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Ban on questioning suspects to be eased

The ban on police being able to question suspects after they have been charged is to be lifted to help increase convictions

Student raped in French illegal migrants camp

A woman studying at an English journalism school was attacked in a makeshift camp in Calais housing illegal immigrants

Family may have been about to lose their home

Businessman missing with his wife and daughter after suspected arson believed to have been in severe financial difficulties

Muslim guilty of child cruelty over Shia ritual

Syed Mustafa Zaidi, a devout Muslim, made two teenage boys perform a self-flagellation ritual during a religious ceremony

UK's most deadly gun maker convicted

Submachine guns made in Grant Wilkinson's garden shed factory connected to eight murders including Pc Sharon Beshenivsky

Police prepare to search millionaire's mansion

Police prepare to trawl through mansion's wreckage as wealthy businessman Christopher Foster and family remain missing

UK's most deadly gun maker given life

Submachine guns made in Grant Wilkinson's garden shed factory connected to eight murders Watch video

French call for help in taming speeding Brits

Officers from Kent dealing with holidaymakers who pretend they don't understand when stopped by French gendarmes

Millionaire and family missing after blaze

Businessman Christopher Foster missing with wife and child after suspicious fire at Shropshire country estate

Dead baby found at recycling centre

The body of a newborn baby has been found concealed amongst rubbish at a recycling plant in Peterborough this morning

Underworld boss killed in armoured van raid

Mark Nunes had stolen £500,000 as the leader of a criminal network that staged at least 18 raids outside high-street banks

King’s Troop soldiers sacked over drug test

Three men and two women tested positive in a random drugs test. It is believed traces of cocaine were found

Mob at Notting Hill Carnival bombard police

Police in protective gear had to be deployed to West London, to help uniformed officers when they came under attack

Murdered student's father calls for swift justice

Muhammad al-Majed was punched to the ground by a gang as he socialised with friends from his international language school

The sad life and death of Rose, Israel's Madeleine McCann

Police reveal latest twist in saga of missing French girl that has shocked detectives and scandalised Israel

Mob runs amok at Notting Hill Carnival

Riot police sent into disperse mob at end of Europe's biggest street party after weekend of arrests Watch video

Fourth man arrested over threat to kill PM

Police were carrying out searches in Blackburn today after a man was arrested on terror charges following website threat

Police hunting criminals to get database access

Police are to be given access to the Government’s new children’s database in order to search for evidence of criminal activity