An investigation was under way today after a murderer who stabbed a woman to death when she challenged him to pick up his litter was found hanging in his cell, the Prison Service said.

Leeds are to unload two of their prop forwards who have failed to come up to scratch this season. The Rhinos have agreed to requests for releases from Luke Burgess and Ben Cross.

The first juror to be prosecuted for contempt of court for using the internet was today left "totally devastated" as she was jailed for eight months.

A mother and daughter who left the corpse of a grandmother unburied for up to six months while one of them pocketed her pension were told they face jail today.

An armed robber alleged to have strangled a paedophile after attempting to kill Soham murderer Ian Huntley may not be fit to face trial, a court heard today.

A primary school teacher filmed himself sexually abusing "vulnerable" young girls in his classroom, a court heard today.

When the opening batsmen for the Surrey village cricket team of St Lukes walked out to the crease on Saturday, every amateur sportsman in the country would have sympathised about the nightmare facing them.

Banned paceman Mohammad Amir is facing the threat of more disciplinary action after the 19-year-old admitted playing for a village side in Surrey last weekend.

A nursery worker has admitted that he raped a toddler in his care.

A police officer assaulted a French tourist in London after spotting him urinating in a bush, a court heard yesterday.

A crown court judge was arrested yesterday and her dogs seized after one of them attacked a passer-by for the third time in a year.

Four police officers were cleared yesterday of assaulting a British terror suspect during an early morning raid on his home.

A former Tory peer is facing jail after being found guilty of fraudulently claiming nearly £14,000 in the final parliamentary expenses trial.