Kevin Rawlinson

The actions of some crew members as the South Korean ferry sank were tantamount to murder, the country’s president says. The disaster’s confirmed death toll is now 64, with 238 missing, presumed dead.

Divers have managed to get inside the hull of the sunken South Korean ferry for the first time to recover the bodies of those who died, it is reported.

The captain of the South Korean ferry that capsized apologises to the families of those who died, admitting that he was at fault.

Armed pro-Russian separatists who occupied buildings in eastern Ukraine are refusing to leave, despite an amnesty offer and threats of “more concrete actions” to remove them next week.

The whistleblower who exposed the police’s manipulation of crime figures is being forced to go without pay for months by the Metropolitan Police, it has emerged.

Nicky Jacobs is cleared of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during the Broadwater Farm riots in 1985.

Anti-domestic violence campaigners are demanding an apology from one of Britain’s best-selling regional newspapers over an article they say blames victims of domestic violence for their own abuse.

Teenager Yashika Bageerathi is deported without her family and before having a chance to complete her A-levels, despite appeals for compassion from an influential parliamentary committee.

A new criminal offence of police corruption will be created following “profoundly shocking” revelations about Scotland Yard’s investigation of Stephen Lawrence’s murder, the home secretary says.

A woman who has suffered abuse at the hands of a family member says she does not feel safe to seek help because of the fear that her personal details will be released in court.