Boris John made the "choice he thought was best" in appointing Chris Pincher to government and was "not aware of specific claims" about the Tory MP, a cabinet minister has insisted.

Security tests for new airport workers are being completed in record time, ministers claim, despite travel disruption continuing to dog holiday plans.

Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas has accused opponent Nick Kyrgios of bullying after their dramatic clash in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday.

Pro-Moscow separatists say they have taken control of Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the eastern province of Luhansk.

A third of young British men say they need to change their appearance because of the "picture perfect culture" on social media.

At the end of three days of talks and speeches from Taliban leaders and Islamic Scholars at the Grand Council meeting in Kabul there was a sense of deflation and betrayal.

A third officer has died after a shooting in the US when police tried to execute an arrest warrant on a man accused of domestic violence.

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has revealed why he was taken to hospital last week.

Hugo Speer has been sacked from the forthcoming series of The Full Monty after allegations of "inappropriate conduct".

Part of the Red Sea coast has been closed after an Austrian woman was killed in a shark attack.