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Molten Ventures, the London-listed investor in early-stage technology companies, has joined the race to manage a £1bn government-backed fund focused on Britain’s most promising scale-ups.

A former Premier League referee has sparked a backlash after revealing he used to entertain himself by "joking about" and playing "games" while officiating matches.

FIFA has accused European football's governing body of launching a "smear campaign" against Gianni Infantino in a challenge to legal action over the aborted attempt to sell part of the World Cup to private investors.

More than 70,000 pints of Guinness worth around £115,000 have been stolen from an industrial estate.

Four people accused of murdering a newborn baby girl who was repeatedly stabbed will go on trial next year.

This has not been a good year for Reform's headline polling numbers.

An invasive mosquito species known to transmit diseases such as the dengue and Zika viruses has been found to be breeding in the UK for the first time.

Two women who were reportedly murdered by their ex-partners as they sought help from authorities were "horrifically let down" by the justice system, an MSP has told John Swinney.

A schoolboy who stabbed a teacher in the head has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in youth detention.

A woman whose out-of-control XL bully dog mauled her 19-year-old cousin to death has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

A woman who was fatally injured in a crash following a police pursuit has been named by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a £70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings.

A former college lecturer caused the deaths of a husband and wife in a head-on crash while drink-driving following a Christmas party.

Your pillow is one of the most powerful tools to help you fall asleep, remain in your slumber and improve your posture.

About 80 people are confirmed to have died after a migrant boat got into difficulty off the coast of Gran Canaria, Spain's Maritime Rescue organisation has said.

A man with end-stage kidney failure was kept off dialysis for nine months after being given a genetically modified organ from a pig.

A non-profit legal group has threatened to sue HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for allegedly allowing Israeli settlement trade to enter the UK tariff-free.

A car tax conviction against Lord Sadiq Khan has been withdrawn after the London mayor was targeted by a "scam".

Gloria Steinem, the trailblazing feminist and journalist, has died aged 92.