#uk-crime

Cleveland Police have launched a murder investigation after two people died in a suspicious house fire near Middlesbrough, saying links to organised crime cannot be ruled out.

England and Wales chief probation inspector tells BBC that services face unprecedented pressure as mass early prisoner releases overwhelm supervision capacity and raise serious public safety concerns.

Debbie Adlam, mother of murdered PC Andrew Harper, says she is devastated two of his killers remain eligible for early release under England's revised prison overcrowding scheme.

British authorities are seeking the extradition of a man after his wife and two daughters were found dead in Bedfordshire, in what police are treating as a murder investigation.