Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

The high street retail giant halted orders on its website and saw empty shelves after being targeted by hackers around the Easter weekend.

The UKHSA and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) said “fragments of West Nile Virus genetic material” were found in some Aedes vexans mosquitoes collected in wetlands on the River Idle at ...

The yoga teacher who survived the Southport attack is leading a campaign to move to round-ended kitchen knives. Leanne Lucas launched Let’s Be Blunt to coincide with a national knife crime awareness ...

It is alleged that Ukrainian national Petro Pochynok conspired with two others to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

In a ballot of University and College Union Scotland members at the university, 84 of those who voted backed strike action.

German police have arrested five teenagers over alleged involvement with a far-right group calling itself “Last Defence Wave” that allegedly aims to destabilise the country’s democratic system by ...

Steep increases in gas, electricity and water bills, along with a jump in the price of air and coach travel, helped push the UK’s overall rate of inflation in April to its highest level for 15 months.

The average UK house price increased by 6.4 annually in March, from 5.5 annual growth in February, according to ONS figures.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 45 people in Gaza, including several women and a week-old infant, hospital officials said. The fresh strikes overnight into Wednesday come as Israel’s war on Hamas ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Kursk region for the first time since Russia said it expelled Ukrainian forces from the area in April. The Kremlin said Mr Putin had visited Kursk on ...

Inflation has rocketed to its highest level in more than a year after “awful April” bill rises, but pressure is also mounting on the Chancellor over the impact of Labour’s recent tax hike on the cost ...