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Suspects charged with serious knife and firearm offences are being released on bail amid Britain's prison overcrowding crisis, the country's most senior police officer has warned. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

A former Premier League referee has sparked a backlash after revealing he used to entertain himself by "joking about" and playing "games" while officiating matches. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

A former college lecturer caused the deaths of a husband and wife in a head-on crash while drink-driving following a Christmas party. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

More than 70,000 pints of Guinness worth around £115,000 have been stolen from an industrial estate. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

Four people accused of murdering a newborn baby girl who was repeatedly stabbed will go on trial next year. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

An invasive mosquito species known to transmit diseases such as the dengue and Zika viruses has been found to be breeding in the UK for the first time. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

A schoolboy who stabbed a teacher in the head has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in youth detention. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News

The creative team behind a suicide prevention play has said the show is about "a cause bigger than any one of us", after an actor quit the show over the casting of Dame Maureen Lipman and their differing political views. Read the full article here. Read More UK News - The latest headlines from the UK | Sky News