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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 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 man with end-stage kidney failure was kept off dialysis for nine months after being given a genetically modified organ from a pig.

A former Premier League referee has sparked a backlash after revealing he used to entertain himself by "joking about" and playing "games" while officiating matches.

Donald Trump failed to commit to helping the UK in a potential Falkland Islands conflict - saying it was "not there to help me" in the Iran war.

An invasive mosquito species known to transmit diseases such as the dengue and Zika viruses has been found to be breeding in the UK for the first time.

Germany is investigating a suspected arson attack outside a defence firm in Munich, days after two sabotage attempts on the country's power grid.

FIFA has accused European football's governing body of launching a "smear campaign" against Gianni Infantino in a challenge to legal action over the aborted attempt to sell part of the World Cup to private investors.

About 80 people are confirmed to have died after a migrant boat got into difficulty off the coast of Gran Canaria, Spain's Maritime Rescue organisation has said.

More than 70,000 pints of Guinness worth around £115,000 have been stolen from an industrial estate.