A grandmother with an “extraordinary” 40-year-long criminal record was told the courts simply couldn’t keep up with her offending.

Two men have been charged in connection with the deaths of five people, including a child, who were trying to cross the English Channel.

A driver who used a dead woman's blue badge to park closer to his hotel on two occasions in Kent has been fined.

A dad who raided Priestfield Stadium has appeared in the dock again, and had a surprising statement for the judge.

A man has been charged following a fire at a block of flats which saw one resident taken to hospital.

A stalker has been jailed after new forensic technology which shows up under UV light was put on the victim’s home and helped identify him.

A man has been jailed for more than six years after police found a sawn-off shotgun in his home.

A man has appeared in court, accused of defrauding people through an “unauthorised” investment scheme.

Two men suspected of theft are due in court after hundreds of pounds of alcohol and meat were stolen from a supermarket over a month.

A 16-year-old boy is to appear in court in connection with the theft of a car and early morning raids on four homes.

A mum accused of murdering a pub landlord has told jurors “I wasn’t in my right mind” when he was fatally stabbed.

A court injunction could force private landowners to allow a council access to a collapsed road following a year of legal wranglings over its repair.

A prolific thief has been jailed after using a weapon to threaten young girls in the woods and steal their belongings.

A boy accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl now faces a lesser charge.

A thug cracked a shopkeeper’s skull and left him brain-damaged as a row in a store ended in a bloody street fight.

A 55-year-old accused of murdering a pub landlord has told a court she was scared he might hurt her teenage daughter.

A young man who stabbed himself and tried to jump out of a window was discharged from hospital as “low-risk” before days later taking his own life.

A serial fraudster who took cocaine into a jail hidden in a crisp packet says she had been made to fear for her life.

A town centre pub’s licence has been removed after police submitted video footage they said showed alleged drug use on-site by staff and customers.

A thief who was chased after robbing a petrol station was found surrounded by a trail of evidence - including eye holes cut out of a balaclava.