Prison officers are asking for electric stun guns to be allowed in the UK's most dangerous prisons after an attack injured four officers in April.

The event organised by Plumstead resident Eve Horne will be held at the Waterfront Leisure Centre and aims to bring the community together through music, movement, and fun. The first event will take ...

The demand has been made ahead of a meeting between the Prison Officers’ Association and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Leicester supporters were finally put of their misery as an instant return to the Championship was confirmed. The 1-0 defeat to Liverpool was their 23rd loss in 33 matches, signalling their second ...

A charming town just 45 minutes from south east London has been named one of the best places to live in the UK.

The London Borough of Bexley placed 783rd out of 1,447 in the latest Best Places to Live rankings published by Garrington Property Finders. The annual study assessed towns and boroughs across England ...

The sisters of a student who was shot and stabbed while cycling home through Peckham have spoken of their “painful” loss 10 years later.

The name itself is thought to come from a coaching inn called The New Cross House, originally called the Golden Cross, that served travellers passing through, and the current New Cross House pub is ...

The bank holiday weekend will end with cloud and rain for much of the UK, the Met Office has forecast. The weather service said that Monday would be “rather cloudy with rain continuing eastwards, ...

US airstrikes targeting Yemen’s capital killed 12 people and wounded 30 others, the Houthi rebels said early Monday. The deaths mark the latest in America’s intensified campaign of strikes targeting ...

Despite the declaration of an Easter ceasefire on Saturday, Ukrainian forces have recorded 59 instances of Russian shelling.

BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley has said that her sister is the “best she’s ever been”, after being moved into a residential care home. The DJ, 59, has been vocal about her younger sister, Frances, ...