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There is a "really concerning" rise in sexual violence among 14- and 15-year-olds that policymakers need to take "very seriously", Home Office minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News.

The vast majority of suspects in domestic abuse cases where the victim has taken their own life are known to the police, according to a new report.

The Metropolitan Police says it is no longer treating a fire, that led to the closure of Heathrow Airport last week, as a potentially criminal matter.

Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of assaulting his wife.

Two RAF engineers who broke a Paddington Bear statue in half and then stole it were "the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for", a judge has said.

Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge is reviewing the cases of 800 patients who were operated on by a now-suspended paediatric surgeon.

Laurence Fox has been charged with a sexual offence, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.

The Isle of Man is set to become the first place in the UK where assisted dying is legal, after a bill cleared the last parliamentary hurdle before royal assent.

Britain's biggest road scheme has been given the green light by the government - 16 years after work on the £9bn crossing began.