A former schoolteacher from Rushden in Northamptonshire has been jailed for 26 years for abusing a series of young boys in a 16-year campaign of child abuse.

A Birmingham man has been sentenced for possessing a home-made firearm and ammunition without a licence.

There is no doubt the case highlighted by BBC today is harrowing and we have offered an unreserved apology to the victim for the mistakes we made and the stress and trauma she has endured.

Llys y Goron sy’n delio â’r achosion troseddol mwyaf difrifol. Goruchwylir pob achos gan farnwr sy’n gyfrifol am bennu amserlen yr achos, gan benderfynu ar unrhyw gwestiynau cyfreithiol (fel a ellir defnyddio mathau penodol o dystiolaeth) a dedfrydu’r diffynnydd os ceir ef yn euog.

Data based on CPS management information for defendants, including age, gender and ethnic background.

From today, prosecutors will have new powers to charge violent abusers with specific offences of non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation, as key measures in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 come into force.

Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today issued a report following their inspection of CPS East Midlands.

Matt Styler, 50, has been charged with assaulting a police officer (assault of an emergency worker), and Daniel Frost, 44, has been charged with violent disorder and possession of an offensive weapon