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A new report into the activities of the top British spy inside the IRA during The Troubles has said that he "committed crimes of the worst possible kind”, including torture and murder, and should be publicly named by the UK government. 

A public inquiry into the murder of a woman is now formally under way and will examine what went wrong in the police investigation that allowed a serial rapist to evade justice for almost 20 years.

An Afghan national has been charged with raping two 14-year-old girls in a flat in Bolton, Greater Manchester Police have said.

Christmas dinner will be slightly cheaper this year compared to last, according to new industry data.

Lithuania has declared a state of emergency over smuggler balloons from Belarus that have disrupted aviation.

A young couple killed in a car crash had a "rare once-in-a-lifetime devotion" to each other, their heartbroken families have said.

On a dark December morning two years ago, Kiki Marriott left her flat and started walking.

Two men have been charged in connection with an incident at London's Heathrow Airport which left 21 people requiring treatment.

Malaysia Airlines has been ordered by a Beijing court to pay more than £300,000 to the families of eight passengers on missing flight MH370.

COVID-19 Fraud and error cost the taxpayer nearly £11bn, a government watchdog has found.

Ukraine will share an updated peace plan with the US today after European leaders reaffirmed support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a meeting in London.

"Danger to life" weather warnings are in place as Storm Bram brings heavy rainfall and strong winds to parts of the UK.

With more than a thousand troops being killed or wounded every day, there's no sign that Donald Trump's push to end Russia's war in Ukraine is reducing the battles on the ground.

Illegal number plates and lax rules about who can sell them are threatening national security and putting road users at risk, according to a report.

Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan face possible deportation after being detained for abducting and raping a 15-year-old girl.

The day after Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted Angela Rayner back in the cabinet, she showed Labour MPs what they've been missing.

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan, injuring 23 people and unleashing a tsunami.

A UN committee has called on the government not to ratify its treaty on the future of the Chagos Islands - warning it will "perpetuate longstanding violations of the Chagossian people's rights".

Victims of maternity failings say they're "disappointed" with the findings of an interim report which they fear will have "no teeth" to make changes. 

The head of the Royal Navy has warned the government to "step up" and fund defence or risk losing the UK's superiority in the Atlantic to Russia.