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A former council leader and Christian radio station director who carried out a near £200,000 romance fraud against a woman he met years earlier at church has been jailed for 22 months.

The novel has survived the industrial revolution, radio, television, and the internet. Now it's facing artificial intelligence - and novelists are worried.

A single loose wire on the container ship that crashed into and partially destroyed a US road bridge, led to the vessel losing of power just before the fatal collision, investigators have concluded.

Two women have appeared in court charged with attempting to defeat the ends of justice after a man was found dead in a field in Inverclyde.

A Russian 'spy ship' long suspected of surveilling the UK's crucial network of undersea cables has been spotted on the edge of our waters once again.

An investigation has been launched into the "unexplained" death of an 11-year-old girl.

A Russian spy ship is currently on the edge of UK waters, the defence secretary has announced.

Amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the country, with some parts already hit by freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall.

A fire has killed one and damaged or burned 170 buildings after starting during strong winds in south-western Japan.

A painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust has become the most expensive piece of modern art and the second most expensive painting ever sold at auction.

China's foreign ministry has hit back at what it called "unfounded" accusations of spying in Westminster, saying it has "no interest" in gathering intelligence on the UK.

A British woman is among five people who died after severe winter weather struck Chile's Patagonia region, officials have confirmed. 

The rate of inflation has eased to 3.6%, according to official figures that make for better reading for the economy and chancellor ahead of the budget.

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are a leading cause of a "chronic disease pandemic" linked to worsening diets, experts have warned.

Suicide prevention, alcohol abuse and problem gambling will be the focus of a new government strategy for men's health.

The UK lacks a national plan to defend itself from attack and is moving at a "glacial" pace to fix the problem despite threats from Russia and China, a report by MPs has warned.

Violent extremists are using AI to evade social media moderation, according to the leader of one of Europe's leading violence prevention task forces.

A bill that would force the US Justice Department to release all of its files on Jeffrey Epstein will be sent to the desk of Donald Trump after both houses of Congress gave it the all-clear.

The wife of murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi says "zero justice" has been served over her husband's killing in 2018.

Scotland secured a place at the men's World Cup for the first time since 1998 as stoppage-time goals by Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean secured a thrilling 4-2 win over Denmark at Hampden Park.