All news for 2023-02-18

Nottingham star Leigh Wood was taking on rugged Mexican star Mauricio Lara with his WBA featherweight world title on the line, with rival Josh Warrington watching on from ringside

North Korea has tested yet another intercontinental ballistic missile, as tensions in the region escalate. Pyongyang warned of an "unprecedentedly persistent" response to military exercises by South Korea and the US

Hollywood actor Julian Sands has been missing since he went hiking in the Californian mountains on 13 January 2023

Starstruck returned to ITV tonight for a brand new series, with the show opening with three ordinary men transforming into their musical hero Sir Tom Jones

Hollyoaks star Gary Lucy has opened up on the real reason he split with his pregnant ex Laura Anderson, days after the Love Islander announced she was pregnant with the couple's child

Rowan Purdy, 45, was bombarded with threats by British Gas, whose owners Centrica reported £3.3 billion in profits, even though he was able to prove that a bill was not his

Inspector Phil Grimwade, of Nottinghamshire Police, is under investigation after a complaint was made about more than 40 of his tweets over the last two years

The decision of Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty to take a luxury holiday in Goa, typically costing £7,500 per week, does not reflect well during the cost of living crisis

Police forces saw a 30% cut in staffing numbers from 2010 to 2022, according to Home Office figures analysed by Labour. The data showed there were 6,252 fewer frontline officers last year compared with 2010

Gabriel Martinelli was on hand to round-off a memorable victory for Arsenal against Aston Villa on Saturday and in the process left ex-Premier League striker Gabriel Agbonlahor furious

A mum of two in Leicestershire was slapped with an enormous £27,000 energy bill after smart meter error was not picked up by her company. Paula Coplin, 42, was charged the extortionate amount by Bulb energy

Rishi Sunak's millionaire wife Akshata Murty took their kids to expensive beaches in India while he is under fire back home for letting energy giants make record profits

Amateur player Daniel Wells launched a superb comeback to beat Judd Trump at the Welsh Open this week, only to be told he wasn't "good enough" to get a main tour card

The Selling Sunset star has been recovering and is being looked after by her partner G Flip after she revealed to fans that she underwent surgery for an ovarian cyst

The disgraced Duke has seen his income slashed since stepping down from royal duties and fears he may have to leave his £30m Windsor mansion Royal Lodge - which is reportedly in dire need of maintenance

A soap actor has been arrested on suspicion of rape after allegedly attacked a young woman

Mark Fairhurst, chairman of union the Prison Officers Association, called the country's prisons "the most hostile workplace in Western Europe" and said the most violent group of prisoners were the under 18s

A total of nine people have been confirmed killed with more missing as New Zealand's authorities work to recover from Cyclone Gabrielle. Around another 10 people are missing and being searched

Some professional dancers from Strictly Come Dancing reunited during an event for London Fashion Week this afternoon, with them having been in attendance at a runway show in the capital

Love Island contestant Will Young, a 23-year-old farmer, spoke 'at length' with the show's psychological support team after his partner Jessie Wynter, 26, found out he'd kissed another woman in Casa Amor

Kathy Ford had been with Keith Hepplewhite for 20 years, raising two sons but she found herself with with no job, no income and no access to Bereavement Support when he died

Bruno Fernandes has been integral to Manchester United's successes this season, and the Premier League, EFL Cup, FA Cup and Europa League are still up for grabs

According to the Ministry of Justice, only 71,138 community sentences were handed out in 2021 - down from 189,333 in 2010

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers is uneasy about the potential Qatari owners of Manchester United after Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani made an official bid on Friday

Shania Twain joined the panel on Starstruck tonight, with viewers left stunned by her real age as she made her show debut on the ITV show alongside panellists Beverley Knight, Adam Lambert and Jason Manford