Police in England are investigating a possible hate crime after reports that anti-Islamic letters were posted across the country.

Five males including three children were killed last night in Leeds when a stolen car collided with a tree.

An RTÉ employee will appear before a court in Leeds today charged with inciting sexual activity with an underage girl.

"It is no exaggeration to say those who witnessed this incident will have been deeply traumatised by what they saw.

Sports Direct's under fire chairman Keith Hellawell has escaped a full-blown investor revolt after the majority of independent shareholders backed his re-election.

Mike Ashley's Sports Direct has been accused of reneging on a promise to offer guaranteed hours to staff on zero hour contracts in a fresh blow to the company ahead of its annual meeting.

The Yorkshire Ripper has said he never attacked or murdered any men in a letter about two unsolved cases.

Bernard Kenny, who tried to stop a right-wing extremist from murdering British MP Jo Cox, has died.

"Whilst his hardworking and honest colleagues were doing all they could to take illegal drugs off of the streets he was stealing them back and seeking to redistribute them."

A gun has been found in the car a 28-year-old man was travelling in when he was shot dead by police during a "pre-planned" operation on a motorway slip road, the police watchdog has said.

An urgent search is under way in England for the mother of a newborn baby left outside a vicarage in a supermarket bag.

Gangs of bikers and youths pelting fireworks caused Halloween chaos for emergency services across the UK and Northern Ireland.

A boy who died after being bitten by a dog was three years old, police in England have said.

A 52-year-old man has died in England after being attacked by a dog which had been returned to its owner despite concerns that it was dangerous.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Traffic in a British city centre has been brought to a standstill by a man who climbed a lamppost and refused to come down.

A man has been arrested in England over a sex attack on an eight-year-old girl in a Greggs bakery shop.

A teenage schoolboy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in front of pupils in a classroom in a row over a mobile phone.

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The death of a four-year-old boy who was starved to death by his mother and left to decompose in his cot was not something police “could have reasonably been expected to predict or prevent”, the police watchdog has found.

The North’s deputy chief constable has rejected claims officers have deliberately delayed the disclosure of top secret material for legacy inquests to protect former colleagues.

Police are reconstructing the unsolved 20-year-old murder of a 13-year-old girl using Twitter to try and find her killer.

A married couple and their two teenage daughters have been named as the four people whose bodies were found at a house.

Four people have been found dead in a house, police have said.

The Metropolitan Police specialist protection command and West Yorkshire Police will conduct a review of the "incident" in Leeds in which David Cameron was apparently accidentally "shoved" by a man as he left the Civic Hall, Scotland Yard said.

An inquiry has been demanded into a security breach which saw a member of the public collide with British Prime Minister David Cameron today.

THE VOYAGE

Members of the gardaí and navy have started unloading the one tonne haul of cocaine seized on a yacht off the Cork coast in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Three men, believed to be British, are being questioned by Irish drugs squad officers today after a yacht was intercepted with a suspected cargo of cocaine believed to be worth around €80m.

A police investigation has been launched in Britain after a death threat aimed at controversial MP George Galloway was sent to the Houses of Parliament.

The Respect Party has released a photo of controversial MP George Galloway’s battered face after he was beaten up in the street.

Police in England have charged five boys with rape, they said last night.

Police chiefs have handed Leeds United more than £1.2m after the High Court ruled that the Championship football club had been overcharged for policing at home games, a judge has heard.

A Facebook troll who posted an offensive message about a teacher who was stabbed to death in her classroom in England has been jailed for six weeks.

Teacher Ann Maguire, who was stabbed to death in her classroom, died from “shock and haemorrhage” following an injury to her neck that severed her jugular vein, an inquest has been told.

Former Leeds managing director David Haigh today gave a “full statement” to police relating to the installation of surveillance equipment at Elland Road, claiming it was put there in response to reports of Class A drug use in the boardroom.

A 42-year-old man has admitted posting abusive Twitter messages about the murder of school teacher Ann Maguire.

A 15-year-old boy accused of stabbing teacher Ann Maguire to death in her classroom has been remanded in custody by British police.

The husband and daughters of a teacher who was stabbed to death in her classroom have seen the 15-year-old boy accused of her murder appear in court.

A much-loved teacher who was knifed in front of pupils in England died from multiple stab wounds, a post-mortem examination has confirmed.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a long-serving teacher was repeatedly stabbed to death at a school in front of her pupils.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a long-serving teacher was repeatedly stabbed to death at a school in front of her pupils.

About 100 firefighters are tackling a huge blaze at a building used for storing chemicals on the edge of Leeds city centre.

Police have begun an investigation at Leeds United after spy cameras were apparently found at the Elland Road stadium in a security sweep ordered by controversial new boss Massimo Cellino.