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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.

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

A US military strike on what it called a "narco-trafficking" vessel killed one person and saw a rescue mission launched for the two survivors.

A child who died after getting into difficulty in the River Ribble at Ribchester has been named as 12-year-old Junior Slater.

As many people across the UK seek relief from record-breaking temperatures by plunging into open water, the RNLI has issued warnings after multiple deaths in water-related incidents.

The former chairman of BP has come out swinging against his ousting, saying no one has ever made the kinds of bullying accusations levelled against him in recent days.

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.

Nicola Sturgeon has defended her reported decision to give "no comment" answers while being interviewed by police following her arrest.

A Liverpool footballer has been fined for watching a video on his phone while driving.

A woman has admitted being in charge of a dangerously out of control XL bully dog when it killed a teenager.

It's not every day the organisation you investigated over a year ago emails you to announce it is back to its old ways.

A woman fatally shot outside a bar in Sheffield in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday was an "innocent bystander", police have said.

North Korea has tested missiles guided by artificial intelligence for the first time, according to state media.

Russia is "relentlessly targeting" critical infrastructure and democracy in the UK and across Europe, the head of the intelligence agency GCHQ will warn.

Authorities say there is no hope of finding any survivors after a chemical tank imploded in the US.

Another man has been arrested in connection with the terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue last year.

Sir Tony Blair has warned Labour against forcing Sir Keir Starmer to quit without having a proper policy agenda to follow him, in his first intervention since the party was plunged into a leadership crisis.

Police have warned that time is running out for the victims of the Horizon Post Office scandal to receive justice, unless millions of pounds are funnelled into the criminal investigation.

Donald Trump has claimed "everything checked out perfectly" after a physical exam - despite growing public attention on the US president's health.