Brenda Fassie - whom Time magazine dubbed the "Madonna of the Townships" - has died in South Africa aged 39. She managed to combine ground-breaking musical success with an accessibility - and human ...

New Wrexham boss Dean Saunders admits he is 'putting his neck on the line' by agreeing to help rescue the Welsh club from non-league obscurity. The former Wales star has signed a rolling deal to ...

A man accused of shooting dead a pregnant woman saw a man running into her flat moments before hearing gunfire, the Old Bailey has heard. Krystal Hart, 22, was shot on the doorstep of her flat in ...

When the National Lottery was introduced by the then Conservative government in 1994 it was hailed as "the most successful innovation of any government for years". But since before its launch, it has ...

A gang that targeted the homes of millionaires in a string of violent burglaries has been jailed. The five men were given indeterminate sentences as the judge said they posed a "significant risk" to ...

The Iraqi Baath party was one of the tools by which Saddam Hussein maintained a tight grip on his country. The Arab Socialist Baath Party, to give it its full name, was founded in Syria in the 1940s ...

Goran Eriksson revealed David Beckham was blaming himself for England's penalty shoot-out defeat at Euro 2004 to Portugal. England lost 6-5 on penalties with Be ...

Police are hailing a month-long gun amnesty as a success despite claims by critics that it has done nothing to tackle gun crime. More than 20,000 weapons were handed into police before the final day ...

Lewis added: "Development has long been based on unitary authorities and now we've made the boundaries of the regions co-terminous with those. "The structure for the development of our game is still ...

Londoner Ian Napa's grip on the European bantamweight title was ended in his first defence after being out-pointed by France's Malik Bouzaine. The Hackney fighter was unable to handle his Parisian ...

But when Chris Gayle edged Adams to Stephen Fleming at slip, it was the cue for an ugly collapse by the Windies batsmen. Brian Lara, who scored a magnificent century in the opening victory against ...

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