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A new report is calling for a National Resilience Corps (NRC), formed of tens of thousands of volunteers, to strengthen Britain's security preparedness.

Two inmates have denied attempting to murder the father of schoolgirl Sara Sharif armed with makeshift weapons in prison.

The number of people dying due to drug misuse in Scotland has increased - with the country once again having the worst fatality rate in Europe.

Two RAF pilots are being treated for minor injuries after ejecting from a training aircraft that crashed in Wales.

An evacuation of more than 300 homes is under way after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found near Falmouth Docks in Cornwall.

At least 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a house party in South Africa.

Britain is to join a major new ocean science programme led by the European Union, as Andy Burnham's government seeks closer ties with the bloc.

Prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as drug-laced vapes, are increasingly being used to spike victims, police have warned.

An online influencer has been charged with the rape of a teenage girl at his family's house.

Injuries related to e-scooters and scrambler motorbikes in Ireland are rising at an "exponential rate" and "stretching" an already overstretched system, experts have warned.

Hayden Panettiere died after taking an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, a coroner in the US has said.

Fifteen men have been convicted for their involvement in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 260 people in Sri Lanka.

A man has admitted sending Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch threatening emails, including one in which he said "when I was in the IRA I would have shot you f****** dead".

Hayden Panettiere died after taking an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, a coroner in the US has said.

The RAC, Britain's oldest breakdown recovery service, is shelving plans for a multibillion pound London stock market listing in favour of a deal that will see two of its three shareholders offloading their stakes in a private transaction.

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has been charged with sexual offences against two more women.

Four people who died in a house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, were a woman and three children, it has now been confirmed.

A doctor is accused of being a party to six genocide murders, including the stoning to death of a taxi driver and the killing of a woman and her child.

Southern Water has received another fine just two months after being told to pay £7m over illegal sewage dumping.

A British father has pleaded guilty to causing the death of his child after he fell from a hotel window in Cyprus.