It started with persistent games of knock and run and led to fireworks 'hurled towards a double pram'. But the city is also at the sharp end of a 'national emergency'.

Danielle Schofield was jailed in 2021 alongside her then-partner Robert Stanley after officers discovered their sick 'child sex slave' fantasy

Patrick Lynch, 42, his son James, eight, and daughter Caroline, six , were all found dead at the foot of a five-storey car park, in what authorities have ruled a murder-suicide

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Alice Kendall used steroid cream to treat her eczema but coming off the medication sent her skin into freefall, leaving her looking like a "monster"

EXCLUSIVE A military expert is warning that UK forces would burn through supplies in days in WW3, urging conscription and civilian stockpiles despite MoD spending pledges

The US Department of State has advertised a massive reward for information on Iran's nuclear programme, but the announcement was met with intense backlash online, including from Piers Morgan.

Police have arrested a man and a 16-year-old boy in relation to a shooting in Swansea, Wales. The event has now been declared a critical incident and an investigation is underway

The sprightly pensioner, named only as Vito, was seen in social media footage clapping and smiling as he danced with guests as the ‘70s disco classic played, but tragically died moments later

Brand was visited by a prison chaplain, who prayed with him as he started what is expected to be a long stretch behind bars. And a source believes he will need all the help he can get.

Thomas appeared before a court in Florida on Friday night, accused of hoarding a stash of illegal material, including photos of himself with naked young girls

Geoffrey Hinton has said the global race for AI dominance is putting the “future of humanity on the line”

Wearing a black t-shirt and black trousers, he was escorted by two US Marshals as he appeared for an arraignment hearing in which the charges against him were laid out

The Duke of Sussex is joined by Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Sir Elton John, his husband David Furnish and actresses Liz Hurley and Sadie Frost in the bid toappeal against the rulings

Samuel Creed, 26, approached two young girls in Sudbury, Suffolk, and followed them while asking questions about feet and footwear before asking one girl to remove her shoe and sniffing her foot

A cult leader behind the Shakahola Forest massacre, who urged his followers to starve themselves and their children to death to reach heaven, has been sentenced to a staggering 200 in behind bars

Amanda Mathewson, 55, looked after many more children than the eight she was allowed by law and“repeatedly” left children at her home unsupervised, with some even strapped into prams

Celeb Fred Sirieix will be welcoming guests on the opening day with the experience inviting guests to step inside the ultimate modern 'Christmas house'

The daughter of a woman killed by her former partner has spoken out about her former stepdad, and accused him of raping her and making a sick shrine out of her personal belongings.

Despite the price of tickets shooting up, you can still grab a cheap ticket to some world class entertainment if you know where to look - so the Star have done the hard work and compiled some of the best

The convicted rapist has built a huge online following by pushing a grab-bag of conspiracy theories - from 'Deep State' claims to climate policy as social control

The convicted rapist has spent his first 24 hours in strict isolation in HMP Wandsworth’s Care and Separation Unit, deep in the grim 'bowels' of the prison

Pictures show Markle being wheeled away by an FBI agent into a waiting ambulance, while two others follow behind carrying a clear bag with what appear to be photo albums inside

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Noodle stall owner Qiu Zhaohu has been caged for 38 years for strangling Marcelle Julia Araujo da Silva, 18, after developing a terrifying obsession with her

The convicted rapist will be sentenced on Monday (November 8) and could end up in HMP Whatton in Nottinghamshire - the largest sex offender prison in Europe

The Daily Star's resident Santa Claus, Adam Cailler, gives you our pick of the top advent calendars for this festive season.