QPR have been given a cash boost after the family of the world's fifth richest man bought a 20% stake in the club. The son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who is reportedly worth £50bn, ...

Rock band Oasis have sacked drummer Alan White, the band's longest-serving member after Noel and Liam Gallagher. "Alan White has been asked to leave Oasis by the other band members," the band ...

A pensioner left with a family secret ever since a royal was killed in a wartime plane crash has spoken out to protect her dead uncle's memory. Margaret Harris, from Prestatyn, is the niece of the ...

Two men have been jailed for life for their involvement in the murder of 22-year-old man in October 2002. Alexander McKinley was shot once in the back of the head as he sat in his sports car on Euston ...

Test cricket, unlike most team sports, does not have tactical substitutions. The International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's governing body, had introduced a 10-month trial in July 2005 to use ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

Known as Lord Haw Haw because of his nasal drawl, Joyce was a fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the UK during World War II. He defected to Germany, but at the end of the war was ...

In a park in the Latvian capital Riga, a small group of protesters gathers, all Russian, some wearing paper hats inscribed with the word "Alien". Latvian police carry out a small, bureaucratic piece ...

Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe has died after collapsing during an international match in France. The 28-year-old fell to the ground unchallenged in the 72nd minute of a Confederations Cup ...

In the modern age of football there are many different roles and jobs a defender can have. And a wonderful sight in the game is seeing the wing-back fly up and down the touchline terrorising the ...

The notorious "elephant man" may have suffered from two rare disorders, according to scientists. They believe Joseph Merrick, who lived in Britain more than 100 years ago, could have suffered from ...

Botox treatment to rid yourself of unsightly wrinkles may be addictive, research has found. Doctors found 40% of patients using Botox expressed a compulsive desire for further treatments. People need ...