Dividing lines between victim groups, fears about prisons becoming full again by Christmas, and concerns that these changes will lead to "inevitable mistakes" – probably not the intended outcomes of the prime minister's urgent review on early release, but that's the reality.
People jailed for rape, serious child sex offences and grooming will be excluded from the upcoming early release scheme, the government has announced.
A man who put deer heads and slaughtered lambs with inverted crosses at churches in the New Forest has been detained under the Mental Health Act.
A motorist who drove at high speeds and falsely claimed his electric Jaguar would not brake in an attempt to avoid paying his car finance has been jailed.
A 35-year-old man has been charged following the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus.
A 35-year-old man has been charged following the death of a nine-year-old girl who was found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Angus.
A prolific sexual predator has been found guilty of murdering two women and violently raping a third amid a string of missed chances to stop him.
A fugitive fraudster who Sky News confronted in Tenerife has been jailed.

