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Levels of teenage crime and numbers of children behind bars could increase because of the Government’s austerity measures, the Youth Justice Board has warned ministers.

England have recorded some handsome victories in World Cup warm-up matches down the years, winning in such inhospitable places as Cardiff and Dublin and putting untold squillions of points past the Premiership All-Stars, although the poor souls in that godforsaken team of 1999 were neither stars nor, in some cases at least, Premiership players. Things have moved on since then, happily, as events at Twickenham tonight will surely demonstrate.

Gordon Brown will break his silence during the Labour leadership election on Sunday as he adds his weight to efforts to halt the Jeremy Corbyn bandwagon.

The Profumo Affair – one of Cold War Britain’s most famous political scandals – was a much greater threat to the UK’s security interests than previously understood, The Independent can reveal.

The welcome screen on the prison laptop was simple to navigate. Prison officials clicked on the dog icon, inmates clicked on the cat. Clicking on the dog – and entering the password – allowed access to a section with administrator privileges and access to the internet. The cat was a gateway to little more than a basic word processor.

The hacking of prisoner laptops is just the latest scandal to hit Wandsworth prison.

A major security flaw at the heart of the prison system can be exposed today after a criminal gang conducted a £30m drug-smuggling operation from their cells – using hacked laptops supplied by the Ministry of Justice.

Ancient Greece has been brought to life at the British Museum thanks to a marathon reading of one the Iliad by some of Britain’s most acclaimed actors.

Second World War planes will fly over central London on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of VJ Day, with commemoration events across the country.

The discovery of a hole in a fence at the Buckinghamshire home of Cilla Black has helped to foil an alleged plot to burgle the property during her funeral, according to her publicist.

It is a scene repeated thousands of times a day at airports up and down the country.

The White House just dropped President Barack Obama's Summer Playlist on Spotify, the popular streaming service. The release features tracks handpicked by the president on two separate night and daytime playlists.

“It’s 10 minutes past eight on 14 September 2015, and you’re listening to Today with me, John Humphrys, and Mishal Husain.

A commercial jet flying from Guernsey to Gatwick which required a repair after being struck by lightning is to re-enter the air, after passengers complained of lengthy delays.

As a player, you have certain preconceptions about the way managers and teams get written up in the press. Everyone knows that a boss who has a bad four months can emerge from a season with great publicity and all the poor autumn results long forgotten, if he manages to pull a side out of the relegation fire. But the manager who starts well and fades by the springtime? He’s generally considered a failure. That assessment is often not, by any means, fair.

As I watched Tony Blair make a speech last month to his remaining fan club in the Progress think-tank, I had a strange feeling. On the face of it, the former Prime Minister made good sense, as he usually has done since I got to know him well when he was an eager frontbench beaver in the 1980s.

As I watched Tony Blair make a speech last month to his remaining fan club in the Progress think-tank, I had a strange feeling. On the face of it, the former Prime Minister made good sense, as he usually has done since I got to know him well when he was an eager frontbench beaver in the 1980s.

Lord Janner finally appeared in court in person for the first time over 22 historic child sex abuse charges.

Seven people have appeared in court over the UK’s largest ever seizure of guns that were allegedly smuggled into Britain on board a motor cruiser from France.

A schoolboy has been taken to hospital after he was injured by an antique metal trap at a museum, which was used to keep trespassers off farmland.

It’s great to have the Premier League back and the opening weekend certainly didn’t disappoint. No doubt about it, the stand out result of the weekend has to be West Ham’s win at The Emirates. Many people (including me) have been touting Arsenal as title challengers, but West Ham absolutely bossed them last week. I can’t believe the boy Reece Oxford is only 16 years of age – he went toe-to-toe with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil and did not look out of place one bit. It’s... Читать дальше...

A man who reportedly threatened a Ukip MEP with a gun was not a migrant but actually a British gangster, police sources have told a newspaper.

Animal rights activists have released footage of farm workers in Argentina slashing lambs with knives, prompting an outdoor clothing maker Patagonia Inc to apologise and launch an investigation into the practices of one of its suppliers.

Norwich City manager Alex Neil has admitted feeling a degree of frustration in the transfer window, adding that some targets don't see the merits in joining his newly-promoted Premier League outfit.

The people of Thetford are proud of their town’s place in comedy history.