An 80-year-old woman may have been deliberately set on fire by a suspect using a flammable accelerant, police have said. Police were called at about 12:45 GMT on Monday to reports the victim was found in a first-floor communal area in Caractacus Cottage View in Watford. Detectives have sin...
A mayor has said he would like TV dramas set in his home city to focus on the "warmth" of the people, rather than "drugs, organised crime and criminal activity". Steve Rotheram, the metro mayor of the Liverpool city region, said he had just finished watching the second series of BBC One dr...
The Mercedes was driving at about 90mph when first seen by the roads policing team. After the police vehicle flashed its headlights several times, the driver moved into lane two before returning to lane three, prompting officers to stop the vehicle. As well as a positive drug wipe for cann...
A much-mocked Christmas tree in a town centre has been replaced by a fuller, healthier-looking replacement. The original tree in the centre of Darwen, Lancashire, left councillors red-faced after a sparse, worse-for-wear fir was installed in the market square. The council joked on social m...
A drink driver has been found guilty of murdering a cyclist who had clipped the wing mirror of his Mercedes. David Morgan, 40, swerved and knocked dad-of-three Richard Smith off his bike in Chartwell Road, Norwich, on 8 May. He had drunk five or six pints at a pub earlier that day, then pi...
A firearms officer who shot a man thought a child was about to be stabbed, an inquest has heard. Sergii Kuzmenko, a Ukrainian who "spoke limited English", was killed by Cumbria Police officers responding to reports of a man making threats to kill while a young child was present. It happene...
A man has told of his pride at discovering a memorial dedicated to his great-uncle and five other gas workers killed in World War One. Pte Samuel Corfe, James Hitchmough, Pte Richard Ireland, L/Cpl Alexander McDonnell, stoker Allan Prophet and Pte John Williams worked at the gasworks in Ga...
A 100-year-old mother who was allegedly killed by her well-known hotelier son and his sister by giving her liquid morphine was "in agony" the night before she died, a court has heard. Oxford restaurateur Jeremy Mogford, 79, and Sarah Pickering, 72, deny murdering their mother, Pamela Mogfo...
A man who drugged and raped his wife for more than 20 years told an online contact he "understands consent", a jury has heard. The husband pleaded guilty in September to 60 offences against the woman including rape, administering a substance with intent and sharing indecent images without ...
The reintroduction was made possible by funding from Natural England's Species Recovery Programme. The charity said on 15 July one volunteer had counted no fewer than 42 Wood Whites, thought to be offspring of the first brood, which hatched in May. BC believes the warm spring might have ac...
Two pilot phases have been carried out across 10 NHS sites. Earlier this year the centre announced a further £250,000 cash boost over three years to expand the approach's use, including developing guidance and training resources. Suzanne Rankin, chief executive of Hampshire and Isle of Wig...
A soldier's last letter home - read out by actor Daniel Mays at the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance - has helped his mother face her grief. The annual televised event at the Royal Albert Hall honours the service and sacrifice of members of the armed forces and includes persona...