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A former soap opera star has been jailed for nine years after fleeing the UK for Spain to avoid facing trial for allegedly conning would-be models out of more than £13m.

The culture secretary has warned she is "minded" to intervene in Sky's £1.6bn deal to buy ITV's broadcast and streaming operations.

Singer Raye has said the sign-up list for her one-off gig at the Royal Albert Hall later this month will be checked "manually" after ticket touts using artificial intelligence bots "overwhelmed" the process.

A police officer has been shot in Nottingham city centre.

Two teenagers have died after a car crash in a Suffolk village, police have said.

The bodies of four family members killed in an arson attack in Waterford have arrived at a church ahead of their funeral.