Usher was the first adult to be charged with riot, following a 15-year-old boy, also from Sunderland, having had his violent disorder charge upgraded to riot.

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for pouring soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers, after they came close to “destroying” the masterpiece. Phoebe Plummer 23, and Anna Holland, 22, caused ...

The Competition and Markets Authority said its initial investigation had found the partnership did not qualify for further investigation.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the new drug Cobenfy, which is owned by pharmaceutical firm Bristol Myers Squibb.

A social worker was described as a “monster” as he was jailed for sexually messaging two young teenagers on Snapchat and accessing records of another teenager he had a relationship with.

Conservationists are celebrating after white-tailed eagles bred in Northern Ireland for the first time for more than 150 years. Two first-time breeders in Co Fermanagh successfully fledged one chick.

A coalition of nature groups said they identified gaps in commitment and funding that need to be filled to address England’s water crisis.

Britain’s youngest knife murderers, who killed a stranger in a brutal machete attack when they were aged just 12, have both been handed life sentences with a minimum term of eight-and-a-half years.