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A former soap opera star has been jailed for nine years after fleeing the UK for Spain to avoid facing trial for allegedly conning would-be models out of more than £13m.

The culture secretary has warned she is "minded" to intervene in Sky's £1.6bn deal to buy ITV's broadcast and streaming operations.

Singer Raye has said the sign-up list for her one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall later this month will be checked "manually" after ticket touts using artificial intelligence bots "overwhelmed" the process.

A Norwegian teenager who flew to the UK to carry out murder for an Iran-backed gang has been jailed for 20 years.

A man convicted of arson attacks targeting Sir Keir Starmer has been deported, the Home Office said.

NHS staff may have improperly accessed information about a man killed by a tiger at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.