Police say nine-year-old Aria Thorpe had suffered a single stab wound

Yellow weather warnings for fog have been issued across London and other parts of the UK

Thousands of teenagers are being targeted and lured into criminal activities such as storing weapons, drugs or money, new research has found

Inside the courtroom where Paul Doyle was sentenced, the ex-Royal Marine’s victims relived the devastation of his heinous crimes all over again, writes Alex Ross

Experts said the odds of the couple winning twice are over 24-trillion-to-one

EU relations minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said it was a ‘huge win for our young people’

A rate cut is heavily expected to end the year after inflation falls - and some experts are calling for more in early 2026

Lonan O'Herlihy - known as ‘The Posh PT’ - says he needs the money to maintain an ‘appropriate’ standard of living

Watch live as Wes Streeting is questioned by MPs on Wednesday (17 December), as resident doctors begin their five days of industrial action.

Energy companies have been told there is a ‘clear expectation’ of them

Interest rate cut appears likely after inflation eases further than expected

It comes amid warnings of a ‘superflu’ sweeping the nation, with flu cases in hospitals in England at a record level for this time of year

Buried in debt, Dillon Duffy felt as if he had no other option but to disappear for good. A year on, he tells Harriette Boucher that those in similar situations must reach out for support instead

Health secretary Wes Streeting has hit out against the planned action

The previous record has been smashed with two weeks still to go

New research from the University of Bristol has found that grassroots football players have a much higher chance of developing a gambling problem

Learners face an average wait time of 22 weeks

Young homebuyers are finding it increasingly more difficult to get onto housing ladder

Experts warn growing use of nicotine pouches is due to ‘heavy and indiscriminate’ marketing of products

Business secretary Peter Kyle praised the ‘landmark legislation’ that will ‘drag Britain's outdated employment laws into the 21st century’

The former chancellor is leaving his job with investment bank Evercore to take up the role.

Jennie and John Bailey plan to sell 150,000 tickets to raffle off their home in North Wales

Paul Doyle showed no reaction as he was sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison during a tense hearing at Liverpool Crown Court

The BBC is accused of misleading viewers by editing a speech Donald Trump delivered on 6 January 2021

Police were called to Mead Vale in Weston-super-Mare as girl pronounced dead at the scene

Housing secretary has said that Nathan Gill’s conduct is a ‘stain on our democracy’

Michael Brown appeared to be seeking £659 million over an alleged fraudulent valuation of the penthouse

Pressure mounts on Keir Starmer to intervene as US president demands $10bn in damages for ‘false and defamatory’ Panorama edit

Numbers leaving the UK is up 12 per cent year-on-year

Srivaddhanaprabha's widow and four children are suing for up to £2.15 billion

Officials have said a compensation scheme will be set up

Daniel Barr said he did not think his actions were ‘anything special’ after bringing the attack to a halt

Exclusive: As Sheree Aldridge’s baby son Teddy celebrates his first birthday, the 37-year-old says it’s a miracle he survived – but that the terrifying events of the Liverpool parade still haunt her

Local councillor David Llewellyn Gardner urged people to avoid the area until further notice

Dan Barr, a former soldier who brought Liverpool parade attacker Paul Doyle's rampage to an end by climbing into the back seat of his car and moving the gear stick to park, has spoken out for the first time.

Ms Wnuczek was last seen catching a bus from her place of work

Video shows how Liverpool parade attacker Paul Doyle’s rampage unfolded, when he ploughed his car into 134 football fans during a two-minute anger-fuelled rampage.

Our community is divided over resident doctors’ pre-Christmas strike, with some condemning its timing amid record flu cases as dangerous and self-indulgent, while others defend it as a justified response to years of pay erosion and NHS underfunding...

The tax authority is advising workers to ‘check your pay’ over the holidays, especially seasonal staff on short-term contracts

Our community is divided, with anger at the BBC’s Panorama edit, scepticism about Trump’s lawsuit and shared concern over who ends up paying

Paul Doyle was described as the ‘perfect family man’ by shocked neighbours – but it has now emerged that the 54-year-old has a history of violence and was discharged from the Royal Marines, reports Alex Ross

David Lammy has announced plans to toughen up punishments after former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a revenge attack

Office for National Statistics says rate of unemployment is at its highest since early 2021

It comes amid ongoing disquiet following the collapse of a Chinese spying case and warnings by MI5 of the threat posed by the communist state to UK national security

The Panorama episode included a misleadingly edited clip of the US president’s 2021 speech

The ten-pin bowling operator is targeting more sites across the UK

Keir Starmer has earned a reputation as a ‘Trump whisperer’ with international peers, but the BBC scandal has shown the hard limits of his influence, writes political editor David Maddox

The chocolate snack has grown in popularity over the past year