Football players' union chief Gordon Taylor apologises after comparing the Hillsborough tragedy to the Ched Evans case.

Australian actor Rod Taylor, who starred in The Time Machine and Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Birds, dies aged 84, US reports say.

The son of Chinese film star Jackie Chan, Jaycee, is jailed for six months in China for "sheltering others to use drugs".

A huge manhunt near Paris will intensify at dawn for two suspected gunmen in Wednesday's deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine.

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri is jailed for life by a New York court for multiple terror offences, following his extradition from the UK.

Gordon Taylor risks further controversy by appearing to compare the Ched Evans case with the Hillsborough tragedy.

NHS spending on children's mental health services in England has fallen by more than 6% in real terms since 2010, according to official figures.

Bafta is due to announce its nominations for this year's film awards, with British stars expected to dominate the shortlists.