A gang of thieves targeted an 86-year-old widow shopping in a supermarket in England and then squandered her life savings on cars and fast food, police said.

A gang of thieves targeted an 86-year-old widow shopping in a supermarket in England and then squandered her life savings on cars and fast food, police said.

A measure of London home-price changes fell to its weakest since the financial crisis as the UK’s vote to leave the EU sent shock waves across the nation.

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More than 100 cinemas in the UK and Ireland will be screening the upcoming special episode of Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, on January 1st, 2016.

A senior Ukip official has denied a claim that he sexually harassed one of the party’s most high-profile women candidates.

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A woman who killed her two children while suffering post-natal depression told a court today she was “a good mum”.

Department store Debenhams hailed a resurgent year on the UK high street as it announced plans to open another 17 British stores over the next five years.

Department store Debenhams hailed a resurgent year on the high street as it announced plans to open another 17 UK stores over the next five years.

With the Games just around the corner and tickets all but sold out, Brian Canty looks at how you can watch it on the cheap in London

Chelsea have failed in their bid to build a new stadium at Battersea Power Station.

A Canadian woman has been remanded in custody charged with murdering her baby son and daughter in west London.

Scotland Yard was under the spotlight today after facing fresh allegations of racism amongst its officers.

CRICKET has become complacent and has to do more to combat the “massive problem” of corruption in the sport, the game’s former anti-corruption chief warned yesterday, after three Pakistan players were jailed in London for spot-fixing.

A London council tenant whose son has been charged in connection with riots in London is facing eviction, a council said today.

Shops across London closed their doors early today amid fears of further rioting.

Mark Owen has sold his London home for £1.5m.

Fulham have completed the signing of Aston Villa midfielder Steve Sidwell.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed to "continue his work and protest his innocence" after being released on bail tonight.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will learn today whether he is to remain in prison into the new year as British prosecutors attempt to prevent him being released on bail.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange remained in a British jail last night after the Swedish authorities appealed against a decision to grant him bail.

A WOMAN with stubble who is undergoing a sex change appeared in court yesterday accused of pushing a cross-dresser under a train.

Sugababe Amelle Berrabah was banned from driving for 14 months today after admitting drink-driving.

British Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has become a victim of crime after his mobility scooter was vandalised, it was reported today.

Mark Owen and his wife Emma Ferguson have reunited and are reportedly trying for a third child.

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GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs was waiting last night to hear whether he will be freed on parole in the next few days.

GORDON RAMSAY was forced to defend his reputation yesterday after it was revealed he uses ready-made food at one of his restaurants and in his gastropubs.

Gordon Ramsay was today forced to defend his reputation today after it was revealed he uses ready-made food at one of his restaurants and in his gastropubs.

Detectives who discovered the dismembered corpse of a British teenager in a suitcase in Brazil were today searching for her remaining body parts.

Americans remembered Martin Luther King’s dream of social justice on the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination today.

Former champion heavyweight boxer James Oyebola died today after his life support machine was switched off.

Irish property investment and development company Real Estate Opportunities Ltd (REO) has exchanged contracts to purchase Battersea Power Station and its surrounding lands in London from the Hwang family for £400m (€592m).

THE Sun's editor Rebekah Wade was questioned by police yesterday following an alleged attack on her EastEnders hardman husband Ross Kemp.

Sun newspaper editor Rebekah Wade has been released from custody following her arrest for allegedly assaulting her EastEnders star husband Ross Kemp, police said today.

Police investigating the failed London bombings tonight released a new CCTV picture of one of the suspects.

Footballer Juan Sebastian Veron was allegedly threatened with a machete during a burglary at his house, it emerged today.

THERE is no way of knowing for certain whether the arrow of political correctness has penetrated the shoulder, let alone the heart, of professional football. Somehow you very much doubt it. There remains something distinctly primeval about the game.

CLAIMS that the suicides of seven Irish prisoners in Britain are linked to a revenge campaign by former Northern Ireland soldiers-turned-warders are under investigation.

A NEW backpack device enables people in remote places who fall ill to transmit their vital signs to a doctor anywhere in the world to get medical help.