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Brigitte Bardot's funeral is being held with a private service in Saint-Tropez.

Hollywood star Mickey Rourke has told fans he is not behind a "humiliating" fundraising website set up to support him - and urged well-wishers to try and get their money back as the total reached almost $100,000.

Timothee Chalamet and Jessie Buckley have picked up big acting prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, which have kicked off Hollywood's awards season.

A bus filled with school children has crashed into a ditch after slipping on black ice.

"I did everything I was supposed to do. I attended my appointments. I raised concerns. I listened to professionals. I trusted the system. And that trust very nearly killed me."

A Turkish national has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of supplying thousands of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English Channel.