The former husband of a British woman detained in Dubai for calling his new wife a "horse" had reported her to British police for alleged harassment nearly four years ago, it has emerged.

Police said they have been taken to hospital but are not in a life-threatening condition.

It is a good job Josh van der Flier is a glass-half-full type of character. Only someone of a positive and optimistic disposition could view sitting in the stands in Bilbao this weekend as a sign of progress.

A fashion designer accused of murdering her French nanny was charming and manipulative with a violent streak, an ex-boyfriend revealed.

Former England midfielder Ray Wilkins has died, his former club Chelsea have announced.

It times it seems Tadhg Furlong has done things backwards in his rugby career.

You know you are in a good place when the first question at a press conference is to consider which of your three Six Nations championships was the most satisfying.

A policeman has appeared at a disciplinary hearing, accused of taking a tin of biscuits belonging to a colleague.

A seven-year-old girl who suffered "critical injuries" in an incident at a house on Friday morning has died in hospital, police said.

Police investigating a number of incidents of sexual assault have arrested a 15-year-old boy.

A total of 20 people were hurt following the attack, after a corrosive liquid was sprayed during an argument at Mangle in Dalston, east London.

A married City lawyer has been spared jail after being found guilty of pouring beer over a woman at a Christmas party, pulling up her skirt and repeatedly slapping her bottom.

A doctor will be sentenced for the second time later for having a stash of "extreme" pornography, including a video of a man having sex with a snake.

A gang of thieves targeted an 86-year-old widow shopping in a supermarket in England and then squandered her life savings on cars and fast food, police said.

A gang of thieves targeted an 86-year-old widow shopping in a supermarket in England and then squandered her life savings on cars and fast food, police said.

Jurors have been warned not to be swayed by “fanciful” suggestions after TV character Peppa Pig was called in the defence of the man accused of murdering six-year-old Ellie Butler.

A hot-tempered father killed his six-year-old daughter after successfully appealing his conviction for assaulting her as a baby, a court has heard.

Nobody said it would be easy for Ireland, this 2016 RBS Six Nations championship, but two games in, they are already looking at something of a doomsday scenario.

As he glances towards the hotel bar All Black head coach Steve Hansen struggles to stifle a laugh.

Very few people say no to Michael Cheika, but Kane Douglas did.

Scott Fardy was faced with a stark choice when the tsunami hit the coast of Japan in March 2011.

England 35 Fiji 11: The trains weren’t running, the bars were overflowing, the stewards were next to useless and yet, at around 7pm yesterday evening, something rather strange happened in south-west London.

The owner of a hawk tasked with keeping away pesky pigeons at Wimbledon has laughed off suggestions he could be replaced by a drone.

Once known as Lily Allen’s brother, Alfie Allen has now forged his own career in Game of Throne writes Susan Griffin.

Leigh Halfpenny says Wales will carry their Twickenham "hurt" of last season into tomorrow night’s RBS 6 Nations opener against England.

A mentally ill woman living rough in a city graveyard has admitted burying her newborn baby alive.

Three men have been charged over a pitch invasion stunt which caused a Tottenham Hotspur match to be temporarily suspended.

A depressed mother wept as a court heard how she smothered her disabled sons with a nappy so they would not smell her, before killing their sister and trying to take her own life.

Two friends, divided by their views on Scottish independence, travel the length of Britain. But will their friendship survive the trip?

USA: A woman called Ms Crispi accused of starting a fire in her ex-boyfriend’s house with a pound of bacon is to stand trial on arson charges.

Sabine Lisicki moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon as last year’s runner-up again showed her liking for the grass in south-west London.

Wimbledon 2014 is underway, and the biggest star so far is a sharp-eyed hawk employed to keep the pigeons at bay.

A McLaren worker was left critically injured after the supercar he was driving crashed and left him impaled on a fence post.

In a quiet media room inside Twickenham yesterday afternoon Andy Farrell attempted to explain why the Lions coaching staff that he was a part of dropped Brian O’Driscoll for the Third Test against Australia last summer.

Liam Gallagher suffered a life-threatening allergic reaction after eating a blue M&M.

Harlequins 12 Munster 18

HEINEKEN CUP QUARTER-FINAL:

Munster supporters have been used to setbacks in advance of must-win Heineken Cup games but rarely can there have been one of such seismic proportions as the province experienced in Glasgow last night.

Conor O’Shea has moved to quash speculation linking him with the Ireland job by insisting he is happy at Harlequins and wants to extend his contract at the club.

An eerie silence hung over the scene of the London helicopter crash where mangled metal and the remains of a burnt-out car told of the horrors which unfolded in central London today.

Martin O’Neill has admitted life as a Barclays Premier League manager is a constant worry.

The former girlfriend of comedian and television presenter Justin Lee Collins was accused of being a fantasist yesterday.

A foundation says it will prove to the world today that Leonardo Da Vinci painted an earlier version of the Mona Lisa – a claim doubted by at least one expert on the multifaceted Renaissance artist.

Republic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni will continue to exclude James McClean from his starting XI despite an impressive performance from the Sunderland winger in last night's 4-1 win over Oman.