Alex Barton

Paralysed drug smuggler jailed for hiding £250m of cocaine and heroin

Guy Remington carried between two and three tonnes of class A drugs into the UK across nine trips

Iceland sells hot cross buns with tick instead of cross

Supermarket trial provokes anger among Christian groups who say tradition is still of huge significance to millions in the UK

Justin Welby criticises Church’s ‘deconstructing whiteness officer’ job advert

Archbishop of Canterbury says language used in advert is similar to that used in the BBC sitcom W1A

Hypnotist ‘used insidious tactics’ to steal and sell women’s intimate photos

Police say Robert Temple, jailed for eight months for hacking and fraud, exploited his ‘gift for social engineering in a cruel manner’

Meghan hires top photographer for new Archie and Lilibet pictures

Photoshoot coincides with launch of Duchess of Sussex’s lifestyle and cookery brand last week

Suspected London arson investigated as possible anti-Semitic hate crime

Met police arrest man in 60s near scene and believe fire at address in Hackney was started deliberately

Prep school teacher accused of sexually abusing teenagers

Sam Phillips, 27, who taught at Belmont School in north London, is charged with 11 online sexual offences against children

Car interior is covered in white paint following collision

Some five litres worth of paint coated the inside of £35k vehicle, requiring a specialist restoration job

‘No place’ for staff who break patients’ trust, London Clinic says amid Princess of Wales security breach

Swarovski heiress does not wear jewellery in London because of muggers

Nadja Swarovski says she does not feel comfortable in the capital amid crime spree targeting expensive watches

Banksy mural vandalised two days after appearing in north London

Street artist’s latest work damaged by white paint before security fence erected to protect it

Councils profiting from ‘unfair’ fines against motorists could lose powers

Transport Secretary suggests local authorities may be forced to give surpluses generated from penalties to Treasury