Currently jury trials make up 3% of cases but this will be curbed further as David Lammy confirmed they would be reserved for “indictable-only” offences such as murder and rape, and lesser “either way ...

Topps Tiles has revealed slower growth at the start of its financial year as it also snapped up the brand of collapsed rival Fired Earth. Shares in the company dipped in early trading on Tuesday ...

Police and coastguard are working together on a missing person search in Caister-on-Sea. A rescue helicopter and lifeboat were sent out at 4pm yesterday evening. A spokeswoman for HM Coastguard said: ...

The latest report from the Angiolini Inquiry found that there no record of how many women were raped by strangers in England and Wales last year.

Volodymyr Zelensky was greeted by Ireland’s president in Dublin as the Irish Government announced 100 million euro in non-lethal aid for Ukraine. The additional funding brings to 200 million euro the ...

A body part found in 2013 in Winterton was confirmed as belonging to Pawel Martyniak, who went missing from Gorleston in 2021.

Mr Lammy suggested in an interview with the Times that he would back Sir Brian’s proposals to limit jury trials to indictable-only offences, arguing that many defendants were “playing the system” by ...

The backlog of cases waiting to be completed in crown courts in England and Wales is at a record high, with sexual offences accounting for a growing proportion of cases with the longest delays. Here ...

A holiday resort in Great Yarmouth is introducing day passes during the festive season. Haven Seashore is now offering Santa’s Festive Fun Day Passes. This will make it easier for visitors and local ...

Caister Recycling Centre in Pump Lane has reopened the day after a fire broke out at the nearby waste transfer station.

A man has lost his battle to convert a former telephone exchange into housing. Fred Muskett had appealed to the Planning Inspectorate after Great Yarmouth Borough Council refused his plans to extend ...

The OECD said growth will slow to 1.2 next year, before edging up to 1.3 in 2027, with ‘substantial’ downside risks from fiscal tightening.