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A woman who left her cats and dogs "locked in cages to starve" has been banned from owning animals for 10 years, police have said. 

A boy fell ill after Salisbury poisoning victim Sergei Skripal gave him bread to feed ducks, an inquiry has heard. 

A conservative commentator has been banned from appearing on US television network CNN after he made derogatory remarks to a pro-Palestinian journalist. 

A former US Air Force pilot has been cleared of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl after approaching her outside Harrods in London. 

Three gangsters have been jailed over a plot to smuggle a large quantity of cocaine and heroin into Scotland hidden inside fake solar panel generators. 

Russia is carrying out a new nuclear training exercise, President Vladimir Putin has said. 

The number of mortgages approved in September reached a level not seen in the two years since the Liz Truss mini-budget. 

Courteney Cox has paid tribute to Matthew Perry, a year on from his death. 

Hamas has hailed Naim Kassem's appointment as Hezbollah's new leader as proof of the group's recovery. 

Reaction Engines, the British hypersonic aviation pioneer, could collapse within hours unless it can persuade investors to provide millions of pounds for a rescue deal.