A Greek gambling tycoon is in talks to buy a large stake in the Championship football club Bristol City, part of an ongoing frenzy of dealmaking involving clubs in the top two tiers of the English game.

Nearly 380 drivers ignored lane closures on smart motorways this year, leaving them paying fines and costs totalling more than £100,000, research found.

Fans of Wallace and Gromit can choose which character should have their name given to a future storm.

Nick Kyrgios has been banned from tennis after testing positive for cocaine.

Two men have been jailed over violent anti-migrant protests outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Essex.

A woman who has accused a former world snooker champion of historical child sex abuse has denied saying "I'm going to be rich" and would take her allegations "to the papers and make a lot of money".