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US actress Hayden Panettiere - best known for her roles in the TV series Heroes and Nashville - has died aged 36.

The oil and gas industry has urged Andy Burnham to approve two controversial North Sea developments as a public consultation on the UK's largest undeveloped oil field closes.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially become the deadliest in the country's history, data suggests.

Joint US military exercises with South Korea will be downscaled, Donald Trump says, as they are "hostile" and too expensive.

Police seizures of e-bikes across the UK have risen by 83% in a year following a crackdown on dangerous models.

Five male teenagers have died and more people are seriously injured after a crash on a motorway in County Kildare, Irish police have said.

Amy Hunt has won a record fourth gold medal at a single European Athletics Championships after Great Britain and Northern Ireland won the Mixed 4x100m relay.

A man who was bitten by a dog during an "altercation" has died, police have said.

Two women, aged 60 and 80, have been killed after torrential rain triggered a landslide in northwest Spain.