There was a 7% increase in recorded crime on Britain’s railways in 2016/17, according to the latest statistics published by British Transport Police.

The UK Government has announced its intention to consult on new offences to toughen up knife crime laws in England and Wales.

A new law is now in force that makes it easier to prosecute people who share intimate images without consent.

A new code of practice is now in force in Scotland on the use of police stop and search powers that aims to promote public safety and prevent and detect crime.

A man has recently been sentenced to life imprisonment at the High Court in Glasgow for a murder committed in Coatbridge in 1999.