James Brokenshire

Counter-terror detectives were hunting Tuesday a 28-year-old man of Somali origin thought to have absconded after he failed to meet his overnight residence condition.

British detectives probing the 1984 murder of a policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London have been granted visas to pursue the investigation in Libya, police said.

British detectives probing the 1984 murder of a policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London have been granted visas to pursue the investigation in Libya, police said Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of emergency workers and government staff began a two-day exercise on Wednesday to practice dealing with a major terrorism incident during the 2012 London Olympics.

The home secretary said Friday she would visit Amman to discuss a possible deal to extradite Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, to Jordan.

Jordan has given assurances to Britain that Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, once dubbed an aide to Osama bin Laden, will get a "fair" trial if London extradites him to the kingdom, a government official said on Wednesday.

A British minister headed to Jordan Tuesday to seek a deal that would allow London to extradite Abu Qatada, as the Islamist cleric once dubbed an aide to Osama bin Laden spent his first day out on bail.

Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, has been released from a British prison on extremely tight bail conditions.

Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, was released from a British prison Monday on extremely tight bail conditions.

A radical cleric once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe was to be released "imminently" from prison in Britain, reports said Monday.

Amy Winehouse's father went to parliament on Monday to plead for more state-funded drug rehabilitation centres as his family waits for toxicology test results on the British singer's death.

LONDON (Reuters) - In the wake of singer Amy Winehouse's death, her father Mitch went to Westminster on Monday to press politicians to do more for young people needing help with drug and alcohol problems.

Fans of soul star Amy Winehouse on Sunday sent her back to the top of Britain's album chart, a week after the 27-year-old was found dead at her London home.

Burglaries and violent crime in England and Wales rose markedly over the last year while overall crime levels remained stable, according to annual figures released on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) - The fight against cyber crime needs a stronger common international legal framework to enable perpetrators outside the country of their victims to be tracked down and punished, a British security official said on Tuesday.

Kate McCann will join other mothers of missing people on Monday to urge the government to give families in their position more support.

Asbos are to be scrapped and replaced with new types of behaviour orders as part of a raft of measures announced by the government on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Shops and pubs in the UK will be barred from selling drinks for less than the rate of duty and VAT owed on them, as part of a crackdown on binge drinking among young people, the government said on Tuesday.

The government unveiled minimum prices for alcohol Tuesday in a bid to curb binge-drinking and booze-related violence, but health campaigners immediately condemned the measures as insufficient.

Britons celebrating the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be allowed to toast the happy couple in pubs into the early hours, under government plans announced Wednesday.