Czech Republic defender David Rozehnal is keen for a move to Newcastle United, according to his representatives. The 26-year-old's club Paris St Germain have yet to hold direct talks with the Magpies, ...

Iraq invaded Iran on 22 September 1980, triggering a bitter eight-year war which destabilised the region and devastated both countries. The then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein claimed as a reason for the ...

A man has been ordered by a judge not to feel people's muscles or ask them to do exercises in public. Akinwale Arobieke, 45, from Liverpool, was also banned from measuring the size of muscles, under ...

Rowling's unparalleled readership of millions of people worldwide and the critical activity around her books invite comparison with the works of classic children's writers Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton.

Writer Terry Pratchett has poked fun at Harry Potter author JK Rowling for saying she did not realise she was writing a fantasy novel. He wrote to the Sunday Times:"I would have thought that the ...

Irving Weaver, the multi-millionaire father of manager Simon Weaver, is the new owner of Harrogate Town. He has taken over from Bill Fotherby after the 80-year-old decided to stop funding the club.

Dean Richards, the former Wolves, Southampton, Bradford and Tottenham defender, has died at the age of 36. Richards passed away on Saturday morning after losing his long-term battle with illness.

Liverpool have completed the signing of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez from Dutch club Ajax in a five-and-a-half year deal worth about £22.7m. "Luis Suarez has completed his transfer to Liverpool in a ...

Exeter City have announced that striker Adam Stansfield has died of cancer at the age of 31. Stansfield was diagnosed with bowel cancer following a series of tests for an abdominal complaint in April, ...

Former world snooker champion Alex Higgins has died aged 61 after a long battle against throat cancer. The 1972 and 1982 world champion, a heavy smoker, was found dead in his flat in Belfast on ...

A wine fountain similar to those used by Henry VIII has been unveiled at Hampton Court Palace. The working replica was created after the remains of a 16th Century fountain were found during an ...

Russia's state archive has published formerly top secret Soviet-era documents on the April 1940 Katyn massacre on its website. They include a key letter to then Soviet leader Joseph Stalin from secret ...