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Britain's longest-serving female prisoner, who carried out the "cruel and vicious" murder of a love rival, has been returned to jail weeks after being released on licence.

Former Premier League referee Mike Dean insists he has "always respected the profession" - after revealing he used to "joke about" and play "games" during matches.  

A wealth manager who pawned ex-Premier League star Edgar Davids's £188,000 modern art collection has missed her sentencing - claiming she was hit on the head by luggage.

The University of Cambridge will carry out an independent review to "identify shortcomings" following the death of Professor Jason Arday.

Jordon Ibe, former Liverpool winger, has been spared jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend.

A man who died after entering a canal as he ran away from police at the Notting Hill Carnival has been named as Karnell Kelly.

Suspects charged with serious knife and firearm offences are being released on bail amid Britain's prison overcrowding crisis, the country's most senior police officer has warned.

A prisoner found guilty of helping a former soldier after he escaped from jail has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

A non-profit legal group has threatened to sue HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for allegedly allowing Israeli settlement trade to enter the UK tariff-free.

A woman whose out-of-control XL bully dog mauled her 19-year-old cousin to death has been handed a suspended prison sentence.