Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

A bungling burglar has been jailed after he was caught out by a Home Alone-style bucket trap. The homeowners in Northumberland had set the snare after several recent reports of attempted break-ins in the local area. They had ribbed up

Some of the UK’s largest police forces have reported increases in religious hate crimes in the past 18 months, figures reveal, with the number of incidents rising after the start of the Hamas-Israel conflict in autumn 2023 and again after

A prison officer has been arrested after she was allegedly filmed having sex with an inmate at a Northamptonshire prison. Footage of the female guard and male prisoner was shared with other inmates at the privately run HMP Five Wells,

A man who was found dead at home in Staffordshire in the early hours of Christmas Day has been named as Louis Price. A 33-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after officers from Staffordshire police were called to

Maenan, in north Wales, is not a place where very much happens. But earlier this week armed police descended on this tiny settlement, leaving neighbours in “disbelief”. They learned that a man they had sometimes seen near his home on

Representatives from Gypsy and Traveller communities have said they want “accountability not apologies” after children attending the Christmas markets were “forced on to trains” by police. National charity the Traveller Movement held preliminary talks with lawyers on Monday, , and

“The best year of my life in football now doesn’t feel like something I can celebrate,” said Manchester City’s Jack Grealish after burglars raided his Cheshire house while his family was home. The invasion of the England football player’s home

A coroner has warned that gas piston ottomans could present a risk to life, after a woman died when her bed collapsed on her, trapping her between the mattress and the base. Helen Davey, 39, a mother of two from