A murder investigation has started in the UK after a teenage boy was stabbed to death, the Metropolitan Police said.

Crystal Palace are preparing to appoint Roy Hodgson as manager after sacking Frank de Boer following only four Premier League matches in charge.

A part-time nanny has admitted making dozens of indecent images of children, a prosecutor said.

A hunt for a gunman has been launched by murder detectives investigating the drive-by shooting of a man in south London.

The case against a man accused over the fatal shooting of a young father in a crowded nightclub has been dropped.

A tram driver in England has been suspended after video emerged appearing to show him asleep at the controls.

Eight more people, including a 15-year-old boy, have appeared in court in England over a suspected hate attack which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life.

Six more people including a 15-year-old boy have been charged over a suspected hate attack which left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life.

Kurdish Iranian Reker Ahmed, 17, was chased and subjected to what police described as a "brutal attack" after a group of people discovered he was an asylum seeker.

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder over a "savage" attack that left a teenage asylum seeker fighting for his life in England.

Latest: A teenage asylum seeker has been left with a fractured skull and a blood clot on his brain after being beaten in a "frenzied attack" by a gang in a suspected hate crime.

The Dalata Hotel Group plans to speed up its expansion in the UK this year. It hopes to open up to four more hotels there before the end of 2017.

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A tram driver in England has been suspended after footage appeared to show him asleep at the controls on the same line as the Croydon crash that killed seven people.

Everton snatched a draw, Leicester lost and Sunderland recorded another win.

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Update: 6.15pm At least seven people were killed when a tram sped round a sharp bend and derailed during the morning rush-hour.

Update: 1.40pm Five people have died after a tram derailed in Croydon, south London, British Transport Police said.

A mother who lied about her children being ill, forcing them to have surgery as part of a plan to falsely claim benefits showed no remorse during her three-month trial, a judge said.

A judge in England has made a personal apology to a victim of a former children's home worker and Catholic priest who sexually abused 12 children dating back to the 1970s, and slipped through the British justice system before admitting his crimes.

British Labour MP Jo Cox died yesterday after being shot and stabbed in the street outside her constituency advice surgery.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho reached a settlement with ex-team doctor Eva Carneiro before she was due to give testimony that was expected to be highly damaging to the Premier League club.

Jose Mourinho is expected to give evidence at an employment tribunal brought by former Chelsea first-team doctor Eva Carneiro after she reportedly turned down an offer of £1.2m to settle.

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As Belgium deals with the aftermath of yesterday’s attacks, a guy on Twitter posted this baffling tweet describing how he had stopped a random Muslim woman in Croydon and asked her to ’explain Brussels’.

The Dalata Hotel Group has continued its expansion drive by spending €40m on acquiring operatorship status in four hotels.

Will Prince Charles’ once maligned mistress be fully accepted as his partner, his queen, asks

A 14-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of punching an 87-year-old woman in the face on a bus in south London.

Pop star Dane Bowers has been spared jail after attacking his ex-fiancee in a row over glitter on his face.

It was their coach four years ago. This time it is the media.

A tournament that has already captivated, thanks largely to Japan’s heroics, will hope to plug into the ultimate feelgood sporting event in modern English history when France and Romania meet in the Olympic Stadium’s first pool match this evening.

‘Croydon-sur-Seine’, read the headlines.

A couple of days into the Rugby World Cup schedule in England and the French are already moaning, according to stories hitting the newspapers, one of them in the Guardian and embellished elsewhere.

THAILAND: When the Thai military says cadets cannot bring phones to training, they mean it.

France’s World Cup preparations hit an unlikely speed bump in the shape of a Croydon wedding party.