England

Police are conducting house-to-house inquiries after a female victim was seriously sexually assaulted in Plymouth. Devon and Cornwall Police said the attack was reported to have happened in Efford Road…

Motorists faced delays of more than one hour and 45 minutes after a motorway crash. The four-vehicle crash happened on the M27’s eastbound carriageway between Junction 2 at Ower and…

A security guard has been jailed for six years for fatally injuring a shoplifter after chasing him from a branch of Marks & Spencer. Sabeur Trabelsi, 45, a former Tunisian…

More than 600 migrants crossed the English Channel on Sunday, the highest number on a single day so far this year, the Home Office said. Some 616 people were detected…

The M1 is partially shut in Buckinghamshire for barrier and resurfacing work after a tanker crash. The southbound carriageway is closed between junction 15 for Northampton and junction 14 for…

A large blaze at a manufacturer of fiberglass moulds in Leeds which sent a plume of black smoke over the city has been extinguished. At its height, about 35 firefighters…

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, warned the Church’s parliament not to give in to the “fear of a slippery slope” when debating plans to bless same-sex…

The House of Lords has overturned plans to clamp down on protest marches that cause too much disruption. The government had proposed giving police powers to stop protesters using tactics…

Beth Matthews was 26 when she took her own life in a psychiatric unit run by The Priory – an inquest jury has found she was failed by the hospital.…

About 2.5 million households in Britain have seen their annual energy bill go up by an average of £116 despite the government fixing prices until April. Those on Economy 7…