An animal charity is calling for action to stop puppies being smuggled into the UK in horrific conditions so they can be sold for Christmas.

Five people, some carrying knives and a hammer, were arrested tonight in a park blighted by crime.

A teenage drug dealer caught with heroin and cocaine at a college after fellow students told staff he reeked of cannabis has been locked up.

A predator who filmed himself raping a young girl in "chilling and calculated" abuse - and then tried to blame someone else - has been jailed for life

A man has been a victim of a robbery after three men approached him and demanded cash in a town centre.

A man has been charged with a number of burglaries in west Kent .

A man's been charged with harassment and threatening behaviour after an incident at a school.

A man has been charged with possession and intent to supply Class A drugs after police officers stopped a car.

A thug exploded with rage and held his partner and two children prisoner in his flat - dragging her back by her hair when she tried to escape.

A convicted sex offender has been jailed for molesting a boy more than 30 years ago.

Police became suspicious when they stopped a car with three men in it and noticed a strong smell of cannabis, a court heard.

Police have charged a man who allegedly caused a disturbance while a Remembrance parade was making its way through a town centre.

A man has been forced to give up more than £30,000 cash which was seized by police during a search of his home.

An ex-police chief says he was aware of claims pornography was found on a computer in an MP's office - but it was "not a matter of public interest".

Detectives are quizzing four teenagers on suspicion of rape following a reported sex attack at a house.

Police are appealing for information after it was reported a man holding a large knife demanded a bike from a teenager

CCTV footage shows the moment burglars stole a till after breaking into a children's soft play centre.

Would-be thieves got away empty handed after ramming their 4x4 vehicle into doors at a hospital in attempts to steal a cash machine inside.

A man has been arrested after a car crashed into parked cars and railings before ending up in a water-filled ditch.

Explosives experts were called to a residential street after a discovery following reports of an assault.