The ONS has said 12,786 knife offences were carried out in London over the year to March 2023 - this is a 16% rise from the year before. Recorded sexual offences have also seen a 20% jump since 2019/20.

Italian beauty pageant Miss Italy has banned biological males from entering its competition. Patrizia Mirigliani, who oversees the nation's beauty pageant, said "only women since birth" are welcome to compete while she is in charge of the event.

Tej Bal, a 35-year-old from Birmingham, submitted a subject access request to the bank. Mr Bal combed through social media but found only 'tongue in cheek' posts about lockdown.

The pop star, 33, has been nominated for nine gongs at the ceremony, including twice in the Best Female category before it was axed.

An Iranian asylum seeker has been jailed for raping an elderly woman and sexually assaulting a child just ten months after coming to the UK.

Fifty people are expected as part of the first group of asylum seekers to arrive on the Bibby Stockholm before numbers are steadily increased to about 500 by the autumn.

A number of people, communities and organisations have spoken out about their opposition to the idea of housing asylum seekers in hotels.  | ITV News Wales

The national broadcaster previously claimed the GB News presenter's account was shut because he did not reach the financial threshold

Stacie Marine Laughton, 39, (left) could face up to 30 years in jail after being charged with aiding and abetting the sexual exploitation of children.