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Individuals found guilty of this new offence could face a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine. The measure is being implemented as the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in ...

National Lottery sales and payouts have been paused for around 36 hours from last night, making way for the game’s biggest ...

Tottenham Hotspur face Newcastle United in the final friendly of the clubs’ tours of Asia just under a fortnight before the ...

Josh Kerr and Georgia Hunter Bell feature over two action-packed days in Birmingham, with Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson ...

Jess Phillips says that the UK has grown "fat" on the unpaid labour of women, a practice she deems "fundamentally sexist".

A traditional mask festival in Porto Novo, Benin, showcases the country’s unique face masks and full-body costumes, that are ...

A man who has raised £100,000 for charity since his terminal cancer diagnosis is set to take on a 588-mile walking challenge.

Gangs promoting small boat Channel crossings on social media will face up to five years in prison as part of a new crackdown announced by the government. At such a critical moment in US history, we ...

An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 struck New York and New Jersey late on Saturday night. The epicenter was located in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, just north of Newark, approximately six miles below ...

Hawaii officials have confirmed there is no tsunami threat to the state after a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck Russia ...

R&B singer achieves a Top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, she speaks to Ellie Muir about the power of manifestation, going ...