- newSerial rapist Joseph McCann had one of UK's first ASBOs at 14
Evil sex beast Joseph McCann spent his childhood in Manchester stealing, setting fire to cars and terrorising his terrified neighbours, becoming one of the first in Britain to get an ASBO, aged just 14.
- 3 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 5:53pm - - newThree dead in 24 hours as man in another night of bloody violence across London
The first fatal attack unfolded in Hackney at 2.30pm yesterday, before stabbings in Knightsbridge at 1am this morning and then a third incident in Greenwich around 3am.
- 3 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 5:53pm - - newHugh Grant confronted by protesters over Labour anti-Semitism
Hugh Grant was repeatedly challenged in Chingford & Woodford Green over how he could support Jeremy Corbyn's party when it faces condemnation from the Jewish community.
- 3 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 5:13pm - - newVictims of 'pure evil' rapist Joseph McCann recount his crimes
McCann kept the women and children he snatched from the streets locked in his car for hours while raping others while holding them at knifepoint in their own homes.
- 4 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 4:48pm - - newFirst named storm of the season Storm Atiyah hits Britain on Sunday
Strong winds will hit the country as a deep area of low pressure crosses the UK from the west on Sunday and Monday, bringing gusts of up to 80mph around Irish coasts and 70mph to England.
- 4 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 4:42pm - - newThe REAL story behind rumours Queen was dead: Royal Navy apologises and admits 'Gibbo' sparked scare
Royal Navy military personnel have apologised for 'any misunderstanding' after claims that the Queen had passed away went viral.
- 4 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 4:03pm - - newLloyd's of London boss warns 45,000 staff members to be 'particularly careful'
Chief executive John Neal (pictured) told some 45,000 workers in an email to be 'particularly careful' as he called it a 'challenging time of year'.
- 5 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 3:18pm - - new'Highly respected' gynaecologist jailed for 14 months after using hidden camera to film women
Jomo Mathurine, 49, who was based at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, was found with 15 still images and 96 video clips of women. He has now been jailed at Reading Crown Court.
- 5 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 3:16pm - - newLetter that started row between postman and neighbours over 'tacky' Christmas lights was a PRANK
Billy Morgan, 38, from Bridgwater, Somerset, believed his neighbours sent a letter branding his Christmas lights 'tacky'. But the letter turned out to be a festive prank sent by his work friends.
- 6 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 2:50pm - - newDesperate hunt for 'high risk' missing girl, 14, last seen in Haringey
Police are 'very concerned' for the whereabouts of a 14-year-old girl, Kezia, who was last seen in the Wood Green area in Haringey on Thursday. Haringey MPS have issued a picture of Kezia.
- 6 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 2:50pm - - newMedals of 'Great Escape' hero sell for nearly £10,000 after his death in 2013
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Broderick (pictured) was in charge of guarding the entrance of one of three escape tunnels dug beneath the Stalag Luft III German prison camp.
- 6 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 2:47pm - - newEco Christmas paper arrived wrapped in plastic
Mhairi Wood, from Aberdeenshire, planned to wrap her Christmas gifts in the biodegradable brown paper in a bid to reduce her carbon footprint. But the Amazon product came wrapped in plastic.
- 7 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:52pm - - newFury as families complain about their £2,000 day trip to see Santa
Parents who took their children on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Santa's grotto in Rovaniemi, Finland, have blasted TUI after they failed to meet the big man because the park was overcrowded.
- 7 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:39pm - - newDivorcee claims her married doctor was only interested in sex
The woman said she had a month long fling with hospital consultant Dr Richard MacCallum, 54, (pictured) of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, after he treated her in an A&E unit.
- 8 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:01pm - - newReal-life Friends-style 'Smelly Cat' called Maximus was found close to death in a gutter
The plight of 12-year-old Maximus (pictured) has touched the hearts of thousands around the globe after a charity campaign was launched to pay for his vet bills.
- 8 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 12:30pm - - newKatherine Jenkins performs at carol service just hours after mugging
EXCLUSIVE: Singer Katherine Jenkins was on her way to perform at a carol service attended by Pippa Middleton when she spotted the pensioner being mugged in Chelsea, West London.
- 9 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 11:50am - - newMale stripper, 41, exposed after fiddling £4,000 in benefits
Andrew Goodyer, 41, of Kirton Lindsey, Lincolnshire, was revealing all to female fans as a 'Butler in the Buff', while failing to declare his earnings to benefits officials.
