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Downing Street has dismissed a French minister's accusation migrants were crossing the Channel because they are "rarely expelled" from the UK. 

A woman whose now ex-husband allegedly drugged her so she could be raped while unconscious by other men has given evidence in court, saying "they regarded me like a rag…

A member of the Royal Navy has died after a helicopter ditched while conducting night-flying exercises with HMS Queen Elizabeth. 

The return of the infamous Fyre Festival is definitely happening, the co-founder has said, five years after what was meant to be a luxury event in an idyllic setting turned…

A business watchdog has launched an investigation into Ticketmaster's Oasis gigs sale and is calling for evidence from fans. 

An inquest has opened into the death of Stephen Chamberlain, who suffered a "traumatic head injury" just days before his former boss Mike Lynch was killed when his superyacht sank. 

A new high-tech screening clinic co-founded by the boss of Spotify hopes to revolutionise healthcare by picking up signs of disease long before there are any symptoms. 

Hereditary peers will not be banned from re-joining the Lords as life peers under government reforms to the upper chamber. 

A serial abuser who hit a woman with a piece of wood, pointed a gun at her and lifted her up by ears has been jailed for 10 years. 

A backbench Labour MP is considering bringing forward a bill to parliament to"reform our archaic assisted dying laws".