Riley Tolliver, 18, Kodishai Wescott, 17, and two other teenagers have been sentenced for the murders of Mason Rist and Max Dixon

Other lives: Expert in fire law, and the first holder of a chair in the subject at the University of Central Lancashire

A house in London was destroyed by a fire caused by a charging second-hand e-bike that exploded just days before Christmas. Footage released by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) shows a property in Renshaw Close, Catford, engulfed in flames with several ...

Downing Street announced a raft of new appointments to the House of Lords on Friday afternoon

The Children’s Society’s head said the charity ‘respectfully decided’ not to accept the donation as it was inconsistent with the group’s values

The royal festivities begin on Christmas Eve, when the family exchanges presents

 

The prime minister’s former chief of staff, who was responsible for the Partygate investigation that helped topple Boris Johnson’s government, will become a life peer

Mr Justice Williams refused a request from media organisations to name judges involved in historic proceedings related to Sara Sharif.

Harry and Meghan likely to spend Christmas with Doria Ragland in California

Izzy Du, a designer from Tottenham, pursued the suspects on foot after they allegedly snatched her phone

The 79 former pairs had made a mistake in their divorce applications two years ago that wasn’t picked up by the courts when the break-ups were approved months later

Sir Keir Starmer comforted an emotional young boy as he surprised his mother with a Christmas video message. The prime minister video-called members of the British armed forces to thank them for their service. He discussed how the troops could not be ...

Techne UK’s final weekly tracker poll of the year gives Kemi Badenoch’s Tories a one point boost in the last seven days but reveals an underlying problem with Farage and Reform UK

A couple stole £15,000 worth of gold chains from a shop in Thetford, Norfolk, using distraction techniques in July, newly-released CCTV footage shows. Vadar-ghimes Agafitei, and Zinca Agafitei, both aged 46 and of Penge Road, London, have been sen ...

British retailers anticipate some of the biggest shopping days of the year with people ‘clearly leaving it late’

The DVSA has revealed a its plan to cut waiting times for driving tests

The roof of the double decker bus was ripped off after it crashed into a railway bridge in Kilmarnock, Scotland

Brian Whitelock told police officers that Wendy Buckney was ‘begging him to stop’

The TV doctor and nutritionist, 67, was found dead on Greek island of Symi after a four-day rescue operation