Sunderland's players have been told they will not be allowed to fly off on their holidays once their game at Tottenham finishes on Sunday. They have also been informed their summer break may be cut dramatically in length.

If this was supposed to be the preliminary sketch for an Epsom masterpiece, then for now Liber Nauticus remains closer to an oil tanker than a dashing ocean clipper. Nonetheless she finds herself disputing favouritism for the Investec Oaks, bookmakers having taken an indulgent view of the heavy weather she made of her trial here.

A latter-day “Fagin”, who earned more than €1m a year by training Bosnian girls to pick-pocket Asian tourists in Paris, was jailed for seven years.

Some employees at corporation get six-figure sums just to relocate to new base in North-west

A public consultation on the multi-billion pound, cross-London Crossrail 2 scheme was launched today.

Airlines want medics to identify themselves when booking so they can help in emergencies

TV pick of the week: The Murder Workers

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'On safari in Kruger National Park, we ate breakfast beside a pod of hippos'

Rising problem of online fraud sees thousands of tourists paying for fake hotels, flights and trips

After his story makes the national news, Christian Nayet insists his actions were 'human, not courageous.'

Clouds are gathering inside London's St Pancras International station. Luckily rain is not forecast, but the fluffy-looking arrivals are a piece of public artwork by British sculptor Lucy Orta and her husband Jorge.

A driver died and four people were critically injured when a coach carrying young Britons collided with a cliff-face and exploded into flames in the French Alps.