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The child who died in a school coach crash in Somerset on Thursday was a 10-year-old boy, Avon and Somerset Police have said.

Dozens of Russian spies have been sanctioned by the government - including those responsible for targeting Yulia Skripal five years before her attempted murder in Salisbury.

What started as a missing person case led to the capture of an "evil" serial killer who "got sadistic sexual pleasure" from murdering women.

The parents of a young man who was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old girl say their son was failed by the state.

A 65-year-old woman dubbed "gangster granny" by police has been jailed for running a UK-wide drug-dealing operation.

An amber alert for thunderstorms is in place for London and most of southeast England, with forecasters warning of "torrential" rain.

A police dog that took part in Queen Elizabeth II's funeral has died in a car crash.

An independent review of the water industry is to recommend sweeping changes to the way the sector is managed, including the potential replacement of Ofwat with a strengthened body combining economic and environmental regulation.

Maria's treatment by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) was so shocking the chief constable described it as "undefendable".

Health officials have issued a warning over botulism, a life-threatening condition that causes paralysis, as multiple people in the UK have developed it after having Botox procedures.