Thousands of women and girls passed through the secretive institutions, which were largely run by religious orders, from the 1920s until the 1990s.

A jury heard the 16-year-old launched at her with a large kitchen knife and stabbed her in the head.

A mother and her two children are found dead in a property, police say.

Punters who bet more than £1,000 online in a 24-hour window will have to undergo an assessment, the regulator says.

Police had been hunting Anastasiia Berezovska after a Ukrainian millionaire was injured in the blast.

The National Rally leader now has to decide whether she will run with an electronic tag and will speak on TV later.

The Ukrainian president says "decisions for air defence" should be "one of the key outcomes" of this week's summit in Turkey.

La Liga president Javier Tebas has criticised the "complicit silence" which surrounds Fifa after the Folarin Balogun controversy.

The family say they are "desperately worried" for Craig and Lindsay Foreman who are "starving".

A peak audience of 9.1 million tuned in overnight to watch England beat Mexico to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Homeowners face paying £45 a month more on average when they move onto a new deal over the next two years.

A secret inquiry by the security service's watchdog concluded there were 'serious failings in MI5's management of Agent X’.

The Court of Appeal increases Robert Rhodes' sentence by four years after deeming it unduly lenient.

Former Afghanistan fast bowler and "foundation-laying figure" Shapoor Zadran dies at the age of 38.

As reports of the blasts came in, state television said the Syrian president had welcomed Macron at the presidential palace.

With 10 of England's 11 goals at the World Cup scored by either Harry Kane or Jude Bellingham, BBC Sport looks at how dependent on them the team is.

With 10 of England's 11 goals at the World Cup scored by either Harry Kane or Jude Bellingham, BBC Sport looks at how dependent on them the team is.

Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading the review, has called the current system "impossible".

A concrete cow was the only one of the hundreds of items from Ayton Castle that failed to find a buyer.

Mohamed Salah and Lionel Messi will meet in the last 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday with their nations' hopes resting firmly on their shoulders.

Mohamed Salah and Lionel Messi will meet in the last 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday with their nations' hopes resting firmly on their shoulders.

It is only seven years since the first claim over an injury from a micromobility vehicle was made.

Experts hope they will be a game-changer and cut the nine-year or longer diagnosis waits patients can currently face.

Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Tom Holland and Matt Damon were among the stars who walked the carpet in London for the premiere of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's Ancient Greek epic.

Belgium's Nicolas Raskin says Fifa's decision to allow US striker Folarin Balogun to play against them fired them up for the last-16 tie in Seattle.

Brad Parks came up with the idea for a new sport while on a family picnic 50 years ago.

Mauricio Pochettino says he feels "disappointed with too many people" who brought "politics and manipulation" into the game as the US exit World Cup.

The Trump administration sees the aid as more transactional - but some say it is not a fair trade.

Former prisoners accuse the men of abuse in detention centres and want to see them brought to trial.

Robotics tech is changing fast, so for many it makes sense to rent a robot.

Around the world women are marking their split with new - or repurposed engagement - rings.

Trump spoke to Fifa president about controversial red card for USA player.

Historian Heather Cox Richardson on what history tells us about modern America

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