The controversial move is the latest attempt to solve a severe recruitment crisis. The Army is 4,000 short of the number it needs to be an effective fighting force.

Thierry Henry will add a certain allure to the second tier of English football if he takes control of Aston Villa but in truth the Championship has been a Va Va Voom Town for some time.

SHERIDAN BIRD: The Maurizio Sarri method, or Sarrismo as Italians call it, is morphing into something new under Carlo Ancelotti, who would like nothing more than a reunion with the European Cup.

Fury became the king of the division when he dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in Dusseldorf in November 2015, only to surrender his belts amid problems in his private life.

Peggy Sue Gerron, who inspired Buddy Holly's 1957 hit pop song Peggy Sue, has died in Lubbock, Texas, aged 78.

The EU Parliament's chief Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt reminded her that Abba's Bjorn Ulvaeus famously said it would be a disaster if Britain was to leave the bloc.

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Belgium's star-studded squad were in high spirits on Thursday as they prepared for upcoming internationals against Switzerland and Holland.

EXCLUSIVE Mother Gemma Porter, 35, from Totton, Hampshire, said her daughter Ellie and her friend Jasmin Stacey, were threatened with detention because their garments were said to be 'too tight'.

Thousands of evacuees have been told not to return home yet after Hurricane Florence unleashed epic floods,...

Paul Pogba's bad week has gone from bad to worse after he lost his diamond earring in training. He has offered a cash reward to staff at Carrington in a bid to find it.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was pointed in his praise of West Ham's 'monster' of a centre back Issa Diop on Saturday at the London Stadium.

PETE JENSON: Lionel Messi turned up in London on Tuesday in his Thom Browne three-piece number looking like the groom at the end of his own very long wedding, hair askew, tie half-mast.

Former South African foreign minister Pik Botha has died, after an illness aged 86.

AMITAI WINEHOUSE AT THE EMIRATES: Richarlison eyed Hector Bellerin and knew he could take him. A step over. A cut inside. A run at Shkodran Mustafi. And then a shot.