Ex-Barcelona defender Dani Alves has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault after allegedly touching a woman under her clothes at a nightclub without her consent.

A "delusional" stalker who targeted actress Claire Foy in a "deeply frightening" campaign against her has been spared jailed.

Independent health and safety experts raised 23 areas requiring "urgent" attention at a Perth hotel in Scotland weeks before a fatal fire.

A Cambridge-based provider of English language training for international students is being courted by an Oxford-headquartered rival in a deal potentially worth up to £200m.

Lloyds and Halifax have become the latest banks to announce branch closures with 40 to be axed in the face of a significant drop-off in footfall.

Jacinda Ardern said she "slept well for the first time in a long" after announcing she was stepping down as prime minister.

Thousands of protesters descended on Peru's capital and clashed with police as they demanded President Dina Boluarte leave office.

Scandal-ridden US politician George Santos has denied participating in a drag show after video appeared to show him in a dress, necklace and earrings at a gay pride parade in Brazil.

A second inquest has been ordered into the death of 17-year-old Yousef Makki, who died after being stabbed in the heart in a Cheshire village in 2019.

Counter Terrorism police have arrested a 27-year-old man following reports of a suspicious package which led to a partial evacuation of a Leeds hospital.