Police to face regular tests on how well they can do their job in order to keep new 'licence to practise' in major shakeup
The radical shake-up of the way officers will be scrutinised comes as part of the largest reforms to British policing in 200 years.
Failing police forces face 'crack squads' of experts to bring them up to scratch under new reform package
Shabana Mahmood's new policing White Paper will set out new measures to bring under-performing forces up to scratch.
LAURA CRAIK: Red was Valentino's signature colour. The mourners wore his creations in sombre black to pay their respects
Throughout his life, he was forever associated with 'Valentino red'. To mark his death, however, a more sombre colour was the order of the day - 'Valentino black'.
Prestigious Cotswolds school closes after 100 years because it's no longer 'financially viable' to remain open
Rendcombe College announced in a letter to parents it would be shutting its doors because it is no longer 'financially viable' to remain open.
Harry Styles' fans go wild as he releases fun new music video for Aperture after announcing seven city global residency
Harry Styles sent fans wild as he released his new music video for his single Aperture on Friday.
'Insulting and frankly appalling': Keir Starmer demands apology from Donald Trump in major transatlantic row over jibe at Britain's Afghan war dead
The Prime Minister said the American leader should apologise for astonishing remarks belittling Nato's role in the conflict.
MERYL WILLIAMS: I won the first ever season of The Traitors, this is what REALLY goes on behind the scenes
Meryl Williams, winner of the first season of The Traitors spills the beans about what really goes on behind the scenes on the BBC show.
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon gets £32m payday
The package was some 10 per cent higher than the £29m Dimon was paid in 2024 - and a record since he took charge of the bank in 2006.
Solicitor, 63, is accused of stalking legal blogger and making unwanted sexual advances - after coming under separate probe over buying up hundreds of freeholds
Andrew Milne, 63, is said to have sent the writer numerous unwanted sexualised messages including one which read: 'If you agree to be my total sex slave I will let you live in the garage'.
Trump delays Chagos surrender: Starmer is forced to pull Lords debate on controversial handover after US concerns - raising hope of 15th U-turn
Days after Donald Trump blasted the UK for 'an act of great stupidity' in signing the archipelago away, Labour withdrew the legislation from a planned debate in the House of Lords
Drunken mother who yelled anti-Semitic abuse and hurled food at West End kosher deli diners walks free from court after suspended prison sentence
Mary Clarke, who shouted racist abuse as she attacked diners at a famous kosher deli in central London while yelling 'free Palestine', has walked free from court.
Why 'controlling' Nicola Peltz also made an enemy of the Hadids: Before Brooklyn, she dated Anwar. Now family insiders reveal what made her 'FLIP'... and humiliating comment they still whisper about her
This week, the Beckhams no doubt have a sympathetic ear in another famous family - namely the Hadids, who know all too well what it is like to welcome actress Nicola into the fold.
Prince Harry says British troops who died in Afghanistan deserve 'respect' in backlash against Donald Trump's jibe at UK's war dead
The Duke of Sussex has lashed out at Donald Trump over his comments on Britain's war dead, saying that UK soldiers who sacrificed their lives ought to be treated with 'respect.'
Olympian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding is CAUGHT after years on FBI Most Wanted list
Accused cocaine trafficker and former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding has been arrested and is now in custody, two law enforcement officials say.
Six hundred people fell ill from salmonella after eating contaminated Mr Porky pork scratchings as crisp firm is ordered to pay victims £300k in compensation
Tayto Group Ltd was prosecuted following an outbreak of the illness which linked to its factory in Westhoughton, Bolton.
Moment 1,000 feral camels rampage through Australian outback town in search of water
A huge mob of 1,000 feral camels have been spotted rampaging through a town in the Australian outback searching for water amid record-breaking temperatures.
Police who seized £80,000 worth of stolen tools appeal to owners to get in touch to reclaim their property
Officers recovered around 400 items in Hounslow Heath, west London, on December 11 - including power drills, nail guns, electric saws, and a concrete mixer.
Mother accused of murdering ex husband in acid attack told him he was 'insane' to think she was involved in an ambush because she 'wouldn't put their child at risk', court hears
Danny Cahalane's ex-wife Paris Wilson, 35, who he shares a child with, is on trial accused of murder alongside five other men at Winchester Crown Court.
Bella Hadid was 'assured' she wouldn't star in an episode with brother Anwar's ex Nicola Peltz in TV series The Beauty nor would they 'do promo together' amid Beckham family feud
Instead, her new show, The Beauty, has been shredded by critics as 'offensive' and 'unwatchable'.
I stayed at the Inverness airport hotel where The Traitors contestants REALLY sleep and eat breakfast - it cost me £70-a-night and here's what it's like inside
The hotel, which opened in March 2020, has 130 rooms and offers a restaurant, private parking, a fitness centre, and a bar.