The passion of supporters at the World Cup in Russia provides both hope and fear for politicians whose fate can rise or fall on the performance of the team, writes John Lloyd.

A woman who was wrongly accused over the Stepping Hill Hospital murders has said she will “never be able to put this behind me fully”.

A self-confessed “angel turned evil” has been found guilty of murdering and poisoning hospital patients.

A nurse has been found guilty of murdering and poisoning hospital patients in England.

A nurse accused of murdering and poisoning patients was getting bullied at the hospital where he worked, a court heard.

A nurse has appeared in court in England accused of the murder of three people.

A leading politician was forced to resign today after admitting unwittingly starring in a secretly filmed sex video which has embarrassed the Malaysian government.

A Singapore man who may have been exposed to the SARS virus will appear in court – on a video screen – to face charges that he broke home quarantine orders, a police spokesman said today.

King Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, elected by sultans under Malaysia’s unusual royal rotation system, died today after weeks of complications following heart surgery, prime minister Mahathir Mohamad announced.