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Russia is trying to create “mayhem” on the UK’s streets, the head of the MI5 has warned – as he revealed a growing number of children are being investigated for terrorism. In a wide-ranging speech, the organisation’s director general Ken McCallum said the UK faces an increased threat from “Putin’s henchmen” as “plot after plot”

A British soldier accused of passing sensitive information to Iranian agents picked up £1,500 from his handlers in a dog poo bag from a London park, a court has heard. Daniel Khalife, 23, who later allegedly escaped from Wandsworth prison, where he was being held over the charges, then told MI6 he wanted to be

Police have said that, at the current time, they are satisfied there was no third-party involvement in the disappearance of missing nurse Victoria Taylor. It comes as officers with North Yorkshire Police focus their search efforts around the River Derwent. Ms Taylor left her home at 9am on 30 September, and was seen on CCTV

The man accused of a string of sex crimes has been put on trial simply because he is also a suspect for the unrelated disappearance of Madeleine McCann, his lawyer has told a judge. Christian B, as he is known under German privacy laws, is the victim of prejudiced prosecutors and an amateurish police investigation,

Sheffield Wednesday football club have defended the emergency response time following the death of an away fan. West Bromwich Albion season ticket holder Mark Townsend, 57, died after falling ill in the stands at Hillsborough Stadium during the first half of their Championship match on Saturday 28 September. Sheffield Wednesday has reportedly been criticised for

The Metropolitan Police say they have arrested 15 people so far today during demonstrations over the conflict in the Middle East. There are two sets of protests being held in the capital today, including one by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups, and a counter-protest organised by Stop the Hate. The Metropolitan Police say

The Metropolitan Police say they have arrested 17 people during today’s demonstrations over the conflict in the Middle East. Two sets of protests were held in the capital today, including one by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and other groups, and a counter-protest organised by Stop the Hate. The Metropolitan Police say two people was arrested

Cable Street tells the story of migrant communities rallying to stop fascists marching through the streets of London – for the show’s creators the themes are just as relevant today. Song and dance might not be the usual way to talk about the rise of fascism, but the musical Cable Street tells the story of migrant

A police force has apologised for putting down a family’s pet XL bully dog by mistake due to an “administration error”. Lancashire Police said it has given the family an “unreserved apology” for euthanising the seized dog, named Bruno, while the owners were in the process of applying for an exemption to keep him. The

Police are continuing their search this weekend for a nurse and mother-of-one who vanished five days ago. Victoria Taylor was last seen at her home address in Malton, North Yorkshire, at 9am on Monday. At 11.35am on the same day, she was seen on CCTV at a BP garage on Welham Road, in the Norton

Four retired police officers involved in the conviction of a man jailed for 17 years for a rape he did not commit are now under investigation, a watchdog has announced. One of the former officers has also been notified that they are under criminal investigation for potential misconduct in a public office and perverting the

The former chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales has been found by a disciplinary tribunal to have committed gross misconduct by making a comment about a police widow. John Apter was found to have said he would like to “comfort” PC Andrew Harper’s widow Lissie in his hotel room, shortly before she

A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged over the death of a woman who was hit by a motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh through London. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it had authorised a charge of causing death by careless driving against 67-year-old Christopher Harrison. Helen Holland, 81, suffered serious injuries in the

Five men have been injured after a car was deliberately driven at a group of people in a “targeted attack”, police have said. Officers were called to Livery Street near Birmingham city centre after 3am on Friday to reports of disorder involving a group. West Midlands Police said it was “actively searching for the driver

The world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine could wipe the disease out, researchers have said. OvarianVax is a vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. It’s being developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. The hope is that women could receive the jab preventatively on the

The UK car industry has warned its efforts to support the transition to electric vehicles cannot be sustained indefinitely as it faces fines for missing climate-linked sales targets. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said that a government mandate, which requires its members to sell a minimum percentage of zero-emission vehicles each year,

The BBC has cancelled an interview with Boris Johnson after Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former prime minister her briefing notes. Kuenssberg, who presents the broadcaster’s Sunday politics show, said “there’s no point pretending it’s anything other than embarrassing and disappointing”. Revealing the error on X, she said she had been preparing to interview Mr

Nurses who worked with Lucy Letby were “thinking the unthinkable” and checked rotas for a “common denominator” a few months into her killing spree, a public inquiry has heard. Letby, 34, from Hereford, is serving 15 whole-life orders for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others while working on the neonatal unit at

Police Scotland considered recording notorious double rapist Isla Bryson as a female on the sex offenders’ register, Sky News can reveal. Bryson, who changed gender while waiting to stand trial, was last year jailed for eight years for raping two women in West Dunbartonshire and Glasgow while known as Adam Graham. Scottish Prison Service (SPS)

Naomi Campbell’s charity was reported to the Charity Commission by UNICEF over a fashion event in 2019, the humanitarian organisation has said. It comes after the supermodel was banned from being a charity trustee for five years last week, following an inquiry that concluded only a small proportion of money raised by Fashion For Relief