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Police are hunting for a man who escaped custody before a court appearance in Liverpool.

In the end it wasn't close. Labour's Bev Craig comfortably held the Greater Manchester (GM) mayoralty, vacated last month by Andy Burnham.

The US technology billionaire who led the acquisition of English cricket's most lucrative Hundred franchise is in talks to buy London's new NBA Europe team.

Australia has defended its world-first ban on ‌social media for under-16s after a study found there had been little drop in use months after the ban took effect.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life following an apparent explosion at a block of flats in Ipswich, Suffolk Police have said.

Gianni Infantino announced to Sky News that FIFA was scrapping plans to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, in a climbdown following a global backlash that has imperilled his presidency.

Prosecutors in the US have dropped the case against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.

Gianni Infantino announced to Sky News that FIFA was scrapping plans to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors, in a climbdown following a global backlash that has imperilled his presidency.

Firefighters are still tackling a blaze that has caused "total devastation" to a heathland in Suffolk – with the National Trust launching a public appeal to restore the reserve.

Netflix is being sued for $105m (£78m) by a film producer after a copy of an unreleased Nicolas Cage film was stolen from its Hollywood studios.

The "heartbroken" family of a man who died following an alleged assault in Turkey have described him as a "devoted" father whose "kindness and loyalty touched countless lives".

Chelsea have been fined £10m and given a suspended two-window transfer ban by the Football Association (FA) for secret payments to agents.

Three reservoirs in England now have "exceptionally low" water levels – with a further seven "notably low" as the country is on track for the driest July on record.

A drifting SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon, with the explosive impact expected to be equivalent to three tons of TNT.

A woman whose drug-dealer ex-husband was killed in a "barbaric" acid attack has been jailed with three others for a combined 80 years.

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have done it - their hit single Rein Me In has beaten the record for most weeks at the top of the charts in the UK.

A driver with more than 90 previous convictions admitted causing the death of a great-grandfather after crashing into a garden and hitting him with a stolen Italian supercar.

The "heartbroken" family of a man who died following an alleged assault in Turkey have described him as a "devoted" father whose "kindness and loyalty touched countless lives".

A woman whose drug-dealer ex-husband was killed in a "barbaric" acid attack has been jailed with three others for a combined 80 years.

Three reservoirs in England now have "exceptionally low" water levels – with a further seven "notably low" as the country is on track for the driest July on record.