The public should be given detailed information on what happens to offenders following specific crimes on their street, the Policing and Criminal Justice Minister said today.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be coming to the London Olympics.

Police can keep the personal details of a peaceful protester on a domestic extremism database, despite the fact he has not been convicted of any crime, High Court judges have ruled.

Cyber-anarchist group Anonymous are threatening another attack on Formula One during next week's Canadian Grand Prix in support of protesting Quebec students.

Everyone should listen to Kofi Annan's claims that the massacre in Houla is a "tipping point" in the crisis in Syria, a United Nations human rights spokesman said today.

A woman who tripped and fell downstairs while carrying her baby granddaughter has been successfully sued by her own family for causing head injuries that left the little girl severely disabled.

A police chief arrested over allegations of corruption is suing the heads of three police forces and the boss of the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Inquests to be excluded from controversial justice Bill after Clegg waters down proposals

Abu Qatada's bid for freedom was blocked by a judge today over Britain's terror threat at the Olympics.

The boss at the so-called new British FBI will effectively become the most senior police officer in the country with the power to over-rule chief constables, the Government said today.

The runoff vote for Egypt's next president will pit the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate against the last prime minister to serve under Hosni Mubarak, according to full official results released by the election commission.

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