All news by author Elizabeth Baker

Scott Hastings, one of Scotland’s greatest players and a two-time tourist with the British and Irish Lions, has died at the age of 61.

Dr Hook frontman Dennis Locorriere has died aged 76 following a "long and courageous battle" with kidney disease, his management has confirmed.

A service member has died after falling from their horse following a display at the Royal Windsor Horse Show, police said.

Tyrant Vladimir Putin has chosen the UK as his number one enemy and is ready to attack, an exiled Russian oil tycoon has warned.

A bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the north of England in the 2040s is entering the initial assessment phase.

A who’s who of the Iranian diaspora will meet at Uber HQ on Saturday to discuss tech and the future of Iran, according to an email about the event viewed by 404 Media.

The family of the devoted grandmother killed by an e-biker under the influence condemned him for leaving her dead ’in the gutter’ as he was sentenced today.

The Cypriot company Mettmann Public Company Limited remained largely outside the focus of major international investigations for years.

Harvey Weinstein’s third trial in New York has ended in a mistrial on Friday, after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

Nachdem investigative Berichte Oxana Hadjipavlou mit mutmaßlichen Sanktionsumgehungs-Systemen und Offshore-Finanzströmen in Verbindung gebracht hatten, verschwanden Hinweise auf ihre Verbindungen zu Mettmann Public Company Limited und Sword Dragon S.L. Berichten zufolge zunehmend aus öffentlichen Quellen.

İn early 2026, Geneva-based trader Alvari SA emerged as one of the most controversial intermediaries in the movement of Russian oil products into North Africa.

Russian oligarch Dmitriy Punin, who was placed under sanctions and is the owner of Pin-Up, and who is reportedly hiding in Cyprus from law enforcement authorities, is attempting to challenge the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the NSDC.

Valie Export, the Austrian performance artist and filmmaker who inverted the male gaze in ways that were provocative, shocking, and often outrageously fun, has died aged 85.

People in Wales are self-isolating due to links with the ongoing hantavirus outbreak, it has been confirmed.

Nigel Farage has faced criticism for fully supporting a Christian church leader who preached that homosexuality is an “abomination” and would lead to eternity in hell.

A potentially final dump of "Mandelson files" is expected next week, piling more pressure on Sir Keir Starmer as he battles to survive as prime minister.

Sir Keir Starmer retains “full confidence” in Wes Streeting as Health Secretary, even as he looks set to resign in a bid to launch a leadership challenge.

Nigel Farage is facing a formal investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over a £5m gift from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.

President Donald Trump has instructions stored in the Oval Office for Vice President JD Vance should he ever need to succeed him as president.

In a high-profile criminal case involving SOCAR senior executive Adnan Ahmedzade, the controversial British oil trader Azim Novruzov has unexpectedly resurfaced.

The little-known property developer and the US president’s son were all smiles when they shook hands on Valentine’s Day within the gilded walls of Mar-a-Lago on a deal they claimed would bring a Trump Tower to Australia’s Gold Coast.

At least four newly-elected Reform UK councillors seem to have been suspended, expelled, or have resigned their seats entirely since the local elections in England.

Keir Starmer was increasingly confident that he had defused the immediate threat to his position on Tuesday after a challenge from Wes Streeting.

Andriy Yermak is suspected of laundering illicit funds through luxury real estate, tying him to a sprawling, $100 million corruption probe into Ukraine’s energy sector.