A post-mortem examination will take place today on the body of a woman believed to be missing millionairess Joanna Brown.

A man appeared in court today charged with murdering his millionairess wife.

Scrapping the right to a jury trial for lesser offences that "clog up the courts" could save £30 million a year in prosecutors' costs alone, the Government's victims' commissioner said today.

The lead singer of rock band The Zutons, who broke a man's nose after his girlfriend was insulted, was today ordered to do 150 hours' unpaid work and compensate his victim.

A man was today cleared of murdering his wife after a drunken night out.

A man already serving a nine-year prison sentence for rape was jailed for a further six years today for raping another woman 21 years ago after a cold case review caught him, police said.

Former Happy Mondays star Bez today lost his appeal against conviction for assault - and was warned he would be re-arrested in the dock if he did not calm down.

A married father who fled to Bangladesh after taking part in a fire-bombing which claimed the life of a young girl was jailed for eleven-and-a-half years today.

The conviction of a woman for sexually assaulting a baby and allowing her boyfriend to take photographs of the abuse today brought an end to "one of the most sickening paedophile rings this country has seen", prosecutors said.

A criminology student who dubbed himself the "crossbow cannibal" has appeared in court charged with murdering three prostitutes.

A son appeared in court today charged with the murder of his mother.

A woman appeared in court today charged with the murder of an 82-year-old widower who disappeared shortly after moving house.

A man who stabbed his partner of 30 years to death because of her nagging was cleared of murder. Judith Scott, 62, was found with a knife sticking out of her chest at home after a 999 call by Dennis Long.

A hen-pecked man who was nagged for 30 years before he stabbed his partner to death was cleared of her murder today.