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Richard O'Sullivan, known for his role as Robin Tripp in the 1970s TV sitcoms Man About the House and Robin's Nest, has died, the Royal Variety Charity has announced.

The creative team behind a suicide prevention play has said the show is about "a cause bigger than any one of us", after an actor quit the show over the casting of Dame Maureen Lipman and their differing political views.

Suspects charged with serious knife and firearm offences are being released on bail amid Britain's prison overcrowding crisis, the country's most senior police officer has warned.

A prisoner found guilty of helping a former soldier after he escaped from jail has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.

A non-profit legal group has threatened to sue HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for allegedly allowing Israeli settlement trade to enter the UK tariff-free.