The Prime Minister has defended plans to release some criminals on recall earlier to ease jail overcrowding as ministers faced a backlash over concerns for victim and public safety.

Andrew Campbell, 42, had a collection of weapons including modified air rifles, gas-powered revolvers and batons, Nottingham Crown Court heard.

A BBC Spotlight programme which aired a claim Gerry Adams sanctioned the killing of a spy was ‘measured and precise’.

Leading medics and health organisations have urged the Government to outlaw ‘the physical punishment of children’.

The wife of a former Conservative county councillor who was jailed after an online rant about migrants on the day of the Southport attacks faces a wait to see if her appeal against a 31-month sentence ...

The company’s boss said criminals had bribed some of its customer service agents who live outside the US to hand over personal data on customers.