Knife crime offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales have risen in recent years and are almost back at levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are the key numbers and trends in the latest knife crime statistics,

Nearly half a million shoplifting offences were recorded by police in England and Wales in a year, the highest 12-month total on record, figures show. A total of 492,914 offences were logged by forces in the year to September 2024,

Police recorded the equivalent of 1,350 shoplifting offences every day in year to September 2024, new Office for National Statistics figures show

Seven years ago, Reffell captained his country at U20s level before exploding onto the scene in the English Premiership with Leicester which has so far resulted in 23 senior Wales caps. Beddall is a similar mould of player to Reffell, with his ability to win turnover ball at the breakdown his clear point of difference.

The UK is set for more icy temperatures later this week where the mercury drops to -5C and there are 13 cities in England and Wales that are predicted to see snow flurries

Josh Hathaway has said he was always going to pick Wales over England ahead of his first Six Nations in the red jersey. The 21-year-old, who featured off the bench for Gloucester days before Wales' tournament opener against France on Friday night, had previously turned out for England U20s.

The ex-Sale and Bath tighthead has won four caps as a replacement since switching allegiance to Wales in 2023.

Households now have a much better idea of their bill increases from April, which will rise at a time when many other bills are also tipped to go up sharply.

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Officers opened 199,445 investigations into sex offences in the year to September 2024, including nearly 70,000 rape probes.