A wealthy businessman who says he and his former ''wife'' were never legally married may still have to pay out even if a judge rules in his favour, according to a specialist lawyer.

Medics can restrain a middle-aged man with a severe learning difficulty in order to prepare him for surgery, a judge in a specialist court has ruled.

A “fabulously wealthy” heiress whose ex-husband committed suicide after they separated has won a multi-million legal fight with the executors of his estate.

One of Britain’s longest and most bitter divorce battles culminated yesterday with a High Court judge branding a well-connected millionaire a liar and his ex-wife a conspiracy theorist.

Tycoon Scot Young, who is accused by his estranged wife Michelle of hiding his fortune to avoid a divorce settlement, is worth £40m (€46m), a High Court judge in England ruled today.

A 6-year-old girl who was abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan three years ago was reunited with her mother last night.

A six-year-old girl is on her way home more than three years after she was abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan, sources said today.

THESE are weeks that could alter the shape of the Premier League for years to come.

CIVIL liberties groups have warned that the Government’s proposed Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill may violate international law if asylum-seekers are summarily refused entry to the country.

Aston Villa defender Aaron Hughes has suffered a recurrence of his hernia problem and is ruled out of the Carling Cup clash with Burnley tomorrow night.

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One-time favourite Moor Lane has failed to make the cut by two for Saturday’s Martell Grand National at today’s final 48-hour declaration stage.