The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has signed a commencement order to increase the maximum sentences for four knife related offences with the sentence for the possession of a knife in a public place increasing from five years to seven years.

The tax cut for some tobacco products will do nothing for the health of Kiwis and is merely a "handout" to the tobacco industry, Labour's Ayesha Verrall says.

The National Prosecuting Authority has been the victim of relentless political interference. It’s in need of a makeover.

New study explains why.

After the devastating bombardment of Lebanon, the Hezbollah militants have come to knees. They are now pleading for mercy on the humanitarian grounds.

US military base on UK-controlled Diego Garcia said to be site where infamous "rendition flights" would stop over.

Pakistan, China, Iran and Russia express concern over "terror threat emanating from Afghan territory".

'Though a foreigner on campus, she carried herself with confidence.'

South Tyneside Council bosses are set to consider a range of initiatives to tackle graffiti across the borough, after a year-long review by a council scrutiny panel

The Mackworth Strata/Persimmon estate was originally built on the site of the former Mackworth College in 2013

Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah chief, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 27. Reports claimed that his body has been recovered from the site where the military conducted the precise attacks.

Teenage boy detained for sexually assaulting 5-year-old kindergarten girl in Ratlam school, sparking outrage and calls for justice.

In his fortnightly Daily Record column, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar says his party's "story of our country’s revival is only half-written."

Scots will be hit by the return of peak rail fares, the increase of minimum unit pricing and the hiking of the energy price cap.

No demolitions on Musi river bed until residents are convinced to shift, illegal constructions on lake beds targeted.

Five officials suspended for negligence leading to wall collapse near Mahabaleshwar Temple in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.

Ehsan Ibrahim, 19, has called on the government to tackle child poverty to keep young people away from a life of crime

The council has come under fire from critics

It's a place where pupils flourish

'No other option than to use private vehicles'

Residents of R.A. Puram have been complaining about frequent power fluctuations and occasional sparks on the transformer, posing significant safety risks

Hundreds of motorists have been caught drink-driving at least four times on UK roads

Birmingham City Council's masterplan for Druids Heath would see the area transformed into a green oasis

Austria's far-right Freedom Party must seek to clear a path to power after its historic parliamentary election victory left the anti-establishment outfit needing a partner to form a governing coalition.