Sandro Tonali's 10-month ban from football for betting violations has been ratified by FIFA with immediate effect.

If you want to understand how Britain got mired in a sewage crisis from which it may never truly escape, the best place to begin is not this year or last year, or for that matter the year England's water industry was privatised (1989), but more than a century-and-a-half ago.

Israel must allow more aid into Gaza amid a blockade that is being used to "collectively punish more than two million people", a UN official has said.

The high street empire founded by Mike Ashley is weighing an offer for Wiggle, the online bikes retailer which collapsed into administration this week.

A "mindless" thief who stole a bus before taking it on a 10-mile joyride has been jailed for one year.

The Israeli military says it is expanding ground operations tonight and has warned residents of Gaza City to move south.

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Households and businesses can again be paid for cutting electricity use during times of high consumption.

The Rolling Stone's new album Hackney Diamonds has claimed the number one spot in this week's UK charts - drawing level with The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and Robbie Williams for the record for most number one studio albums.

Israel accused Hamas of launching attacks from hospitals in Gaza, said this was a war crime and signalled that such action could make medical facilities a legitimate target.