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A judge said Scott Horsburgh was a "predatory and exploitative paedophile who uses social media as a weapon against children"

Surveyor Richard Gent, 52, died just hours after telling his wife he hadn't slept for two nights and he "couldn't do this anymore"

The pedestrian, who is in her 50s, was rushed to hospital following the horror smash in Streatham, south London

Cathy Eastburn, 51, Mark Ovland, 35, and Luke Watson, 29, all appeared at Blackfriars Crown Court to enter not guilty pleas

It will come as a surprise to very few people, but Boris Johnson intends to stand to become the leader of the Conservative Party. He said he will go for the top job as soon as Theresa May steps down. Asked at a business event in Manchester if he would be a candidate, the former foreign secretary replied: "Of course I'm going to go for it." Boris Johnson said: "I'm going to go for it. Of course I'm going to...

A new ride hailing app has taken a public swipe at Uber for avoiding local taxes by erecting huge billboard ads in Leicester Square. Kapten, launched today in London, has called its rival out for not paying VAT in the UK claiming that every time a Londoner takes an Uber ride a massive 60p is lost that could finance the NHS, schools and other parts of the economy. Uber has come under fire for paying little tax to the UK...

Once celebrated as "Heaven on Earth" by travel writers, now a monstrous 238 tonnes of plastic debris scatter the white sandy beaches of the Cocos Islands - including bottle caps, straws and flip-flops

The Home Office has released figures revealing that British and French authorities encountered 562 people attempting the crossing across the Channel from France in small boats in 2018 and 177 in the first two months of 2019. With the humanitarian situation for many sleeping rough around Calais deteriorating and the summer coming, figures are expected to rise. - Though the figures are still a drop in the ocean, compared to the 625,000 people who moved to the UK last year,...

Terrence Brown pleaded guilty to rape and sexual assault of a teenager and sexual assault of a woman