Vladimir Motin was charged after his container ship, Solong, collided with US oil tanker the Stena Immaculate

Police discovered 300 cannabis plants worth £160,000 over three floors of the former U Need Us store in Portsmouth

According to a new YouGov poll, 61 per cent of Brits agree that London is an unsafe place to live, and only 30 per cent view it as a safe place

A rise of murders is traumatising inmates and staff, and making life harder for staff. But even in prison, violence isn’t inevitable

There are hotspots for violence in prison. The exercise yard, the showers. There are peak times, too. Mealtimes and association periods are particularly volatile.

But first thing in the morning is not when you expect to hear an alarm bell. I certainly didn’t, at 6am in my office on the residential wing of a high-security prison in late 2018. All prisoners were locked up at that time. But overcrowding has long been a problem in UK prisons, and keeping three men in cells designed for one can be a recipe for disaster.

Man charged with maliciously damaging building after blaze at historic Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson

The FBI says that a suspect in the arson fire at a historic Mississippi synagogue admitted to targeting the institution because of its “Jewish ties”.

Stephen Spencer Pittman was charged on Monday with maliciously damaging or destroying a building by means of fire or an explosive, the FBI said.