A teenager has been locked up after swinging a wooden plank embedded with nails at two women and dragging one by her hair in a homophobic attack.

Police have cordoned off a pub after a man was seriously injured in a shooting.

Three murder suspects are being questioned and the police watchdog has been informed after a man was found dead following contact with officers.

Police, ambulances and forensics teams have been called to deal with an incident at a block of flats.

A man with more than 50 convictions for robbery and theft is behind bars after threatening to hit a woman during his latest crime.

A fire at a derelict school site is being treated as suspicious by police after a cabin was completely destroyed.

A 71-year-old ex-soldier has been jailed for four years after posing as a 16-year-old to send sex messages to a young girl on Facebook.

Police have allayed concerns over a flurry of unmarked cars and army helicopters in a district of Kent.

A school has issued a warning to parents to stop their children going to a crime-ridden park "for their own safety".

A town council has condemned vandals for their 'lack of respect for our heritage' after a listed building was defaced with graffiti tags.

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a mass fight broke out following the funeral of teenager Kyle Yule, who was stabbed to death on his doorstep.

A pensioner who downloaded images of children being abused has avoided jail, with the court hearing his wife has dementia.

A suspected thief was arrested after getting stuck inside the van he was trying to steal..

Thieves set fire to a church vestry after stealing communion silverware.

Detectives investigating a series of burglaries have charged two men.

More than 40 golf buggy batteries were stolen in a co-ordinated raid, amid police warnings the acid could be used to make a highly addictive drug.

Illegally-owned shotguns, rifles, pistols and revolvers have been given to police 'no questions asked' in the first week of a fortnight-long amnesty.

A man in his 80s suffered a head injury when would-be burglars in balaclavas tried to smash their way into his home.

The father of a cyclist killed in a crash says despite the 'unbearable pain', he harbours no malice towards the drink-driver who caused the tragedy.

A van driver hit a cyclist and then went to a pub with broken glass in his hair and ordered a pint, before tearfully telling a pal: 'I've killed him!'