When Nick Bateman entered the Big Brother house back in July 2000, one of the first UK contestants picked out of tens of thousands of hopefuls, he had no idea what was coming.

Labour's smashing victory in the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by-election is just the boost Sir Keir Starmer was hoping for as he heads to his party conference, where he wants to cement his image as a prime minister in waiting. 

Labour has been warned against being "too timid" and "limping into Number 10" by the head of its biggest donor on the eve of the party's conference in Liverpool.

Barnsley FC's coach caught fire after suffering "complications" while the team were travelling back from their match against Exeter City.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says former prime minister Liz Truss looked at her situation "from a different angle" because she was a mother.

The Metropolitan Police says it has increased police patrols across London after the Hamas militant group attacked Israel.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has made a surprise appearance on the show - and revealed she is now over halfway through her cancer treatment.

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has made a surprise appearance on the show - and revealed she is now over halfway through her cancer treatment.

Legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese says its "hard work" making films at 80 and you have to be "burning to say" something.

British screenwriter and film director Terence Davies has died aged 77 following a short illness.