A mother who murdered her two young children and placed their bodies in holdalls in the boot of her car has lost her appeal against sentence.

A young man who spent seven years in jail for murder has been freed on unconditional bail today after the prosecution announced it would not oppose the appeal against his conviction.

When Hallam came to trial in 2005, the case against him had seemed weak. There was neither forensic evidence nor CCTV footage linking him to the attack on Essayas Kassahun and his friend, Louis Colley.

Corrupt police chief Ali Dizaei has lost his job at Scotland Yard for a second time.

A rapper called Dappa Dred today lost a copyright battle with film-makers when senior judges ruled that his case was not worth fighting.

The High Court has lifted an injunction preventing the removal of the last anti-war protest tent near the Houses of Parliament.

A teenager jailed for life for murdering two British tourists in Florida is appealing against his conviction and sentence, it was reported today.

Criminal Cases Review Commission said this was its final decision in its longest-running case

A man at the heart of last year's Croydon riots had his sentence of four years detention nearly doubled today.

Colonel Walter Gudgeon, like most colonials of his time, was a firm believer that prosperity lay in the transfer of land from the “lazy” Maoris to industrious British settlers.

Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman's teenage son Jonathan has been suspended from playing rugby for 21 months after admitting that he took banned substances, the sport's ruling body confirmed today.

A man deemed likely to help try to kill a Russian politician on Britain's streets has been allowed to return to the UK to fight to stay in the country.

One of the world's most notorious arms dealers will be sentenced this week in a US court – possibly for life

A West End star lost part of the £1.7m settlement he was awarded following the break-up of his civil partnership, after the Court of Appeal ruled that his "home-making" role did not entitle him to a larger slice of the couple's assets.