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Freddie Mercury’s only godson, Freddie Mack, has said he hopes the grand piano used by the singer will be “cherished” and honoured after it is sold at auction.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino says he has “never been more determined and committed” to doing “what is right for the game” after pledging to conduct an independent review of the organisation’s governance..

Record numbers of victims are waiting more than a year for their case to be heard as the crown court backlog in England and Wales continues to soar..

More than 700 migrants arrived in the UK on Wednesday – the highest number for a single day so far this year..

Britain should commit to rejoining the European Union within a decade, according to the think tank chaired by Sir Tony Blair, as the former Labour prime minister said the country needed a “new approach” to post-Brexit relations..

Long-term jobless benefits claimants could be banned from spending their welfare payments on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling under plans being launched by the Conservatives..

Harry Kane says England’s World Cup exit was the most painful near miss yet due to the manner of a semi-final collapse to Argentina that “wasn’t us as a team”..

Wayne Rooney has said he and wife Coleen are “still just two kids from Croxteth” more than two decades after rising to fame..

A ban on football fans drinking in the stands during matches is outdated, discriminatory and should be scrapped, Andy Burnham said..

The family of a mother and three children killed in a house fire have said they were “loved beyond measure”..

The deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius “can’t go ahead without American support”, the Defence Secretary has said, after US President Donald Trump described the agreement as “terrible”..

The failure to intercept two migrant boats in two days before they reached the Kent coast was “not acceptable”, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said..