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A former teacher has been found not guilty of animal cruelty after video footage showed her kicking and slapping a horse. Sarah Moulds had...

Hundreds of charities once affiliated with the late Queen remain in the dark over whether they will be given a new royal patron. Many...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman disappeared in Kent. Claire Knights, 54, from Upstreet near Canterbury, was last...

The director of the British Museum has resigned following alleged thefts of artefacts from the institution. Hartwig Fischer said the situation is “of the...

More than 80% of items bought from online marketplaces have failed safety tests. The category with the most problems was toys, followed by small...

A man has been charged with murder following the fatal shooting of council worker Ashley Dale in Liverpool. Ms Dale, 28, was found with...

Two men have been arrested by police investigating a fire at the Crooked House which was known as Britain’s ‘wonkiest’ pub. A 66-year-old from...

A drug dealer and his former girlfriend have been jailed for murdering a father-of-two who was shot in the face and had acid poured...

Energy bills are to rise higher than last year for millions this winter, despite the energy price cap falling, a think tank has said....

Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE grades later today as they work towards sixth form, college or training. The...

Facebook groups are being “overwhelmed” by hoax posts about serial killers, missing children, and animals, a charity has warned. Full Fact said it had...

Routine hospital care is expected to come to a standstill as consultants in England strike for 48 hours in the bitter row over pay...

The brother of a man wanted over the death of his 10-year-old daughter told officers Sara Sharif “fell down the stairs and broke her...

The Metropolitan Police is reviewing the full history of a former officer who has been jailed for 16 years after raping a colleague and...

Falling house prices and record wage growth has meant houses have become more affordable on paper, but the rising cost of borrowing has cancelled...

Former Metropolitan Police officer Adam Provan has been jailed for 16 years – with another eight years on extended licence for multiple rapes against a...

Bosses of some of the UK’s biggest companies had their pay increased to 118 times the median wage of a full time UK worker,...

The mother of the murdered schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel has spoken of the pain of her loss on the first anniversary of her daughter’s killing....

Using MRI scans rather than PSA tests to screen for prostate cancer could “significantly” reduce the number of men dying from the disease, researchers...