Margaret Johnson is known as Birmingham's notorious 'Pickpocket Queen' but is set to be released after psychiatric reports uncovered untreated mental illness behind her 200-offence crime spree

A new set of rules enforced by a pub has left fans 'baffled' as a 'no entry if in sportswear, hats or hoodies' ban has footie fans perplexed ahead of the world cup

Shanice Brookes, 30, was shot outside the One Four One bar on West Street, Sheffield, in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday, with two people now charged in connection with her death

A 16-year-old boy was caught on CCTV throwing a 15kg chair from the top floor of Westfield Stratford shopping centre in London, narrowly missing unsuspecting shoppers below

Last Friday the Pentagon released a new batch of declassified files on the US military's encounters with unidentified anomalous phenomena, with commentators worried more information could spark chaos

Michael Doherty, 38, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 33 years after pleading guilty to the murder of Courtney Angus, 21, in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on 26 July last year

A family was rescued from their £600,000 newbuild home in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, after a devastating fire broke out on Bank Holiday Monday, with investigators examining the property's solar panels

The Met Office says rain will be heavy, especially across Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Northwest of England, as the UK heatwave comes to an end this weekend

Maxi-Cosi has issued a voluntary recall for its Family Fix Slide Pro Base baby car seat after a malfunctioning safety indicator was found to potentially show the seat as secure when it is not properly attached

Pope Leo XIV stunned Vatican crowds when he rushed down from a stage to kneel and help an 81-year-old priest who collapsed from heatstroke in St. Peter's Square

The 180ft Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset is being re-chalked for the first time in a decade, with 17 tonnes of fresh chalk applied after a Stephen Fry-backed appeal raised £330,000

The UK Government is considering national service for certain groups to tackle rising unemployment, reduce phone addiction and integrate people into work

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins has claimed the 1980s cartoon He-Man was the “key to my sexual awakening” as he attended the London premiere of Masters of the Universe

A new study reveals 93 per cent of new parents rarely get a night out with partners, with 43 per cent blaming to sky-high childcare costs for being stuck at home

Emma Barnett and her one-year-old son, Oakley, were initially reported missing after the mum dumped her car at a forest and walked home to hide in the loft of her home

The US Marine Corps is using a specially modded version of Call of Duty 4 to train newly promoted sergeants in real-time combat leadership and decision-making

A Ryanair flight from Riga to Edinburgh was met by police upon arrival after a passenger onboard became "disruptive". The passenger was removed from the plane by officers

Scientists are baffled after new DNA tests on Peru's ancient 'conehead' mummies failed to rule out alien origins, fuelling wild extraterrestrial theories

Ex-WWE star Curtis Axel, son of legend Mr Perfect, has been nicked after allegedly crashing his car at a McDonald's drive-thru while drunk and fighting cops

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued heat health alerts for three areas in the UK amid the 32C heatwave, with the yellow alerts for London, the South East and East of England in place until 8pm on Sunday

New research suggests they have an uncanny ability to detect the growth rates of neighbouring crops and flowers through aromatic cues called volatile organic compounds

DR Congo’s 17th Ebola outbreak, fuelled by the hard-to-treat Bundibugyo strain with no approved vaccine, has surged to more than 900 suspected cases and 220 deaths

Alix Lynx says her biggest regret after 13 years in the adult industry is not learning money management sooner, admitting she was “a mess” with taxes and receipts early on

An 11-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after he was found to be trapped in a burning container at Trimsaran RFC as the club praised "the heroism" of those who tried to rescue him

A 36-year-old woman has been thrown behind bars after she attempted to kill pregnant mother's unborn baby with drug laced lasagna and induce a miscarriage