Labour frontbencher Lisa Nandy has criticised her own party for selecting five white male candidates for a string of forthcoming by-elections.

The UK has recorded its joint hottest day of the year so far - but forecasters predict conditions are set to cool in the coming days.

An airport worker in the US has died after being sucked into a plane engine, officials have said.

Police have launched a murder investigation following the disappearance of a 31-year-old woman in Derbyshire.

Sir Elton John hailed a "very special and emotional night" as he took to the stage at Glastonbury Festival to perform his last ever UK gig.

For a capital facing such potentially intense political convulsions, Moscow basked in a sun-drenched Sunday calm.

England lost four wickets for 18 runs in a frantic evening session as Australia find themselves five wickets away from a series-opening win in the Women's Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says it still "hurts deeply" to have missed out on the Premier League title, but he is happy with the progress he has made after taking over a club that had lost its "soul".

On this week's Backstage podcast, we hear from the stars of Asteroid City, Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One and No Hard Feelings.

The aunt of Zara Aleena has demanded an end to violence against women, saying they are no safer 12 months on from the law graduate's brutal murder.