A Metropolitan Police officer responsible for policing London's West End bars and nightclubs took bribes including a £7,000 family trip to Morocco, a tailored suit and the services of an escort, a court has been told.

A 31-foot (9.5m) dead female minke whale has been found washed ashore on a beach in Scotland.

A mother caused the death of her three-year-old-son during the COVID pandemic by putting him on a religious fast with her, a jury has heard.

Police in North Carolina are hunting a man accused of opening fire on a six-year-old girl, her father, and two other adults on Tuesday night.

A seven-year-old girl was lured to her death by a man who broke her skull with a brick before repeatedly stabbing her through the heart, a court has heard.

A Northern Ireland police detective shot at a sports centre has been released from hospital.

Hammerson, the shopping centre owner which is facing shareholder demands for a corporate overhaul, is in advanced talks to offload a stake in a British development project for tens of millions of pounds.

Three weeks today, on 11 May, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is likely to raise its main policy rate again.

Toto Wolff believes Mercedes are now on the "right trajectory" with their car although acknowledges there will likely be further setbacks in 2023.

Scientists believe they have resolved one of the great mysteries of life - how chromosomes get their X shape.