Current and former officials at the State Department and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) say staffers ...

Chelsea agreed a world-record deal to sign USA defender Naomi Girma for around £900,000 and also signed Keira Walsh from Barcelona on deadline day.

Former Hertfordshire student Frederick Afrifa is set to appear on The Apprentice, and hopes to "change people’s lives for the ...

EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy, who plays Sonia Fowler, has announced her departure from the BBC soap after 31 years overall.

A South Oxhey man has been charged after more than £7 million worth of heroin was seized. Bernard Narh, 34, was arrested on Tuesday (January 28) by officers from the Organised Crime Partnership – a ...

Police forces need to make decisions locally on how many officers to have, a minister has said after some warned of funding pressures. Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said she was “not pretending ...

Leading racehorse owner John Hales has died at the age of 85. Hales, who made his money through the Golden Bear Toys company he co-founded in 1979, which went on to produce products from major ...

Former world champion Michael Smith has revealed he is suffering from arthritis in his right hand and is set to see a specialist. Smith’s form has dropped off rapidly since winning the world title in ...

Dejan Kulusevski has backed Micky van de Ven to bring much-needed energy to Tottenham after he produced an assured display on his comeback in a 3-0 win over Elfsborg.

Jacob Fearnley delivered an impressive Davis Cup debut as he levelled Great Britain’s tie with Japan after the opening day. With Jack Draper and Cameron Norrie not involved in the first qualification ...

A UK supermarket is trialling the sale of grapes labelled with their flavour or texture as it aims to better understand what customers prefer. Tesco said that many may think of grapes in terms of red, ...

Hamas militants kidnapped 31 Thai nationals during the assault on southern Israel, making them the largest group of foreigners held captive.