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A man has been charged after a sledgehammer attack on a police car.

Cruel care workers who tormented dementia patients by torturing their "comfort doll" burst into tears as they were jailed.

Chancellor Philip Hammond should cut housing and business taxes to stop the North continuing to suffer a "brain drain" as high-skilled British workers leave the region in their thousands, a new report says.

Controversial plans for the future of the NHS would need to deliver £22bn of cuts in order to balance spending, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said.

The boat used in Britain's biggest-known gun smuggling operation is to feature on a television series about selling off criminal assets.

Police have contacted the BBC to "try to establish details" of the attack on Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez.

Olympic long jumper Greg Rutherford said it is "horrible" to be bowing out of Strictly Come Dancing as he becomes the ninth celebrity to leave the show.

Three people including a 16-year-old boy are being questioned over the fatal stabbing of a 51-year-old man in Liverpool.

Strictly Come Dancing dancer Gorka Marquez was attacked hours after he took part in the show's Blackpool special.

Olympic long jumper Greg Rutherford said it is "horrible" to be bowing out of Strictly Come Dancing as he becomes the ninth celebrity to leave the show.

Heavy rain will see parts of Britain already battered by Storm Angus at risk of further flooding in the next 24 hours.

Strictly Come Dancing favourite Danny Mac rose to the occasion during the show's traditional journey to Blackpool as he scored the first 40 of the series for a "showstopper" charleston.

A mother has failed to regain care of a child handed to a couple following a surrogacy arrangement.

A third man has been charged with the murder of a father-of-one who was shot in the head.

A 12-year-old boy who had been missing from his home since Tuesday has been found safe and well.

A man has been charged with three terrorism related offences, police said.

A fresh inquest into the death of a suspected gangster will be held amid claims that the Cheshire mansion where he was shot dead was under live police surveillance, a court has heard.

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court on terrorism-related charges, police said.

Two more arrests have been made by police investigating the murder of a man who was shot in the head.