Northampton Town will release defenders Danny May and Brett Johnson, midfielder Joe Burnell and striker Poul Hubertz at the end of the season. Boss Stuart Gray will offer new contracts to Andy Holt ...

A man has been jailed for life after admitted raping and battering an elderly woman to death. Jason Ward, 23, left 87-year-old Gladys Godfrey with a broken neck, fractured skull and completely ...

A man who murdered a 62-year-old woman and buried her body in the garden of his parents' Highland guest house has died in prison. Donald McMillan, 45, was jailed for life in 1994 for suffocating Helen ...

Australia romped to a nine-wicket victory over USA after bowling the minnows out for just 65 at a chilly Rose Bowl. Jason Gillespie and Mike Kasprowicz claimed four wickets each to dismiss the ...

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Bristol Rovers striker Junior Agogo has been called up to represent Ghana in a pre-World Cup friendly. Agogo will go to Germany and join the squad ahead of Tuesday's friendly against French side OGC ...

Premiership footballer Lee Hughes has been jailed for six years for causing death by dangerous driving. The 28-year-old West Bromwich Albion striker had denied causing the death of father-of-four ...

Former EastEnders actor Mike Reid, who played wheeler dealer Frank Butcher in the BBC soap, died at the age of 67. Reid was a real-life Londoner, born in Hackney, East London, in 1940. A few months ...

Police investigating the murder of schoolboy Rory Blackhall in West Lothian have revealed that he was asphyxiated. The 11-year-old's fully-clothed body was found in woods under an old tent, three days ...

Paul Foot was a pioneering investigative journalist, whose campaigning style went hand-in-hand with a deeply-held belief in socialism. Shrewsbury School in the Fifties must have been one heck of a ...

Gus Poyet's late winner ensures the points for Spurs in a seven-goal thriller.

Ayr United are poised to sell their Somerset Park stadium and replace it with an £18m, 7,650-seat replacement in the town's Heathfield district. The Second Division club have secured a 20 acre site in ...