Four top Australian Football League (AFL) players who were investigated in relation to an alleged sexual assault at a hotel in Melbourne earlier this year will not be charged, police have said. After a "thorough investigation and based on legal advice" police would not proceed with crimina...
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea have taken more than $400 million in cryptocurrency by using fake video calls to steal people's identities, US authorities say. More than 900 victims have fallen prey to the scheme, which the FBI refers to as FaceStealer, in the last 18 months, acco...
Andy Burnham said he believes a "win-win" deal can be agreed with the European Union, adding it could be "more like the Brexit that people thought they were voting for" in 2016. The prime minister is exploring closer ties with the bloc and is expected to sign new agreements on food, energy...
Training doctors working on maternity wards are experiencing high rates of burnout which could have a "critical impact" on patients, a regulator is warning. The General Medical Council (GMC) says the fully qualified doctors, who are still training in obstetrics and gynaecology, are reporti...
The man responsible for overseeing the conduct of MI5 has said it will now have to provide proof to be believed by judges, after a BBC News investigation exposed how the security service lied to three courts. Lord Leveson, the investigatory powers commissioner and a former Court of Appeal ...
Image source, Getty Two years ago, I stood in a school hall in Sunderland on GCSE results day and watched the pride and surprise in the faces of teenagers as the envelopes were opened. Even after years of covering results days, I was emotional to see a set of outstanding results in a schoo...
Running a hair salon in Mekelle, capital of Ethiopia's troubled northern Tigray region, is not easy at the moment. "People can't prioritise beauty over daily basic needs. For many residents, thinking about self-care is a luxury, at a time when they can't feed their kids," Firut Me'ar, who ...
Ghana belatedly kick-started their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying campaign with a 2-0 home win over Somalia. The Black Stars had lost their opening two Group C matches against Ivory Coast and The Gambia, leading to the departure of coach Carlos Queiroz by mutual consent. Gha...
A mother who was celebrating her birthday by climbing Wales' highest mountain developed heat stroke and died, an inquest has found. Sophie Goodyer-Bird, from Birmingham, travelled to Eryri National Park - Snowdonia - in July, a few days after her 35th birthday. The hearing in Caernarfon wa...
Warning: This article contains details and references to suicide and abusive behaviour A man subjected his partner to an "appalling" catalogue of abuse, including beating and abusive messages, which the judge said was "one of the worst" cases of coercive control the court had seen. John Gi...
FC Andorra manager Carles Manso says goalkeeper Jesus Owono is yet to decide whether he will return to football following the death of Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel. Owono was sent off after colliding with De Miguel during a Spanish second division match on 2 November, with the Tenerife...
Hundreds of millions of dollars meant to help tackle Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not reaching the intended recipients, a medical charity has warned. A report from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said that while the outbreak remained "out of control", front-line workers wer...