Ball-tampering in Cape Town led to sacking of captain Steve Smith and two other players and a softening of macho cultureTo some, scratching a cricket ball would be innocuous rather than infamous. But when the Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft did it during a Test match in Cape Town, the cricket Read more
Exclusive: Activists summoned to interview where they are questioned about disability benefits claims Via: Police force admits passing disabled anti-fracking protesters' details to DWP
Commentators may interpret her words as a veiled reference to the toxic mood of the public debate around Brexit Via: Queen's Speech: Monarch to deliver Christmas Day message calling for 'peace on Earth and goodwill to all'
Volunteers helping the hard up are stepping in ‘to provide for people’s basic needs’ where the state is absent, Labour leader says Via: Jeremy Corbyn hails the Good Samaritan in Christmas message as still 'necessary in a system that is failing'
‘Time and again, you have stood up to aggression and those who flout the rules-based international order,’ says prime minister Via: Theresa May pays tribute to UK armed forces in Christmas message
Andrew Grice has reported on many remarkable political events, but the ongoing Brexit shenanigans take the biscuit Via: Theresa May's prospects of getting her Brexit deal through parliament look bleak after a momentous year in politics
Coroners urge health secretary to ensure that clozapine, linked to two deaths, does not claim more livesThe health secretary is under pressure to respond to growing concerns about the use of a controversial antipsychotic drug linked to deaths of psychiatric patients. Following claims by family members that two people died Read more
One of Britain’s rarest breed of dog which is more endangered than the giant panda has received a welcome boost for Christmas with a litter of five puppies. Via: One of Britain's rarest dog breeds gets new litter of five puppies
All the latest from the 1.30pm GMT kick-off at Villa ParkThe 100 best male footballers in the worldEmail Simon | or tweet @Simon_Burnton 1.56pm GMT 24 mins: What a chance for Leeds! Alioski cuts in and passes to Klich, who is in space on the edge of the area with Read more
Paul Gait, and his wife Elaine returned to their family home in Crawley, West Sussex this morning after spending some 36 hours in custody, over the drone that brought Gatwick to a standstill. Via: Police release double glazing worker over Gatwick drone