Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester say doping claims made by the Sunday Times are false and criticise the paper for publishing them.

A man who died in a crash in Oxfordshire was a Kurdish refugee trying to reach his relatives in the UK, a charity says.

Five soldiers and one special forces police officer have been killed in a bomb attack in south-eastern Turkey blamed on Kurdish rebels, reports say.

Labour predicts government plans to convert all England's state schools to academies could cost more than £1.3bn.

Thousands of departing council workers have signed agreements restricting them from criticising their bosses, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.

An inquiry is ordered into UK Anti-Doping over its handling of alleged doping activities by a British doctor involving Premier League footballers, and other sports stars.

The public inquiry into child sexual abuse will not ignore cases where false accusations were made against prominent people, Justice Lowell Goddard says.

Greece seeks an explanation from the IMF over a conversation in which top officials allegedly say a crisis "event" is needed to conclude debt talks.