- 9 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 11:19am - - newIs this the most pretentious restaurant menu ever?
In what must be a contender for Britain's most pretentious menu, the tiny Muse restaurant in Belgravia, central London, gives only the vaguest of hints about the food.
- 9 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 11:16am - - newJeremy Clarkson slams Greta Thunberg in Australian TV rant
Outspoken broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson, 59, hit out at the Swedish campaigner who he dubbed 'mad and dangerous', the latest in a series of attacks against the 16-year-old.
- 10 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 10:59am - - newMother, 88, sues her own son, 54, over £6m country pile
Peter Horsford, 54, said he sacrificed his childhood to labour on the the 540-acre family pile in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on basis that he would one day inherit the land. His mother insists she is owed £2.5m.
- 10 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 10:54am - - newMother-of-two accidentally overdosed on anti-anxiety pills after expressing fears about going on HRT
Philippa Hulme, 46, from Wesham, Lancashire, took an accidental overdose of anti-anxiety medication after raising concerns over being put on Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) for her menopause.
- 10 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 10:49am - - newPolice launch urgent appeal to trace missing 12-year-old girl
Sophia Gourlay, 12, left Ross High School in East Lothian at around 11.30am on Wednesday, 4 December. Police Scotland are urging anyone with information to come forward.
- 10 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 10:22am - - new'It felt like a bird smashed into our windows': Shock as 3.2-magnitude earthquake rattles SOMERSET
A tremor affected Yeovil, Taunton and Cheddar at around 10.50pm, had a depth of 3 miles but lasted just a few seconds, the British Geological Survey (BGS) confirmed.
- 11 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 10:02am - - newConvicted killer turned London Bridge hero mocks terrorist Usman Khan
John Crilly, an ex-prisoner who subdued Usman Khan during the knife rampage, posted on Facebook after the London Bridge attack killed Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones.
- 11 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 9:53am - - newKeyless technology sparked a sharp rise in theft of luxury cars, new figures reveal
More than 14,000 premium car models were stolen between January and October this year in Britain, according to an analysis of insurance claims by Direct Line.
- 11 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 9:47am - - newMurder suspect, 58, appears in court over killing of mother-of-11
Mary McLaughlin, 58, was last seen alive when she left a bar after a night out on September 26, 1984. It emerged yesterday that a 58-year-old man had been arrested in connection with her death.
- 11 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 9:06am - - newZimmer frame-using driver, 87, who killed woman, 64, is jailed
Veteran motorist William Heagren reversed his Ford Fusion into the woman and her pal in a Sainsbury's car park in Ruislip, west London.
- 12 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 9:00am - - newBrexit Party candidate who 'received death threats is run off the road' while campaigning
The incident occurred while Surjit Singh Duhre, who is standing for The Brexit Party in Doncaster Central, was reportedly being protected by a bodyguard after receiving 'vile abuse.'
- 12 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 8:55am - - newHeart specialist accused of molesting patients during intimate medical examinations is cleared
Dr Sumit Basu, 61, a Consultant Cardiologist at Lewisham Hospital, had been charged by police with sexually assaulting three women in 2016 while treating them at the hospital in South London.
- 12 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 8:50am - - newBBC News at Ten host Huw Edwards is criticised for liking Tweets that urged people to vote Labour
Huw Edwards (pictured) has had his impartiality called into question after he clicked the love heart icon on Twitter underneath a tweet about the UK's NHS.
- 13 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 7:54am - - newWorld's biggest cyber crook unmasked as Russian former intelligence agent
Russian Maksim Yakubets, 32, ran Evil Corp which posed 'most significant cyber-crime threat to the UK'. He is said to have employed people to steal more than £76m from victims in 43 countries.
- 13 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 7:23am - - newMan, 51, is charged with murder after Harley Watson, 12, 'was hit by car and killed'
Terry Glover, 51, from Loughton, Essex, has been charged with murder and ten charges of attempted murder, and also dangerous driving after Harley Watson died in hospital after the crash.
- 13 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 7:23am - - newFemale drinker bites off half of pub worker's EAR in vicious attack
WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Michelle Thomas, 33, shared graphic images of the damage to her ear following the assault in her pub in Birkenhead, Merseyside, last month.
- 13 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 7:09am - - newCountess Amanda Feilding calls for MDMA to be decriminalised
Amanda Feilding, the Countess of Wemyss and March, runs the Beckley Foundation in Oxfordshire, which she set up in 1998 to campaign for the legalisation of drugs.
