The ringleader of a car-cloning gang was jailed for nine and a half years today, just hours after being caught by police at a holiday park while on the run.

Anne Kirkbride broke down in tears while filming scenes for her on-screen mother's funeral.

A FORMER British Airways steward who once conned more than £200,000 (€230,000) out of friends and colleagues has been jailed for life for murdering his partner.

A former Coronation Street star has been bailed by police after he was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm.

Police were today granted more time to question a teenager over the rape of three young girls who were playing in a park.

Detectives in England are tonight hunting a gang of 20 teenagers who attacked a man as he walked home with his two-year-old son.

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Police were today hunting thieves who stole a lorry packed with copies of the new Harry Potter blockbuster.

Thousands of copies of the new Harry Potter book worth around £70,000 (€100,000) have been stolen, British police revealed today.