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A train driver who died in a crash near Bedford had passed a red signal moments before the collision, investigators say.

Six people have been jailed after an innocent woman was shot dead at point-blank range on the doorstep of a flat.

Labour MPs are under pressure from their local members who want a leadership contest rather than a coronation of Andy Burnham as prime minister.

A man who said he "particularly enjoyed" the dismemberment scenes in the TV programme Dexter murdered two men he met at a homeless shelter before dismembering and burning their bodies, a court heard.

The body of a man killed "in the most brutal way" was found at a Bronze Age stone circle in the Peak District.

The body which oversees Britain's energy network has appealed for more power generation as temperatures soar across the country and wider Europe.

A man stabbed to death in London at the weekend has been named as Kamahl Cameron-Williams.

Dan Jarvis, the new defence secretary, signalled he is pushing for extra money for the armed forces and aims to publish a defence investment plan but not "at any cost".