The policing minister Chris Philp has indicated that armed officers should be paid more for carrying a gun while on duty.
Yahoo News UK looks at the timeline of events since Jill Dando was killed outside her London home in April 1999.
Martin Goodall, 51, from Poole, Dorset, has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of impersonating a police officer.
Ten of the UK's biggest retailers have pledged £600,000 to help police forces clamp down on shoplifting in their stores.
Locals in the villages around the New Forest National Park have set up groups to tackle crime following what they claim is chronic underpolicing.
A pedestrian was killed after they were hit by a car in Gosford Street on Sunday morning, while a cyclist died after being hit by the same car on Woodway Lane.
Don't just hang up the phone if you get through to the emergency services, police say.
Donna Jones, chairwoman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), said parents could be forced to pay the fines for the criminal behaviour carried out by their children.
Angela McDougall, 44, a prolific offender from Winsford, Cheshire, was sentenced last week.
Mark Bullen, 52, is wanted by Kent Police over several alleged fraud offences.
Shaun Jackson, 31, died after being hit by an ambulance responding to an emergency call while he was riding a scooter in Barnsley.
After a PCSO refused to respond to an alleged assault in Lancing, West Sussex, here is everything you need to know about their role.
The incident involving the PCSO was widely shared on social media.
Family have urged people to stop speculating about the drowning
Abu Musa, 21, and Abdulrahman Hassan, 22, raped a woman in her home in Winsford, Cheshire.
Matthew White, who died in 2021, aged 50, has been publicly named as a suspect in the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence 30 years ago.
The Hounslow family were identified by police as Michal Wlodarczyk, 39, and Monika Wlodarczyk, 35, who are believed to be the parents of Maja Wlodarczyk, 11, and three-year-old Dawid Wlodarczyk.
The home secretary made the comments in a letter sent to the police chiefs of all 43 forces in the country, giving her full support to police ramping up their use of the controversial powers.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were found dead in Nottingham on Tuesday morning.
The bridegroom was stopped on the M4 in Wiltshire on Sunday while he was driving to his own wedding.
West Midlands Police said the driver of the car stopped at the scene in Erdington, Birmingham and is helping the force with its investigation.
A police officer advised that potholes help slow down traffic, residents have claimed.
Riots broke out in Ely in Cardiff on Monday evening after two teenage boys died in a crash.
Violence broke out in the Ely area of Cardiff on Monday evening after two teenage boys were killed in a crash.
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann 16 years ago have begun a search of a reservoir in Portugal.