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Crufts champion dog handler has previous animal cruelty conviction

Exclusive: Lee Cox, who stole the show with Clumber spaniel Bruin on Sunday, was previously found guilty on animal cruelty charges

Five Iranian women’s football players granted visas after Trump’s asylum demand

Arnold Schwarzenegger in talks to return to three iconic film franchises

‘Fox Studios has kind of rediscovered Arnold,’ the former politician said

‘Juries have not caused this crisis’: Top lawyers and ex-judges plead for government to rethink plans to curb jury trials

Retired judges and a former director of public prosecutions are among those calling for the justice secretary to halt plans to scrap juries for some crimes

Royal family unites for biggest gathering since Andrew’s arrest

The royal family united on Monday (9 March) for their biggest public gathering since the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

State trooper shot and killed during traffic stop leaves behind wife and young daughter

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in O’Connor’s honor

Iran may have activated ‘sleeper cells’ to carry out attacks around the globe, US officials say

The alert said that there is ‘no operational threat tied to a specific location’

Manchester City to face Liverpool in blockbuster FA Cup quarter-final as draw revealed

Premier League giants Manchester City and Liverpool will face off, while Port Vale earned a trip to Stamford Bridge in the last eight of the FA Cup

Voices: The price of Donald Trump’s war is soaring – and Britain is already paying it

Editorial: As the world tips towards financial oblivion, its leaders must find a way to make the US president listen to the markets if he will not listen to them

Arne Slot gives Alisson injury update as Liverpool prepare for hostile atmosphere at Galatasaray

Liverpool will be without their first choice keeper as they return to the scene of a chastening 1-0 defeat in the league phase

Reverend and the Makers frontman on becoming chairman of Sheffield FC: ‘It won’t work like Wrexham’

McClure is spearheading a consortium that has secured a "significant minority" stake in the ninth-tier club, established in 1857

Canada's Mark Carney heading to Norway to watch NATO exercises, meet with prime minister

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to visit Norway on Friday where he will observe a NATO exercise before visiting the United Kingdom

Massachusetts prosecutors to drop charge against Patriots' Christian Barmore

Massachusetts prosecutors say they will drop a domestic assault and battery charge against Patriots player Christian Barmore because they cannot prove the case

FDA issues urgent warning over clams and oysters after possible norovirus contamination

Restaurants and retailers in nine states are being urged not to sell the potentially contaminated clams

Rock band frontman dies just months after revealing devastating diagnosis

Still waiting for your state tax refund? This is why

Wait times for federal tax returns could also be longer this season because of budget cuts

Trump says Iran war ‘is very complete’ and teases a quicker ending than his original four-week timeline

The president’s latest comments come as world financial markets are reeling under the weight of sky-high oil prices

Rory McIlroy still hampered by back problem ahead of Players Championship

The Northern Irishman pulled out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational after experiencing back spasms.

RAF jets shoot down drones as fighting intensifies in Middle East

Defence secretary John Healey urged for de-escalation in Lebanon and ‘a return to a negotiated process’