A lawyer defending rapper Jay-Z in his fight against rape allegations has outlined a range of evidence to prove accusations levied against the hitmaker are “provably, demonstrably false”.

US authorities say the person they believe carried out a school shooting in Wisconsin which killed two other people was one of the school’s 15-year-old pupils. Wisconsin Police confirmed her identity ...

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother will be sentenced later for killing the 10-year-old after years of horrific abuse. Last week, Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty ...

Prosecutors and the defence have agreed to recommend a sentence of between four and six years in prison, according to the ...

England signed off 2024 with a chastening 423-run defeat against New Zealand in Hamilton, with injured captain Ben Stokes not fit enough to go down with the ship. Faced with a gargantuan chase of 658 ...

Residents in parts of Surrey and south London have been told water supplies are “starting to return to normal” after a major fault at a water company’s treatment works. Sutton and East Surrey (SES) ...

Two environmental campaign groups will be allowed to take part in bids to challenge the sentences given to climate protesters for their roles in a protest which blocked the M25. Friends of the Earth ...

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Tuesday 17 December https://t.co/DmqLGLOZEj pic.twitter.com/gMhRe87mNh The Daily Express writes that the Prime Minister has been given an ...

The Government faces renewed pressure to designate China a threat to national security after the naming of an alleged Chinese spy with close links to the Duke of York. Yang Tengbo, who denies ...

Customers who suffer problems like low water pressure could receive payments of up to £250 – compared to the £25 currently available, Defra said.

The assessment also found about 2.4 million properties, from houses and flats to caravans, care homes and businesses, are in areas at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea in England, slightly ...

Alleged Chinese spy Yang Tengbo is said to have been a “close” confidant of the Duke of York and was pictured with politicians including Lord David Cameron and Baroness Theresa May. Mr Yang, 50, was ...