A fundraiser for the funeral of a boy killed in a hit-and-run has raised more than £6,000 in less than four hours.

A person is said to have punched and kicked an off-duty police officer while he was detained, after being spotted with a baton.

The parents of a seven-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run are pleading for him to buried at a graveyard which was one of his “favourite” places.

A warehouse worker who threatened to kill his ex and bombarded her with vile messages has been jailed for almost three years.

A 23-year-old man from Kent is one of five people who have been jailed for a total of 100 years for killing a father-of-two.

A man arrested in connection with the suspected hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old boy has been released on bail.

A drug dealer who was found with crack cocaine and heroin hidden inside vapes has been jailed for more than four years.

An image has been released of a man police believe can help their investigation into a town centre assault on a woman.

A man who wielded a cigarette lighter which resembled a gun has been jailed after leaving innocent bystanders traumatised.

An Iraq veteran caught on CCTV driving dangerously through a town urinated in the street as police arrested him and proclaimed: "I pay my taxes."

A man has been arrested after a seven-year-old boy was killed in a suspected hit-and-run.

The hospital where a necrophiliac carried out his sick crimes cannot be turned into a “police state”, says an NHS trust boss.

A litter picker has been left shocked after discovering what she believes is a hazardous material dumped at a nature reserve.

A probe has been launched after a teenager reported her iPhone 14 being stolen from McDonald’s by a suspected thief using a distraction technique.

A shoplifter who stole goods from three different supermarket chains on multiple occasions has been jailed.

An investigation has been launched after footage surfaced online appearing to show the aftermath of an explosion involving a ULEZ camera.

The RSPCA is appealing for information after three 12-week-old kittens were found abandoned in soiled blankets.

The heartbroken family of a seven-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run have made an emotional appeal to the driver to hand themselves in.

A seven-year-old boy has died after being knocked down by a driver who did not stop at the scene.

A woman has told how she screamed when she found her “obsessive” ex-boyfriend standing in her bedroom doorway after he crept into her house.