Emily Dugan

It took more than 40 years before Alison Ruby felt able to tell police about the man who had peeled off her school tights and stolen her childhood.

Mohamed Al Fayed pretended he had dementia so he could evade prosecution for sexual crimes, his son has said.

Backlog in cases set to reach 100,000 in England and Wales without action on shortage of barristers and judges

A man bursts out of a courtroom, shouting expletives. The judge has just ruled that his brother-in-law will not be going to prison after sexually assaulting his two young daughters.

Exclusive: Some inmates being advised to change plea to secure earlier release as backlog spirals, watchdogs say

Court backlogs are forcing alleged offenders to spend up to five years in jail awaiting trial and driving innocent people to plead guilty, two prison watchdogs have revealed.

Exclusive: TV star is said to have behaved inappropriately towards journalist he met at awards ceremony

Gregg Wallace is accused of sending inappropriate texts to a young female reporter asking her for “a snog” and leaving multiple “creepy” voicemails after taking her number under the pretext of work.

Keir Starmer's chief of staff travelled to Florida for talks with Donald Trump's incoming White House team earlier this month.

Morgan McSweeney flew to Florida and Washington for meetings with key members of president-elect’s team