Crime News

London's emergency services started a major two-day training exercise Wednesday simulating a terror attack on the Underground during the 2012 Olympic Games.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with the murders of a vicar in Gloucestershire and an elderly woman in Worcestershire.

Self-confessed cocaine addict and nightclub bouncer Carl Whant has been found guilty of the rape and murder of heavily-pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender.

Prosecutors and police have defended pursuing terrorist charges against 12 men who walked free after a trial that could cost taxpayers up to £10 million.

A mother and daughter have been given two-year Asbos after causing "misery" to their neighbours, police said.

A 47-year-old man has been charged with the murders of vicar John Suddards and retired teacher Betty Yates, police said.

A man is being questioned on suspicion of the murder of two elderly women who were found dead in their homes.

A cocaine-addicted former nightclub bouncer has been jailed for at least 35 years for the rape and murder of heavily pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender.

BELFAST (Reuters) - Nine men accused of murder in the biggest trial of suspected militants in Northern Ireland for more than 20 years were acquitted on Wednesday after a judge branded the prosecution's so-called chief "super grass" witnesses as liars. Fourteen suspected members of banned militant group the Ulster Volunteer …

Police investigating claims of fraud have arrested four former employees from the company which holds the Government's welfare-to-work contracts.

A convicted rapist sexually assaulted a woman and exposed himself to two others despite being under police surveillance, it has emerged.

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of emergency workers and government staff began a two-day exercise on Wednesday to practise dealing with a major terrorism incident during the 2012 London Olympics. Volunteers posing as dazed travellers emerged from a London underground station, some coughing, some covered in fake blood and …

David Cameron has urged police to carry out a "thorough" probe into a company running the Government's flagship scheme to cut unemployment.

A second body has been found by detectives investigating the murder of an elderly woman who was apparently killed during a burglary.

A private security firm has signed a contract to build, design and help run a police station.

A mocked-up terror attack on the London Underground is being staged as part of a massive exercise to test security for the 2012 Games.

LONDON (Reuters) - Police in London are investigating a suspected $150 million (95 million pounds) trading fraud attempted by a former trader at the British investment house Threadneedle, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. A junior trader, working in the company's investment arm, was dismissed after attempting the …

Britain's critical national infrastructure could be crippled in a high-altitude space attack by a rogue state or terrorists, MPs have warned.

The prison where a lodger accused of murdering his landlady and her mother was found hanged in his cell has a suicide rate which has been "too high for too long", inspectors have said.

A killer who was told he would never be released from jail after being convicted of torturing gay men to death almost 20 years ago has died in prison.

Former Norwich City striker Leon McKenzie has said depression and being in a "bad place" led to him being jailed for sending bogus letters to the police in a bid to avoid a driving ban.

A Polish man suspected of stabbing to death a jeweller while robbing his store in Britain has been detained, Poland's police said Tuesday.

CCTV images have been released of people police want to talk to over the Boxing Day murder of a teenager in London's Oxford Street.

A new website has been launched allowing victims of street crime to report and map where in London they were robbed or assaulted.

Police have been granted more time to question a man over the murders of a vicar in Gloucestershire and a 77-year-old woman in Worcestershire.

A cross-eyed arsonist who set fire to a shop and post office during the August riots has been jailed for eight years, after police spotted his unusual eyes on CCTV.

British boxers David Haye and Dereck Chisora could both face possible prison sentences in Germany following their Munich brawl, prosecutors here confirmed Monday.

Police have been given more time to question a man over the murders of a clergyman who was killed at his vicarage and an elderly woman stabbed to death at her home.