Former home secretary Lord David Blunkett will chair the ‘most significant review of police leadership for a generation’
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Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 630,000 children out of poverty
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would be among the most cost-effective ways to reduce child poverty, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said
How dogs can help us learn about human ageing
Scientists find clues in kidneys and gut of pets that may eventually slow process in humans
Teenage killer dances with knife in school canteen moments after stabbing Harvey Willgoose
Newly released footage shows the teenager who killed 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose appearing to dance in their school canteen with a knife moments after stabbing his fellow pupil to death.
British and German military aircraft join forces to hunt down Russian submarines
British and German forces will jointly conduct defensive patrols for Russian submarines from RAF Lossiemouth
Weekend Lotto jackpot stands at £10.5m as ticket holders fail to scoop top prize
Nobody matched all six main numbers for the jackpot, so it has rolled over to Saturday
Grooming gang inquiry plunged into further chaos as frontrunner to chair probe pulls out
Jim Gamble, a former police officer, has taken his name out of the running amid claims of a ‘highly charged and toxic environment’
Teenager who killed Harvey Willgoose during school lunch break is jailed for 16 years
Mohammed Umar Khan, 15, stabbed Harvey Willgoose in the heart in front of horrified children
‘Firearm suspect’ triggering school lockdown turns out to be boy in fancy dress with toy gun
Sussex Police dispatched armed officers in response to a report of a suspected gunman in Bognor Regis on Wednesday morning
Council U-turn after woman issued £150 fine for pouring coffee down drain in London street
Burcu Yesilyurt called the fine ‘quite unfair’