Pa Reporters
UK
Body found during river search for missing 11-year-old boy
Mackenzie Swift was last seen entering the River Don in South Yorkshire on Saturday
By Pa Reporters
2 Jun 2026
UK
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch among missing tourists after luxury yacht sinks
Four of the missing passengers are British and two are American, Italian news website la Reppublica said.
By Pa Reporters
19 Aug 2024
Crime
Inquest to be opened into death of Graham Thorpe after he took his own life
Tributes flooded in for one of the nation’s best Test players after the England and Wales Cricket Board announced on August 5 that he had died.
By Pa Reporters
13 Aug 2024
Politics
Government on ‘high alert’ over violent disorder despite weekend easing
Police had been braced for further riots over the weekend but no widespread unrest arose.
By Pa Reporters
12 Aug 2024
UK
Shop security guard ‘jumped on and disarmed’ Leicester Square knifeman
A man has been arrested and two victims taken to a major trauma centre after the attack in the tourist hotspot on Monday.
By Pa Reporters
12 Aug 2024
Crime
Man in court charged with attempted murder after shooting which injured girl, 9
The girl was eating dinner with her family at a restaurant in Dalston in May when she was hit.
By Pa Reporters
10 Aug 2024
Politics
Starmer tells police to stay on ‘high alert’ at Cobra meeting
The Prime Minister is understood to have pointed to ramped-up policing and swift justice as an effective deterrent to further disorder.
By Pa Reporters
8 Aug 2024
Politics
Starmer to chair third Cobra meeting in a week to prepare for further unrest
The Prime Minister said it was ‘important that we don’t let up’ after threats of violence failed to materialise on Wednesday night.
By Pa Reporters
8 Aug 2024
UK
Name and shame rioters, Prime Minister says amid bid to crack down on disorder
Sir Keir Starmer vowed to ‘ramp up criminal justice’ after an emergency Cobra meeting was called.
By Pa Reporters
5 Aug 2024
Crime
Suspects appear in court as judges condemn violent scenes
Several suspects faced charges in court on Monday, after a sixth day of disorder which broke out in the wake of a knife attack last week.
By Pa Reporters
5 Aug 2024
UK
Government calls emergency Cobra meeting in wake of sixth day of violence
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said courts were on standby to handle the cases of those charged.
By Pa Reporters
5 Aug 2024
Politics
Ministers told to ‘disregard’ strike laws from next week
The Fire Brigades’ Union hailed the ‘beginning of the end’ while Unison celebrated the reversal of ‘unworkable and divisive anti-strike’ legislation.
By Pa Reporters
5 Aug 2024
Politics
Violent disorder sees police officers injured as Prime Minister vows action
Planned anti-immigration protests took place in a number of cities across the country.
By Pa Reporters
3 Aug 2024
Politics
Protesters clash with police as ministers to meet to discuss potential disorder
A number of protests got under way in cities across the UK on Saturday.
By Pa Reporters
3 Aug 2024
Politics
Planned protests begin across UK after ‘unforgivable’ violence in Sunderland
Photos on social media showed a blackened Citizens Advice Bureau office after disorder on Friday.
By Pa Reporters
3 Aug 2024
Politics
Far right condemned as organising force behind unrest amid fears of more trouble
Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick said ‘elements of the far right’ appear to be involved in the rioting.
By Pa Reporters
3 Aug 2024
UK
Authorities ‘are watching you’, planners of more protests over Southport told
A Home Office minister told would-be rioters that they should be prepared to potentially go to prison.
By Pa Reporters
2 Aug 2024
UK
Southport: More protests planned as PM launches national response to disorder
The PA news agency found evidence of at least 15 protests advertised online, and two counter-protests.
By Pa Reporters
2 Aug 2024
UK
Seven men charged and child arrested after unrest in Hartlepool
The men, aged 28 to 54, have been remanded in custody and will appear in court
By Pa Reporters
2 Aug 2024UK
Boy, 11, held after police vehicle set alight in violent protest in Hartlepool
Cleveland Police said 11 other people were arrested on Wednesday evening.
By Pa Reporters
1 Aug 2024
Crime
Boy, 17, arrives at court to face murder charges over Southport deaths
A white prison van arrived at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court at around 9.30am flanked by a large escort of police vehicles.
By Pa Reporters
1 Aug 2024