Charities have criticised the government for cutting the amount of funding families in England can access to pay for therapy for adopted children by 40%. Adoption UK said the news was "distressing" ...

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Bournemouth intend to open formal talks with manager Andoni Iraola over a new contract this week, with owner Bill Foley flying to England to start discussions.

A man was left needing hospital treatment after being attacked by a group of at least five men who had earlier made homophobic comments. The victim, aged in his mid 20s, was left with facial injuries ...

A motorcyclist who died in a four-vehicle collision has been named by police. Andrew Leaver, 37, died in the crash which involved two motorcycles and two cars on the A688, near Staindrop, County ...

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with raping a woman while off-duty, Scotland Yard has said. PC Rupert Edwards, who is attached to the South West Command Unit, was formally ...

John Mousinho: Portsmouth boss gives injury latest ahead of Norwich away and chats Rob Atkinson's future ...

A man who murdered his own grandmother has been jailed for life. Sam Croston, 37, of no fixed address, killed Pamela Croston at a property in Everdon Road, Coventry, in September 2023. Croston was ...

Only one point separates ninth and eleventh but based on the last four-six matches, Dundee are in better form than Ross County and Kilmarnock. This is where we'll see if Dundee have learned their ...