2025 has dawned with a bleak reality for the UK retail sector. Once a thriving cornerstone of the high street and beyond, retailers now find themselves on the frontline of a growing crime wave.

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Speaking in the House of Commons during Questions to the Solicitor General, Gregor Poynton highlighted the increasing ...

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has proposed making it more difficult for new immigrants to be able to permanently settle ...

A school in Leyton has become the seventh Muslim venue in London to be targeted by hate crime in January, as police investigate a potential link. Noor Ul Islam, a primary school in Dawlish Road ...

The UK government, which has vowed to halve knife crime during the coming decade, has already announced several other changes to existing laws. But the problem is immense, with serious offenses ...

Motorists throughout the UK will soon have the option to use a digital version of their driver's licence from their mobile phones. This can be used to verify their age when purchasing age ...

The nationals were arrested for crimes including homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, battery and robbery. – A Mexican national, Jesus Perez, arrested in Salt Lake City, charged with aggravated ...

Official figures show knife crime rose by 7% in the year to December 2023. Who can buy a knife in the UK? In the UK it's generally illegal to sell a knife to anyone under the age of 18.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Knife crime offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales have risen in recent years, but remain below levels seen before the Covid-19 ...

Crime statistics released by the Metropolitan police have revealed the safest boroughs in terms of crime across London in 2024. The most recent data for December shows there were 77,981 offences ...