With Brazil 2014 approaching, few can deny a need for "radical" examination of the state of English football, says David Bond.

UKIP "is not racist", leader Nigel Farage tells activists, following controversy over comments by some candidates.

England hooker Tom Youngs will not tour New Zealand in June in order to support his wife, who needs treatment for an illness.

Girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai says the world must not stay silent over the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria.

A senior NI police officer tells MPs that 95 of the 228 republicans who received controversial letters from the government have been linked to 295 murders.

A shortage of homes coming onto the market will lead to house price rises with values expected to grow for a year, according to surveyors.

Several papers focus on the arrest of armed robber Michael Wheatley, known as "Skull Cracker", who had been on the run from prison.

Regulated fracking should be an "urgent national priority", a group of Lords has said, but green campaigners say the UK must embrace renewables.