"Father Ted" creator Graham Linehan cleared as U.K. police drop investigation into his social media posts that drew international criticism and free speech concerns.

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan was in the clear last night after Scotland Yard dropped an investigation into his online comments about transgender activists. His victory came as the Metropolitan Police in Greater London announced they will no longer investigate such ‘non-crime hate incidents’ (NCHIs).

London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed they are investigating allegations that Prince Andrew asked one of its officers to dig up dirt about his sexual abuse accuser, Virginia Giuffre. The prince — who was forced to give up his royal title as Duke of York on Friday in a humiliating fall from grace — reportedly emailed his late mother Queen Elizabeth II’s deputy press secretary in 2011 and said he gave an officer Giuffre’s personal information,

Britain's Prince Andrew asked police in 2011 to dig up personal information about Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager, a British newspaper reported on Sunday,

Religious hate crime has surged in England and Wales over the past two years amid rising community tensions stoked by Hamas’s attack on Israel in October 2023 and the ensuing war in Gaza.

Two people were killed and four injured Thursday morning in a car and knife terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, authorities said.

British officials are working to overturn a decision preventing Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a Europa League soccer game at Aston Villa.

A UK mosque was set ablaze with two people still inside in a suspected arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime.