The veteran politician seeks to have his conviction on graft charges overturned. On Thursday, his lawyers will argue before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Labour politician was the UK's longest-serving deputy PM and was key in negotiating the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

A new BBC documentary plays to viewers a recording of a phone conversation where an associate told the smuggler in Cockney rhyming slang that his phone was being tapped.

An inquest has concluded Luke Howe's death was a tragic accident

The attack happened close to Dumyat, one of the Ochil Hills.

Retired NHS nurse Andrew Barker was found dead in a manhole which had been dug by gas engineers days after Storm Isha ravaged Britain, with a site worker spotting a "pair of legs" sticking out

He has been jailed for three years, of which he will serve half before being released on licence

Lee Mullen left his victim unconscious in the street after being confronted over the theft from Blairgowrie.

Angela Rayner sought inspiration from John Prescott's rise to the near top of the Labour Party and the country.

The man, who cannot be named, claimed in court that he was a 'good father' who arranged the prostitutes as a way of cheering his son up following a romantic break-up.

Andrew Frazer, 43, was allegedly knocked unconscious in the street and rushed to hospital with a head injury after travelling to Benidorm for his brother Ian's birthday

Jamie Menagh played for Stockport County among other clubs in the north west

A teenager has been jailed for least 22 years for fatally stabbing his motorbike enthusiast neighbour to death in the street.

Dylan Thomas, who had also tried to scale the Buckingham Palace fence, stabbed his friend 37 times.

Liverpool Crown Court heard that Johnathon Derby left his former partner so traumatised following the assault that she decided to move house, fearing he might return

Andrew Frazer, who had travelled to the holiday destination for his brother's, has been placed in an induced coma following the horror incident.

Leslie Jones (pictured) was handed a two-year restraining order after displaying 'concerning behaviour' towards Fiona Hooper and her 18-year-old daughter Lily in St Ives, Dorset.

Finlay MacDonald said on the morning of the incident he looked at his wife's phone and saw text messages between her and her boss in which she said she was going to leave him.

A jealous husband is accused of murdering his brother in law and trying to kill his wife after finding out she planned to leave him.

Greg Hazeltine repeatedly punched Judge Patrick Perusko, as well as threatening him and calling him a 'little lying weasel'

Greg Hazeltine repeatedly punched Judge Patrick Perusko, as well as threatening him and calling him a 'little lying weasel'

William Osaseri's victim spent six weeks in a coma at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham

A round-up of court cases from Tayside and Fife.

A verdict of death by suicide has been returned in the inquest into the death of a senior garda detective who took his own life at a garda station in Dublin six years ago.

'Becoming Deputy PM was the proudest day of John Prescott's life - not because of the status he had achieved, but because of the change he was about to deliver,' writes Angela Rayner

Azaan Khan, aged 12, was struck by a BMW as he crossed the Coventry Road in Yardley on his bike on June 8 last year

Lord Prescott spent a decade as Tony Blair's deputy and was seen as a custodian of traditional Labour values.

John Prescott, who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Labour MP for four decades, died peacefully on Wednesday at a care home where he had been living with Alzheimer's

The final day of the inquest into the death of detective Colm Fox heard that Gardaí were unable to establish the “act of omission” he had referenced

'It will be a tribute to his legacy when more and more people, whatever their start in life, can, as John did, realise their talents to the full,' writes former Labour PM Gordon Brown

Leandro Lopes and two teenagers aged 15 and 17 deny murdering Gary Belfield and attempting to murder his son, Luke Williams, at their home in Felling

Angela Rayner has paid tribute to John Prescott, a predecessor as deputy Prime Minister, as she recalled how he used to give her a call after she did Prime Minister's Questions.

He also threatened another woman he stole from

Ryan Borgwardt, 45, purposely flipped his kayak on Green Lake on August 11, dumping his phone and belongings in the water in the water to fake his own death, police said.

"He can't walk, can't talk."

A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children has been communicating with authorities daily from Eastern Europe, even telling them how he did it, but has not committed to returning home, a sheriff said Thursday. Ryan Borgwardt has been talking with authorities since Nov. 11 after disappearing for three months, Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll said at a news conference. The sheriff later showed a video that Borgwardt had sent the sheriff's office that day.

Former deputy prime minister Lord Prescott, who was a key figure in Tony Blair's government and was also a close friend of the King, has died at the age of 86

Little Carlos was left with life-changing injuries following the 'devastating' hit and run in Lawrence Weston, Bristol on Sunday, November 17.

"I don't regret it."

A man who hijacked a jeep and drove at a plane at Cork Airport in 2011 has been jailed for an additional three years after he failed to keep the peace and be of good behaviour following his release from prison for his crime.

Azaan Khan was crossing the Coventry Road in Yardley on his bicycle when he was fatally struck by a red BMW. Shazad Alam was jailed for more than eight years at Birmingham Crown Court

A sheriff says a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children is in Eastern Europe but has not committed to returning home.

A man abused by a former political figure says he is blown away by a proposal to end secrecy around sex offenders' identities.

Police say Ryan Borgwardt is believed to be in Eastern Europe, and has sent a video to prove he is safe.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup to overturn the 2022 election, federal police said in a formal accusation filed with the...

I am sitting in the corner of a quiet cafe in the centre of a major Western city talking to an intelligence source who has promised me something exceptional.

A Douglas County school bus driver filling in on an unfamiliar route who mistakenly dropped off 40 kids Monday said the situation was "a nightmare" and that he could've taken different steps.

King Charles remembered John Prescott, who died at a care home on Wednesday aged 86 following a battle with Alzheimer's after serving as the UK's longest-serving deputy prime minister