More than 1,000 requests are made in the first year of a scheme which allows people to be told if their partner has been violent in the past.

Ex-Premier League manager Harry Redknapp says his players bet on the result of one of their matches, the Daily Telegraph claims.

Veteran broadcaster Desmond Carrington announces he is leaving BBC Radio 2, bringing a 70-year broadcasting career to a close.

An increase in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) which takes place on 1 October amounts to a "raid" on consumers, the industry says.

Russia's increasing military action in Syria is forcing moderate elements within the Syrian opposition into the hands of extremists, a US state department spokesman says.

Animal tuberculosis, which is spread through contaminated food, is a greater threat to human health than previously realised, leading doctors and vets warn.

Europe win three of the afternoon fourballs matches to cut the United States' lead on the first day of the Ryder Cup.

Scottish boxer Mike Towell dies in hospital after being seriously injured in a bout on Thursday, his management says.