- 15 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 5:56am - - newCouncils gear up for cold snap by stockpiling salt to make sure the roads are clear for voters
More than a million tons of salt and 'fleet of gritting trucks' are to be used by councils to ensure people get to polling stations next week. Tories fear poor weather will reduce turnout among older voters.
- 18 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 2:04am - - newNigel Farage suggests he would challenge Trump over NHS drug prices under a post-Brexit trade deal
The Brexit Party leader made the claim as he sat down for a prime-time television grilling with the BBC's Andrew Neil on a day of drama that sawe four of his MEPs dramatically quit.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:59am - - newDawn French and Lenny Henry's daughter charged with harassment
Billie Henry, 28, pleaded not guilty at Bodmin Magistrates' Court today to sending excessive emails and text messages including threats of violence to her former boyfriend.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:56am - - newTerrorists could be released, sparking federal government fight to keep them behind bars
New terror laws passed in federal parliament on Wednesday will ensure Australia's most dangerous criminals will remain behind bars for as long as possible.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:53am - - newLabour's second Brexit referendum will be RIGGED, claims Boris Johnson
Labour's manifesto suggests the party will extend voting rights to two million migrants from EU countries who are resident here, but who were not entitled to vote in 2016.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:34am - - newMarks & Spencer bosses are accused of alienating older women
Marks and Spencer has got it '100 per cent' wrong when it comes to older women, says former editor of the Your M&S magazine. The classics are 'teeth-clenchingly horrible'.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:19am - - newAndrew Neil scolds Boris Johnson for avoiding BBC interview
All the main leaders apart from Tory Mr Johnson have now taken part in the half-hour BBC One inquisition, with critics suggested he is scared of making an election-losing gaffe.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:12am - - newDavid Beckham is seen parked illegally and using a phone at the wheel of his £150,000 G Wagon
David Beckham, 44, looked to be texting while sat at a busy junction in West London, with other drivers having to pull out to pass his £146,000 Mercedes-AMG G63.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:08am - - newISIS has NOT been defeated and Syria is 'tinder box' ready to ignite, head of Armed Forces warns
General Sir Nick Carter, 60, was speaking at the Royal United Services Institute in London when he said that Islamic State and extremism had 'absolutely not been defeated'.
- 19 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 1:05am - - newThird of Thomas Cook customers who claimed refunds have still not received their money back
The Civil Aviation Authority originally said that all valid Atol-protected claims made on the first day of its refund programme would be paid within 60 days - or by this Friday. But now admits this cannot be met.
- 20 hours ago 6 Dec 19, 12:29am - - newNigel Farage calls Jacob Rees-Mogg's sister a Tory stooge
Nigel Farage complained that his former colleagues 'don't understand' the election dynamics in Labour marginals after they dramatically abandoned him.
- 21 hours ago 5 Dec 19, 11:13pm - - newFather, 21, who caused death of his fiancée when he fell asleep at the wheel is spared jail
Dominic Evans was driving his partner Kayleigh Gill, 22, and their two children back from Gatwick Airport in the early hours of the morning when his car veered across a motorway and hit an 18-tonne truck.
- 22 hours ago 5 Dec 19, 11:02pm - - newGraffiti found on wall of home of two murdered Boston doctors
Lina Bolanos, 38, and her fiance, 49-year-old British citizen Richard Field, were found dead in pools of their own blood in May 2017. Bampumim Teixeira, 33, is charged with the murders.
- 22 hours ago 5 Dec 19, 10:31pm - - newSex mad Torquay duck forced to have penis removed after infection trying to mate 10 times a day
Josh Watson, 39, of Devon, claims 'over-amorous' Dave the Duck's private parts first became infected in October after he wouldn't stop trying to mate with his friends Dora, Freda and Edith.
- 22 hours ago 5 Dec 19, 10:18pm - - newGirl, 6, who survived brain tumour tops Amazon download chart
Six-year-old Lyra Cole, of Somerset, had emergency surgery at five months old to remove a tumour the 'size of an orange'. She has covered When A Child is Born to raise money for Brain Tumour Research.
- 24 hours ago 5 Dec 19, 8:52pm - - newMother who lost custody of four-year-old son due to judge's 'outdated views' wins right to appeal
The woman complained to a UK court that she had been a victim of rape her. Judge Robin Tolson (pictured) ruled that the woman had 'taken no physical steps' to stop the man from raping her.
- 24 hours ago 5 Dec 19, 8:47pm -