A 16-year-old boy who died after he was stabbed in the street in south London has been named by police as Shakilus Townsend.

The family of teenager Ben Kinsella came face to face with the three youths accused of his murder.

A dedicated 75-man taskforce to target gang members and their associates is to be created in the fight against knife crime.

The results of Sats taken by children across England are to be delayed, Schools Secretary Ed Balls has announced.

Sharia law could play a role in some parts of the legal system, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said.

Detectives investigating the brutal murder of two high-flying French students are exploring the possibility it was linked to an earlier burglary.

Farmers have reacted angrily to reports that the government will not authorise a badger cull in the fight to control bovine tuberculosis (TB).

Clive Hornby - Emmerdale's flat cap-wearing Jack Sugden - died on Thursday night at the age of 63, it was announced.

The Government's top intelligence adviser is seriously ill in hospital.

MPs are facing further outrage over their expenses regime after they rejected calls for the abolition of the "John Lewis list" and independent scrutiny of their claims.

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