Jeremy Corbyn has denounced a legal bid to block him from standing in the Labour leadership election in the UK as "a waste of time and resources" after it was rejected by a High Court judge.

Notwithstanding a ridiculous final act that seemingly belongs to a different film, ‘The Call’ is a slick, nail-biting thriller that propels us satisfyingly close to the edge of our seats.

Comedian Mel Smith has died of a heart attack aged 60, his agent said today.

A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on jagged rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island today, flinging screaming women and children into churning water and sending many to their deaths.