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Johnny Depp has said he tried to talk the director of his new film out of casting him in one of the lead roles.

Creating fake sexual images of another person will become a criminal offence, under a new law announced on Tuesday. 

The weapons supervisor for the film Rust has been jailed for 18 months following the fatal shooting of the film's cinematographer on set.

Birmingham Airport temporarily suspended operations today due to a "security incident on an aircraft".

A four-year-old boy has died from his injuries in hospital after a house fire in Wigan.

Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban has passed its first parliamentary hurdle despite opposition from within his cabinet - as Labour backed the bill.

New defeats for the government's Rwanda bill in the House of Lords have set up a parliamentary showdown on Wednesday - forcing MPs to consider changes to Rishi Sunak's stop the boats plan.

Lord David Cameron is set to visit Israel on Wednesday, a day after Rishi Sunak told the country's prime minister a "moment for calm heads to prevail" in the wake of Iran's attack.

Rishi Sunak's flagship smoking ban has passed its first parliamentary hurdle despite opposition from within his cabinet - as Labour backed the bill.

Nigel Farage has hit out at "cancel culture" after officers moved to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels.