A boat carrying about 400 people "in distress" has been spotted adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking on water, support services have said.

Atom Bank, the app-based lender, has picked advisers to secure a further £100m in capital in what is expected to be its final fundraising before an attempt to list its shares publicly.

Anthony Joshua has announced that he will not return to the ring until December following this month's win over Jermaine Franklin.

Eight people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of two buildings that collapsed following an explosion in the south of France.

A 15-year-old girl who was killed in a fire at an east London block of flats has been named by police as Tiffany Regis.

One of the assistant referees in Liverpool's Premier League match against Arsenal has been accused of elbowing Andy Robertson during the half-time interval.

After one year of fighting, no one holds any illusions about the war in Ukraine.

Brooks Koepka holds a two-shot lead over Jon Rahm going into the final round of The Masters, with Viktor Hovland heading the chasing pack after a back-nine charge at Augusta National.

From Agatha Christie to Enid Blyton, the modernisation of much-loved classics has turned fiction into another frontier in the culture wars.

The UK is enjoying warm 16C (61F) sunshine today - but the Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for later in the week.