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A construction worker accused of acting as the co-ordinator of an arson plot targeting the prime minister has told a court that he was drinking at a pub during the attacks.

FIFA is facing an investigation by the states of New York and New Jersey over World Cup 2026 ticket prices and the accuracy of seat locations.

The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to a new record low - and four in 10 births involve at least one parent born outside the UK, new figures suggest.

Students received "misleading" advice from the government about loans to pay for their university education, the chair of a top parliamentary committee has told Sky News.

Resident doctors will strike for four days in June, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced.

A former member of the notorious Baader-Meinhof gang has been jailed for a string of armed robberies after decades on the run.

The woman who was shot dead outside a city centre bar in Sheffield in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday has been named as Shanice Brookes.

A group of MPs has written to the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) demanding a probe into Reform UK regarding allegations of Islamophobia.

A man who sexually assaulted women who had fallen asleep on Tube trains was caught while he was already serving time in prison.

A group of MPs has written to the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) demanding a probe into Reform UK regarding allegations of Islamophobia.

A man who sexually assaulted women who had fallen asleep on Tube trains was caught while he was already serving time in prison.

A "depraved" rapist who preyed on women and girls for almost two decades has been handed a lifelong sentence with at least eight-and-a-half years in jail.

A Syrian refugee accused of sexually assaulting two women followed one of his alleged victims for more than half an hour despite her pleading with him to leave her alone, a trial has heard.

Five people who were stuck in a flooded cave in central Laos for more than a week have been found alive, but two others are still missing, rescuers say.

A yellow weather warning has been issued for thunderstorms in parts of south-west England and much of Wales, the Met Office said.

A Syrian refugee accused of sexually assaulting two women followed one of his alleged victims for more than half an hour despite her pleading with him to leave her alone, a trial has heard.

The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) "faces a catastrophic collision of disease and conflict" as the Ebola outbreak continues, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Matthew Perry's personal assistant, who bought ketamine for the Friends star and injected the dose that killed him, has been jailed for three years and five months.

Five people who were stuck in a flooded cave in central Laos for more than a week have been found alive, but two others are still missing, rescuers say.