A specialist riot unit was sent to a six-hour disturbance in a prison which regulators had compared to "a dungeon". The Tornado team was deployed at HMP Bedford after the incident was reported at ...

The third person accused of looting following the deadly tornado that hit Logan County last year has been sentenced to prison. Brandy Durnell was sentenced last week to 5 to 7.5 years in prison.

The Mount, in Bovingdon village near Hemel Hempstead, opened in 1987 and is classed as a category C male prison. A "tornado team" made up of riot-trained staff arrived at the jail at about 18:30 ...