Heading a football is "likely" to have contributed to the brain injury which was a factor in the death of former Manchester United and Scotland defender Gordon McQueen, a coroner in North Yorkshire has found.

More than 820,000 households are without power and thousands of flights have been cancelled as a huge winter storm hits the US from the southern Rocky Mountains to New England.

A reward of up to £20,000 has been offered for information in the hunt for a killer who shot a young father dead in "cold blood".

Israel is carrying out a "focused operation" to find the body of the last remaining hostage in Gaza - and has agreed to a "limited" reopening of the Rafah crossing between the territory and Egypt once the operation has ended.

A major storm forecast to bring strong winds, heavy rain and snow across much of the UK on Tuesday has been named by The Met Office as Storm Chandra.

The prime minister has insisted his party's decision to not allow Andy Burnham to run in an upcoming by-election is correct, because doing so would "divert our resources".

Students should be banned from accessing phones for the duration of the entire school day, the education secretary has said.

The price of gold has surged past the record $5,000 per ounce level and shows little sign of easing back as investors continue to seek shelter from uncertainties connected to Donald Trump.

In a bombshell announcement, China's Ministry of Defence has said it is investigating General Zhang Youxia, China's most senior general and a man who was second only to Xi Jinping himself on China's top military decision-making body.

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At least 15 people have died after a ferry sank in the southern Philippines overnight.

A 19-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man reported missing was found dead in Plymouth.

Shabana Mahmood will set out her overhaul of policing today, aiming to tackle "unpunished" everyday crime and get officers from their desks to the streets.

The body of a man who disappeared during a Christmas Day swim in Devon is believed to have been found.

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A new mural warning the US not to launch a military strike on Iran has been unveiled in a square in central Tehran.

Andy Burnham has said he is "disappointed" after Labour's governing body blocked him from standing as an MP at the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election.

It has been a frenzied 48 hours of Labour leadership speculation after Andy Burnham tried to throw his hat in the ring for a return to parliament.

Dozens of people are still missing following a landslide on Indonesia's Java island on Saturday that killed at least 25 people.

The Met Office has issued a series of yellow warnings for heavy rain covering Monday and Tuesday.