Comedian and actor Russell Brand said he has “never engaged in non-consensual activity” after he was charged with sexual offences, including rape.

Sir Ed Davey also welcomed his party’s newest MSP after Jamie Greene joined them the day after quitting the Scottish Tories.

The head of Unite has called on ministers to “get the decision-makers in a room” over the Birmingham bin strike after Downing Street told the union to start “negotiating in good faith”. General ...

The bird of prey named after an RAF wartime chief will be rehomed after weeks of swooping attacks on villagers ...

People in Birmingham say they have had to think outside the box amid the ongoing bin strike as getting a slot at a tip is like “winning a lottery”. The city council declared a major incident on Monday ...

Pc Sam Hill shared information concerning the Keysham shootings in which five people were shot dead by gunman Jake Davison, 22 ...

The family of a 13-year-old girl who died in a house fire near Liverpool have paid tribute to her, saying she was “filled with dreams, laughter and love”. The blaze was found in the first-floor rear ...

A teenager who fatally shot a man in the back of the neck outside a nightclub after travelling there on a high-powered “super scooter” has been locked up for life. Tyler Roberts-Emmanuel, 19, killed ...

The patient had suffered burns covering nearly 40 of his body and died after developing an infection and experiencing kidney failure.

The youth, who cannot be identified due to his age, was convicted by a majority verdict of killing Jahziah Coke.

A man who gouged out an 87-year-old pensioner’s eye and beat him to death with his own walking stick has been locked up indefinitely. Sekai Miles, 23, subjected Bernard Fowler to a “brutal” random ...

The Government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven.