The mood music around the election of left-wing Syriza in Greece changed significantly in the EU as voting day approached.

Leon Brittan, a former senior minister in the government of Margaret Thatcher as well as vice-president of the European commissioner, has died from cancer, his family said.

The British Home Office is expected to come under fire today when a key report into its handling of child sex abuse allegations is published.

Newcastle are without conjunctivitis victims Lee Bowyer and Andy O’Brien for tomorrow’s Premiership opener at Middlesbrough.