Four Chelsea fans accused of being involved in a race row in which a black man was shoved off a train while racist chants were sung are being treated as “scapegoats” by police, a court has heard.

Nigel Farage has reportedly apologised in person to a Thai woman who was called a “ting tong” by a Ukip MEP.

Fish are losing their survival instinct — even becoming attracted to the smell of their predators — as the world’s oceans become more acidic because of climate change, new research has found.

Photographer George Munday hopes to realise his dream by crowd-funding, where supporters pledge funds in advance.

Prosecutors are to urge a trivia board game’s distributors not to sell it in northern Australia because one of the game’s questions breaks a court order banning publication of evidence in the Peter Falconio murder case.