The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a murder charge against Joshua Kerry, 28, following the death of Ann Widdecombe.

Two fraudulent funeral directors have been sentenced today after storing bodies in unrefrigerated conditions and denying families lawful burials.

The parents of a four-year-old boy whose skeletal remains were found buried in a garden in Handsworth have been convicted of causing his death.

Hassan Sentamu, attacked 15-year-old Elianne Andam outside a shopping centre in Croydon, South London, after an argument broke out amongst the group of friends.

A fourth person has been jailed for life for his role in the murder of a 36-year-old man in a drive-by shooting on Merseyside.

A man who earned around £185,000 smuggling people from the UK to France in the back of lorries has today been jailed more than five years at Canterbury Crown Court.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has commenced civil recovery proceedings in respect of property which has been seized in the UK from Yadi Zhang (also known as Zhimin Qian) (Zhang) and Jian Wen (Wen), and additional assets.