Football governance reforms have cleared their first Commons test, amid Tory claims the proposals could increase the risk of English teams being banned from Uefa competitions. MPs voted 342 to 70, ...

Canadians are voting on whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power by picking new Prime Minister Mark Carney or hand control to the opposition Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre ...

The White House has opened a week-long celebration of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown. Signs with mugshots of immigrants who have been accused of crimes ...

A recreational boat crashed into a ferry transporting 45 people on the final day of a sand-sculpting festival in Florida, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, officials said. The crash ...

Marvel actor and The Traitors US presenter Alan Cumming has said being Scottish is the reason for “much of my success”. The 60-year-old said growing up in Scotland gave him the opportunity to attend ...

Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong and Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia will be among the jury members at this year’s Cannes Film Festival deciding the Palme d’Or winner. Festival organisers have unveiled the ...

A dog believed to be an XL bully was destroyed by police in Manchester after officers were called to reports of “men with machetes”. The incident happened as Greater Manchester Police (GMP) officers ...

A teacher and school counsellor has been identified as one of the 11 people killed when a driver ploughed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver over the weekend. Kira ...

The main cause of Gene Hackman’s death was heart disease, but he was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and was likely to have not eaten for a long time, according to a new post-mortem ...

Jess Phillips has suggested she is open to co-operating with Rupert Lowe’s private inquiry into grooming gangs. The Home Office minister said she was “more than happy” to meet the Independent MP to ...

A preferred buyer for the UK’s largest water company would “multiply” the problems of the troubled utility firm, it has been warned at Westminster. Concerns over the selection by Thames Water of US ...

Monday was the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures set to increase further this week, the Met Office has said. The weather service said the highest temperature recorded on Monday was ...