Simon Israel

The UK’s most senior police officer Dame Cressida Dick was hailing a major success today – after a European investigation team cracked the encryption of a mobile phone messaging service used by tens of thousands of organised criminals.

An 18-year-old man has been arrested over the nighttime murder of two sisters in a park in north-west London on 6 June. 

Constable David Whyte was one of six people injured in the attack which took place over four floors of the Park Inn Hotel.

Six men, including a police officer, are being treated in hospital after a stabbing attack in the centre of Glasgow. 

Two Metropolitan police officers have been arrested over serious allegations of misconduct in public office in connection with a homicide investigation of two women in north-west London.

It’s 72 years since the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex, carrying just over a thousand passengers from the Caribbean to fill jobs in the UK.

The First Minister acknowledged the “colossal impact” of the crisis on businesses, but urged patience.

There’s evidence that the killing of George Floyd is increasing hate speech online.

Asylum seekers and people on student visas or spousal visas have no access to public funds, which is a condition of their residency.

Across England and Wales bereaved families are seeking answers about why their relatives have died of Covid-19.

One eyewitness accused him of driving to Barnard Castle some thirty miles from Durham in order to exercise – a claim that has angered some locals.

The Home Secretary is to grant free visa extensions across the health and care sectors.

As the pandemic took hold, Britain’s prisons found themselves on the frontline. 

Thirteen prisoners in England and Wales have died after contracting coronavirus while in jail, the justice secretary has told MPs.

The programme was designed to ease pressure on prisons during the pandemic.