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Vincent Pastore, who played Tony Soprano's best friend turned FBI informant on HBO's prestige drama The Sopranos, has died aged 80.

Heat health alerts have been issued for most of England, with temperatures set to hit 35C today - as farmers warned about the impact of the prolonged hot weather on food production.

Countries across Europe are on the brink of an energy emergency as the River Danube falls to record-low water levels - with Romania carrying out underwater detonations to improve water flow.

Drivers have stolen an average of almost £200,000 worth of fuel from UK forecourts every day since the start of the Iran oil crisis, analysis shows.

Ariana Grande has announced she will step back from public-facing engagements, citing concerns about "endless, ongoing public scrutiny".

England and Wales have seen their driest July on record, provisional Met Office figures show.

The storm engulfing Gianni Infantino over the World Cup sell-off provides fresh intrigue about an answer he gave me on the eve of the recent tournament.

In the end it wasn't close. Labour's Bev Craig comfortably held the Greater Manchester (GM) mayoralty, vacated last month by Andy Burnham.

A mass funeral has been held in Gaza for more than 100 people finally recovered from the site of an Israeli attack on an apartment block.

People jailed for rape, serious child sex offences and grooming will be excluded from the upcoming early release scheme, the government has announced.

Dividing lines between victim groups, fears about prisons becoming full again by Christmas, and concerns that these changes will lead to "inevitable mistakes" – probably not the intended outcomes of the prime minister's urgent review on early release, but that's the reality.

Within the next few hours, a SpaceX rocket will collide with the moon - but how did this incident come about?

Major retailers on London's high streets are using new technology from the Metropolitan Police to catch shoplifters.

A 14-year-old boy drowned in London on Monday, police said.

Water levels in the river Danube have fallen so low due to this summer's dry weather in Europe that sunken Nazi warships are appearing into view.

Four men have been arrested following an investigation into large-scale, illegal dumping of waste at a "notorious" site in Wigan, the Environment Agency has announced.

Britons are set for another day of heat following record-breaking temperatures, but rain is forecast in parts of the UK. 

NHS staff have been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys" amid a "noticeable" and "unacceptable" rise in racism from patients, a survey has found.

Profit has again more than doubled at oil and gas giant BP as the war in Iran boosted fossil fuel prices.