The head of a legal body heavily criticised for its handling of the Andrew Malkinson case has been accused of giving a “half-hearted” defence of the organisation in the wake of its challenges.

The ombudsman detailed failures including several instances of police planning to arrest suspects but not following through.

British raider Ascending Lark finished with a flourish to extend her unbeaten record over obstacles to six in the Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown. Placed in two of her three bumper ...

A court heard Steven Carruthers and his four-year-old son rubbed shoulders with celebrities and sat in seats which should have cost more ...

The Dragons became the first club to achieve three successive promotions in English professional football on Saturday.

Reports are coming in of a crash on the B3066 Bath Road, Bournemouth causing significant disruption in both directions. The affected stretch runs between Grove Road near St Peter’s Roundabout and the ...

No 10 has defended the Government’s net-zero policies after Sir Tony Blair attacked any strategy that limits fossil fuels in the short term as “doomed to fail”. The Labour former prime minister argued ...

A SEARCH has been launched to help find a “vulnerable” 15-year-old who has been missing for more than a week. George, from Watchet in Somerset, also has links to Dorset and could be in the county. He ...

Usyk was floored in the fifth round by Dubois with a shot which was deemed a low blow before the Ukrainian claimed a ninth-round stoppage.

The house in Yate was burnt almost completely to the ground during the blaze, which followed the explosion on Tuesday morning.

Solicitor Aamer Anwar, acting for the family, branded it an ‘attack’ and a ‘desperate attempt to undermine the inquiry’.

A BUSY road is now closed for the next 14 weeks while work is carried out throughout the summer. The gas main underneath Walkford Road in Walkford, near Highcliffe, is to be replaced and it involves ...