Police officer David Rathband blind 2011Police officer David Rathband arrives with his wife Katherine Rathband and son Ash rathband (left) to give evidence in the Raoul Moat case at Newcastle Crown...

A student hurled a racially abusive insult at a hospital security guard, calling him a "f***ing Welsh c***", before arguing that her comment was not racist. However, Layla Ahmed later conceded that...

Man who murdered boy with sword jailed for 38 yearsJust nowLucy ManningSpecial correspondentReporting fromOld BaileyCachella SmithBBC NewsMetropolitan Police handoutA man has been jailed for life...

A hat-trick of U-turns – and this is the most awkward of the lot43 minutes agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCGetty ImagesThree U-turns in a month.First, there was the slow-motion...

Later in the day, Meghan headed to the market in Suva, where she was due to spend 20 minutes seeing the work of Markets for Change – a project run by UN WomenBut the Duchess left after eight...

A man has been jailed for 12 years for killing his elderly neighbour in a row over shutting a gate. Trevor Gocan, 57, punched and kicked James “Jim” O’Neill, 74, outside their housing estate in...

Peter Melia (Image: Cheshire Police)A woman who was brutally assaulted by her "monster" ex-boyfriend has issued a chilling warning that "his next victim might not be so lucky". Peter Melia turned...

A man who brutally attacked and killed a "gentle and kind" commuter with a single punch on the London Underground has been sentenced to prison.Rakeem Miles, 23, cowardly assaulted Samuel Winter, 28,...

Thomas Lee Gudinas, a man convicted of the brutal rape and murder of homecoming queen Michelle McGrath in May 1994, was executed on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison. The state execution marks...

Thomas Blundell outside Liverpool Crown Court (Image: Liverpool Echo)A pensioner's shopping trip to his local Aldi ended in the store's manager clinging to the bonnet of his car as he sped away....

A man has been jailed after trying to abduct a 19-year-old student in a terrifying broad-daylight attack outside a major UK train station. Osman Moalem, 25, of Brookdale, Widnes, was sentenced to 27...

A brutal carer who viciously bit a chunk out of a friend's face and spat on a police officer has been struck off the care register. Danielle Gaffar, hailing from Dundee, concealed her jail sentence...

The High Court heard that the firm linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone 'should pay back' £122 million (Image: PA)The High Court has heard that PPE Medpro, a company linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone,...

A man found guilty of brutally murdering a woman nearly 37 years ago was executed on Tuesday evening in Alabama, marking the country's sixth execution using nitrogen gas.Gregory Hunt was declared...