Retired footballer Joey Barton has been sentenced over X posts he sent to football pundits Eni Aluko and Lucy Ward, along with broadcaster Jeremy Vine.

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood has pleaded not guilty to four counts of rape, nine counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.

A South Korean woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for blackmailing former Tottenham Hotspur footballer Son Heung-min.

Syrians are celebrating the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al Assad with military parades - and a fresh promise to rebuild the country.

The mother of a student who took his own life after wrongly being told he would not be eligible to graduate from the University of Glasgow will collect his degree posthumously on his behalf.

The Duke of Sussex's security arrangements in the UK are reportedly being reviewed.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a student who was allegedly stabbed to death while on a night out.

Two police officers and another man have been seriously injured in a crash in Cornwall.

Shares in The Magnum Ice Cream Company (TMICC) have fallen slightly on debut after the completion of its spin-off from Unilever amid a continuing civil war with one of its best-known brands.

Donald Trump has said he will be "involved" in the decision on whether Netflix should be allowed to buy Warner Bros, as the $72bn (£54bn) deal attracts a media industry backlash.

Multimillion-pound plans for technology needed to defend the UK's undersea cables and pipelines have been set out by defence chiefs.

Thailand has launched airstrikes along its border with Cambodia as both sides accused the other of attacking first.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading to Downing Street once again, but Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will be keen to make this meeting more than just a photo op.

Reform UK has denied claims of Nigel Farage breaking electoral law.

Nigeria's government has secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who were abducted from a Catholic boarding school last month, according to local media.

A water leak at the Louvre has damaged hundreds of books – just weeks after jewels worth £76m were stolen from the famous Paris museum.

One man has been arrested, and further suspects are being traced, after 21 people needed medical attention following a "pepper spray" incident at London's Heathrow Airport.

Martin Parr CBE, the famed British documentary photographer hailed as "a giant" of his craft, has died aged 73.

A cruise ship has been forced to delay its departure after shipping containers carrying bananas fell overboard from a cargo ship off the Isle of Wight.

A four-year-old boy and a woman who died in a house fire in Ireland have been named - with a murder investigation under way.