A pensioner couple have admitted racially aggravated assault after a video of them abusing an NHS nurse in a Yorkshire park went viral, with the incident sparking shock online and prompting police action. The couple, both in their seventies, appeared at a magistrates’ court where they pleaded guilty to racially aggravated charges relating to abuse captured on social media last August.

The body of a Kenyan master’s student reported missing in the United Kingdom has been found in water believed to be shortly after she disappeared. The discovery has deepened the anguish of her family and friends who had been searching for answers since her disappearance in early February, as UK authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death.

Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker convicted of murdering two ten year old girls in the notorious Soham case, has died after being seriously injured in a prison attack. The 52 year old had been receiving treatment in hospital after being found with severe injuries following an assault inside a high security prison.

A jury has been told that three boys are accused of taking turns raping a 13 year old girl in bushes near a tram stop in Rochdale, with prosecutors saying part of the incident was filmed on a mobile phone and shared among the boys and others. The defendants, who were aged between 12 and 14 at the time, deny all charges.

Rapper Ghetts has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after admitting causing the death of a young Nepalese student in a hit-and-run collision in north London, having been over the drink-drive limit and driving dangerously, before failing to stop at the scene, leaving the victim’s family devastated and prompting renewed calls for tougher action on dangerous driving.

Jordan James Parke, the reality TV star and social media influencer known as “The Lip King,” has died, bringing shock and heartbreak to his family and followers, over a year after his arrest in connection with the death of a woman following a Brazilian butt lift procedure, as police continue inquiries and two people have since been arrested in relation to his own unexplained passing in London.