A migrant boat struck a 17-year-old tourist off Sardinia on August 16, leaving her unconscious. The driver, a 28-year-old Algerian man, was arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration.
Court documents suggest Tate brothers' luxury lifestyle is a rented facade, including a $50m yacht and $14m supercars, to boost social media income.
Masked joyrider gangs are filming wrong-way driving on UK roads for TikTok likes, with some rigging mobility scooters to reach 70mph. The trend follows the fatal A66 crash that killed two police officers.
A 31-year-old man arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire at the former Jumpin' Jak's nightclub in Wigan has been released on bail, police confirm.
New SmartSearch analysis of Companies House records suggests up to £464 million may have been laundered through 3,097 dissolved UK barbers, beauty salons and corner shops between 2016 and 2026.
A report reveals organised crime gangs are using Post Office branches to launder cash, exploiting the network's high-street presence and banking services.
Specialist police officers found a sizeable quantity of Class A, B and C drugs buried at the Creamfields 2026 festival site in Cheshire during pre-event searches.
Cheshire Police uncovered a sizeable quantity of class A, B and C drugs, including ecstasy, MDMA and ketamine, buried at the Creamfields 2026 site ahead of the festival.
Five young men who died in an A66 crash may have had links to serious and organised criminal activity, Cleveland Police said, with 12 others arrested.
Music fans lost an estimated £150m to ticket fraud in the last year, new research shows. The Government and O2 urge gig-goers to 'Stop! Think Fraud' before buying resale tickets.
A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at the former Jumpin' Jak's nightclub on King Street in Wigan, the second blaze at the site in under a year.
Christopher Peden, 36, faces arson charges after telling police he cut off his genitals and set them on fire in a Fort Wayne garage on May 6.
Up to £464m has moved through 3,000+ UK shell companies branded as beauty and convenience stores, operating in money-laundering and terrorist financing sectors, new analysis shows.
Jamie Oldroyd, jailed for a £20m cocaine plot, has been banned from driving for 36 months after drink-driving in Warrington.
Network Rail is suing DB Cargo UK and Touax for over £5m after a 2020 derailment in south Wales spilled 446,000 litres of fuel, threatening an environmental disaster.
Cheshire Police uncovered a sizeable quantity of class A, B and C drugs, including 204 nitrous oxide canisters, buried at the Creamfields festival site ahead of the 2026 event.
Police uncovered a sizeable quantity of drugs, including ecstasy, MDMA and ketamine, plus 204 nitrous oxide cannisters, buried at the Creamfields site ahead of the festival.
Cloned number plate reports to the DVLA rose 54% in a year, with innocent drivers wrongly pulled over and a fatal crash linked to fake plates.
Thomas Groves, a former nuclear power station worker, was ordered to pay £28,132 after a proceeds of crime investigation following his arrest in Carmarthen.
Greater Manchester Police's year-long Operation Elswick has seized over £1m in illegal goods, including £275,000 of cigarettes hidden behind false walls, in a major crackdown on illicit tobacco and vapes.
An estimated five million UK users have streamed illegally via modified Fire Sticks, risking fines, prison, and civil action from copyright holders like Sky.
Impersonation scam victims lost £3,516 on average in the year to June 2026, up 10% year-on-year, Lloyds data shows. One 85-year-old lost £188,000.
Victims lost £3,516 on average to impersonation scams in the year to June 2026, up 10% year-on-year despite a 3% fall in reported cases.
Around five million people in the UK have used illegal streaming devices. Police and anti-piracy groups can track users via IP addresses, and offenders risk fines, prison, or civil action from copyright holders.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a huge fire ripped through a holiday parking site and industrial estate near Gatwick Airport, damaging several cars and shutting off power to over 2,000 homes.
Impersonation scam victims lost £3,516 on average in the past year, up 10% from £3,200, Lloyds Bank data shows. One victim lost £188,000 to a police scam.
Greater Manchester Police and Trading Standards seized over £1 million in illegal vapes, cigarettes and counterfeit goods during Operation Elswick raids across Manchester.
An anonymous time traveller named Noah claims to be stuck in 2019 with futuristic nanotechnology, but YouTube viewers have identified the dark gel as common slime, branding the footage fake.
The NHS could lose £1.35bn to fraud annually, with procurement and prescription fraud among the biggest risks, the Counter Fraud Authority warns.
Impersonation scam victims lost £3,516 on average in the past year, a 10% increase from £3,200 a year earlier, according to Lloyds data.