The figure is the highest since current police recording practices began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Newcastle head coach Eddie Howe has returned to work after recovering from pneumonia. The 47-year-old was hospitalised a fortnight ago and has been absent from Newcastle’s last three matches, with ...

Donald Trump placed tariffs of 145 on imports from China, while China hit back with 125 tariffs on US products.

Scotland’s First Minister will attend the funeral of Pope Francis in Rome, the Government has announced. Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, with the funeral due to take place on Saturday ...

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has returned to lead the club’s battle for Champions League qualification after recovering from pneumonia.

Skelton has led the way since flag fall but Mullins’ typically strong spring on UK soil, including when winning Grand National for the second year running, has seen the defending champion eat ...

Ofcom’s new online safety rules to protect children will be “transformational” and will force tech firms to “do things in a different way”, the regulator has said.

Gareth Dack was serving a minimum of 33 years for the murder of Norma Bell when he was found dead at HMP Frankland.

Two Welsh tourists who drowned while swimming at a beach near the Great Barrier Reef have been named as Robin and Owen Reed. Robin, 46, and his son Owen, 17, from Caerphilly County in South Wales, ...

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton will be on hand to open a first-of-its-kind store in London this week.

The casualties’ conditions range from being life threatening to life changing and the families of all of those involved are aware ...

Paramedics and other ambulance crew members have faced a record number of “violent assaults”, ambulance chiefs have warned. There were 22,536 incidents of violence, aggression and abuse directed at UK ...