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Rugby league legend Sir Billy Boston has died at the age of 92.

Metropolitan Police detectives investigating sexual assault claims against late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed have sent a file of evidence to prosecutors.

A former fisherman from South Yorkshire is believed to have become the first British citizen to die fighting for Russia in Ukraine.

The numbers are moving in the wrong direction.

A man has been charged with murder after a woman died and eight other people were injured in a house fire in west London.

Prince Harry has quit the board of a wildlife charity which last year admitted human rights abuses by its rangers.

A Scottish luxury handbag brand which counts the Princess of Wales among its high-profile customers is closing in on a private equity stake sale after seeing a sustained surge in sales.

Millions of women in England who have not attended cervical screening appointments will be invited to order at-home testing kits on the NHS.

A Scottish luxury handbag brand which counts the Princess of Wales among its high-profile customers is closing in on a private equity stake sale after seeing a sustained surge in sales.

England cricketer Brydon Carse has been withdrawn from the squad for the second Test against Pakistan after a nightclub incident in Derby on Saturday night.

A Canadian politician has threatened to cut off electricity and mineral supplies to the US after President Trump raised tariffs on some goods to 50%.

A funeral mass has been held for one of the teenagers killed in a head-on collision in County Kildare last week - with a heavy police presence at Carlow for the event.

The football with which Diego Maradona scored his "Hand of God" goal against England in 1986 has been sold at auction for £2.5m.

Dutch broadcaster AvroTros will boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest, in protest at Israel's participation in the competition amid the war in Gaza.

Norway's King Harald is in a stable condition in hospital after his health deteriorated at the weekend, royal officials have said.

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The consortium attempting to take control of Thames Water has named three proposed directors with water, infrastructure and Whitehall experience as it tries to win government approval for a deal to bail out the troubled utility.

A group of businessmen are seeking tens of millions of pounds to finance another addition to the ranks of Mayfair private members' clubs catering to London's wealthiest people.

A man has been charged with manslaughter after allegedly crushing his co-workers head with a mechanical grapple.

A former world snooker champion has been found guilty of historical child sex abuse.