The prison population in England and Wales stood at 86,089 as of December 9 2024. Of this total, 82,218 were adult males ...

Australian federal police have launched a special operation to investigate an increase in antisemitic threats and violence ...

The Government decision comes after experts recommended indefinite restrictions while work is done to ensure the safety of children and young people.

Contraband is brought in to prisons in “children’s nappies” and through the use of “drone drops” by organised criminal gangs, MPs have been told. This came as prisons minister Lord Timpson called for ...

There was no evidence of police collusion in the original investigation into the 1978 La Mon House Hotel bombing, a report from the Police Ombudsman has said. The report also said there had been an ...

Prisons in England and Wales will run out of space despite Government plans to build four more jails, the Justice Secretary admitted.

Recipients of DWP benefits including Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will also see changes to payments this month ...

Sara Sharif, 10, died after suffering more than 25 broken bones and being bitten, burned and restrained, the Old Bailey heard.

Morenikeji Adewole, 47, is accused of carrying out a ‘predatory’ attack on the woman near the popular club in central London last month.

Sara was beaten to death four years after taxi driver Urfan Sharif was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him, jurors heard.

Police launched a murder investigation following the death of a 49-year-old man at HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire.

A federal judge has rejected the sale of the conspiracy platform Infowars to The Onion satirical news outlet. The ruling ...