Britain

A former teacher has been jailed after admitting a series of offences involving indecent images of children. Richard Whitaker, 54, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to two years in …

A teacher accused of murdering and sexually abusing the baby he and his partner were in the process of adopting has denied all allegations at Preston Crown Court. Jamie Varley, …

A jury has been discharged in the re-trial of two brothers accused of assaulting a police officer at Manchester Airport after failing to reach verdicts. Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, and …

A man from Halifax is beginning a three-year prison sentence after being convicted of a number of sexual offences, including sexual assault. Ismail Khaliq, 32, of Martins Mill, off Pellon …

Twenty people have been jailed for a combined total of 277 years after a major investigation into the sexual abuse of young girls in Kirklees. The offences were committed largely …

A man has been jailed after stabbing another motorist in the neck during a parking dispute in Peterborough on New Year’s Eve. Jameel Ali, 24, attacked the victim at around …

A Teesside restaurant owner has admitted sexually assaulting a child and taking indecent images. Mohammed Mizanoor Rahman, 35, who owns the Norton restaurant Pangea, pleaded guilty to four charges during …

Six men have been sentenced for their roles in the killing of Shamus Hussain in a park in Dewsbury last year. Hussain, 39, died after being attacked in Crow Nest …

A teaching assistant from Bury has been sentenced after pleading guilty to multiple sex offences against a vulnerable boy of primary-school age. Terri Cook, 37, of Masefield Avenue, Radcliffe, appeared …

A neo-Nazi teenager has been jailed for 19 years and six months after attempting to kill a man with an axe in a terrorism-motivated attack in Bristol. Alina Burns, 19, …