Final results in seismic South Africa election confirm ANC has lost majority
Final results from Wednesday’s seismic South Africa elections have confirmed that the African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its majority for the first time
French Open: Jabeur in action as Alcaraz, Gauff and Swiatek all win – as it happened
Coco Gauff in the last eight. But what a match that’s going to be! … and Tauson saves it, Jabeur tightening up, but another error
Police reviewing Tory candidate Robert Largan’s campaign material
Campaign material used by a Conservative candidate seeking re-election as an MP is being reviewed by police amid complaints that it makes him appear as
UK politics: SNP’s Swinney warns general election will be ‘the biggest challenge for years’ – as it happened
Labour of supporting creeping privatisation. Interesting moment at the start of media questions where BBC’s James Cook is booed by audience members – Swinney immediately
NHS doctor rescues mystery goldfish found on his garden lawn
How did a live goldfish come to be found on a Newcastle lawn? It is hardly the mystery of the century but it has confounded
Half of universal credit claimants ‘lose money through automatic DWP deductions’
Half of those on universal credit are losing money on every payment because of automatic deductions by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according
No ifs, no buts, this Real Madrid rank alongside Di Stéfano’s as greatest team ever | Sid Lowe
Dani Carvajal laid the first stone and applied the final brush stroke. In May 2004, when he was a 12-year-old kid with floppy blond hair and
FA insists Champions League final security was success despite incidents
The Football Association has insisted that the massive security operation for the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund on Saturday night was
China’s defence chief repeats threat of force against Taiwanese independence
The Chinese defence minister, Dong Jun, has warned that anyone who dares pursue independence for Taiwan will be “crushed to pieces” and face “destruction”, as
Drug that ‘melts away’ tumours could replace surgery for bowel cancer, say doctors
A “gamechanger” immunotherapy drug that “melts away” tumours dramatically increases the chances of curing bowel cancer and may even replace the need for surgery, doctors