Drummer Lee Rigby (25) from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers who was named today as the soldier hacked to death in Woolwich yesterday. Photograph: police handout/PA Wire

Two British men of Nigerian descent accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries were known(...)

A police forensics officer investigates the scene after a man was murdered in Woolich, London this afternoon. Photograph: Reuters

A major police operation was launched in Britain today after two suspected terrorists murdered a man, reported to be a soldier, in the street i(...)

A police photographer at the scene of the 1982 car bomb in Rotton Row, Hyde Park, London. The blast killed and injured a party of cavalrymen on their way to the guard changing ceremony in Whitehall, after an IRA bomb exploded as the Household Cavalry was passing. Photograph: PA News/PA Wire

A 61-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of four soldiers in the IRA’s 1982 Hyde Park bomb. John Anthony Downey f(...)

Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday repeated their support for Scotland Yard’s review of their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

Madeleine McCann’s parents were yesterday said to be “very, very pleased” with Scotland Yard’s review of their daughter’s disappearance, as it (...)

More than 40 victims from West Yorkshire have come forward since Operation Yewtree was launched by the Metropolitan Police in October. Photograph:  Matthew Lewis/Getty Images

West Yorkshire Police will today publish a report into its involvement and relationship with Jimmy Savile. The force began a review in J(...)

Barbara Hewson has caused a controversy over comments in an article about the age of consent

A leading barrister in the UK has called for for the age of consent to be lowered to 13 in an attempt to end the “persecution of old men” such (...)

Publicist Max Clifford makes a statement to media after being arrested by Operation Yewtree officers on December 6th, 2012 in London. Photograph: Warrick Page/Getty Images

PR guru Max Clifford has been charged with 11 counts of indecent assault against teenage girls, Scotland Yard said tonight. The force sa(...)

Police make an arrest during an early morning raid in response to recent football violence amongst Millwall fans. Photograph: PA

Police have arrested three men in dawn raids in connection with violence at an FA Cup semi-final between Millwall and Wigan. The men(...)

Runner Jason Darnall of Kentucky, who ran the Boston Marathon in 2012 but chose to run the London Marathon this year, wears a black ribbon at the start of the London Marathon. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters

London Marathon runners pounded the capital’s streets today after earlier holding half a minute’s silence in memory of those who died in the B(...)

Millwall fans fight during their English FA Cup semi-final soccer match against Wigan Athletic at Wembley Stadium.

Two men have been charged after disorder at the English FA Cup semi-final between Millwall and Wigan Athletic. Saturday’s game, which(...)

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