when he lost the roof of his double-decker.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of making bogus door-to-door collections in England for the fund set up to help find Madeleine McCann, it emerged today.

GAY and lesbian gardaí could be on the verge of gaining formal recognition within An Garda Síochána.

Police arrested two men after a goal-mouth melee following a Championship soccer match.

Four men arrested under anti-terror laws in Britain have been released without charge, police said today.

THE family of a woman whose body was stolen from a graveyard have received hate mail from animal rights extremists claiming to be in possession of her remains, it emerged yesterday.

Twenty England fans were in custody today after a second night of rioting on the Algarve in Portugal.

Three coaches taking British secondary school pupils to the annual Clotheshow Live exhibition were today involved in a major road pile-up.

Macedonian police will allow England fans who have bought tickets on the black market into the Euro 2004 qualifier in Skopje.