Former diplomat, a campaigner for democratic reforms, has been detained since JanuaryThe Australian novelist and former Chinese diplomat Yang Hengjun has been charged with espionage in Beijing.Yang has been detained in China since January when he was arrested in Guangzhou. He is being held in Beijing in a ministry of Read more
Women describe being physically removed by security after a couple inside the bar harassed and attacked themSecurity at a Los Angeles bar physically removed a group of transgender women after they were harassed and attacked by a straight couple, according to video and the women’s accounts of the incident, which Read more
Brilliant engineer ranks with Henry Ford and Gottleib Daimler for transforming struggling Volkswagen into world-beater Ferdinand Piech, the Porsche family patriarch who transformed Volkswagen from a struggling carmaker into a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 82.Piech, the grandson of sports car and VW Beetle pioneer Ferdinand Porsche, Read more
• 2012 Tour winner wants to put sporting success behind him• ‘I don’t give a shit about my cycling career. I’m detached from it’Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed he is taking a degree in social work as he looks to redefine himself after his cycling career.The 39-year-old was the first Read more
Ashleigh Barty beat Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 1-6 6-3 6-2Alex de Minaur beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-4 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 7-5Ashleigh Barty breathed a big sigh of relief after surviving a scare and progressing to the second round of the US Open in New York. Australia’s world No.2 had to pull Read more
Only 11 per cent say they would be upset if the tables were turned Via: Brexit: Two in five remainers would be upset if their child married leave voter, poll claims
Three dozen people detained for assaulting police, Met says Via: More than 350 arrests at 'hottest ever' Notting Hill Carnival
Nigel Farage is not expected to be among those honoured for their part in the Leave campaign Via: Boris Johnson to appoint string of Brexit supporters to House of Lords
Labour leader will sit down with other opposition parties to discuss parliamentary tactics to block no-deal Via: Brexit: Labour will consider all options to stop no-deal 'disaster', says Corbyn
Exclusive: ‘People are horrified that sex workers suffer so much violence and understand that the prostitution laws, which force women to work in isolation, increase the danger of attack,’ says campaigner Via: More British people support sex-work law reform than are against it, study finds