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A care worker has been jailed for sexually abusing a young severely disabled woman in Kent. 

A Scottish tourist has been arrested in Colombia after allegedly trying to board a flight home with nearly 2kg of cocaine in his suitcase. 

Angela Rayner has defended Taylor Swift being given a blue-light escort through London as they "needed to make sure she was safe". 

Jonathan Reynolds, the business secretary, has axed government advisers including the founder of Anya Hindmarch, the boss of Universal Music Group and a former Lord Mayor of the City of…

Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from professional tennis. 

A US death row inmate is being asked to choose how he would like to be executed. 

A former police officer who tried to kill his ex-partner and her mother by smashing his car through the window of a funeral directors has been jailed for 11 years. 

British YouTuber Yung Filly has appeared in court accused of raping and choking a woman in his Perth hotel room after a show, according to Australian media reports. 

Liam Gallagher has revealed why he and his brother Noel "don't want" to give interviews ahead of the Oasis reunion tour. 

The BBC has apologised to users after its weather app mistakenly showed forecasts for "hurricane force" winds near London and temperatures over 400C in Nottingham.