Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

An adviser to former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych has been shot dead outside a school in Madrid, Spanish authorities said. Spain’s Interior Ministry identified the victim as Andrii Portnov.

The high street retail giant halted orders on its website and saw empty shelves after being targeted by hackers around the Easter weekend.

Colin Keane was thrilled to see Babouche return to something like her best at Naas on Sunday. The Ger Lyons-trained filly had beaten the colts in the Phoenix Stakes as a two-year-old but did not ...

A firefighter who died in the Bicester Motion fire has been described by his family as 'an amazing friend' and the 'true definition of a hero'.

The UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said “fragments of West Nile Virus genetic material” were found in some Aedes vexans mosquitoes collected in wetlands on the River Idle at ...

The yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack is leading a campaign to move to round-ended kitchen knives. Leanne Lucas launched Let’s Be Blunt to coincide with a national knife crime awareness ...

In a ballot of University and College Union Scotland members at the university, 84 of those who voted backed strike action.

It is alleged that Ukrainian national Petro Pochynok conspired with two others to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

Primark has announced that it has rolled out its click & collect service to all of its stores in the UK as of today (Tuesday, May 20). Click and collect is now available in all 187 of its shops, with ...

German police have arrested five teenagers over alleged involvement with a far-right group calling itself “Last Defence Wave” that allegedly aims to destabilise the country’s democratic system by ...

Inflation has rocketed to its highest level in more than a year after “awful April” bill rises, but pressure is also mounting on the Chancellor over the impact of Labour’s recent tax hike on the cost ...