The Crown Prosecution Service has defended the decision to prosecute the former England captain John Terry after he was acquitted today of an aggravated public order offence against Anton Ferdinand.

Footballer John Terry has been cleared of hurling a racist obscenity at Anton Ferdinand. Here are some of the highs and lows of his career.

England skipper John Terry has vowed to clear his name after being charged with racially abusing Queens Park Rangers player Anton Ferdinand.

The Crown Prosecution Service in the UK has decided to charge Chelsea captain John Terry with racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.

Police in Britain have passed a file on John Terry’s alleged racial slur towards Anton Ferdinand to prosecutors.

Rock star Pete Doherty could be charged with offences linked to a hit-and-run which left a man in a critical condition, sources close to the investigation said today.

The British authorities have dropped plans to extradite two IRA men who escaped from London's Brixton prison 18 years ago, it was confirmed today.

A FORMER civil servant who wrote an internet article imagining the kidnap, rape and murder of the pop group Girls Aloud was cleared of obscenity yesterday.

A 39-year-old man will appear in court today charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of Shannon Matthews in the UK.

A 39-year-old man was tonight charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of Shannon Matthews in England.

The former KGB officer named as a suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London last year said today the British Government’s case against him has collapsed and called the dead man a “traitor”.

ENTERTAINER Michael Barrymore yesterday walked free from a police station, after lawyers said there was no “realistic prospect” of convicting him of sexually assaulting or murdering a man found dead at his home six years ago.

Diplomatic relations with Russia will come under increasing strain today amid promises of retaliation for the expulsion of four of its UK diplomats.

A DATE has been set for an auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia, which was confiscated from a thief, it was announced yesterday.

A Russian who met Alexander Litvinenko in London with the man British authorities accuse of murdering the former KGB spy said in an interview broadcast tonight that he could also be accused.

A Russian who met Alexander Litvinenko in London with the man British authorities accuse of murdering the former KGB spy said in an interview broadcast tonight that he could also be accused.

A date has been set for an auction of Elvis Presley memorabilia which was confiscated from a thief in England, it was announced today.

EastEnders star Mohammed George has been suspended from the soap for two months after getting a police caution for assaulting his girlfriend.

Supermodel Kate Moss will not be charged over claims that she took cocaine, prosecutors announced today.

Lawyers for the family of Jean Charles de Menezes are today expected to be updated on the investigation into his fatal shooting by armed police.

Two Premiership footballers questioned by police investigating the alleged “gang rape” of a 17-year-old girl will not be charged, it was reported today.