Ugly scenes of violence, rioting and looting have spread across England since erupting three days ago.

Two British men who netted £250,000 (€286,520) after providing women with access to sperm through an illegal fertility company were spared an immediate jail term today.

TWO businessmen earned £250,000 (€300,000) through an illegal fertility company providing women with access to sperm donors, a court heard.

Military families gave a damning verdict on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's performance at the Iraq Inquiry today and accused him of being "smug".

A 19-year-old man was being questioned today on suspicion of murdering a schoolgirl stabbed to death as she walked home along an unlit riverside footpath in Britain.

A young woman, thought to be 19 years old, has been found murdered on a riverside footpath, police in the UK said today.

TENNIS ball bomber Neil Lewington is facing a life sentence after being convicted of planning a racist terror campaign.

Struggling UK roadside restaurant chain Little Chef could be sold for less than £10m (€14.8m) later today, it has been reported.

Four of the men who tortured schoolgirl Mary-Ann Leneghan before stabbing her to death have lodged appeals.

The judge in the case of murdered teenager Mary Ann Leneghan began his summing up today by telling the jury they must put all strong emotions aside when considering their verdict.

A Kosovan orphan accused of murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan told his social worker he had tortured her and her friend, a court heard today.

A teenager shot in the head beside her dying friend Mary-Ann Leneghan told a British court today that she had been the victim of a potentially fatal arson attack just a short time beforehand.

A jury trying six men accused of raping and murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan retraced her final steps today.

ONE of six men accused of murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan and attempting to murder another girl has admitted kidnapping the pair.

A JUDGE yesterday began the process of choosing a fresh jury to try six men charged with the rape and murder of teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan in Reading, England.

All 56 people known to have died in the London bombings have now been named.

The death toll from last week’s London suicide bombings stands at 55 today after another victim lost his fight for survival and his girlfriend was formally identified.

Police in the UK today said the confirmed number of people killed in the London bombs has risen to 53.

Police investigating the murder of teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan today charged a seventh man in connection with the killing.

A 23-year-old man was today remanded in custody charged with kidnapping and murdering British teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan.

A man will appear in court in the UK today accused of kidnapping and murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan.

Officers investigating the murder of Mary-Ann Leneghan, whose family is from Co Mayo, arrested a man in his 20s today, Thames Valley Police said.

A 16-year-old girl was killed and her 18-year-old friend was seriously injured after they were abducted and sexually and physically attacked by a gang of at least six men, police revealed tonight.

A number of people were hurt today when a coach overturned on the M4, Thames Valley Police said.

British police were today investigating what caused a fire in a parked car which killed two children.

Helen Adams has moved in with fellow Big Brother contestant Paul Clarke.

The mother of a British man being held in custody in Genoa following vicious rioting in the city insisted today her son had nothing to do with the violence.