A sales adviser in the UK who made a series of sexual comments about five-year-old April Jones on Facebook has been given a suspended prison sentence today.

A blind stroke victim who was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt Taser stun gun by a police officer who mistook his white stick for a samurai sword is launching a compensation bid.

The UK's coalition parties have suffered heavy defeats in local elections in England and Wales.

Carlos Tevez played his first 45 minutes of football since returning to Manchester City this afternoon.

A MAN was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order yesterday after plotting to kill his adoptive parents with a friend he met on the internet just three months earlier.

A man who was shoved in the face by Manchester City footballer Craig Bellamy after running onto a pitch was banned from attending football matches for three years today.

A Frenchman was was jailed for life today for a frenzied knife attack on a schoolgirl as she walked through a park in the UK.

England’s Jonathan Hurst has set his sights on the West of Ireland Amateur Open title after a level-par 71 gave him the first round lead at wind-blown Rosses Point today.

British duo Eleanor Pilgrim and Lora Fairclough earned a share of the lead heading into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone.

Sam Allardyce insists he has “no regrets” about leaving Bolton after seven and a half years as manager.

More than 500 banking jobs were under threat today after Lloyds TSB detailed plans to close back office processing operations at five UK locations.

Marconi’s successor company Telent today announced its first major deal after securing a £36m (€52.5m) contract with telecoms group O2.

Three more people have been charged in connection with alleged racial abuse hurled at Dwight Yorke during a football match, police said today.

FOOTBALL chiefs welcomed the five-year ban handed to the Blackburn fan who racially abused Dwight Yorke.

Two men have been charged over racist abuse aimed at Birmingham City footballer Dwight Yorke during a match against Blackburn Rovers, police said tonight.

Bolton have confirmed they are holding talks with Everton defender David Unsworth.

The wife and son of Loyalist terrorist Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair have been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs, it was confirmed today.

What a difference 12 months makes. Just a year ago made-for-TV pop band Hear’Say were the talk of the nation. The five unknowns were propelled to stardom by the ITV1 show Popstars.

A 61-year-old pilot has escaped unhurt after his helicopter plummeted into a Lake in England.