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A soldier accused of escaping from Wandsworth prison had earlier spent more than three weeks on the run after leaving a fake bomb on his desk at an army barracks,…

A woman with four children were reportedly "forced into a van" in Torfaen, police say. 

One prisoner let out today under the government's early release scheme celebrated by saying "big up Keir Starmer". 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its projection for UK growth this year by 0.4% to 1.1% - the largest upward revision for any advanced economy. 

A German pizzeria has been busted after allegedly delivering one of its dishes with a customary side order of cocaine. 

A security guard who murdered an army veteran and tried to kill a man he met on the dating app Grindr has been jailed for life with a minimum term…

A new interactive space - offering visitors hands-on access to over half a million creative objects - will open in east London next spring. 

A new, more infectious strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus has been found in Germany for the first time, health chiefs in the country have said. 

A senior figure in the Kinahan organised crime group has been jailed for six years for orchestrating an arms cache plot while in prison to dupe authorities into awarding him…

The acquittal of the police officer who shot dead Chris Kaba has raised questions over why he had to stand trial in the first place.