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Sacha Baron Cohen is back with satire 'Grimsby'

The film stars him as Nobby, an unemployed father of nine from the northern English town that gave the film its name.

Sport

Six Nations: England run riot over Italy in Rome

In the Six Nations, Bath centre Jonathan Joseph sent an emphatic message to his doubters on Sunday with a hat-trick of tries as England trampled

Sport

Royal Shrovetide football: the oldest, largest and most chaotic footy match on earth

We take a look at the latest edition of arguably the world's oldest football competition with the longest playing field.

World News

Pep Guardiola to become next Man City manager

Pep Guardiola has signed a three-year contract to become the manager of Manchester City FC. He will take over from current boss Manuel Pellegrini

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Six Nations' captains gather for 2016 tournament launch

The skippers of six nations rugby teams gathered at the Hurlingham Club in London on Wednesday for the traditional captain’s photo call and launch of

United Kingdom

Fifth sperm whale washes up dead on British beach

A fifth sperm whale has washed up on the east coast of England after four others died in a spate of beachings in recent days. Small groups of people

Sport

Bayern Munich begin 2016 with win as Bundesliga returns

After the long winter break, the Bundesliga is finally back in action. Champions Bayern Munich started the second half of the season with a victory

World News

Your winter pictures

Much of western Europe saw its first snow of the winter this week. This video shows how the snow hit Cumbria, England (function(d, s, id) { var js

Economy

Last deep-cast coal mine in Britain closes

Britain’s last deep-cast coal mine has closed, marking the end of an era for the industry which in its heyday employed well over a million people

United Kingdom

Britain organises emergency response to flooding in northern England

Some of the worst flooding in decades to hit northern England has triggered a meeting of the Cobra special contingencies committee to co-ordinate an

Sport

Rugby Union: Jones appointed England's first foreign head coach

Eddie Jones has been appointed as England’s first foreign head coach. The Australian’s first match will be against Scotland in next year’s Six

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France and England football fans unite for La Marseillaise at Wembley

In a change of protocol for an international football match at England’s Wembley Stadium, God Save the Queen was played first, leaving the French

Sport

Solidarity shines through at Wembley as England and France meet in friendly

England beat France 2-0 at Wembley on Tuesday in a friendly game that stood more for strength, spirit and solidarity than sporting exploits following

Sport

England and France set for 'emotional' Wembley friendly

Despite the tragic events in Paris on Friday night, the English FA and the French Football Federation have decided to go ahead with Tuesday’s

Sport

Stuart Lancaster steps down as England Rugby Union coach

Stuart Lancaster has made his final appearance as the coach of the England Rugby Union team. The 46-year-old who was in charge of his country’s

Sport

English FA suspends support for Platini's FIFA candidacy

The English Football Association has suspended its support of UEFA chief Michel Platini in his bid to become the next FIFA president. The FA made the

Sport

Rugby World Cup 2015: England crash out after 33-13 loss to Australia

Sport

England dumped out of their own World Cup

Hosts England were dumped out of the 2015 Rugby World Cup following a disappointing loss to Australia on Saturday. The Wallabies got off too a

Sport

Rugby World Cup 2015: Wales defeat hosts England 28-25 in thrilling clash

Sport

France v Italy a Rugby World Cup nail-biter

France and Italy will lock horns in their World Cup opener at Twickenham on Saturday without key players. Rugby World Cup 2015: Wesley Fofana out of