4+ hour, 49+ min ago   (463+ words) A 76-year-old man has been charged with concealing his identity at an anti-immigration protest in Portsmouth after police warned they would use powers to arrest demonstrators wearing face coverings. Timothy Miller, of Southampton, will appear at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (226+ words) A Government decision to block hundreds more offenders from early release has been welcomed by a grieving mother whose daughter was killed in a crash caused by a dangerous driver. Manslaughter, death by drunk or dangerous driving, and historic child…...

4+ day, 49+ min ago   (1103+ words) Hundreds of police officers lined the street at the funeral of a colleague who was killed in a collision on the A66. Standard bearers represented every UK force at the service for Pc Matthew Blades, 37, at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (698+ words) A list of explosives made by triple killer Valdo Calocane was not disclosed by Nottinghamshire Police until more than three years after the paranoid schizophrenic went on a deadly rampage. The former mechanical engineering student also searched online for large…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (472+ words) Abuse of RNLI volunteers is “wholly unacceptable in a civilised society”, the charity’s chief executive has said following anti-migrant demonstrations at the weekend. Peter Sparkes said recent protests had “generated deliberate misinformation and a misunderstanding” about the charity, and condemned…...

6+ day, 7+ min ago   (549+ words) Andy Burnham said Labour must stop the “politics of poison seeping into our streets” after scenes of unrest at anti-migrant protests over the weekend. Speaking to MPs and peers at a closed-doors meeting on Monday, the Prime Minister said the…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (150+ words) His picture, showing two common frogs at the surface of a wildlife pond in his garden, perfectly reflected in the water, has been chosen to illustrate February in the charity calendar. Mr Spooner said he was delighted to be selected....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) A Hereford man has been fined for smashing a wing mirror and lobbing a tin of paint after going to confront another person. Hereford Magistrates Court heard how Michael James Johnson, 38, threw a tin of gloss paint to the floor…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (158+ words) Asda is recalling three lines of ladies’ handbags after they were found to pose a “serious” chemical risk which may cause damage to the reproductive system. The bags, which are all black and have an “unknown” country of origin, contain…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (313+ words) Only around half of West Midlands parents believe a proposed government ban on social media for under-16s would be effective. A new poll by telecoms firm 24 Seven found that just 53 per cent of parents in the West Midlands think the…...