Sophie Robehmed

A crockery firm which mistook Barack Obama for England footballer Chris Smalling – and plastered a picture of the US president on thousands of mugs – has given footy fans some much-needed amusement.

Cave expert Johann Westhauser, 52, who injured his head in a rock fall and was trapped in Germany’s deepest cave system near the Austrian border for 12 days, has finally been brought to the surface.

England’s World Cup hopes hang by a thread after losing 2-1 to Uruguay in the World Cup.

Police have appealed for calm after revealing that Saudi Arabian student Nahid Almanea, 31, murdered on a footpath in Colchester, in Essex, on Tuesday was stabbed 16 times.

Leading doctors publish an open letter to the Health Secretary expressing concerns at proposals to massively increase the number of healthy patients being prescribed cholesterol-reducing statins.

Maximum fines issued by magistrates are set to soar dramatically under the latest proposals for England and Wales, with huge increases in penalties for motoring offences. But would they work?

Former US Army Sergeant, Josh Korder, who served in the same platoon as Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl tells Channel 4 News that the soldier “left willingly”.

Detectives are using sniffer dogs to explore wasteland in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz, for further clues into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann seven years ago.

The Ministry of Defence reveals that an unmanned US spy drone flew through UK airspace three times recently as part of the Nato trial, Unified Vision.

The editor of US Vogue is refusing to stay at Le Meurice hotel during Paris Fashion Week in protest against its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, for implementing anti-gay laws in his native country.