Ghislaine Maxwell has been "scapegoated" for the crimes of her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein and "was not given a fair trial", her brother has told Sky News.

The UK has seen its warmest New Year's Eve on record with temperatures provisionally reaching 15.3C (59.54F), the Met Office said.

An estimated 2.3 million people in the UK had COVID in the week up to 23 December - a substantial rise on the 1.4 million the previous week.

The UK has seen its warmest New Year's Eve on record with temperatures already reaching 14.9C (58.82F), the Met Office has confirmed.

New rules banning a loyalty penalty for car and home insurance customers take effect from 1 January.

Watford striker Emmanuel Dennis will not play in the Africa Cup of Nations after the Nigerian Football Federation said his club are "baring fangs".

Romelu Lukaku says he turned down a move to Manchester City in 2020, and only decided to swap Inter Milan for Chelsea when his request for a new contract in Italy was rejected this summer.

Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage has revealed he does not like being called an "actor" and would prefer to be known as a "thespian" - despite admitting it risks him "sounding like a pretentious a-hole".

The UK has seen its warmest New Year's Eve on record with temperatures already reaching 14.9C (58.82F), the Met Office has confirmed.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says he takes human rights "very seriously" but that Britain's diplomatic boycott of next year's Beijing Winter Olympics is "meaningless".