A Mercedes van driver has appeared in court accused of causing serious injury to a woman as she crossed a road.

A suspect is said to have stabbed a stranger in the face and neck after a row flared up in the street during the early evening.

A drug dealer who claimed he had earned £10,000 in cash by hairdressing has been jailed.

A rapist who attacked his victim in a hotel room has been sent to prison.

A suspected shoplifter has been charged after a series of alleged thefts from John Lewis.

Exclusive: The life sentence tariff handed to the “highly sexualised” murderer of dog walker Claire Knights is to be reviewed by the Court of Appeal.

A bull-breed owner has avoided jail after she failed to take her dying dog to the vets and allowed him to suffer weeks of unnecessary pain.

Two men accused of murder after a young boy lost his life in a fatal crash will stand trial next year.

A thug who punched his girlfriend's arm with such force it broke has been branded a danger not only to women but also his own children.

A property tycoon accused of calling a council worker a “petty little Hitler” four years ago has slammed the courts over delays to his case.

A footballer has been jailed for four years after admitting his involvement in a plot to smuggle £600,000 of cannabis through Stansted Airport.

Police have arrested a man in the county on suspicion of murder after a boy died from his injuries after a crash involving an e-bike and car.

A 41-year-old prison guard who sexually assaulted two women, including trapping one his victims legs and touching her, has avoided a prison sentence.

A former teaching assistant has admitted sending nude photos and a video of herself in the shower to a teenager.

A pensioner struggling with ill health is being hauled before a court by a water company for refusing to pay his bill.

A thug who assaulted and threatened a shop worker with a knife after he tried to stop him from stealing a four-pack of beers has been jailed.

A young man has admitted causing the death of a “gentle giant” in a horror crash two days shy of his nineteenth birthday.

A former security worker accused of repeatedly raping and sexually abusing a schoolgirl in his caravan has admitted he wanted "to flee" the country.

A 31-year-old has been jailed for attacking a woman with a kitchen knife after meeting to exchange cigarettes, leaving her “fearing for her life”.

Two men caught dealing heroin and crack cocaine have been jailed.