He was acquitted last month of racketeering and sex trafficking while being convicted of two counts of a prostitution-related offence.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered house arrest for former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly leading a coup attempt after losing the 2022 election. Prosecutors accuse Bolsonaro ...

AI has ‘supercharged’ fraud threats, according to Cifas, whose members include banking, retail, insurance, and telecoms bodies.

Emma Raducanu has added Rafael Nadal’s former coach Francis Roig to her team on a full-time basis ahead of this month’s US Open, the PA news agency understands. The 2021 winner at Flushing Meadows has ...

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes following the death of former Labour Party general secretary Lord Tom Sawyer. He said the former trade unionist’s “place in our party’s history is ...

Sunderland head coach Regis Le Bris has signed a new long-term contract until summer 2028. The 49-year-old Frenchman was appointed as Black Cats boss in June 2024 following his departure from Lorient.

Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director general of MI5, has died aged 90, her family announced. Dubbed the “housewife superspy” when she came into the role, she is widely credited as the ...

Ruth Szymankiewicz should have been under constant watch at Huntercombe Hospital after an incident 10 days before her death, an inquest heard.

The Gers boss hit out following the Premiership opener, questioning mentality, speaking about “egos” and accusing some ...

Around 2,700 homes in Ireland are still without power after Storm Floris brought strong winds to the island. Weather alerts remain in place on both sides of the border. In Northern Ireland several ...

Police were called out to Edinburgh Road to an incident understood to involve a car and two motorbikes. A spokesperson for Police Scotland told the Courier: “Around 10.10pm on Saturday, August 2, we ...

Ross Moran, Network Rail Scotland’s route director, said: “Storm Floris has caused significant disruption to Scotland’s railway, with wind speeds of up to 90mph, unprecedented for a summer storm. “Our ...