A court escapee has been jailed along with his father who helped while he was “on the run”.

A 19-year-old has been arrested after eight geese were killed on a town road.

A convicted paedophile who raped a schoolgirl and two other children died of natural causes while in prison, a coroner has concluded.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police were called to a block of flats and found a dead man.

A 23-year-old man has appeared in court charged with assault by beating after allegedly calling a woman over and later attacking her.

A teenager has been detained after being charged with making threats to kill and threatening a person with a bladed weapon at a place of worship.

A man is alleged to have run up behind a uniformed soldier and stabbed him several times near an Army barracks, a court has heard.

The senior army officer stabbed close to his barracks has been pictured, as his alleged attacker appears in court this morning.

A people smuggler has been jailed after WhatsApp messages highlighted his efforts to move people to the UK.

An uninsured car led officers to uncover loaded handguns and drugs in a storage cupboard.

A prolific burglar being pursued by police veered onto the wrong side of the road before “seriously injuring” a biker and their passenger.

A man who scalded his girlfriend with boiling water claimed her burns resulted from tripping over a kettle cable.

A thief’s DNA was found on tools including a handsaw, shears and a garden fork following a series of burglaries.

A man has appeared in court after two Yorkshire Terriers were killed in an “extremely distressing” attack.

A courier collecting blood has admitted killing an elderly priest on his way to a religious retreat while driving carelessly.

A council has forced the sale of a property to recover £36,000 it says it was owed in council tax.

Detectives have charged a 19-year-old alleged to have broken a man’s arm in a reported robbery.

A Sainsbury's worker who stabbed a colleague with a screwdriver in a frenzied attack after she spurned his advances has been jailed for life.

A suspect has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a huge emergency services response on the coast.

A dog owner faces an anxious wait to see if his Staffordshire bull terrier cross will be put down after it attacked another man.