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A mother who held a woman captive as a slave inside her "squalid" home for 25 years has been sentenced to 13 years.

A 17-year-old girl has been shot in the legs in a "targeted attack" in Liverpool, police said.

The prison service will pay for a 'minimalist' cremation to dispose of Ian Huntley's body, as part of an arrangement with his mother as next of kin.

A therapist who claimed that the sexual assaults he inflicted on a patient were part of her treatment has been jailed for 11 years.

Police will use the River Thames to separate protesters and counter-protesters at the Al Quds Day rally in central London on Sunday.

The Princess of Wales showed off her barista skills during a visit to London Borough Market - but her husband was not as impressed.

Two Ukrainian men who ran a "premium bespoke taxi service" smuggling migrants across the channel in a yacht have been jailed.

The cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was shot dead by police who mistook him for a terror suspect, has said undercover officers "invaded my privacy" when they spied on her campaign for justice.

The government recently published a National Cancer Plan for England, including a pledge that the NHS will meet its cancer waiting time targets by 2029. The latest figures show a move in the wrong direction.

The proportion of NHS staff who have been attacked at work is at a three-year high, a survey has revealed.