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Ferrari have avoided further punishment for using banned team orders, a Formula 1 disciplinary hearing in Paris has ruled.

Billy Stark says Scotland Under-21s will be underdogs in Friday's European Championship play-off draw, which includes England.

John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

John Higgins is cleared of all match-fixing allegations but admits bringing snooker into disrepute, resulting in a £75,000 fine and a ban until November.

A house fire which injured two people in the early hours of Wednesday was started deliberately, detectives believe.

A Teesside vicar accused of raping a schoolgirl told police her claims were "absolute lies", a court has hears.

The imam of an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero vows to name its financial backers amid accusations it is funded by extremists.

The imam of an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero vows to name its financial backers amid accusations it is funded by extremists.

The imam of an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero vows to name its financial backers amid accusations it is funded by extremists.

A train company says correction work is being carried out on the 140mph Japanese-built Javelin trains linking London and Kent.

An alleged former UVF chief accused of murdering UDA boss Tommy English ten years ago has been granted bail.

A Briton is thought to have drowned after going to the aid of his father, who also died, while the pair swam in the sea off Spain's Costa Tropical.

A Briton is thought to have drowned after going to the aid of his father, who also died, while the pair swam in the sea off Spain's Costa Tropical.

A Briton is thought to have drowned after going to the aid of his father, who also died, while the pair swam in the sea off Spain's Costa Tropical.

Parliament is to debate allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.

Parliament is to debate allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.

Parliament is to debate allegations that MPs had their mobile phones hacked into by News of the World journalists.

Ten people die in a US missile strike targeting militants in Pakistan's tribal district on the Afghan border, security officials say.