An injured man broke a police officer's nose as the officer tried to help restrain him in an ambulance.

A jury has been unable to reach a verdict in the case of a police officer accused of covering up the circumstances leading to the death of a man fleeing custody.

The jury has gone out to consider its verdict in a case in which a police officer is accused of a cover up of the circumstances leading to the death of man fleeing custody.

A 27-year-old Christchurch woman charged with murdering her new born child has been remanded in custody for a psychiatric report.

A toddler admitted to Starship Hospital earlier this year with a severe head injury has died.

A man arrested after a west Auckland domestic incident which resulted in six people being taken to hospital has appeared in court.

A trial has begun for two police officers accused of punching and challenging to a fight an 18-year-old who was getting "a little bit lippy" after they were called to disperse a group of teens drinking in an Auckland park.

For eight years, a British grandmother has been living on death row in Texas.

Police hope to speak to the five victims of a frenzied knife attack today to learn what triggered the bloody assault.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested after a bloody stabbing incident in a west Auckland house last night.