Brendan Cole

Mo Farah won Sports Personality of the Year but the broadcast hiccups when he got the award got traction on Twitter.

A father of six was among the six killed in a car-crash in Birmingham. He was named locally as Imtiaz Mohammed

Police in Lebanon have said that the British embassy worker found dead in Beirut had been strangled. The family of Rebecca Dykes is "devastated".

The head of the UK's Armed Forces has warned that Russia's Navy threatens underwater communication cables. Sir Stuart Peach issued the warning in a speech to the RUSI think tank.

A train that apparently derailed collided with a bus near Perpignan, southern France, killing four children and injuring seven.

Ex-British prime minister, David Cameron, says Donald Trump is undermining western democracy with his attacks on the media.

Footage shows Israeli troops known as "mustarabeen" arresting Palestinian stone throwers at a demonstration in Ramallah.

Tory rebel MPs have helped the government lose a key vote over a Brexit bill, which has been described by Labour as a "humiliating defeat".

Shakespeare's church St Helen's Bishopsgate says it will break away from the Church of England if the next Bishop of London has liberal views of sexuality.

Labour is calling on Tory rebels to support a parliamentary vote on the final Brexit deal and accept changes to the EU withdrawal bill.

London's Euston station will open its doors to 200 homeless people on Christmas, offering them dinner and a place to sleep.

Theresa May's ethics committee will urge MPs that web companies that fail to remove abusive content should face prosecution.

Theresa May's deputy, Damian Green, will reportedly not have to resign over claims he had porn on his computer.

Theresa May is set to tell MPs that the preliminary Brexit agreement struck on the Irish border is actually dependent on a future deal on trade.

MPs and parents have criticised an NHS survey asking children as young as 10 if they are comfortable in their gender.

50,000 British Airways passengers left stranded after sleet and ice grounds flights at Heathrow. Passengers have been taking to social media to complain.

The North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reportedly climbed to the top of the 2,777m Mount Paektu but his spotless leather shoes suggest otherwise.

Tributes have been paid to two teenage men who died after collapsing in a Plymouth nightclub after apparently taking ecstasy. Aaron Reilly and Joshua Brock were both 19.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says borders will be exposed to risks after Brexit due to a lack of planning.

The buyer of the $450m painting by Leonardo da Vinci has been revealed as Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Wall Street Journal has reported

Allies of Brexit secretary David Davis are using Theresa May's Brexit woes as a chance to oust the prime minister.

The chancellor Philip Hammond has been banned from using RAF jets and helicopters over an unsettled bill between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury.

Two men have been charged in connection with a terror plot to kill the prime minister Theresa May, using a suicide vest, pepper spray and a knife.

Russian officials condemn the IOC decision to ban Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping offences and urge athletes from the country not to compete under a neutral flag.

Former model Christine Keeler dies aged 75. She shook up British politics when she had an affair with the Tory cabinet minister John Profumo and a Russian diplomat.

British prime minister Theresa May reportedly has until the end of the week to strike a deal with the EU after her Brexit deal was scuppered by the DUP party.

Home Office pathologist tells inquest she strongly suspected that toddler Poppi Worthington was assaulted before she died.

Noel Brown and his daughter Marie were found dead in his flat in Deptford, South London, sparking a murder probe. Scotland Yard have made no arrests.

The UK has agreed '90% of the Brexit deal', with the EU a source has told the Times as the UK PM has crunch talks in Brussels on Monday.