A pensioner dubbed the Beast of Wombwell has been found guilty of raping an 18-year-old woman weeks before he raped and killed a 14-year-old girl more than 45 years ago.

As political zeal trumps economic interest, there may be full rupture between England and the EU, writes Denis MacShane

In footage he is seen sitting in what appears to be a laundry room of Moorland Prison, South Yorkshire.

Former Premier League referee Howard Webb has been hired to oversee the introduction of video assistant referees (VARs) to Major League Soccer in the US.

When I read a review of Anthony Clavane’s new book last weekend, the sketchy outline convinced me immediately it had to be read.

"I should have had a pizza or had a kebab …"

At 73, the veteran singer still loves the buzz of playing to a live audience, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler.

The brother of three men who were given substantial jail sentences for sexually exploiting teenage girls in the Yorkshire town of Rotherham has been sent to prison for 19 years.

Saxon and their frontman Biff Byford have survived nearly 40 years as a band and are still going strong, writes Ed Power

Isobel was told at CUMH that her baby would either die in the womb or an hour after being born. She decided to go to England for a termination but was appalled by the service and her treatment there, writes Alison O’Connor

Jo Cox was planning to launch a report in Britain's Parliament on the dangers of nationalist radicals, according to reports.

The search is on for information or descendants of Irishmen killed 150 years ago in the worst mining disaster in English history.

There were eight races at yesterday’s well-attended Dawstown point-to-point fixture, run under the auspices of the Muskerry Foxhounds, at Birch Hill outside Grenagh and Cloneen Choice showed abundant reserves of stamina to record his third success of the season in the winners of two.

Lawyers acting for the families of the Hillsborough disaster victims are to press ahead with legal action against South Yorkshire Police and West Midlands Police over the “widespread police cover-up” which had attempted to blame fans.

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Never give up.

A man has described how he dragged a badly injured woman police officer into his home by her body armour after witnessing a frenzied attack on her by a man wielding a axe.

Vardy has recovered from a minor groin surgery in time for tonight's big game.

Everton 1 Crystal Palace 1: Romelu Lukaku’s 50th goal in Everton blue rescued a point for Roberto Martinez’s side as both clubs continued their chase for European football in this most unpredictable of Premier League seasons.

Police involved in a major operation to tackle an ongoing feud in England which saw two teenagers’ skulls being stolen from a grave have found two sub-machine guns and ammunition.

A polar bear is settling in to his new home in Doncaster after an unexpected encounter with a group of shocked refugees in Calais.

As he prepares to launch his tour in Killarney, veteran pop star Cliff Richard has learned that police have dropped an inquiry into one sex abuse allegation.

Only a small fraction of more than 1,400 victims who were sexually exploited as children in Rotherham over a 16-year period have come forward for help, according to a lawyer representing survivors.

Tony Christie pays homage to his Mayo roots with a new album, writes Ed Power

A 17-year-old girl whose leg was amputated after a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers initially needed a machine to keep her alive in intensive care, her brother said.

The family of a 17-year-old girl injured in a rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers have thanked medics for saving her life after she had one of her legs amputated.

Fat and unfit police must improve their physical condition or “we haven’t got a job for them”, Britain’s most senior officer has said.

Crystal Palace 1 Swansea 0: Marouane Chamakh fired a rare goal to complete Alan Pardew’s fairytale return to Crystal Palace, but it was a bitter-sweet experience for the Moroccan, who later had to be helped off with a hamstring injury.

Convictions for crimes under a law used to prosecute internet trolls have increased eightfold in a decade, UK figures reveal.

Convictions for crimes under a law in England used to prosecute internet “trolls” have increased eight-fold in a decade, official figures reveal.

Nothing was done about child sexual exploitation (CSE) in South Yorkshire, England, because the girls involved were seen as prostitutes, a police commissioner has said.

Nick Clegg said he was confident of remaining an MP despite a poll putting Labour ahead by two points in his constituency.

Zarwaan is proving popular with punters ahead of the Betway Lincoln after Ed Dunlop indicated he was leaning towards running the four-year-old at Doncaster rather than in the Irish equivalent on Sunday.

A “cruel, money-grabbing” prostitute has been jailed for 16 years after confessing to killing her partner who has been missing since New Year’s Day 2010.

Rio Ferdinand and Mauricio Isla came into the QPR starting line-up as head coach Chris Ramsey took on former club Tottenham.

The police investigation into veteran singer Cliff Richard has “increased significantly in size” and involves “more than one allegation”, South Yorkshire’s Chief Constable has revealed.

The team news for tonight's Premier League games.

The number of victims in the Rotherham sex exploitation scandal may be even more than the 1,400 children identified in a damning report, according to the town's MP and a project which tried to tackle the problem.

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Child protection systems in Britain must be reviewed following alarming evidence that organised abuse is widespread in England in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, MPs have said.

A British council at the centre of a child sexual exploitation scandal has been condemned for giving a £40,000 pay-off to an official who quit following a damning report into the events.

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